My Top 5 Rock Soundtracks

ROCKNROLLA

Artist- The Subways
Song- Rock and roll queen

  MISSION IMPOSSIBLE II

Artist-Limp Bizkit

 Song-Take a Look Around

MATRIX RELOADED

Artist- P.O.D

Song-Sleeping Awake

 xXx

 Artist-Gavin Rossdale
Song-Adrenaline

THE CITY OF ANGELS

Artist - Goo Goo Dolls

Song- Iris

P.O.D (Payable On Death)

With a 15-year career under their belts, P.O.D. has logged a remarkable array of achievements, including worldwide sales exceeding 8 million, sold-out international concert tours, a series of chart topping radio hits, and an unprecedented FOUR #1 MTV videos.

Supported by their passionate fan base - known as "THE WARRIORS" - the band has created what they describe as "a catalog of music that we want to respect and honor with each step into the future."

"P.O.D. is an exciting and an important band with an expansive musical vision and a powerful message for our times."

The song's video and lyrics are directly inspired by The Matrix Reloaded. The chorus features the line "dreaming of Zion," which refers to the last human city of planet Earth as depicted in the film.


Sleeping Awake : P.O.D.

OST Matrix Reloaded

 

Linkin Park - Bleed It Out

"Bleed It Out" is the first of two tracks on the album to contain rap vocals from Mike Shinoda.The structure of "Bleed It Out" is similar to that of the band's earlier hit, "Faint", in which both  are fairly short songs, have rapped verses and a sung chorus and bridge, and are both about frustration.The main guitar riff of "Bleed It Out" which repeats throughout a majority of the song came as a result of guitarist Brad Delson playing a note incorrectly.

Mike Shinoda stated that the lyrics to this track were difficult to perfect, as he re-wrote the lyrics to this song about a "hundred times" (referenced to in the first line of the song: "Here we go for the hundredth time") until the band was satisfied with them.

The song is the shortest track on Minutes to Midnight

The Game That Started It All

Live out your rock-and-roll fantasy with the most cutting-edge music game ever! Now you can master guitar, bass, drums, and vocals in single-player mode, or play together with your friends as your own band - in person or online. Includes dozens of all-time classics as performed by the original artists.

Features

Gameplay that Rocks!

Up to seven players, three part harmonies, and even - for the first time ever - keyboards: an awesome new two octave controller that lets you add keys to the mix in either solo mode or with a full band! Rock Band 3 also comes with great new party modes for quick rocking sessions - and serious players can really get on down to it with a revamped Career Mode, seamless leaderboard integration to track your skills, and over 700 goals and rewards as you take the musical world by storm.

The Most Music

Rock Band 3 contains an astonishing 83 tracks from the world's best bands - including music from UK bands John Lennon, The Police, The Who, Queen, Elton John, Amy Winehouse, The Cure, Tears for Fears, Def Leppard, Whitesnake and more! It will also give you immediate access to a library of nearly 2000 songs (at launch), with new content added every week. Add to that the fact that it supports all existing Rock Band tracks (from the original release right the way through to Rock Band: Green Day) and you've got a music library that dwarfs that of any other music game on the market.



Share the Experience
Rock Band 3 boasts rich new story-driven gameplay, ultra-flexible session management so you can drop in and out without affecting other players, and social networking tools that let you share the experience via Facebook, Twitter and more. And they've added a host of improved features, ranging from new music management tools to new menu systems that make the game easier to play than ever before.

Full Compatibility and Beyond

Not only is Rock Band 3 compatible with all Rock Band peripherals and third-party instrument and microphone controllers, but you can also use keyboard controllers to play guitar and bass parts (non-Pro), or use guitar controllers to play keyboard parts (non-Pro). And there are some stunning new peripherals on the way, including a Squier Stratocaster fully-functional, full-sized, six-string electric guitar that also functions a controller.                        

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Best Rock Bands Ever

             A purely subjective list of the groups that changed music forever

    The Beatles

In February 1964, (from left) Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, George Harrison and John Lennon brought Beatlemania to the United States, forever changing the face of music.

The Rolling Stones

Despite their advancing age, Mick Jagger, left, and Keith Richards and their band, the Rolling Stones, are a better band live now than they were in the 1970s

U2

U2, with guitarist the Edge and lead singer Bono, is now a mature, confident, still amazing band that knows it doesn’t have all the answers, but isn’t afraid to keep asking the right questions

 Led Zeppelin

 

Led Zeppelin, with vocalist Robert Plant, left, and guitarist Jimmy Page, came to symbolize the Dionysian excesses of the rock lifestyle. The band, however, has sold more than 50 million record in the U.S. alone.

