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SlSoD #28 on Thursday 5.2 by Kaleb

5/3/2019

"Candy Girl" - New Edition
Genre: R&B
Years active: 1978-90,1996-97,2002-present

Origin: Boston, Massachusetts

Important humans: Bobby Brown, Johnny Gill, Ralph Tresvant, Ronnie DeVoe, Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins

Interesting facts: They were called new edition to signify that they were a new edition of the Jackson 5

Quote:(about their movie) “There’s no way that we could tell their story within just two hours and do justice to their individual experiences”

SlSoD #27 on Thursday 5.3 by Imani

5/3/2019

“Night Witches” by Sabaton from Heroes - 2014
Presenter: Imani B.
Genre:Power Metal and Heavy Metal
Years active:1999-Present
Interesting Facts
●The lead vocalist, Joakim Brodén, walked 342 miles to the next concert after losing a bet
●The band's bassist is a licensed pyrotechnician and did the pyrotechnics for the first year
●They have made songs for the video games Hearts of Iron IV,World of Tanks and World of Warships
Band members left to right: Chris Rörland(Guitar), Tommy Johansson(Guitar/Vocals),Joakim Brodén(Lead Vocals), Hannes Van Dahl(Drums), and Pär Sundström(Bass).
Quote: “The camo pants, the image with military history, it looks like it was well thought out, but it’s just like whatever worked, stayed.” -Joakim Brodén

SlSoD #26 on Thursday 5.2 by Jorge

5/3/2019

King lil g “Kenndy” Blessed by god
Genre – west coast hip hop Chicano rap Gangsta rap
Origin – south Los Angeles
Important Human – King .lil.G
Years Active – 2004 to Present
Facts : Alex Gonzalez, better know as King Lil G, is an American rapper of Mexican descent from south Los Angeles . He is better for his 2014 single “Hopeless Boy”
Quote: “I know you probably feel like people forgot about you”

SlSoD #25 on Thursday 5.2 by Ryan

5/3/2019

SlSoD #24 on Wednesday 5.1 by Sara

5/2/2019

The 1975 “If I Believe You”
Album: I Like When You Sleep for You are so Beautiful Yet so Unaware of it
Year released: 2016
genre: electro-pop/alternative
Origin: The band formed in Manchester UK
Years active: 2002-present
important humans:Matthew Healy, Ross MacDonald, George Daniel, Adam Hann
Interesting facts: ~They started as a punk cover band
-~They decided on the band name when they found an old book with scribblings on the back about suicide and sadness and the date said “ 1 June, The 1975”
Quote:”School was just a tedious imposition getting in the way of me being a pop star, I was just looking at the clock waiting until I could go and do it” -Matthew Healy

SlSoD #23 on Wednesday 5.1 by Orlan

5/2/2019

Nas “New York State of Mind” from illmatic – 94
•Origin: Brooklyn, New York
•Years Active: 1990-present
•Genre: HIP-HOP/RAP
•Important Human(s): NAS
•Interesting Fact(s):
•Fact: Nas took over the rap game back in the 90’s when he dropped illmatic
•Fact: he now publishes other artists’ music, mainly in the east coast
•Fact: father is Olu Dara / collaboration
•Quote(s):
•“Some of us have angels (the kingdom, the power, the power, the glory)”
•“Some of us have demons (greed and lust, lust and temptation)

SlSoD #22 on Wednesday 5.1 by Jesus

5/2/2019

Foster the people “Pumped up Kicks” album: TORCHES
●Genre: indie rock, indie pop, alternative rock, dance pop.
●Important People: Mark Foster, Sean Cimino, Isom Innis.
●Quote: Sometimes, life it takes you by the hair. it pulls you down before you know it. It’s gone and you’re dead again.
●Interesting Facts: Foster founded the band in 2009 after spending several years in Los Angeles as a struggling musician and working as a commercial jingle writer.
●Mark plays guitar, bass, drums and “pretty much any sort of stringed instrument “ yet he says the piano is the only one that has changed his life.

