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Ricky ___MASK10___ Phillips ( born October 7 , 1953 ) is an American bass guitarist and the current bass player for the rock band Styx . He has also played in Nasty Habit , as a member ___MASK24___ The Babys and Bad English , and with Coverdale - ___MASK48___ and Ted Nugent . John Charles Waite ( born 4 July 1952 ) is an English musician . He was ___MASK1___ vocalist for The Babys and Bad English . As a solo artist , 1984 ' s " Missing You ", was a No . 1 hit on the US " Billboard " Hot 100 and a top ten hit on the UK Singles Chart . Rock music is a genre ___MASK24___ popular music that originated as " rock and roll " in the United States in the 1950s , and developed into a range ___MASK24___ different styles in the 1960s and later , particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States . It has its roots in 1940s ' and 1950s ' rock and roll , itself heavily influenced by blues , rhythm and blues and country music . Rock music also drew strongly on a number ___MASK24___ other genres such as electric blues and folk , and incorporated influences from jazz , classical and other musical sources . Lyrics are words that make up a song usually consisting ___MASK24___ verses and choruses . The writer ___MASK24___ lyrics is a lyricist . The words to an extended musical composition such as an opera are , however , usually known as a " libretto " and their writer , as a " librettist ". The meaning ___MASK24___ lyrics can either be explicit or implicit . Some lyrics are abstract , almost unintelligible , and , in such cases , their explication emphasizes form , articulation , meter , and symmetry ___MASK24___ expression . Rappers can also create lyrics with a variation ___MASK24___ rhyming words or words that create and tell a story or song . Alcatrazz was an American heavy metal ___MASK64___ formed in 1983 by ___MASK61___ Bonnet , Jimmy ___MASK9___ and ___MASK88___ Shea . They are best known for their songs " ___MASK47___ In The Sun " and " God Blessed Video ". ___MASK70___ rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music that began in the mid - 1960s , with the garage , psychedelic and blues rock movements . It is typified by a heavy use of aggressive vocals , distorted electric guitars , bass guitar , drums , and often accompanied with pianos and keyboards . ___MASK83___ is a major city and metropolitan borough of West ___MASK18___ , England . It is the largest and most populous British city outside London , with a population in 2014 of 1 , 101 , 360 . The city is in the West ___MASK18___ Built - up Area , the third most populous urban area in the United Kingdom , with a population of 2 , 440 , 986 at the 2011 census . ___MASK83___ ' s metropolitan area is the second most populous in the UK with a population of 3 . 8 million . This also makes ___MASK83___ the 9th most populous metropolitan area in Europe . A portmanteau (; plural " portmanteaus " or " portmanteaux " ) or portmanteau word is a linguistic blend ___MASK24___ words , in which parts ___MASK24___ multiple words or their phones ( sounds ) are combined into a new word . as in " smog ", coined by blending " smoke " and " fog ", or " popportunity ", from " popping " and " opportunity ", or " motel ", from " motor " and " hotel ". In linguistics , a portmanteau is defined as a single morph that represents two or more morphemes . Michael James " Mike " Ness ( born April 3 , 1962 ) is an American guitarist , vocalist , and chief songwriter for the punk rock ___MASK64___ Social Distortion , which was formed in 1978 . Mike Ness ' songs are represented by Downtown Music Publishing . Frank Vincent Zappa ( December 21 , 1940  December 4 , 1993 ) was an American musician , composer , songwriter , producer , guitarist , actor , and filmmaker whose work is characterized by nonconformity , free - form improvisation , sound experiments , musical virtuosity , and satire ___MASK24___ American culture . In a career spanning more than 30 years , Zappa composed rock , pop , jazz , jazz fusion , orchestral and " musique concrète " works , and produced almost all ___MASK24___ the 60 - plus albums that he released with his band the Mothers ___MASK24___ Invention and as a solo artist . Zappa also directed feature - length films and music videos , and designed album covers . He is considered one ___MASK24___ the ___MASK72___ innovative and stylistically diverse rock musicians ___MASK24___ his generation . Steven Siro " Steve " Vai ( born June 6 , 1960 ) is an American guitarist , composer , singer , songwriter , and producer . He was voted the 10th " Greatest Guitarist " by " Guitar World " magazine , and has sold over 15 million records . A three - ___MASK86___ Grammy Award winner and fifteen - ___MASK86___ nominee , Vai started his music career in 1978 at the age of 18 as a transcriptionist for Frank Zappa , and joined his band from 1980 to 1983 . He embarked on a solo career in 1983 and has released eight solo albums to date . He has recorded and toured with Alcatrazz , David Lee ___MASK56___ , Whitesnake , as well as having recorded with artists such as Mary J . Blige , Spinal Tap , and Ozzy Osbourne . Additionally , Vai has toured with live - only acts G3 , Zappa Plays Zappa , the Experience Hendrix tour , as well as headlining international tours . Guitar World is a monthly music magazine devoted to guitarists , published since July 1980 . It contains original interviews , album and gear reviews , and guitar and bass tablature ___MASK24___ approximately five songs each month . The magazine is published 13 times per year ( 12 monthly issues and a holiday issue ). Formerly owned by Harris Publications , Future US bought the magazine in 2003 . In 2012 , NewBay ___MASK55___ bought the Music division ___MASK24___ Future US . The latter company also published a spin - off title , Guitar Legends , each issue ___MASK24___ which typically combined past articles from " Guitar World " under a specific theme . Albums ___MASK24___ recorded music were developed in the early 20th century , first as books ___MASK24___ individual 78rpm records , then from 1948 as vinyl LP records played at rpm . Vinyl LPs are still issued , though in the 21st century album sales have mostly focused on compact disc ( CD ) and MP3 formats . The audio cassette was a format used from the late 1970s through to the 1990s alongside vinyl . The piano is an acoustic , stringed musical instrument , in which the strings are struck by hammers . It is played using a keyboard , which is a row ___MASK24___ keys ( small levers ) that the performer presses down or strikes with the fingers and thumbs ___MASK24___ both hands to cause the hammers to strike the strings . Invented in about 1700 ( the exact year is uncertain ), the piano is widely employed in classical , jazz , traditional and popular music for solo and ensemble performances , accompaniment , and for composing , songwriting and rehearsals . Although the piano is very heavy and thus not portable and is expensive ( in comparison with other widely used accompaniment instruments , such as the acoustic guitar ), its musical versatility ( i . e ., its wide pitch range , ability to play chords with up to 10 notes , louder or softer notes and two or more independent musical lines at the same ___MASK86___ ), the large number ___MASK24___ musicians and amateurs trained in playing it , and its wide availability in performance venues , schools and rehearsal spaces have ___MASK40___ it one ___MASK24___ the Western world ' s most familiar musical instruments . Soul SirkUS is a ___MASK64___ that initially featured singer Jeff Scott Soto , guitarist Neal Schon , bassist Marco ___MASK74___ , and drummer Deen Castronovo . Deen Castronovo ( born August 17 , 1964 ) is an American drummer and singer who has played in several notable ___MASK70___ rock and metal acts , such as Cacophony , Bad English , Journey , Wild Dogs , Dr . Mastermind , Hardline , Planet Us , Soul Sirkus , Social Distortion , and Black Sabbath bassist Geezer Butler ' s G / Z / R , as well as in backing bands for Ozzy Osbourne , Vasco Rossi , Steve Vai , Paul Rodgers , and Matthew Ward . Castronovo is the former drummer for the band Journey and current for Revolution Saints , performing on Journey albums such as Arrival ( 2001 ) , Red 13 ( 2002 ) , Generations ( 2005 ) ( in which he also provided lead vocals on two songs ) , Revelation ( 2008 ) , and Eclipse ( 2011 ) , as well as providing lead vocals