Knightshade

	Knightshade Knightshade is a New Zealand rock/hardrock group. They formed in Te Puke in 1982. The band based themselves in Hamilton in the mid-1980s when the lineup changed. The lineup then consisted of Wayne Elliott (vocals), Alan Grady (drums), Rik Bernards (guitar), Jon Bell (bass), Paul Martin (guitar). Paul Martin left the band and Gavin Lind rejoined. This was the lineup that performed and recorded the majority of their work. Craig Pollock replaced Gavin Lind on guitar in 1991. They have had several top 20 singles and have supported major touring acts including Deep Purple, ZZ Top, Bon Jovi, Jimmy Barnes, The Angels, Iggy Pop and Guns N' Roses. They have also released several EPs, a live album and a ‘best of’ studio album in 1995. Knightshade are still based in Hamilton. The band went their separate ways in 1997, but after a 14-year hiatus they reunited in 2010 and released a new single, 'Rough at the Top', a year later. On 6 June 2014 the band finally returned to the public stag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Paul Martin (radio Presenter) Paul 'The Axeman' Martin was a DJ on the New Zealand rock music radio station called The Rock (New Zealand), The Rock. It began in Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton and later moved to Auckland. Over the years the station has been networked around New Zealand. The station broadcasts rock music from "the 1980s in music, '80s, 1990s in music, '90s and 2000s in music, now". Career Martin was one of The Rock (New Zealand), The Rock's longest serving jocks, presenting, programming and producing his weekly metal show The Axe Attack on the Rock since 1992. He has interviewed Slayer, Metallica, Fear Factory, Sepultura, Megadeth, Anthrax (American band), Anthrax, Suicidal Tendencies, Lita Ford, Deftones, Rob Halford, Steve Vai and Max Cavalera. He writes for New Zealand music Rip It Up (magazine), ''Rip It Up'' magazine as well as Australia's Tattoos DownUnder. Martin started his own record label "HELLMAN RECORDS" to promote New Zealand music. His first CD release ''The Axe Attack Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Devilskin Devilskin is a four-piece alternative metal band from Hamilton, New Zealand, formed in June 2010. The band consists of lead vocalist Jennie Skulander, guitarist Tony "Nail" Vincent, bassist Paul Martin and drummer Nic Martin. Devilskin's debut album, '' We Rise'' was released on 11 July 2014 and peaked at #1 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart, and spent 47 weeks in the chart. It was certified Platinum by Recorded Music NZ in March 2015. The band's sophomore album, ''Be Like the River'', was released on 11 November 2016 and also peaked at #1. History Early years (2010–2013) Devilskin originated in Hamilton, New Zealand in 2010. Founding member Paul Martin was going through bands that were sent to him to play on his The Axe Attack radio show and found a demo from a Rotorua band called ''Slipping Tongue'', with member Jennie Skulander on vocals. Martin bumped into Skulander in Hamilton in 2010, moving there after the breakup of ''Slipping Tongue''. After much persistenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Reaction Records Reaction Records was an independent British record label, run by music executive Robert Stigwood in 1966 and 1967. Although Reaction released only three albums, one EP and eighteen singles in its brief existence, its roster included two of the most popular British bands of the time, The Who and Cream. The label's first single, The Who's " Substitute", was released several times with different B-sides due to the band's legal dispute with their former record producer, Shel Talmy. This experience could be seen as one of the deciding factor in the Who's manager's Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp deciding to form their own Track Records label which was also distributed by Polydor Records. Polydor's involvement with these two labels (as well as Giorgio Gomelsky's Marmalade label) can be seen as a learning process by Polydor who were interested in expanding their base and had little or no experience in the 1960s pop/rock market; at the time, most of their business was done in the easy lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2017 In Music This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2017 in music. Specific locations * African American Asian Australian Brazilian British Canadian * Chinese * Danish * European Finnish French German Icelandic Indian Irish Japanese Latin * Malaysian * Mongolian Norwegian Philippine * Polynesian * Scandinavian * South