SlSoD #21 on Wednesday 5.1 by Yessenia

5/2/2019

Artist: Muse Song title: The Dark Side Album: stimulation theory- ‘2018
Origin: teignmouth, devon,england

Years active: 1990-present
important humans: matthew bellamy-singer/guitarist, Chris wolstenholme-bassist, dominic howard-drummer

Genre: alternative rock, electronica
Fun facts: they started the band when they were about 13, they won a grammy for best rock album, they’ve been a band for 20 years, and they are known for having award winning concerts.
Quote: it was an impressive, cheerfully overblown performance by a band that has never pretended to be small. - the ny times

SlSoD #20 by Mathew on Monday 4.29

4/29/2019

Frank Ocean “Rushes” From Endless – ‘16
Genre – Ambient Pop, Avant Soul, Experimental
Origin – New Orleans, Louisiana
Important Human – Frank Ocean
Years Active – 2005 to Present
Facts :
•It’s a visual album
•He finessed Def Jam by releasing Endless to fulfill his contract with them, then the next day he releases another album independently titled Blonde which is the album he was planning to release
Quote: “Check out my actual album. Hey Def Jam we good?” – Frank Ocean

SlSoD #19 by Linda on Thursday 4.25

4/29/2019

Andrea Bocelli ft. Celine Dion “The prayer”

Genre:classical crossover
Origin: Lajatico, Italy & Charlemagne, Canada
Years active: Celine:1981 Bocelli:1982- present
Important humans:Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion
Interesting facts: the song has receive a golden globe award for best original song and a Grammy award for best pop collaboration with vocals.
“Andrea Bocelli and Celine Dion step on stage and bring her house down singing “The prayer”

SlSoD #18 by JR on Wednesday 4.24

4/29/2019

NIRVANA “Lithium” Nevermind – 1991
•Origin: Aberdeen, Washington
•Years Active: 1987-1994
•Genre: Grunge Rock
•Important Human(s): Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic
•Interesting Fact(s):
•Fact: Kurt Cobain was diagnosed as bipolar by his aunt.
•Fact: Lithium is prescribed to patients who suffer from bipolar disorder or mood changes.
•Fact: His wife Courtney Love was a grunge artist as well in a band called “Hole”
•Quote(s):
•Words- Kurt mentioned in his suicide note “It's better to burn out than to fade away ” – Neil Young

SlSoD #17 by Lita on Friday 4.12

4/22/2019

Greta Van Fleet “Highway Tune” From the Fires – 2017

Origin: Frankenmuth, Michigan
Years Active: 2017 - present
Genre: Blues Rock / Hard Rock
Important Human(s):
- Josh Kiska – vocals
- Jake Kiska – guitarist
- Sam Kiska – bassist
- Danny Wagner - drummer
Interesting Fact(s):
- “They are Led Zeppelin” – Robert Plant (from Led Zeppelin)
- One of his favorite modern bands
- Has heavily divided the music community
Quote(s):
- “It’s being said over and over, and I think it’s one of the greatest compliments that could ever be given to a young band like ourselves. They’re arguably one of the greatest rock bands of all time, so that is humbling and inspiring and honorable, in that sense.” Josh, about being compared to Led Zeppelin

SlSoD #16 by Jonathan on Thursday 4.11

4/22/2019

Death Grips “Flies” Year of the Snitch - 2018
Orgin: Death Grips is an American experimental hip hop band from Sacramento, California, formed in 2010.On the first day of their formation they recorded their first song, "Full Moon (Death Classic)". From that point they recorded Exmilitary and blew signed for a record company for a short time.
Years active: 2010-present
Genre: experimental rap
important humans: Stefan Burnnet (aka Mc Ride): Vocals, Zach Hill: Drum kits, Andy Morin: Recording Engineer
Quotes:” I'm a very private person, I have very few people that I call my friends. I'm very distrustful of human beings in general; I'm very distrustful of media. I have no interest in sharing my personal life with the world. Zero.” Stefan Burnnet

SlSoD #15 by Cameron on Wednesday 4.10

4/11/2019

The Hu “Yuve Yuve Yu”-2018

Genre: Rock, Folk Rock
Origin: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Years Active: 2018- today
Important People: Gala (Lead throat singer, Morin Khuur), Enkhush( Lead Morin Khuur, Throat singer), Jaya (Aman Khuur, Tsuur, Throat singer), Temka (Tovshuur).
Interesting Facts:
The band categorizes their music as “hunnu rock,” with the root word “hu” meaning human.
They utilize traditional Mongolian instruments such as the two-stringed horsehead fiddle.
The whole band learned to play traditional Mongolian instruments at the Mongolian state conservatory.
Quote: "When we do this, we try to spiritually express this beautiful thing about Mongolian music. We think we will talk to everyone's soul through our music,“ -Temka