Bob Marley

Jamaican singer Bob Marley brought the righteous message and “positive vibrations” of reggae music to the world

 Pink Floyd

Syd Barrett - Guitars / Vocals

Roger Waters - Bass / Vocals

Nick Mason - Drums / Percussion

Richard Wright - Keyboards

Alternative vs. Punk vs. Rock vs. HardRock vs. Metal

The list bands that fall under the following genres

 Hard Rock
(Hard and heavy riffs)
*Foo Fighters
* Nickelback
* Three Days Grace
* Breaking Benjamin
* Ac/Dc
* Guns N' Roses
* Led Zeppelin

Metal
(Fast and heavy guitar riffs, long solos, heavy vocals)
* Nirvana
* Iron Maiden
* Metallica                                                                                    
* Bullet for my valentine
* Slayer

Punk Rock
(Fast paced rock, often aimed at rebelling against society)
* Green Day
* Sum41
* Dead Kennedys
* The Clash
* Sex Pistols

Alternative
(As the name suggests, it is an alternative way to play rock, usually a softer way of rock or includes other elements of music) Alternative rock has a huge list some of the popualar ones:
* Linkin Park
* Evanescence
* Coldplay
* Tokio Hotel
* Fallout boy


Rock
(The universal genre which all of the above genres fall into)

Planet Rock – The UK’s classic rock radio station

For people who want to do more than just listen to the radio.

This app lets you listen to and engage with Planet Rock 

With this app you will be able to:

- Listen to your favourite station in the highest quality possible

- View a wealth of additional information on the artists including biographies, photo galleries, tour dates etc

- Email presenters

- Make song requests

- Enter competitions

- Buy gig tickets.

- Create a favourites list of the tracks you’ve heard

- View the following features: News, Weather, Traffic and Competitions

Compatible with iPod , iPhone and iPad. 

                                                                       

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For live streaming on the web

http://www.planetrock.com/player/

FILTER - Take a Picture (Lyrics)

Awake on my airplane

Awake on my airplane

My skin is bare

My skin is theirs

Awake on my airplane

Awake on my airplane

My skin is bare

My skin is theirs

I feel like a new-born

And I feel like a new-born

Awake on my airplane

Awake on my airplane

I feel so real

Do you wanna take my picture

Cuz I won't remember

Do you wanna take my picture

Cuz I won't remember

(repeat)-Yeah

I don't believe in

I don't believe in your sanctity; your privacy

I don't believe in

I don't believe in sanctity or hypocrisy

Can everyone agree that no one should be left alone

Can everyone agree that they should not be left alone

And I feel like a new-born

And I feel like a new-born (kicking and screaming)

Do you wana take my picture

Cuz I won't remember

Do you wana take my picture

Cuz I won't remember

(Repeat)

Daddy what do you think about your son now?

Daddy what do you think about your son now?

Do you wanna take my picture

Cuz I won't remember

Do you wanna take my picture

Cuz I won't remember

Do you wanna take my picture

Cuz I won't remember

Do you wanna take my picture

Cuz I will not remember

TOP 100 BANDS (rock.com)

