1. ROCK AND ROLL SCHOOL OF ROCK

2. BEGINNINGS 1950S ORIGINS FROM BLUES AND JAZZ JERRY LEE LEWIS – ‘GREAT BALLS OF FIRE’ LITTLE RICHARD – ‘TUTTI FRUTTI’ CHUCK BERRY – ‘JOHNNY B GOODE’ CHUCK BERRY – ‘JOHNNY B GOODE

3. THE KING THE KING OF ROCK AND ROLL WAS KNOWN AS ELVIS PRESLEY OR ELVIS THE PELVIS FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS IN TENNESSE HISTORIC STRING OF HITS IN ‘56 INCLUDE HOUND DOG, DON’T BE CRUEL, LOVE ME TENDER, JAILHOUSE ROCK, AND ALL SHOOK UPHOUND DOG CAREER INTERRUPTED BY A 2 YEAR DEPLOYMENT DIED YOUNG AT AGE 42 OF A HEART ATTACK ELVIS CONTROVERSY??

4. BRITISH INVASION THE BEATLES – JOHN LENNON, PAUL MCCARTNEY, RINGO STAR, AND GEORGE HARRISON MET IN LIVERPOOL, ENGLAND BEATLEMANIA – COLLECTIVE OBSESSION EARLY BEATLES VS. LATER BEATLES ‘SHE LOVES YOU’ ‘STRAWBERRY FIELDS FOREVER’ YOKO ONO – THOUGHT OF AS THE CAUSE FOR BEATLES TO SPLIT

5. BRITISH INVASION CONT. THE ROLLING STONES- MICK JAGGER, KEITH RICHARDS, PUT BLUES BACK ON THE MAP STARTED AS A COVER BAND ‘SATISFACTION’ 1965 THE WHO SELF PROCLAIMED ROCK-OPERA GENERATION – ANTHEM FOR TEENAGE REBELLION GENERATION

6. MOTOWN DETROIT, MICHIGAN KNOWN AS ‘ROCK CITY’ HOME TO A LOT OF BLUE COLLAR WORKING CLASS PEOPLE MOTOWN RECORD COMPANY ASSEMBLED IN THE 60S – MOST INFLUENTIAL BLACK OWNED RECORD LABEL- STARTED BY BERRY GORDON JR. KNOWN RECORDERS – MARVIN GAYE, SMOKEY ROBINSON, ARETHA FRANKLIN, STEVIE WONDER, THE JACKSON FIVEARETHA FRANKLIN

7. WOODSTOCK 1969 HUGE THREE DAY MUSIC FESTIVAL TOOK PLACE IN BETHEL, NEW YORK FEATURED PERFORMERS – RAVI SHANKAR, JOAN BAEZ, CREDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL, JANIS JOPLIN, SLY AND THE FAMILY STONE, THE WHO, JOE COCKER, JIMI HENDRIX JIMI HENDRIX PERFORMING STAR SPANGELED BANNER CONTROVERSIAL

8. HARD ROCK CAME FROM THE BLUES EXPLOSION – CREAM, JIMI HENDRIX, LED ZEPPELINJIMI HENDRIXLED ZEPPELIN ELEVATED ROCK TO A ARTISTIC LEVEL – GAP BETWEEN PERFORMERS AND AUDIENCE (FANTASY LIFESTYLE) LOTS OF YOUNG DEATHS FROM FAST AND RECKLESS LIFESTYLE – JIMI HENDRIX, JANIS JOPLINJANIS JOPLIN

9. PUNK MUSIC BORN IN NEW YORK AT THE CBGB CLUB – THE RAMONES, THE SEX PISTOLS, THE CLASH CHALLENGING AUTHORITY – ANIT-ESTABLISHMENT, ANTI-AUTHORITY, ANTI-COMMERCIAL, VERY ANGRY THE RAMONES – BLITZKRIEG BOP SHOULD I STAY OR SHOULD I GO – THE CLASH

10. GRUNGE ROCK MUSIC OF THE 80S AND 90S – NOT JUST MUSIC BUT A WAY OF DRESS AND LIFESTYLE ANGSTY, ANGRY, ALTERNATIVE ATTITUDE BLACK SABBATH, NIRVANA, PEARL JAM, SOUNDGARDEN THOUGH OF TO START IN SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – WHERE NIRVANA WAS FROM BLACK HOLE SUN – SOUNDGARDEN EVEN FLOW – PEARL JAM

11. STEP OFF IDEA OF ROCK IS TO CHALLENGE AUTHORITY- ‘FIGHT THE MAN’ PROTEST SONGS OF THE 60S AND THE 70S PETE SEEGER, JOAN BAEZ, BOB DYLAN, WOODY GUTHRIE TOPICS – ANTI-VIETNAM WAR, CIVIL RIGHTS, ANTI-NUCLEAR WARFARE BRING ‘EM HOME – PETE SEEGER THE TIMES ARE A CHANGING’ – BOB DYLAN

12. CIVIL RIGHTS PROTEST MUSIC ODETTA OH FREEDOM SAME COOKE – A CHANGE IS GONNA COME WE SHALL OVERCOME MUSIC USED TO PROMOTE IDEAS OF POSITIVE FUTURE AND STAYED AWAY FROM VIOLENT MESSAGES MANY SUNG DURING MARCHES, RALLIES, SPEECHES, AND SIT-INS MANY HAD RELIGIOUS TEXT ASSOCIATED

13. VIETNAM AND ANTI-WAR MUSIC FIRST TELEVISED WAR (LIVING ROOM WAR) – CAUSED A GREAT DISRUPT IN THE NATION THE DRAFT MILITARY TACTICS UKNOWN ENEMY WAR – EDWIN STARR GIMME SHELTER – THE ROLLING STONES