Showing posts with label the beatles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label the beatles. Show all posts

Monday, December 8, 2008

RIP Dimebag Darrell and John Lennon


Today marks the 4th anniversary of the death of Dimebag Darrell and the 28th anniversary of John Lennon. Both of these men were highly talented musicians in there genres. Dimebag was known for his signature Dime squeals, guitar shred, and heart pounding riffs. On December 8, 2004 he was violently shot in the head multiple times by an enraged fan who came on stage during the opening song. Dimebag was shot dead right in front of his brother (Vinnie Paul), the rest of Damageplan, and a crowd of adoring fans. On that dreadful night, the world lost one of the greatest metal guitarists to ever live. Dime's name still lives on through fans and the many Dean signature guitars. We will miss Dimebag forever.
John Lennon was primarily the rhythm guitarist of the Beatles. Although, he did play some lead guitar, harmonica, and bass on the song "Let It Be." Now that I have mentioned let it be, I have a little story to share. This morning at my school we had a liturgy. During communion the Liturgy Band played the famous Beatles song, "Let It Be." It was a great cover of the song and it included one of our teachers who has a phenomenal voice. After the liturgy I mentioned to my friend, the keyboard player in the band, that is was the 28th anniversary of the death of John Lennon. I asked him if they did this on purpose. His answer was, "We had no clue until after the liturgy that it was the anniversary of his death." Nonetheless, it was a great tribut to John Lennon.

May the souls of John Lennon and Dimebag Darrell rest in peace.

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Saturday, November 1, 2008

The Beatles Get a Video Game


The news is in and the beatles are going to be featured in their own game! The game will be produced by Harmonix, the creators of Rock Band. The game will not be titled Rock Band: The Beatles, although it will work with all of your Rock Band peripherals. A keyboard may even be introduced into the game. The game will feature sampling of music and imagery from throughout the band's career, from "Please Please Me" (1963) through "Let It Be" (1970). This game should help expose the generation to The Beatles, just like Guitar Hero: Aerosmith did, and Guitar Hero: Metallica will help do.
There are no official dates for the release as of yet, but the developers are saying that it should be ready by the 2009 holiday season.