A Young Kids Guide To Impressing Your Parents With Your
A Young Kids Guide To Impressing Your Parents With Your Rock Music
Face it: many have been the times when youre lying there in bed quietly listening to your favorite band what constitutes quietly is of course full volume and your mom your dad or worse yet both break into your private domain and yell at you to turn that damn music doooowwwwn!! and to stop listening to those worthless bums. But cmon isnt there something you can do to start changing your parents minds about what you hold most dear?
Sure! Impress them. Knowing what to say to your parents in these cases and learning what interesting little piece of rock star history you can shine a light on for this purpose is of the utmost important when trying to impress dear ole mom and dad. There are many wonderful stories and scrumptious bits of data that will just have your head brimming with enthusiasm just waiting for your parents to once again try to tell you off.
Going down a list of bands Ill mentiono a couple of things you might want to ponder and/or do some more research about:
Queen:
Freddie Mercury: Ealing Art College graphic illustration
John Deacon: Chelsea College electronics degree
Roger Taylor: first studied dentistry at London Hospital Medical College and left it in order to get a BSC in Biology at London Polytechnic
Brian May: this would be the pice de rsistance here. He studied at Imperial College London and got his degree in astrophysics. In 2007 he completed his PhD. and was also named Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University.
The Rolling Stones:
Mick Jagger: studied economics at the famed London School of Economics but then something got in the way. Namely the Stones.
Charlie Watts: went to Harrow Art School became a commercial artist
Ron Wood: like Freddie Mercury he also studied at Ealing Art College.
Kiss:
Paul Stanley: went to Manhattan School of Music and Art and also to Bronx Community College but gave it up when music started to rear its head.
Gene Simmons: Richmond College got a degree in education and is fluent in Hungarian German English and Hebrew and also speaks some Spanish I know that from personal experience.
The Police:
Sting: went to Northern Counties Teachers Training College got a degree in education
Andy Summers: UCLA studied classical guitar
Stewart Copeland: went to California Western University and UC Berkeley
Van Halen:
Alex Van Halen: briefly went to Pasadena City College to study music
Michael Anthony: studied music at Pasadena City College
Sheryl Crow:
University of Missouri B.A. in Education Music Composition and Performance
Bon Jovi:
David Bryan: was studying PreMed at Rutdgers University and left it to go to Juilliard music instead
We can also add a roster of people who have studied at Berklee College of Music in Boston MA:
John Myung John Petrucci and Mike Portnoy
Dream Theater
Steve Vai
Tim Owens Ripper Owens
Al Pitrelli
Joey Kramer and Brad Whitford Aerosmith
Steve Smith Journey
Will Calhoun Living Colour
So there you have it kids. A small list which can undoubtedly be expanded with some research on your part. But always remember something: its really not that important to know if they studied this or that because what they play still reaches your heart. If you parents need some sort of college degree for them to pass favorable judgement on a person then thats something that perhaps they should have learned in college that its wrong.
About the writer: Sergio Mendoza Hochmann is a teacher songwriter jingle scorer and producer that also loves to write! He currently resides in Mexico City and has so far lived in 10 countries.
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