Rock
One of the first major Texan musical stars was Buddy Holly, a very famous rock and roll musician from the 1950s. Another up and coming singer, from Wink, Texas, was also making waves in the music scene. His name was Roy Orbison. He was followed by Buddy Knox, Bobby Fuller and Dallas rockabilly stars Gene Summers, Johnny Carroll and Ronnie Dawson.
The next decade witnessed such greats as Janis Joplin, from Port Arthur. She is ranked #46 on Rolling Stone 2004 list of the 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. Doug Sahm's Sir Douglas Quintet released several innovative performances, as did psychedelic rock underground legends 13th Floor Elevators, led by Roky Erickson. The hard rock of ZZ Top was born out of the bands American Blues and Moving Sidewalks in Houston in 1969. In 1971, Bloodrock from Ft. Worth released "D.O.A.",an international hit. Don Henley of the Eagles grew up in Linden, Texas.
More recently, Texas, especially the cities of Austin and Denton, has produced garage rock, punk rock and indie rock bands like Lift to Experience (Denton). San Antonio produced Butthole Surfers in the 1980s as well as the Doom Metal band; Las Cruces in the 90's, and El Paso was the home of At the Drive-In and its two offshoots, Sparta, and The Mars Volta. The Arlington-area band Pantera went on to become heavily influential in the metal genre. Other notable bands include Drowning Pool, Fair to Midland, Coilback, Paleface, Element Eighty, Jacknife and The Destro. Houston metal bands from the '80s include Helstar, King's X, Galactic Cowboys, The Hunger, Blitz and Ripper. And Dead Horse
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Famous quotes containing the word rock:
“When we were at school we were taught to sing the songs of the Europeans. How many of us were taught the songs of the Wanyamwezi or of the Wahehe? Many of us have learnt to dance the rumba, or the cha cha, to rock and roll and to twist and even to dance the waltz and foxtrot. But how many of us can dance, or have even heard of the gombe sugu, the mangala, nyang’umumi, kiduo, or lele mama?”
—Julius K. Nyerere (b. 1922)
“The forest waves, the morning breaks,
The pastures sleep, ripple the lakes,
Leaves twinkle, flowers like persons be
And life pulsates in rock or tree.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“When the rock was hid by the surges’ swell,
The mariners heard the warning bell,
And then they knew the perilous rock,
And bless’d the Abbot of Aberbrothok.”
—Robert Southey (1774–1843)