Korean Swedish Taiwanese * Vietnamese World Specific genres Classical Country Electronic Jazz Latin * Heavy metal * Hip hop * Rock * R&B * New Wave Opera Pop Punk Albums released Awards Bands formed =LOVE * 22/7 * 3RACHA * 7Senses * 14U * 22/7 * A.C.E * Adoy * Bad Wolves * Be.A * Black Dresses * Bloodywood * Brats * THE BOYZ * Busters * Cellchrome * Chō Tokimeki Sendenbu * CY8ER * Cynhn * Dimlim * Dreamcatcher * Duetto * Elris * Faky * FanxyRed * Favorite * Fever 333 * Fontaines D.C. * Fromis 9 * Ghost Light * Giants in the Trees * Gizmodrome * Grayscale * GreatGuys * Golden Child * Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2011 In Music This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2011 in music. Specific locations * 2011 in American music * 2011 in Asian music * 2011 in British music * 2011 in Canadian music * 2011 in European music (Continental Europe) * 2011 in Irish music * 2011 in Japanese music 2011 in Norwegian music 2011 in South Korean music * 2011 in Swedish music Specific genres * 2011 in classical music * 2011 in country music * 2011 in heavy metal music * 2011 in hip hop music 2011 in jazz 2011 in Latin music * 2011 in opera * 2011 in rock music Albums released Deaths ; January * 29 – Milton Babbitt (94), American jazz composer, music theorist, and teacher. ; February * 3 – Eline Nygaard Riisnæs (87), Norwegian pianist and musicologist. * 14 – George Shearing (91), British jazz pianist. * 22 – Beau Dollar (69), American soul-R&B singer and drummer. ;March * 29 – Ray Herr (63), American rock guitarist (The Ides of March). ; April * 10 – Børt-Erik Thoresen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hark Records Hark is from a Middle English word "herken", meaning to listen carefully. It may refer to: Geography Hark, Byzantine name for the Muş Province area of Turkey "The Hark" (Harkness Commons), a Gropius building on the Harvard Law School campus Music Albums * ''Hark'' (album), a 1985 album by clarinetist Buddy DeFranco, with the Oscar Peterson quartet ''Hark! Songs for Christmas - Vol. II'', a 2006 album by Sufjan Stevens ''Hark! The Village Wait'', a 1970 album by the folk rock band Steeleye Span ''Hark!'', a 1992 album by Richard Stoltzman ''Hark!'' (The Doppelgangaz album), 2013 * ''Hark!'' (Andrew Bird album), a 2020 album by Andrew Bird Songs "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", Christmas carol by Charles Wesley "Hark The Sound", the alma mater song of the University of North Carolina "Hark", a song by Buddy DeFranco from the 1985 album ''Hark'' People Given name Hark Bohm (born 1939), German actor and screenwriter Hark Olufs (1708–1754), Frisian sailor Surname Lisa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1995 In Music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995. Specific locations * 1995 in British music 1995 in Norwegian music Specific genres 1995 in classical music * 1995 in country music 1995 in heavy metal music 1995 in hip hop music 1995 in Latin music 1995 in jazz Events January–February * January 1 – Mo Ostin steps down as chairman and CEO of Warner Music Group. * January 8 – Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder hosts "Self-Pollution Radio", a four-and-a-half hour radio broadcast with live performances by Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, and others. Any station with a satellite receiver could pick up and carry the program. * January 10 – Michel Sardou begins a record-breaking run of 113 shows at the Paris Olympia. * January 14 – Perry Farrell is arrested for cocaine possession, being under the influence and possession of a syringe at a Los Angeles hotel. * January 18 – Jerry Garcia crashes his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1989 In Music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989. __TOC__ Specific locations * 1989 in British music * 1989 in Norwegian music * 1989 in American music Specific genres 1989 in country music 1989 in heavy metal music 1989 in hip hop music 1989 in Christian Events January 14 – Paul McCartney releases '' Снова в СССР'' (''Back in the USSR'') exclusively in the USSR. Bootleg copies sell for as much as US$1,000 in the United States. January 23 – James Brown is sentenced in Georgia, USA, to six years in jail in connection with a police chase through two different states. January 27 – Michael Jackson ends the Bad World Tour in Los Angeles, USA. February 12 Roy Orbison joins Elvis Presley as the only singers to ever simultaneously have two top 5 albums on the Billboard charts. Tiny Tim launches an unsuccessful campaign to be elected mayor of New York City, USA. February 