when performing live Journey hits such as `` Mother , Father '' , `` Still They Ride '' , and `` Keep on Runnin ' '' , and occasionally `` Faithfully '' . He also played on the song `` Smoke Of The Revolution '' on the Neal Schon solo album Late Nite ( 1989 ) . Dweezil Zappa Plays Frank Zappa ( formerly known as Zappa Plays Zappa ) is an American tribute act led by Dweezil Zappa , the eldest son ___MASK24___ late American composer and musician Frank Zappa , devoted to performing the music ___MASK24___ Frank Zappa . Blues rock is a fusion genre combining elements ___MASK24___ blues and rock . It is mostly an electric ensemble - style music with instrumentation similar to electric blues and rock . From its beginnings in the early - to mid - 1960s , blues rock has gone through several stylistic shifts and along the way inspired ___MASK70___ rock , Southern rock , and heavy metal . Blues rock continues to be an influence , with performances and recordings by several popular artists . Planet Us ( pronounced " Planet - uss ") was a short - lived supergroup that formed in 2002 with Sammy Hagar on ___MASK1___ vocals , Neal Schon on guitar , Michael Anthony on bass , and Deen Castronovo on drums . The band later recruited a fifth member - famed guitarist Joe Satriani - when their original choice , Slash , turned them down . The band ' s name " Planet Us " has been alternatively spelled as " Planet US " in various publications . A Grammy Award ( originally called Gramophone Award ), or Grammy , is an honor awarded by The Recording Academy to recognize outstanding achievement in the mainly English - language music ___MASK51___ . The annual presentation ceremony features performances by prominent artists , and the presentation of those awards that have a more popular interest . It shares recognition of the music ___MASK51___ as that of the other performance awards such as the Emmy Awards ( television ), the Tony Awards ( stage performance ), and the Academy Awards ( motion pictures ). Kurt James ( born May 27 , 1967 in ___MASK16___ , California ) is an American Heavy metal  rock guitarist and composer . Social Distortion is an American punk rock ___MASK64___ formed in 1978 in ___MASK22___ , California . The ___MASK64___ currently consists of Mike Ness ( lead vocals , lead guitar ), Jonny Wickersham ( rhythm guitar , backing vocals ), Brent Harding ( bass , backing vocals ), David Hidalgo , Jr . ( drums ), and David Kalish ( keyboards ). Vasco Rossi ( born 7 February 1952 ), also known as Vasco or with the nickname Il Blasco , is an Italian singer - songwriter . During his career , he has published 26 albums ( not including unofficial releases ) and has written over 250 songs , as well as lyrics for other artists . He calls himself a " provoca ( u ) tore " ( an Italian portmanteau for " provoking author ") as throughout his career he has been regularly criticized over his choice ___MASK24___ lifestyle and the lyrics in his songs . Bad Company are an English ___MASK70___ rock supergroup formed in ___MASK19___ , London , in 1973 by two former Free band members  singer Paul Rodgers and drummer Simon Kirke  as well as Mott the Hoople guitarist Mick Ralphs and King Crimson bassist Boz Burrell . Peter Grant , who managed the rock band Led Zeppelin , also managed Bad Company until 1982 . Jeff ___MASK97___ Soto ( born November 4 , 1965 ) is an American rock singer ___MASK24___ Puerto Rican descent . He is ___MASK72___ well known for being the lead singer for the group Kryst The Conqueror , the vocalist on Yngwie Malmsteen ' s first two albums , and the lead vocalist for Journey on their 2006  2007 tours after Steve Augeri had to leave the band because ___MASK24___ an acute throat infection . His style ranges from Hard Rock to Heavy & Power Metal , but he is also influenced by classic soul music singers such as Sam Cooke as well as Journey vocalist Steve ___MASK5___ , and Freddie Mercury from Queen . David ___MASK35___ ___MASK56___ ( born October 10 , 1954 ) is an American rock vocalist , musician , songwriter , actor , author , and former radio personality . In 2007 , he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame . ___MASK56___ is best known as the original ( 1974  1985 ) and current ( 2006  