SlSoD 14 by Kristen on Tuesday 4.9

4/11/2019

Montgomery Gentry “gone” from you do your thing-2004

Genre: Country
Years active: 1999-2017/2018-present
Important humans:
Eddie Montgomery 1999-present
Troy Gentry 1999-2017
Interesting facts:
- troy Gentry died in a helicopter crash September 8th 2017
- Eddie has kept the name of the band after Troy died
- They have 6 studio albums
- The album “here’s to you” they finished September 6th 2017 but wasn’t released until February 2 2018 until after Troy died
Quote: “ when Troy died I lost apart of my soul, he was like my brother we grew up together”

SlSoD #13 by Allison on Monday 4.8

4/8/2019

Selena Quintanilla-Perez “Como La Flor”, Entre a Mi Mundo (“As The Flower”, Come into My World)

Genre: Tejano, Latin Pop (Texan-Mexican music)
Origin: Lake Jackson, TX
Year Album Released: 1992
Years Active: 1981 - 1995 (died at age 23)
Important humans: Selena
Quote: “Tejano music is a combination or should i say fusion of a lot of different types of music all rolled into one package. It’s country music, it’s jazz, it has roots of German polka, it also has Mexican music in it.”
- Known as the queen of Tejano music or of Latin music.
- Part of a family band “Los Dinos”, as the lead singer at 9 yrs old.
- Won Tejano Music Award for Female Entertainer of The Year at age 15.
- Nominated and won a Grammy for Best Mexican-American Album,”Selena Live!” in 1994

SlSoD #12 by Antonio on Friday 4.5

4/8/2019

Daft Punk "Robot Rock" from Humans After All - 2006

Genre – French house, disco
Origin – Paris France
Years active – 1993-present
Important people – Thomas Dangauter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo
Quote - Looking like robots is not like looking like an idol. One doesn’t look like a human being but more like a mirror –– the energy people emanate is bounced off the stage… and in the process everybody has a good time together… the focus is not on us. The visors are very, very tinted. I can hear the clamour but I hardly have any visual memory of the tours, apart from looking at our controllers
They had a band in 1992 called Darling and they got the name from an album from the Beatles
In 1993 someone who was giving them a review told them that “that funk” and then they got the name daft punk but they did not where the notorious helmets with black visors yet
Then September 9th at 9:09 am one of there samplers exploded and when the two men woke up there had become robots
There first helmets had LED’S on the visors the could light up and show different patterns and they had to were bulky backpacks to power them and they had gauntlets that could control them and Thomas’s helmet had a smile
Then they got rid of the backpacks and got very darkly tinted visors and wore black leather suits with there name on the back
Many people thought they were done after there record human after all because it did not do to well and they had not toured in 10 years but in 2006 at Coachella they had a huge show and then came out with the album random access memories

SlSoD #11 by Drea on Thursday 4.4

4/4/2019

“Golden” from Beautifully Human: Words and Sound Vol 2. By Jill Scott
Facts
She was originally a spoken-word poet.
Originally attended Temple University to become a high school English teacher.
She grew up in a Jehovah’s witness household.
★Important Humans: Jill Scott
★Origin: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
★Years active: 1999-present
★Genre: R&B/Soul
★Release Date: 2004
★Quote: “I think every individual has his or her own power, and it’s a matter of working, taking time and defining what that power is.”

SlSoD #10 by Dante on Wednesday 4.3

4/4/2019

Artist: Colter wall
“Song Title”: "The devil wears a suit and tie”
Year album released: 2017
Genre: folk music,outlaw country,blues
Origin: swift current,Saskatchewan,Canada
Years active: 2015-present
Important humans: Colter wall

SlSoD #9 - Bryan on Monday 4.1

4/1/2019

Yes “Roundabout (Remastered Version)” from Fragile (Deluxe Edition) - 2008
➢Released: 1971 (Originally)
➢Genre: Progressive Rock
➢Origin: London, England
➢Years Active: 1968-1981, 1983-present (hiatus 2004-2008)
➢Past Members: Jon Anderson (lead singer), Chris Squire (bassist), Peter Banks (guitarist), Tony Kaye (keyboardist), Bill Bruford (drummer)
➢Current Members: Jon Davison (lead singer), Billy Sherwood (bassist), Steve Howe (guitarist), Geoff Downes (keyboardist), Alan White (drummer)
➢Interesting Facts:
○When Yes started back in 1968, they had performed original tracks and rearranged covers of pop, rock, jazz, and blues songs.
○In 1970, they changed a sense of direction, which led to a series of very successful albums in the progressive rock genre, such as The Yes Album, Fragile, and Close to the Edge.
○The success of the original Roundabout cemented their popularity for many decades.
○In 2012, the remastered version of the song was later included as one of the ending themes for the anime adaptation of the famous manga series called JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure.
➢Quote: “I know when I started I would’ve been happy to sound like the Beatles or Joe Tax or whoever. You want sound like most bands, you want to sound like their records and that’s how you learn your chops.” - Jon Anderson
➢I like this song because of how fitting it’s used in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, and also because of how incredible this song is. In my opinion, it shows how cool progressive rock can be with a definitive sound.
The reason I chose this song is because I feel like most people nowadays don’t quite recognize Yes as much, despite being one of the most influential progressive rock bands of all time.