17 – Whitesnake's David Coverdale marries Tawny Kita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mushroom Records Mushroom Records was an Australian flagship record label, founded in 1972 in Melbourne. It published and distributed many successful Australian artists and expanded internationally, until it was merged with Festival Records in 1998. Festival Mushroom Records was later acquired by Warner Bros. Records, which operated the label from 2005 to 2010 until it folded to Warner Bros. Records. Founder Michael Gudinski went on to become the leader of the Mushroom Group, the largest independent music and entertainment company in Australia, with divisions such as Frontier Touring. History Mushroom Records was an Australian record label formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998 along with Mushroom Distribution Services, they merged into Festival Mushroom Records. From 2005 to 2009, it was operated by Warner Bros. Records. Gudinski subsequently expanded a pre-existing label, Liberation Music, to release material by former Mushroom artists.McFarlane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1988 In Music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1988. Specific locations 1988 in British music 1988 in Norwegian music Specific genres * 1988 in country music * 1988 in heavy metal music * 1988 in hip hop music 1988 in jazz Events January–March January 3 – The Cinemax television special '' Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night'', recorded on September 30, 1987, at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, USA, is broadcast. * January 20 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony inducts The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Drifters, Bob Dylan and The Supremes. January 28 – A Tampa, Florida, man files an unusual lawsuit against Mötley Crüe. Matthew John Trippe, who has a history of mental health issues and trouble with the law, claims that he was secretly hired to pose as Nikki Sixx and toured, wrote and recorded with the band for a time during 1983 and 1984. Trippe drops the lawsuit in 1993. February 8 – Kenney Jones would last perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1987 In Music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1987. Specific locations 1987 in British music 1987 in Norwegian music Specific genres 1987 in country music 1987 in heavy metal music * 1987 in hip hop music * 1987 in jazz Events January–February January 3 – Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The other inductees this year consist of The Coasters, Eddie Cochran, Bo Diddley, Marvin Gaye, Bill Haley, Clyde McPhatter, Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, Smokey Robinson and Jackie Wilson. January 5 – Elton John, after several months of voice problems, undergoes throat surgery in an Australian hospital. The outcome would hinder his voice permanently and he would soon start singing in a deep register. January 16 – Beastie Boys become the first act to be censored by ''American Bandstand''. January 24 – Steve "Silk" Hurley's innovative " Jack Your Body" becomes the first house music re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

	Knightshade Knightshade is a New Zealand rock/hardrock group. They formed in Te Puke in 1982. The band based themselves in Hamilton in the mid-1980s when the lineup changed. The lineup then consisted of Wayne Elliott (vocals), Alan Grady (drums), Rik Bernards (guitar), Jon Bell (bass), Paul Martin (guitar). Paul Martin left the band and Gavin Lind rejoined. This was the lineup that performed and recorded the majority of their work. Craig Pollock replaced Gavin Lind on guitar in 1991. They have had several top 20 singles and have supported major touring acts including Deep Purple, ZZ Top, Bon Jovi, Jimmy Barnes, The Angels, Iggy Pop and Guns N' Roses. They have also released several EPs, a live album and a ‘best of’ studio album in 1995. Knightshade are still based in Hamilton. The band went their separate ways in 1997, but after a 14-year hiatus they reunited in 2010 and released a new single, 'Rough at the Top', a year later. On 6 June 2014 the band finally returned to the public stag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Paul Martin (radio Presenter) Paul 'The Axeman' Martin was a DJ on the New Zealand rock music radio station called The Rock (New Zealand), The Rock. It began in Hamilton, New Zealand, Hamilton and later moved to Auckland. Over the years the station has been networked around New Zealand. The station broadcasts rock music from "the 1980s in music, '80s, 1990s in