present ) lead singer of hard rock band Van Halen . He is also known as a successful solo artist , releasing numerous RIAA - certified Gold and Platinum albums . After more than two decades apart , ___MASK56___ re - joined Van Halen in 2006 for a North American tour that became the highest grossing in the band ' s history and one of the highest grossing of that year . In 2012 , ___MASK56___ and Van Halen released the comeback album " A Different Kind of Truth ". Jonathan Cain ( born Jonathan ___MASK93___ Friga ; February 26 , 1950 ) is an American musician , singer and songwriter best known for his work with The Babys , Journey and Bad English . Cain will be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall ___MASK24___ Fame as a member ___MASK24___ Journey in 2017 . Joseph " Joe " Satriani ( born July 15 , 1956 ) is an American instrumental rock guitarist and multi - instrumentalist . Early in his career , Satriani worked as a guitar instructor , with many ___MASK24___ his former students achieving fame , such as Steve Vai , Larry LaLonde , Rick Hunolt , Kirk Hammett , Andy Timmons , Charlie Hunter , Kevin Cadogan , and Alex Skolnick ; he then went on to have a successful solo music career . He is a 15 - ___MASK86___ Grammy Award nominee and has sold over 10 million albums , making him the biggest - selling instrumental rock guitarist ___MASK24___ all ___MASK86___ . Black Sabbath are an English rock ___MASK64___ , formed in ___MASK83___ in 1968 , by guitarist and main songwriter Tony Iommi , bassist and main lyricist Geezer Butler , singer Ozzy Osbourne , and drummer Bill Ward . The ___MASK64___ have since experienced multiple line - up changes , with guitarist Iommi being the only constant presence in the ___MASK64___ through the years . Originally formed as a blues rock ___MASK64___ , the group soon adopted the Black Sabbath moniker and began incorporating occult themes with horror - inspired lyrics and tuned - down guitars . Despite an association with these two themes , Black Sabbath also composed songs dealing with social instability , political corruption , the dangers of drug abuse and apocalyptic prophecies of the horrors of war . Bad English was an English / American ___MASK70___ rock / glam metal supergroup formed in 1987 , reuniting keyboardist Jonathan Cain from Journey with singer John Waite and bassist Ricky Phillips , his former bandmates in The Babys . Bats are mammals ___MASK24___ the order Chiroptera ( from the - " cheir ", " hand " and - " pteron ", " wing ") whose forelimbs form webbed wings , making them the only mammals naturally capable ___MASK24___ true and sustained flight . By contrast , other mammals said to fly , such as flying squirrels , gliding possums , and colugos , can only glide for short distances . Bats do not flap their entire forelimbs , as birds do , but instead flap their spread - out digits , which are very long and covered with a thin membrane or patagium . ___MASK23___ Harding ( born March 3 , 1967 ) is the current bass player for the California punk group Social Distortion , which he joined in late 2004 . Glam metal ( also known as hair metal and often used synonymously with pop metal ) is a subgenre ___MASK24___ heavy metal and ___MASK70___ rock . It often combines elements ___MASK24___ those genres with blues , adding catchy pop - influenced ___MASK82___ and guitar riffs , while borrowing from the fashion ___MASK24___ 1970s glam rock . Punk rock ( or simply " punk ") is a rock music genre that developed in the early to mid 1970s in the United States , ___MASK95___ , and ___MASK92___ . Rooted in 1960s garage rock and other forms of what is now known as " proto - punk " music , punk rock bands rejected perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock . Punk bands typically use short or fast - paced songs , with ___MASK70___ - edged melodies and singing styles , stripped - down instrumentation , and often political , anti - establishment lyrics . Punk embraces a DIY ethic ; many bands self - produce recordings and distribute them through informal channels . Whitesnake are a rock ___MASK64___ formed in ___MASK21___ in 1978 by David Coverdale , after his departure from his previous ___MASK64___ Deep Purple . Their early material