SlSoD #8 - Taylor on Thursday 3.28

4/1/2019

Sam Smith “Nothing left for you” From The Thrill of it all -2017
Genre: Pop
Origin: London
Years active: 2012-Now
Important humans: Sam Smith
Interesting fact:
- He looked for inspiration in such soulful Artists such as “Aretha Franklin” and “Stevie Wonder”
- and Sam’s first moment in the spotlight was when he released his 2012 song “Latch”.
Quote: Just because you’re selling out shows doesn’t mean you deserve better treatment than the person next door

SlSoD #7 - Ramon on Wednesday 3.27

3/28/2019

MEGADETH “Symphony Of Destruction” from Countdown To Extinction (1992)

Genre: Heavy Metal, Thrash Metal.
Interesting People: Dave Mustaine
Origin: Los Angeles, California
Years active: 1983-2002 & 2004 - Present
Quote: “Megadeth doesn’t sound anything like Metallica” - Dave Mustaine
Interesting Facts
- The title track off of Countdown to Extinction received the Genesis award in 1993 from the Humane Society. This award is an annual honor for raising awareness for animal issues. It is great that they made this song for the purpose of raising awareness for animal issues.
- Sometimes people get great ideas from reading things and this is just how Dave Mustaine got the idea for the album name of Rust in Peace. He read it from a bumper sticker that read, “May all your warheads rust in peace.”
- Dave Mustaine used to play in another very popular metal band, Metallica. Once he got kicked out of that band, he formed the band, Megadeth.

SlSoD #6 - Alanna on Tuesday 3.26

3/27/2019

Jane’s Addiction, “Classic Girl” from Ritual De lo Habitual, 1990

Jane's Addiction is a psychedelic rock band that was formed in 1985 in Los Angeles. The band broke up in 1991, got back together for one year in 1997, and then three years in 2001 to 2004. The band finally got back together in 2008 and has been together ever since. Over its many years, there have been plenty of band members, who are: Perry Farrel on vocals , Flea from red hot chili peppers on guitar, as well as Dave Navarro on guitar. And the iconic drummer , is Stephen Perkins.
Perrys dog was in the band for a moment as they used his barks in several songs, it's most prominent in Been Caught Stealing.
The band’s first breakup created a spin off band, Porno for Pyros, which featured Perry and Stephen
“I've never been in love , I don't know what it is. I only know if someone wants me.”
There is a enlarged picture of Perry Farrell naked in bed covering an entire wall on the way into the women's bathroom in the Hard Rock Casino. Barely anyone knows it's him.

SlSoD #5 - Lyric on Monday 3.25

3/26/2019

Ariana Grande “Imagine” Thank U,Next ‘19
Genre- Pop / R&B
Important Humans- Ariana Grande
Singer/Songwriter/Actress
Years Active- 2008-Present
Interesting facts

Played Cat Valentine on the show “Victorious” and “Sam and cat”
Started career off doing a broadway musical
released album Yours Truly in 2013, which was influenced by 1990s R&B and 1950s doo-wop,
Had 4 top ten singles on Billboard hot 100
Won 1 Grammy
Critics have compared her vocals to Mariah Carey
First solo artist to hold the top three spots on the Billboard Hot 100
In 2018 Billboard named her Woman of the year
Ex girlfriend of Mac Miller ( Sweetener tour did a tribute to honor him)
Uses Whistle Tone

“Ariana tweeted that the song is about being in denial. For example, in September 2018, she couldn’t believe Mac had really passed away. “kind of like... pretending it never ended. denial. “- Ariana Grande

SlSoD #4: Darian S. on Thursday 3.21

3/21/2019

Toru Kitajima “Katharsis” from Katharsis
Genre: J-pop, Rock.
Origin: Japan
Years active: 2018-present
Year album released: November 21, 2018
Intersting fact(s): Opening theme song for an anime called Tokyo Ghoul:re.
Quote: “Sins, punishments, me, and you
Were all left behind without meeting their end”- Toru Kitajima