Metallica has not always been the talented group of rock musicians that they are today. It took many years and many albums to bring the band to its current standing as the "kings of rock." Metallica has undergone changes in its lineup and its musical writing style. Comparing and contrasting the m...

Rock music was decaying in the late 80's. The rock scene was suffering from a repetetive pattern of big hair, flashy clothes, long guitar solos, and lyrics that weren't relating to the listeners. The music industry was begging for something new. This is the beat up state that rock was ...

Lost Prophet has been experiencing a meteoric rise to stardom in recent years due to an underground music craze following the lack of real metal music within the music industry. Many fans of old style metal bands such as Metalica wanted to move on a modern update on metal music and this led to the ...

Freedom of speech is one of the rights our Founding Fathers put into the United States Constitution, so why is the US government trying to enforce music censorship? Society blames current music trends for dysfunctional behaviors among teenagers and demands censorship of music artists\' products, whi...

How Does Music Inform Our Notions of Gender?Music allows people to express their gender and sexuality in either an advert or a subtle way. The Spice Girls used the phrase 'Girl Power' which could not be less feminist in a 'We are Women, step aside men' way, 'boy Power' doesn't have quite the same ri...