When and why did we start deciding that hating Nickelback was the cool thing to do?
A NOTE ON HISTORY
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With the problem so prevalent, one might expect governments to take more action to curb the practice, rather than the pitiful efforts that have taken place in Canada.
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FM stations were willing to play longer songs by new artists, and FM became the progressive platform for musical experimentation and discovery.
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The term “extreme metal” refers to music that takes all the characteristics of metal and pushes them even further. Basically, it’s metal at its fastest, rawest, most abrasive, and noisiest.
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Neil Peart performed with colossal drum kits that included a variety of percussion instruments such as wind chimes and tubular bells.
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In the last few years, halftime has basically regained its reputation as the biggest televised pop music show in America.
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Nu metal is about as fusion as you can get for a genre, as it is derived from heavy metal, hip hop, funk, grunge, rap, and a little of everything else.
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Cristofori called his instrument the “gravicembalo col piano e forte” (keyboard instrument with soft and loud)—which got shortened to pianoforte (soft and loud), and eventually became known as the piano.
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A huge counterculture around LSD arose, especially in the US and the UK, and in this environment psychedelic rock blossomed.
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”Jingle Bells” was first a Thanksgiving song, and over 150 years it’s worked its way into becoming a Christmas classic.
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