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- The Stooges. Had they continued playing leaf blowers and vacuum cleaners we mighta shoved them in the post-hippy schizoid noise-rock dustbin with Silver Apples or Simply Saucer but between guitarist Ron Asheton's sudden discovery of scuzzy, gutter-scraping riffs and Iggy Pop's peanut butter smearing, loose chimp stagecraft, punk rock - and our new lives - began.
- MC5. Pseudo-revolutionaries and drug-hoovering felons, MC5 were as much an outlaw gang as a band, but Christ, could they play. Perhaps the most muscular rock n’ roll outfit ever, their music sounds literally like homemade firebombs smashing through plate glass windows and let's face it, every high energy rock band since have been eating their dust.
- Alice Cooper. Sensing Motor City's relevance to the cause, the ever-opportunistic Alice dragged his boys from the desert to Detroit at exactly the right time.
- Bob Seger. From his humble beginnings as a garage rocker in the Last Heard to the muscular hard rock of the Bob Seger System and the radio-baiting Silver Bullet Band, Seger ably represented the “regular guy” in rock n’ roll, the working class, blue-collar, beer-guzzling factory worker that just wanted to annihilate their weekend in a blur of revving motors and high-octane rock music.
Detroit, Michigan, is a major center in the United States for the creation and performance of music, and is best known for three developments: Motown, early punk rock (or proto-punk), and techno. [1] The Metro Detroit area has a musical history spanning the past century, beginning with the revival of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in 1914.
Jul 3, 2024 · Dive into the Detroit music scene and you'll find it's like an endlessly spinning record of hits. It's a place where the underground beats of techno started thumping and where rock 'n' roll got a little bit grimier and garage bands turned up the volume.
- “8 Mile” by Eminem
- “American Bad Ass” by Kid Rock
- “Be My Lover” by Alice Cooper
- “Detroit City” by Alice Cooper
- “Dancing in The Street” by Martha & The Vandellas
- “Detroit” by Red Hot Chili Peppers
- “Don’t Stop Believing” by Journey
- “I Care About Detroit” by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
- “Panic in Detroit” by David Bowie
- “Murder City Nights” by Radio Birdman
Eminem’s song, “8 Mile,” references the 8-mile-long road between the white suburbs of Detroit and the predominantly black community. The hit came out in the latter half of 2002 and is still one of his most well-known songs. It talks about Eminem’s upbringing in the city and his determination to make it as a famous rapper. “8 Mile” is not just about...
At the start of the 21st century, Kid Rock released the iconic song, “American Bad Ass.” The lyrics tell us about how Detroit influenced the singer and how his rocking career has made Detroit visible on the map again. The song makes sense for Kid Rock, who grew up in a town just north of Detroit before hitting it big in the music industry. So, the ...
Rock musician Alice Cooper’s 1971 hit song, “Be My Lover,” is about a man who comes from Detroit City falling in love with a woman he meets that same night. Alice Cooper himself is from there, so the first-person point of view is truthful in his lyrics. Although the song doesn’t talk about Detroit too often, listeners can be easily fooled into beli...
Given Alice Cooper’s birth and upbringing in Detroit, it makes sense that he so often sings about Motor City. It holds a special place in his heart. Unlike “Be My Lover,” another Cooper song about Detroit, this song delves into the artist’s relationship with the city. The end even features an insightful line about his life starting in Detroit and l...
“Dancing in the Street” is an R&B song from 1965 by Martha & The Vandellas. While the artist does sing about Detroit, it is not the only city in the song. They talk about people spending the summer dancing and singing in the streets of cities across the United States of America. They mention New York City, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Ba...
The Red Hot Chili Peppers came together in Los Angeles, California. However, the drummer, Chad Smith, is from Detroit. So, this song about the city they released in 2016 comes from a special place. Despite the simple name of the song, it gives a few thoughtful insights into the city for the song’s listeners. For example, the hit even references The...
“Don’t Stop Believing” is one of the most notable songs from the early 1980s and one of Journey’s most iconic hits. Very few people can resist singing along when the song comes on at a bar or karaoke. Within the first few lines, it mentions Detroit. Though one of the lyrics references a city boy who was born and raised in South Detroit, none of the...
The meaning of this song is in the title. In this 1968 single, Smokey Robinson and The Miracles sing about why they care for the city of Detroit. It is the singer’s hometown, and they seem to know the city very well. To help the city and its people, they know how much important work they need to do. They are more than willing to do this work becaus...
David Bowie’s 1973 album “Aladdin Sane” features the song “Panic in Detroit.” David Bowie is not from Detroit–In fact, he is not even from the United States of America. However, he still manages to sing a great song about the American city. David Bowie did not conjure up images of the Detroit riots on his own. He used Iggy Pop’s affective descripti...
Radio Birdman’s song “Murder City Nights” came out in 1977, endowing its listeners with a cool indie-rock tune. Radio Birdman utilizes Detroit’s heavier nickname, “Murder City,” because of its unfortunately high rate of homicides. The worst of the murders were in the mid-1970s. This song came out right after the killings were at their peak, adding ...
- "What's Going On" Marvin Gaye (Tamla) 1971. Berry Gordy didn't want to release this, deeming it "uncommercial." The Motown chief finally relented when Gaye — who co-wrote it with Four Top Renaldo "Obie" Benson and Motown in-house songwriter Al Cleveland — threatened to permanently stop recording.
- "Living for the City" Stevie Wonder (Tamla) 1973. Another sociopolitical zinger, it describes ghetto life as aptly as any ever written. Although Wonder — who's never sounded angrier — set the story in Mississippi and NYC, it could just as easily be describing life for many African-Americans in the Motor City.
- "96 Tears" Question Mark & the Mysterians (Cameo) 1966. When Rudy Martinez and his Hispanic buddies created this classic (originally "69 Tears" — reason for change obvious!)
- "No Fun" The Stooges (Elektra) 1969. Marsh could've just as easily used this song to coin the "punk rock" label. There are numerous songs on that first album to choose from, but this grinding ode to boredom and self-hate gets the nod — not only because it best encapsulates the band's mood and minimalist aesthetic and not only because the Sex Pistols recorded it ...
Jan 5, 2008 · Dall'album "Destroyer", una delle più belle canzoni dei Kiss!!From the album "Destroyer", here's one of the most beautiful songs of the greatest rock band in...
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Detroit Rock. During the late '60s and early '70s, Detroit was home to not just Motown, but a thriving rock & roll scene that had a major impact on mainstream hard rock of the '70s, and also laid much of the initial groundwork for the punk movement.