has been compared by critics to the blues rock of Deep Purple , but they slowly began moving toward a more commercially accessible rock style . By the turn of the decade , the ___MASK64___ ' s commercial fortunes changed and they released a string of UK top 10 albums , " Ready an ' Willing " ( 1980 ), " Come an ' Get It " ( 1981 ), " Saints & Sinners " ( 1982 ) and " Slide It In " ( 1984 ), the last of which was their first to chart in the US and is certified 2x platinum . An electric guitar is a fretted string instrument that uses a pickup to convert the vibration ___MASK24___ its strings  which are typically ___MASK40___ ___MASK24___ steel , and which occurs when a guitarist strums , plucks or fingerpicks the strings  into electrical signals . The vibrations ___MASK24___ the strings are sensed by a pickup , ___MASK24___ which the most common type is the magnetic pickup , which uses the principle ___MASK24___ direct electromagnetic induction . The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker , so it is plugged into a guitar amplifier before being sent to a loudspeaker , which makes a sound loud enough to hear . The output ___MASK24___ an electric guitar is an electric signal , and the signal can easily be altered by electronic circuits to add " color " to the sound or change the sound . Often the signal is modified using effects such as reverb and distortion and " overdrive ", with the latter being a key element ___MASK24___ the sound ___MASK24___ the electric guitar as it is used in blues and rock music . John Michael " Ozzy " Osbourne ( born 3 December 1948 ) is an English singer , songwriter , and actor . He ___MASK60___ to prominence in the early 1970s as the ___MASK1___ vocalist of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath . He was fired from Black Sabbath in 1979 and went on to have a successful solo career , releasing 11 studio albums , the first seven of which were all awarded multi - platinum certifications in the US . Osbourne has since reunited with Black Sabbath on several occasions , recording the album " 13 " in 2013 . His longevity and success have earned him the informal title of " Godfather of Heavy Metal ". Terence Michael Joseph " Geezer " ___MASK53___ ( born 17 July 1949 ) is an English musician and songwriter . ___MASK53___ is best known as the bassist and primary lyricist ___MASK24___ the heavy metal band Black Sabbath . He has also recorded with Heaven & Hell , GZR , and Ozzy Osbourne . Sammy Hagar ( born October 13 , 1947 ), also known as The Red Rocker , is an American rock vocalist , guitarist , songwriter , musician and entrepreneur . Hagar came to prominence in the 1970s with the ___MASK70___ rock band Montrose . He afterwards launched a successful solo career , scoring an enduring hit in 1984 with " I Can ' t Drive 55 ". He enjoyed huge commercial success when he replaced David ___MASK35___ ___MASK56___ as the lead singer of Van Halen in 1985 , but left the band in 1996 . He returned to the band for a 2 - year reunion from 2003 to 2005 . On March 12 , 2007 , Hagar was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Van Halen . His musical style primarily consists of ___MASK70___ rock and heavy metal . Paul Bernard Rodgers ( born 17 December 1949 ) is an English singer , songwriter and musician , ___MASK30___ known for his success in the 1960s and 1970s as vocalist ___MASK24___ Free and Bad Company . He now lives in Canada as a naturalized ___MASK98___ citizen . After stints in two less successful bands in the 1980s and early 1990s , The Firm and The Law , he became a solo artist . He has more recently toured and recorded with Queen . Rodgers has been dubbed " The Voice " by his fans . A poll in " Rolling Stone " magazine ranked him number 55 on its list ___MASK24___ the " 100 Greatest Singers ___MASK24___ All ___MASK86___ ". In 2011 Rodgers received the British Academy ' s Ivor Novello Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music . Marco ___MASK74___ ( born May 3 , 1963 ) is an American rock musician who is the bass guitarist for The Dead Daisies and the reformed lineup ___MASK24___ Thin Lizzy , and a former member ___MASK24___ the Thin Lizzy spin - off Black Star Riders . ___MASK22___ is a city located in