Rock and Entertainment Journalist/Reporter
As the rock journalist you need to compile notes on the following topics below. As a rock journalist it is important that you find the Who, What, Where, When, and How of the following topics. You can write your notes in the space provided.
Below are the headlines from some of the greatest moments in rock history: The 80s.
Thriller:The Biggest Album in History
Michael Jackson ignites pop music
John Lennon is Assassinated
MTV Begins Broadcasting
8/01/80
CDs – The Death of Vinyls
Boy Band Renaissance Begins:
New Kids on the Block, Bell Biv DeVoe, New Edition, TLC, Boyz II Men
And what follows in the 90s
“The Message” Sweeps America
Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
U2 emerges from college radio to the mainstream
Prince debuts “Purple Rain”
New Wave Craze
(fashion bloopers & innovative pop)
Ten Essentials:
The Police – Every Breath You Take
Blondie – One Way or Another
The Go-Gos – We Got the Beat
The Cars – Just What I needed
The Vapors –Turning Japanese
Elvis Costello – Pump It Up
Devo – Whip It
The B-52’s – Rock Lobster
The Waitresses – I know what boys like
Madonna: Pushing the Envelop
Bruce Springsteen’s Born in the USA adopted by Ronald Reagan re-election campaign –The Boss reacts
The PMRC Hearing & Senate Commerce Committee
The invention of the parental – advisory sticker
1986
Run DMC’s Walk This Way
moves to no. 4 on the pop charts
and rap invades suburbia
1989
The Grammys starts a category for Heavy Metal. And the first winner is . . .
Indie Music emerges from the post-punk revolution of the 70s.
Essential Indie Albums:
Let It Be – The Replacements
Zen Arcade – Hisker Du
Daysream Nation – Sonic Youth
Slanted and Enchanted – Pavement
Exile in Guyville – Liz Phair
Power Ballads:
Pop Metal Hair Bands shed a tear
“Beth” – KISS
“Dream On” Aerosmith
“Every Rose Has Its Thorn” – Poison
“Wanted Dead or Alive” Bon Jovi
“Home Sweet Home” Motley Crue