the Who

The Who adalah grup Inggris terbesar ketiga setelah The Beatles dan The Rolling Stones. Mereka merupakan salah satu grup live terhebat dengan pertunjukan yang dinamis dan musik yang berkonsep. Materi awal The Who bertema pemberontakan dengan power chord khas Pete Townshend menjadi sumber inspirasi power pop dan punk rock. Selanjutnya mereka membuat album konsep inovatif yang akhirnya berkembang menjadi rock opera. Sampai hari ini, popularitas The Who tidak pernah pudar.

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Pada era 60an, The Who adalah band kelompok mods yang paling populer. Mods adalah sebuah kelompok yang memberontak atas musik rock & roll para rockers gaya 50an. Mereka banyak menghasilkan single-single populer pada awal karirnya seperti "The Kids Are Alright", "My Generation", "Substitute", "Happy Jack" dll. Meskipun sukses sebagai band dengan single-single populer saat itu, Pete Townshend mempunyai ambisi yang jauh lebih besar. Dia mulai membuat album konsep dengan A Quick One (1966) dan The Who Sell Out (1967) dan akhirnya menciptakan mahakarya double-album Tommy (1969), sebuah rock opera yang sangat berhasil secara artistik dan komersil. Penampilan mereka di Woodstock dengan membawakan materi Tommy mendorong The Who menjadi superstar di AS.

Setelah Tommy, The Who merilis Live at Leeds, yang sampai sekarang masih dianggap sebagai salah satu album live terhebat sepanjang masa. Setelah itu, Townshend ingin mengulangi keberhasilan Tommy atau bahkan melebihinya dengan rencana proyek film rock Lifehouse, namun produser tidak sanggup merealisasikannya dan materi untuk proyek tersebut disalurkan ke dalam Who's Next (1971), sebuah album rock mahakarya yang oleh sebagian orang dianggap album rock terhebat yang pernah dibuat. Setelah Who's Next, The Who membuat lagi satu double-album konseptual berjudul Quadrophenia yang menceritakan tentang karakter Jimmy, seorang anak muda yang bermasalah mental berjuang untuk menemui jati diri dengan latar belakang perseteruan antara mods dan rockers pada awal 1960an yang mengakibatkan kerusuhan di pantai Brighton.

Tahun 1978, The Who mengalih dari musik rock opera ke sound yang lebih berorientasi radio dengan merilis Who Are You. Diwaktu yang sama, Keith Moon meninggal dunia akibat overdosis pill yang diberi dokter. Kenny Jones, eks The Small Faces dan The Faces, masuk menggantikan Moon sebagai drummer. Tahun 1979, kecelakaan terjadi dalam konser mereka di Riverfront Coliseum di Cincinnati, Ohio pada tahun 1979, dimana perebutan kursi mengakibatkan kematian 11 orang fans. The Who tidak diberitahu kejadian ini sebelum show selesai karena kekhawatiran petugas atas kerusuhan yang tidak terkontrol kalau konser dibatalkan. The Who sangat terpukul setelah mengetahui kejadian ini.

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Di era Kenny Jones sebagai drummer, The Who merilis Face Dances (1981) dan It's Hard (1982). Meskipun kedua album itu disambut baik kritikus dan mendapatkan penjualan yang bagus, tapi fans lama tidak menerima sound baru The Who yang berorientasi ke pop. Townshend merasakan dia tidak sanggup lagi menulis untuk The Who dan band mengadakan farewell tour.

The Who mengambil cuti panjang dan mulai akhir 1980an hingga 2000an mereka mengadakan beberapa tur reuni. Beberapa saat sebelum memulai tur musim panas 2002, bassist John Entwistle meninggal dunia dalam kamar Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas. Kematiannya bukan diakibati overdosis tapi cocaine yang dia konsumsi memicu serangan jantung dari penyakit jantung yang dideritanya akibat pemakaian cocaine.

