The director Walter Hill set this sizzling rock-and-roll fable in a mythical Everymetropolis.
Promoters had been afraid that a rock-and-roll act wouldn't fill the seats.
If Slash is anywhere close to being right, the apps could add a nice revenue stream for the Rock-and-Roll Hall of Famer.
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But it seems like most of rock-and-roll and even hip-hop have built on the Kerouac-cum-James Dean-via-Nirvana mythos of the troubled teen struggling against the world.
In the late seventies and early eighties, Joe Strummer, one of the leaders of the Clash, wrote and performed some of the most mercurial rock-and-roll songs ever heard.
Also, in the August 2009 elections, Denny Tamaki, a former radio deejay with a fondness for rock-and-roll, won a seat in the Lower House, representing a district in Naha, the capital of Okinawa prefecture, located south of the main Japanese islands.
Like a couple ready to pounce on the next two vacated seats at the bar, we gave meaningful looks to one salesperson who was feigning that almost-ready-to-rock and roll look as he head nodded with his patrons.
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At Saint Laurent, Hedi Slimane went skinny and rock-n-roll with baby-doll dresses and leather miniskirts.
To foreign eyes, Americans seem to come in two speeds: the super-fit who rock, and the ultra-fat who roll.
Eckstine's sensibilities were too hot for what was desirable in the 1940s and 1950s, while his talents--as a voice and band leader, but not a musician who could actually play bebop or rock and roll--were too limited for the eras that followed.
For years we forgave Liam Gallagher and his swaggering, self-appointed rock-god role because - hey, he was the lead singer of Oasis and he sang 'Roll With It' and 'Wonderwall'.
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One of the reasons why so much first- and second-generation rock 'n' roll has aged so badly is that most of it was created by young people for consumption by even younger people.
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The most important items in each of these boy-caves were the ever-present turntable and stacks of rock and roll records.
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This seven-gallery museum covers rock 'n' roll and soul, from rural roots to modern-day hit makers.
Classical music is head music - rock and roll is physical, says Eno.
He also does something other more mainstream shows of the genre do not - champions new bands and artistes on the current Rock'n'Roll scene, giving them air-time rarely available elsewhere.
"There are bands out there that I'm confident are going to break through, but I do feel that the greats - those big rock 'n' roll bands that have this great big following and dominate the market - are a factor of yesteryear, sadly, " she says.
From the opening power chords to bassist-singer Bobby Hackney's rushed, garbled vocal, the song has the harried, live-for-the-moment desperation that's always made for great punk (and great rock 'n' roll overall).
And that's the reason this story runs - because it's about rock and roll.
He's a rock critic for the Chicago Sun Times and co-host of the public-radio rock 'n' roll talk show Sound Opinions.
Since then, Barzelay has released a solo acoustic record (2006's Bitter Honey), recorded Clem Snide's swan song (the still-unreleased Hungry Bird), and made Lose Big, a smart and compact collection of rock 'n' roll conversation-starters.
One of the biggest lobbying fights in the nation's capital this year could involve a traditionally non-Washington subject: rock and roll.
He was given the nickname the "King of Pop" -- a spin on Elvis Presley's status as "the King of Rock 'n' Roll" -- and few questioned the moniker.
"We think there's room for another marathon in Manhattan, in the spring, " said Scott Dickey, chief executive of Competitor Group, whose Rock 'n' roll marathon and half-marathon series has grown from six races in 2008 to 33 in cities around the world.
In his DNA you'll find Japanese Kabuki theatre, British rock and roll, and late 1960s dystopian sci-fi.
Led Zeppelin will be celebrated for transforming the sound of rock and roll and influencing other artists with blues-infused hits such as Stairway to Heaven.
Mr. FLASH: I can remember at a point when I would look - when I would think about the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame it was like this building that had a mote with sharks around it.
Mr. MYERS: Even before Jerry Lee and the dawning of rock 'n' roll, boogie-woogie was shifting away from the piano to electric guitar.
Bacharach's lush pop songs from the 1960s and '70s, with their complex harmonies and rhythms, were very different from the three-chord rock 'n' roll tunes that were popular at the time.
The evening's entertainment featured six Rock and Roll Hall of Famers, a few critically acclaimed young artists -- and The Boss himself.
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