Death reason of John Bonham (Drummer of Led Zeppelin)

After the tragic death of John Bonham, Led Zeppelin broke up. He died from what is medically termed as asphyxiation: inhaling his own vomit during sleep after a drinking binge. His hard-hitting style has so integral to the band’s sound that the remaining members decided to call it quits. Without Bonham there could be no Led Zeppelin.

Led zeppelin

The band formed in 1968 changed their name to Led Zeppelin and recorded and released their first self titled album. Within two months the album reached Billboard's Top Ten. The album is essentially Zeppelin most blues-driven release. Led Zeppelin II and every release after have attained Platinum status, and in 1973 the group began to break box-office records set by the Beatles. By 1975 Led Zeppelin was the most commercially successful rock band in the world.

The Zeppelin experimented with several musical styles over the bands reign. Their sound began with Blues and thunderous Heavy Metal, softened to mystical Folk and tumbled into the realm of Funk, Psychedelic Rock, and the fusion and integration of all these styles. Perhaps this is why their music has attained the lasting value that only two other groups have been able to secure, the Beatles and Pink Floyd.

CCR- Creedence Clearwater Revival

The band was formed in the late 60’s and early 70’s with complete progressive rock and proto heavy metal. They were the most successful and exhilarating band in the United States during that era. . In June 1968 Fantasy launched their first album "Creedence Clearwater Revival", and a single, "Suzy Q (Parts 1 & 2)", based on old rock. Despite criticism from various sources, most notably from Rolling Stone magazine, the album earned a gold record status by the end of the year.

Records of musical instruments:

Double bass guitar
A double bass guitar 4.26m long and weighted 590 kg was built by Arthur K. Ferris of Ironia, New Jersey, USA, in 1924.

Drum
The University of Texas Longhorn Band nicknamed Big Bertha which is 7.6m in circumference.

Guitar
A giant version of a Gibson guitar 11.63m long was made in 1991 by students at Shakamak high school, Jasonville, Indiana, USA. Large stringed instruments that are bigger than the span of human hands are difficult or even impossible to play.

Organs
The world’s loudest instrument is the Auditorium Organ in Atlantic City, USA. It was built in 1930 at a cost of $500,000, has more than 32,000 pipes and is powered by a 365 horsepower blower. The second largest organ pipe was built in 1911 in the Wanamaker Department Store (now Lord & Taylor’s), Philadelphia, USA. The world’s largest cathedral organ was built in St Stephens Cathedral, Passau, Germany, in 1928. It has 17,774 pipes.

Pianos
In 1935 in London Charles H. Challen built a piano which is probably the largest in the world. It weighs 1.25 tonnes and is 3.55m long.
One of the lightest pianos ever made was a baby grand weighing just 180 kg. it was made mostly of aluminum covered in yellow pigskin. It was constructed by the Bluthner Company of Germany for the airship Hindenburg, and destroyed when the airship exploded in 1937.

Tuba
In 1896 John Philip Sousa, who is the American inventor of the sousaphone, played a 2.28m tuba on a world tour. This is the largest brass instrument ever made and had 11.8m of tubing.

The Doors

The band took its name from the poet-visionary-artist William Blake, who had written, "When the doors of perception are cleansed, things will appear to man as they truly are...infinite." English author Aldous Huxley was sufficiently inspired by Blake's quote to title his book on experiences The Doors of Perception. Morrison was so connected to both works that he proposed, The Doors, to his band mates. Everyone agreed that the name, as well as the inspiration from which it sprang, was perfect to convey who they were and clearly representative for what they stood for. The group was signed to Elektra Records, then a small folk-music record company, in July of 1966 by Jac Holzman, Elektra's founder.

Biography of Linkin Park

Members:
* Chester Bennington (vocals)
* Mike Shinoda (vocals/sampling/guitar/keyboard)
* Joe Hahn (turntables, samples)
* Brad Delson (guitar)
* Rob Bourdon (drums)
# Story behind the formation of the band:
Mike Shinoda had a small bedroom studio, where he and Brad first recorded the band first material in 1996. Brad and Mike attended their high school together where they met the band’s drummer, Rob Bourdon. Shinoda met Joseph Hahn while studying at Art Center College. Meanwhile, attending UCLA, Delson shared an apartment with bassist Phoenix, who left the band after college and returned a year later. At this point they named their band Xero and recorded several songs but never got signed. Then Shinoda decided to hire a vocalist, and put out an ad, then they found their vocalist, Chester Bennington. The band called itself Hybrid Theory after the addition of Bennington(the idea being that they were a hybrid of rock and rap), however, due to a trademark issue with a band called Hybrid, they were forced to change their name. Eventually, they settled on Lincoln Park, suggested by Bennington because after band practice he would have to drive past there to get home. However the domain 'lincolnpark.com' cost more than the band could afford, so they changed the spelling to Linkin Park.

Some rock and pop facts:

First CD single by a band:
Dire Straits, “Brothers in arms “, 1985

Loudest rock band:
British band,” The who” played at 140 decibels- as loud as a jet is taken off. Members of the band suffered a hearing loss.

Biggest selling album in the UK:
The Beatles ‘Sgt Pepper’s hearts club Band (1967) sold 250000 in the UK in its 1st week and 500,000 within the month.

Most successive No.1 albums in UK:
Robbie Williams had stringed five no.1 albums in the UK between 1997 to 2002. He has also won 14 BRIT awards, more than any other artist.

Biggest selling group in the world:
The Beatles with total sales of over 1 billion

Best selling single ever by a group in the UK:
Queen, “Bohemian Rhapsody” (1975)

Band with the most UK chart hits:
Status Quo -58, followed by The Rolling Stones -51