Sabgoat

1969 Led Zeppelin sold there first record. No one heard of this band at that point. In the 70's Zeppelin was one of the biggest bands. Better then disco, better then popular music, Zeppelin had it all. There were four men in the group, three of which played instruments, Jimmy Page (Guitarist), Robert Plant (Lead Singer), John Bonham (Drummer), and John Paul Jones (bass & Piano, mandolin). Jimmy Page and Robert Plant were considered to be two of the sexist men of that time. Led Zeppelin were famous for there music, and lyrics. What a lot of people remember about Led Zeppelin is that they were also famous for there groupies. Maybe it was because of there very sexual lyrics that made the girls go wild, or just lead singer Robert Plant. Either way this band had it all in the 70's they had everything that any man would want, the girls, the money, and a rock band. From what people know as the most out there and drugged up and sexual decade the 60's opened the doors to make the 70's just as bad or worse, in a good way of cores. Led Zeppelin was Rock N' Roll at its best; they made it sexual, scary and very powerful.

Judas Priest was one of very few Influential hard core heavy metal bands of the 70’s. Judas Priest was as deep or deeper then Led Zeppelin, and was heavier and darker then Black Sabbath. Judas Priest was just yet another great band from England seems almost as if most of the world’s greatest bands came from there. Judas Priest had there troubles in the beginning... They went through there band members like crazy until Judas Priest was finally complete and clearly created perfection in the band. By the 80’s Judas Priest still had there amazing musicale skills going on, there music never seemed to changed in anyone’s eyes for, which seemed to make them loose some of there fan base for a short while until the late 80’s when Judas Priest hit gold charts again. Judas priest stuck out the 80’s and were able to keep the true heavy metal alive.

The 70's crashed and burned when all the rockers started to die off great one by great one. John Bonham (Led Zeppelin Drummer) and John Lennon (Beatles singer, guitarist, and solo artist) died. Some people say that if John Lennon never died, that Rock N' Roll would have lived on. They also say that if John Bonham never died that Led Zeppelin would be like the Stones and would be playing somewhere in the world. Those issues we can never be to sure of.

The 80’s was the last years in Rock N' Roll as we know it. Popular music started to over come what was once the blues gone Rock N' Roll. There were still a few rock bands rocking in the 80's, such as Guns N' Roses, Bonjvoi, and Motley Crew. This was no normal rock music; this was hard rock, heavy metal even. This music would change for the worse. As the 80's went on the music became more pop related, like the New Kids On The Block, they became more about selling out, then selling music it was just less rock more pop. Bonjovi, now plays pop songs, and Guns N' Roses didn't last far into the 90's. Motley Crew had there moments, but is still holding on; they still aren't what they used to be.

Guns N' Roses came in the middle of the 80's when rock was on its way out. GNR came in and rocked us all. They were soft rock, and hard rock mixed into one. A band that seemed so crazy, yet sensitive were dieing right in front of our very eyes. Like the 70's rock was filled with drugs, and sex, to much of everything maybe. Either way it was messing up rock for us all, not because we were into to sex, drugs, and Rock N' Roll; it was just killing our music. Lead singer Alx Rose of GNR was losing himself in drugs, and what some would say, he just went crazy. By the early 90's GNR came to a bitter end, and so did Rock N' Roll as we know it.
The Rolling Stones are still holding on. All the men in the band are in there 60's now, still they continue to rock on. The Stones still sing old school Rock N' Roll music, but every other band gave up, or just never made it into the 90's. Only in the decade we all know as the 70's where music was great, and meaningful, unlike the music that people listen to today.

People always say " it gets worse before it gets better." When it comes to Rock N' Roll, I think it got better before it got worse. The 50's and 60's were great. The music was getting better. By the time the 70 rolled in the music was amazing in everyway. The 80's almost seemed like it took out the blues and added punk to its rock music. This then led to disaster. So did Rock N' Roll die as what people say?. I think so, there are still bands singing today that are being called rock bands, but there more punk, more pop then anything else. It’s now all about how many half naked women you can put in your videos to get your record to sell. Music will never be what it was. Only the bands from the 60's and 70's know what true rock music is. We seem to be only left with a few of our old time rockers. Rock still lives on, in our minds our old records (cds), but there will never be Rock N' Roll again.


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