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Discography

1965 My Generation
1966 A Quick One
1967 The Who Sell Out
1969 Tommy
1970 Live at Leeds (live)
1971 Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy (kompilasi)
1971 Who's Next
1973 Quadrophenia Rock
1974 Odds and Sods (kompilasi)
1975 The Who By Numbers
1978 Who Are You
1979 The Kids Are Alright (soundtrack)
1981 Face Dances
1982 It's Hard
1984 Who's Last (live)
1990 Join Together (live)
1994 Thirty Years of Maximum R&B (box set)
1996 My Generation: The Very Best of The Who (kompilasi)
1996 Live at the Isle of Wight Festival 1970 (soundtrack)
1999 BBC Sessions (kompilasi)
2002 The Ultimate Collection (kompilasi)
2003 Live at the Royal Albert Hall (live)
2004 The Who: Then and Now (kompilasi)

Website The Who : http://www.thewho.com/

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Ore Ska Band


ABOUT ORESKABAND/バイオグラフィー
Hailing from Osaka, Japan, the 19 years old Japanese ska-rock sextet ORESKABAND, who are set to make their movie debut this year as the stars of a feature musical movie “Lock and Roll Forever”,  ORESKABAND will be one of the headlining acts on the VANS WARPED TOUR 2008. The band is scheduled to play all 46-dates on the tour, becoming the first Japanese band ever to accomplish this!!

ORESKABAND formed in 2003 when middle school classmates IKASU (guitar & vocal), TOMI (bass & vocal), TAE-SAN (drums), SAKI (trumpet), MORIKO (tenor sax) and LEADER (trombone) got together to start their own band. They started off playing at small clubs in their hometown and quickly built following with their energetic live shows and colorful personalities. A&R reps from record labels caught the underground vibe of the band and by 2006, these talented high schoolers were signed to Sony Music Japan.

From performing at local venues, ORESKABAND has gone on to gain recognition on a national level. An exceptional opportunity came when their song YEAH ! Ska Dance was used in a TV commercial for POCKY, a very popular Japanese candy. The girls themselves appeared in the commercial, which was shot while they were performing on a moving train show-casing their fresh ska-pop sound and lively personalities

Juggling the role of high school students and recording artists, ORESKABAND completed their debut mini album entitled Ore in March 2006 and received massive critical acclaim. In June, the girls collaborated with trombone player/Ska legend Rico Rodriguez on his tribute session album JAPA-RICO RICO RODRIGUEZ MEETS JAPAN with their cover of the Ska classic MONKEY MAN(MONKEY monkey MAN). That summer, the band also got an invitation to perform at the prestigious FUJI ROCK FESTIVAL which they graciously accepted attracting 1000 attendees, a new artist record!

Their popularity was rising high in Japan but the band was not willing to stop there; In March 2007, following the digital release of their US debut single PINOCCHIO, ORESKABAND kicked off their first tour starting from SXSW music festival in Austin, TX, where the full-throttle energy of their performance and their infectious spirit have earn them strong following and a reputation as one of the best discoveries of the festival. Back in Japan, the girls, now fresh out of high school, continued to play nationwide and wrapped up the successful tour with a sold-out show in their hometown Osaka.

August 2007 saw the release of ORESKBAND’s first LP in the U.S., a self-titled compilation of the band’s Ore and WAO (Short for “We Are ORESKABAND!!”) EP’s.

To support the LP, ORESKABAND returned to the states for a very successful performance at Anime Expo in summer 2007. ORESKABAND was also chosen to perform at Warped Tour that summer alongside many established bands. This US Tour proved successful in creating a new international fan base for ORESKABAND.

After seven crowd-rocking WARPED TOUR performances and new found international recognition, ORESKABAND moved forward with a determination to ring their music all over the world. The girls stayed in the U.S. for 3 more months and filmed their debut musical movie “Lock and Roll Forever”, produced by Emmy-Award winning movie producer Barry Rosenbush. ORESKABAND further added to their resume by recording original songs for the movie’s soundtrack with renowned music industry veteran Kaz Utsunomiya and several other veteran sound producers.

When all of the projects for the debut movie were completed, ORESKABAND finally went home to Japan but that did not signal the end of the whirlwind 2007 year for the girls. ORESKABAND capped off 2007 with a successful performance at the prestigious New Year’s Celebration event “COUNTDOWN JAPAN rock festival” in front of a capacity crowd of 5000 attendees.

In Mar. 2008, ORESKABAND returned to the SXSW Music Festival and announced their upcoming performance at VANS WARPED TOUR 2008. ORESKABAND is now in the studio working on their anticipated new album which is scheduled for an Oct. 2008 release in Japan.

ORESKABAND certainly has their hands full with headlining for the VANS WARPED TOUR, releasing their new album, and the premiere of their movie “Lock and Roll Forever”. 2008 is shaping up to be another eventful year in the very young and bright careers of the 6 girls from OSAKA, JAPAN.

My Space Ore Ska Band : http://www.myspace.com/oreskabandus


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