Music Diversity at Parkers

        Guns n Roses, Van Halen, Metallica, Def Leppard, Motley Crue are all great examples of heavy metal rock from the 1980s. Heavy metal rock was born in 1970s, giving a taste of blues and rock music together, creating the hard rock we now know today. These bands create their instrumentals through heavy, thick guitar playing along with drums. Heavy metal in the 1980s wasn't as lyrical extreme as in the 70s, having violence outbreaks spark more often in the 70s with bands like Black Sabbath and MegaDeth. The band Black Sabbath lead by Ozzy Osbourne was a music sensation in the 1980s, coming out with hits left and right. Songs like Lady Evil  and Heaven and Hell .  In the 1980s we are introduced to a different, more socially conscious era of heavy metal bands. Taking a step into our first band that will be talked about is in the rock hall of fame, Guns n Roses . Guns n Roses  came about in 1985, born in Los Angeles by Rose and Stradlin (Rose was ...

In music gender norms are shown across varieties of music. If you take a look at different genres you will start to notice that depending on what genre of music it is, gender will be talked about in a particular manner. If we take modern day hip hop for example it isn't the most clean, proper way to speak about gender depending on who you listen to, but it is just an example. Or another example could be country music with a majority of their songs being break up songs between couples, or going on to show the love and affection that they have for each other. These are just two examples off the top of my head. When I think deeper into it, going back to high school, I believe that in our band/orchestra at Wando High School mostly girls played strings instruments such as the violin or the viola while there were more guys playing the bigger strings instruments such as the cello. One huge thing I noticed in high school was that there was a significant amount of girls compared to boys in ...