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Rock Music… in England…? Rock music… In England…? R ock music appeared in the fifties ; it came from the United States and invaded quickly English public. Since the first its apparition to nowadays, the rock music is well-known and most of peo- ple has found a certain interest in listening this kind of music. As one goes along years this music has developed a style, a way of life and a mentality narrowed. A shibboleth has been made up by these good eater of rock music which is “ Sex, Drug's and Rock'n'Roll ”, it describes very well rock fan’s behaviour, values and pleasure . Let's discover the history of this awesome music style through the 9 English areas. Summary p.2-3-4 : The rock bands mu- sic sharing out in nine re- gions in England p.5: The music in the daily life of english youth Yorkshire With the emergence of Arctic Mon- keys Yorkshire's legacy of 1980s electro -pop has finally given way to a more raw sound: young guitar bands with witty lyrics and simple guitar riffs. Human League, Heaven 17, Cabaret Voltaire, Jarvis Cocker and Pulp, Def Leppard, Joe Cocker, Gomez, ABC, Moloko and Rich- ard Hawley. Meanwhile in Leeds those rich Yorkshire sounds continue with art- ists like The Kaiser Chiefs. South East South east of England is an impor- tant area in rock music thanks to the well known bands which are came from there. - Among them we can cite came from Brighton, the Kooks which Radiohead pergrass which came from and Su- Cure Oxford and The from Crawley. North East The North East has created a wealth of musical talent; there are Sting, The Toy Dolls, The Animals but also Pete Doherty from Babyshambles and an older band: Eurythmics. South West South West can be proud of being the cradle of many talents: Roger Taylor, the drummer of the band Queen ef- fected his education in Truro and members of Muse come from Teign- mouth where they attended the same secondary school, Massive Attack brought a single hit to Bristol. South West of England is one of the areas where were born several famous and wonderful artists. London London has always been the van- guards of musical tendencies. The The Clash , Queen, Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, The Police and many other bands have dropped their stamp in this fabulous capital before travellingbrims all The London stage over the world. over with energy and still unperturbadly profuses its musical motley, thanksRazorlight to , artists like Babyshambles So Solid Crew and other hundreds ones. NOrth West Manchester remains the city of the English music and is also the higher thorough are of several various bands like Oasis, Simply Red, Elbow, The Hollies, Bee Gees… L’Hacienda, the famous club, which have disappeared, known its moments in glory in the end of the 80s, welcoming several artists like Happy Mondays, New Order and Madonna. East Midlands This part of England have started life to a array of musical talent including Engelbert Humperdinck. Buxton is the birthplace of Lloyd Cole, Alvin Star- dust grew up in Mansfield, Notting- hamshire, while both Thom Yorke from Radiohead and Bauhaus lead singer Pete Murphy were born in Wellingborough, Northampton- Heart of England guitarist Robbie Williams and Guns n' Roses -on-Trent (Slash Slash, are both hail from Stoke -1970s). later left for Los Angeles in the mid And the region's contribution to heavy metal music goes on: Ozzy Osbourne and all the original members of Black Sabbath come from Led Zeppelin hail Aston. Two members of Robert Plant from from the region - singer West Bromwich and the late drummer John Birmingham lays Bonham from Redditch. claim to an extraordinary supply of talent that ody Blues , UB40, includes Jamelia, The Mo Dexy's Midnight Runners and the Electric Lightmu- Orchestra. Birmingham has a flourishing . sic scene, one of the liveliest in England East of England Essex claims a throng of musical stars: The Prodigy hail from Braintree, Blur from Col- chester, while Vince Clarke (Yazoo and Era- sure) and Alison Moyet, as well as Depeche Mode are Basildon’s natives. Billy Bragg comes from Barking - and is now universally known as 'the Bard of Barking' - as does U2 guitarist The Edge ( real name:David Ev- ans) . Hertfordshire claims Simon Le Bon was born in Bushey and Wham!'s George Michael and Andrew Ridgely met at Bushey Meads Comprehensive School . Roger Tay- lor of Queen was born in Norfolk (King's Lynn) and The Darkness hail from Oulton Broad – just outside the seaside resort of Lowestoft. In addition to Cambridge and Norwich cities, this region is well-known for its festivals. some ques- english youths Well , we asked to music in England. Here you have tions about their answers: What sorts of music rock. dominate in England? Pop, indie and -Do you think that the music is important in the society?lives. Why? Yes, it lets people express themselves, everybody listens to music, it is a part of everyone’s _ Does the music that you listen have an influence on makes ma happy and dance. your behaviourmusic ? Yes, some Some music makes me angry and sad. -Are there Yes, download festival,Where? Glastonbury,When?famous And festivalshow Leeds, it happens? reading. They are usually in summer in London and other in England? big cit- ies. Stages are set up, people camp. Game Fill the blanks: 1.When Niel Armstrong walked on the moon his famous words were ' That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for '. 2. As Don Quixote was on his way to save Dulcinea he saw a and thought it was a giant. Answers: 1. mankind 2. Windmill Written by Sarah Zamoum, Marvyn Seghiouer and Justine Geoffroy .
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