Transcript Rock Alternative – Hard Ronald Darmawan, AME 151

ROCK
Alternative – Hard
Ronald Darmawan, AME 151
BRIEF HISTORY
Rock music arose in late 1940s and became
popular in the United States in mid-1950s.
 The music is characterized with strong beat and
typical instruments used like Keyboard, Drums,
Electric and Bass guitars.
 Rock music has similarity with Rock & Roll
because both came with same origins from R&B,
Swing Jazz and Blues.
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AEROSMITH
Origin: Boston, MA
 Genre: Hard Rock
 Years Active: 1970 – present
 Current Members: - Steven Tyler, Joe Perry,
Brad Whitford, Tom Hamilton, Joey Kramer
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Logo:
AEROSMITH – NINE LIVES (1997)
AEROSMITH – NINE LIVES (1997)
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Nine Lives is Aerosmith’s 12th album. It uses the
picture of a body with head of a cat. The cat is
used because cat is claimed to have nine lives.
The body image is controversial because it
depicts Lord Khrisna (Hindu’s God), dancing on
top of a monster with snake bodies. The monster
turns out to symbolize one of the demon in Hindu
mythology. The album cover was then revised
still with an image of cat (nine lives) wearing
shirt and jeans tied on a roller with knives stuck
into the roller. Both covers show the body in
danger (from snake and knives) but it remains
there because it is a cat that has nine lives.
AEROSMITH – NINE LIVES (REVISED)
AEROSMITH – DONE WITH MIRRORS (1985
AEROSMITH – DONE WITH MIRRORS (1985
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Done with Mirrors is Aerosmith’s 8th album. The
album name is Done with Mirrors but the album
cover uses the image created by the mirrors
(written opposite). This creates a kind of
contradiction which maybe meant to symbolize
the uniqueness of the group and Rock music
itself.
BON JOVI
Origin: Sayreville, NJ
 Genre: Hard Rock
 Years Active: 1983 - present
 Current Members: Jon Bon Jovi, Richie Sambora,
David Bryan, Tico Torres
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BON JOVI – HAVE A NICE DAY (2005)
BON JOVI – HAVE A NICE DAY (2005)
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Have a Nice Day is Bon Jovi’s 9th album. The
image uses the famous ‘Have a Nice Day’ symbol
of 2 eyes and a smile. But, the smile in the cover
is rather cynical with an ‘angry’ eyebrow. Red
color is used as its background instead of Yellow
which make the ‘angry’ theme stronger.
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS
Origin: Los Angeles, CA
 Genre: Alternative Rock
 Years Active: 1983 - present
 Current Members: Anthony Kiedis, John
Frusciante, Flea, Chad Smith
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RHCP – ONE HOT MINUTE (1995)
RHCP – ONE HOT MINUTE (1995)
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One Hot Minute is Red Hot Chili Pepper’s sixth
album. It uses an image of a young girl with red
hair and pink dress playing piano. The young girl
is used, maybe, to give an idea that the album
has fewer sexual theme compared to the previous
album. The color red (hair, flower, ribbon) is used
to give a ‘hot’ theme because hot is mostly
associated with red color (example: red chili or
red pepper). The color black (the major color in
the cover) and the color red are used to symbolize
RHCP because both red and black are also in
RHCP’s logo.
SOURCE
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 www.wikipedia.org
 www.google.com/image
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