northern ___MASK89___ County , California , United States . As of the 2010 census , the city had a total population of 135 , 161 . Neal Joseph Schon ( born ___MASK49___ , 1954 ) is an American rock guitarist , songwriter , and vocalist best known for his work with the bands Journey and Bad English . He is Journey ' s last original constant member , having participated in every album and tour to date . He was a member of the rock band Santana before forming Journey , and was also an original member of Hardline . ___MASK4___ Jane Blige ( born January 11 , 1971 ) is an American singer , songwriter , model , record producer and actress . Starting her career as a background singer on Uptown Records in 1989 , Blige released her first album , " What ' s the 411 ?", in 1992 , and has released 12 studio albums since and ___MASK40___ over 150 guest appearances on other albums and soundtracks . A song , ___MASK72___ broadly , is a single ( and often standalone ) work of music that is typically intended to be sung by the human voice with distinct and fixed pitches and patterns using sound and silence and a variety of forms that often include the repetition of sections . Written words created specifically for music or for which music is specifically created , are called lyrics . If a pre - existing poem is set to composed music in classical music it is an art song . Songs that are sung on repeated pitches without distinct contours and patterns that rise and fall are called chants . Songs in a simple style that are learned informally are often referred to as folk songs . Songs that are composed for professional singers who sell their recordings or live shows to the mass market are called popular songs . These songs , which have broad appeal , are often composed by professional songwriters , composers and lyricists . Art songs are composed by trained classical composers for concert or recital performances . Songs are performed live and recorded on audio or video ( or in some , cases , a song may be performed live and simultaneously recorded ). Songs may also appear in plays , musical theatre , stage shows of any form , and within operas . Anthony Frank " Tony " Iommi ( born 19 February 1948 ) is an English guitarist , songwriter and producer . He is the ___MASK1___ guitarist and founding member of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath , and has been the band ' s sole continual member and primary composer . The Babys are a British rock group ___MASK30___ known for their songs " Isn ' t It ___MASK86___ " and " Every ___MASK86___ I Think of You ". Both songs were composed by Jack Conrad and Ray Kennedy , and each reached No . 13 on the U . S . " Billboard " Hot 100 and No . 8 on the " Cashbox " chart in the late 1970s . The 1976  1978 Babys line - up consisted of keyboardist / guitarist Michael Corby , vocalist / bassist John Waite , drummer Tony Brock and guitarist Wally Stocker . Dr . Mastermind is a ___MASK64___ featuring current Journey drummer Deen Castronovo , Wild Dogs bandmate singer Matt McCourt ( alias Dr . Mastermind ), and guitarist Kurt James . this was Never a Deen " project or ___MASK52___ " part of my signing with Shrapnel had to do with Deen joining Tony Macalpine ... Mister varney had received the evil genius demos from me a year before the offer came up . and asked if i knew any drummers .. and ask ed if i could get Deen to play on the record " with this also came an offer from Mike for Deen to exit the Wild Dogs , move to Northern California and join Tony Macalpine ' s ___MASK64___ and record his upcoming album " Maximum Security " all agreed and my friends drove a truck with deen ' s belongings , and his drums full of dry food and cereal to Prairie Sun Studios in Cotati where matt and Mike were putting the finishing touches on the album ( the basic tracks were recorded in Portland Oregon at Cascade studio with Rick Mcmillan engineering and guitarist ron chick on rhythm guitar . The LP came out to grand reviews hitting number one in Kerrang magazine ' s import charts for 3 months .. the ___MASK64___ did one show with the original line up in 1987 adding bassist craig Lower ( on loan from Mayhem who McCourt had also recorded the thrash lp ' burned Alive the prior year .)