30 SECONDS TO MARS
A PERFECT CIRCLE
AC/DC
AEROSMITH
AFI
ALICE COOPER
ALICE IN CHAINS
THE ALLMAN BROTHERS BAND
ANTI-FLAG
ATREYU
AVENGED SEVENFOLD
BAD BRAINS
BEASTIE BOYS
THE BEATLES
BECK
BLACK LABEL SOCIETY
BLACK SABBATH
BLINK-182
BLONDIE
BOB DYLAN
BOB MARLEY
BREAKING BENJAMIN
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE
CHILDREN OF BODOM
CKY
THE CLASH
COLDPLAY
THE CURE
DAUGHTRY
DAVID BOWIE
DEAD KENNEDYS
DEF LEPPARD
DEPECHE MODE
DIMMU BORGIR
DIO
DISTURBED
THE DOORS
DROPKICK MURPHYS
THE EAGLES
ELVIS PRESLEY
FALL OUT BOY
FOO FIGHTERS
GODSMACK
GORILLAZ
THE GRATEFUL DEAD
GREEN DAY
GUNS N' ROSES
H.I.M.
HANNAH MONTANA
HOLLYWOOD UNDEAD
IN FLAMES
INCUBUS
INSANE CLOWN POSSE
IRON MAIDEN
JANIS JOPLIN
THE JESUS AND MARY CHAIN
JIMI HENDRIX
JOB FOR A COWBOY
JOHN LENNON
JOHNNY CASH
JONAS BROTHERS
JOURNEY
JOY DIVISION
JUSTIN BIEBER
KID ROCK
THE KILLERS
KILLSWITCH ENGAGE
KINGS OF LEON
KISS
KORN
LADY GAGA
LAMB OF GOD
LED ZEPPELIN
LIL WAYNE
LINKIN PARK
LOU REED
LYNYRD SKYNYRD
MACHINE HEAD
MADONNA
MARILYN MANSON
MEGADETH
METALLICA
MICHAEL JACKSON
MINISTRY
THE MISFITS
MOTLEY CRUE
MOTORHEAD
MUSE
MY CHEMICAL ROMANCE
NICKELBACK
NINE INCH NAILS
NIRVANA
NO DOUBT
THE OFFSPRING
OPETH
OZZY OSBOURNE
PANTERA
PARAMORE
PINK FLOYD
THE PIXIES
POISON
THE POLICE
QUEEN
QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE
THE RACONTEURS
RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE
RAMMSTEIN
THE RAMONES
RATT
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
RISE AGAINST
ROB ZOMBIE
THE ROLLING STONES
RUSH
SANTANA
THE SEX PISTOLS
SKINNY PUPPY
SLASH
SLAYER
SLIPKNOT
SMASHING PUMPKINS
SOCIAL DISTORTION
SONIC YOUTH
STONE TEMPLE PILOTS
THE STOOGES
SUBLIME
SYSTEM OF A DOWN
T. REX
TENACIOUS D
TOKIO HOTEL
TOM PETTY
TOOL
U2
THE USED
VAN HALEN
THE VELVET UNDERGROUND
WEEZER
THE WHO
WILLIE NELSON
WOLFMOTHER
YES
ZZ TOP
THE ROLLING STOPNES
ABBA
BON JOVI
JANE'S ADDICTION
TUPAC
WHITE CHAPEL
WU-TANG CLAN
AS I LAY DYING
KAISER CHIEFS
CBGB
THE MIGHTY MIGHTY BOSSTONES
TWIZTID

Linkin Park : Past & Present

Linkin Park or LP went international with their debut album "Hybrid Theory" in 2000.
This album combines Alternative Metal with Rap-Rock. Linkin Park is mostly known for it's Rap-Rock combination if you hear the album you will realize how brilliantly their Rap lyrics flows with heavy guitars. Mike Shinoda also the pioneer of Linkin Park is all over the place in this album. But according to me some of the songs can be ignored.             

"Meteora" in 2003 the whole album is an excellent piece of work. Every detail has been given alot of attention on this album. Every song in "Meteora" has to be your favourite. While you are listening to the album you realize  that as they'll go further they will get better than this but that really wasn't the case. No doubt it was by far the best album they ever made. I am not saying they are One hit wonders but their is something missing in Linkin Park's later albums. For me "Meteora" is a giant and no other Linkin Park's album can be compared to it.

In 2004, Jay-Z and the band worked together to produce a remix album called "Collision Course".The album,which featured intermixed lyrics and background tracks from both artists previous albums.

      

In "Minutes to Midnight" (released in 2007) they expreminted with their established music quiet alot by having only 2 songs has rapping and the rest of the songs are Alternative Rock. Through this album they finished their status which they had among mature rock music followers which were poster boys and only famous among teenagers. This album shows a much mature image of Linkin Park and why not they were growing as musicians. However Chester's vocals were not so amazing and again Mike Shinoda doing his job thats what I think :P.  My rating is 7/10.



Upcoming Album : "A thousand Suns"  the most intelligent and majestic album of Linkin Park’s career. It's  a prove to the band’s ability to go beyond the boundaries set for them by critics and fans.

One of the important things to look forward is see the return of Mike Shinoda’s rap vocals an element which was missed in "Minutes to Midnight"  :-)



Rock music orginated in the United States in mid 1950s and increasingly popular throughout much of the world. Rock music has been a volatile , unpredictable creature that has constantly redefined and reinvented itself. Generally it can be described as a hard-edged music performed with electic guitars , bass and drums.

I started off listening to Breaking Benjamin that means Alternative Rock & P.O.D after them went further and started listeining to Foo Fighters and now still going!