music, '90s and 2000s in music, now". Career Martin was one of The Rock (New Zealand), The Rock's longest serving jocks, presenting, programming and producing his weekly metal show The Axe Attack on the Rock since 1992. He has interviewed Slayer, Metallica, Fear Factory, Sepultura, Megadeth, Anthrax (American band), Anthrax, Suicidal Tendencies, Lita Ford, Deftones, Rob Halford, Steve Vai and Max Cavalera. He writes for New Zealand music Rip It Up (magazine), ''Rip It Up'' magazine as well as Australia's Tattoos DownUnder. Martin started his own record label "HELLMAN RECORDS" to promote New Zealand music. His first CD release ''The Axe Attack Ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Devilskin Devilskin is a four-piece alternative metal band from Hamilton, New Zealand, formed in June 2010. The band consists of lead vocalist Jennie Skulander, guitarist Tony "Nail" Vincent, bassist Paul Martin and drummer Nic Martin. Devilskin's debut album, '' We Rise'' was released on 11 July 2014 and peaked at #1 on the Official New Zealand Music Chart, and spent 47 weeks in the chart. It was certified Platinum by Recorded Music NZ in March 2015. The band's sophomore album, ''Be Like the River'', was released on 11 November 2016 and also peaked at #1. History Early years (2010–2013) Devilskin originated in Hamilton, New Zealand in 2010. Founding member Paul Martin was going through bands that were sent to him to play on his The Axe Attack radio show and found a demo from a Rotorua band called ''Slipping Tongue'', with member Jennie Skulander on vocals. Martin bumped into Skulander in Hamilton in 2010, moving there after the breakup of ''Slipping Tongue''. After much persistenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Reaction Records Reaction Records was an independent British record label, run by music executive Robert Stigwood in 1966 and 1967. Although Reaction released only three albums, one EP and eighteen singles in its brief existence, its roster included two of the most popular British bands of the time, The Who and Cream. The label's first single, The Who's " Substitute", was released several times with different B-sides due to the band's legal dispute with their former record producer, Shel Talmy. This experience could be seen as one of the deciding factor in the Who's manager's Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp deciding to form their own Track Records label which was also distributed by Polydor Records. Polydor's involvement with these two labels (as well as Giorgio Gomelsky's Marmalade label) can be seen as a learning process by Polydor who were interested in expanding their base and had little or no experience in the 1960s pop/rock market; at the time, most of their business was done in the easy lis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2017 In Music This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2017 in music. Specific locations * African American Asian Australian Brazilian British Canadian * Chinese * Danish * European Finnish French German Icelandic Indian Irish Japanese Latin * Malaysian * Mongolian Norwegian Philippine * Polynesian * Scandinavian * South Korean Swedish Taiwanese * Vietnamese World Specific genres Classical Country Electronic Jazz Latin * Heavy metal * Hip hop * Rock * R&B * New Wave Opera Pop Punk Albums released Awards Bands formed =LOVE * 22/7 * 3RACHA * 7Senses * 14U * 22/7 * A.C.E * Adoy * Bad Wolves * Be.A * Black Dresses * Bloodywood * Brats * THE BOYZ * Busters * Cellchrome * Chō Tokimeki Sendenbu * CY8ER * Cynhn * Dimlim * Dreamcatcher * Duetto * Elris * Faky * FanxyRed * Favorite * Fever 333 * Fontaines D.C. * Fromis 9 * Ghost Light * Giants in the Trees * Gizmodrome * Grayscale * GreatGuys * Golden Child * Go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	2011 In Music This topic covers notable events and articles related to 2011 in music. Specific locations * 2011 in American music * 2011 in Asian music * 2011 in British music * 2011 in Canadian music * 2011 in European music (Continental Europe) * 2011 in Irish music * 2011 in Japanese music 2011 in Norwegian music 2011 in South Korean music * 2011 in Swedish music Specific genres * 2011 in classical music * 2011 in country music * 2011 in heavy metal music * 2011 in hip hop music 2011 in jazz 2011 in Latin music * 2011 in opera * 2011 in rock music Albums released Deaths ; January * 29 – Milton Babbitt (94), American jazz composer, music theorist, and teacher. ; February * 3 – Eline Nygaard Riisnæs (87), Norwegian pianist and musicologist. * 14 – George Shearing (91), British jazz pianist. * 22 – Beau Dollar (69), American soul-R&B singer and drummer. ;March * 29 – Ray Herr (63), American rock guitarist (The Ides of March). ; April * 10 – Børt-Erik Thoresen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Hark Records Hark is from a Middle English word "herken", meaning to listen carefully. It may refer to: Geography Hark, Byzantine name for the Muş Province area of Turkey "The Hark" (Harkness Commons), a Gropius building on the Harvard Law School campus Music Albums * ''Hark'' (album), a 1985 album by clarinetist Buddy DeFranco, with the Oscar Peterson quartet ''Hark! Songs for Christmas - Vol. II'', a 2006 album by Sufjan Stevens ''Hark! The Village Wait'', a 1970 album by the folk rock band Steeleye Span ''Hark!'', a 1992 album by Richard Stoltzman ''Hark!'' (The Doppelgangaz album), 2013 * ''Hark!'' (Andrew Bird album), a 2020 album by Andrew Bird Songs "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", Christmas carol by Charles Wesley "Hark The Sound", the alma mater song of the University of North Carolina "Hark", a song by Buddy DeFranco from the 1985 album ''Hark'' People Given name Hark Bohm (born 1939), German actor and screenwriter Hark Olufs (1708–1754), Frisian sailor Surname Lisa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1995 In Music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1995. Specific locations * 1995 in British music 1995 in Norwegian music Specific genres 1995 in classical music * 1995 in country music 1995 in heavy metal music 1995 in hip hop music 1995 in Latin music 1995 in jazz Events January–February * January 1 – Mo Ostin steps down as chairman and CEO of Warner Music Group. * January 8 – Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder hosts "Self-Pollution Radio", a four-and-a-half hour radio broadcast with live performances by Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Mudhoney, and others. Any station with a satellite receiver could pick up and carry the program. * January 10 – Michel Sardou begins a record-breaking run of 113 shows at the Paris Olympia. * January 14 – Perry Farrell is arrested for cocaine possession, being under the influence and possession of a syringe at a Los Angeles hotel. * January 18 – Jerry Garcia crashes his rented BMW into a guard rail near Mill V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1989 In Music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1989. __TOC__ Specific locations * 1989 in British music * 1989 in Norwegian music * 1989 in American music Specific genres 1989 in country music 1989 in heavy metal music 1989 in hip hop music 1989 in Christian Events January 14 – Paul McCartney releases '' Снова в СССР'' (''Back in the USSR'') exclusively in the USSR. Bootleg copies sell for as much as US$1,000 in the United States. January 23 – James Brown is sentenced in Georgia, USA, to six years in jail in connection with a police chase through two different states. January 27 – Michael Jackson ends the Bad World Tour in Los Angeles, USA. February 12 Roy Orbison joins Elvis Presley as the only singers to ever simultaneously have two top 5 albums on the Billboard charts. Tiny Tim launches an unsuccessful campaign to be elected mayor of New York City, USA. February 17 – Whitesnake's David Coverdale marries Tawny Kita ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Mushroom Records Mushroom Records was an Australian flagship record label, founded in 1972 in Melbourne. It published and distributed many successful Australian artists and expanded internationally, until it was merged with Festival Records in 1998. Festival Mushroom Records was later acquired by Warner Bros. Records, which operated the label from 2005 to 2010 until it folded to Warner Bros. Records. Founder Michael Gudinski went on to become the leader of the Mushroom Group, the largest independent music and entertainment company in Australia, with divisions such as Frontier Touring. History Mushroom Records was an Australian record label formed by Michael Gudinski and Ray Evans in Melbourne in 1972. After its sale in 1998 along with Mushroom Distribution Services, they merged into Festival Mushroom Records. From 2005 to 2009, it was operated by Warner Bros. Records. Gudinski subsequently expanded a pre-existing label, Liberation Music, to release material by former Mushroom artists.McFarlane ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1988 In Music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1988. Specific locations 1988 in British music 1988 in Norwegian music Specific genres * 1988 in country music * 1988 in heavy metal music * 1988 in hip hop music 1988 in jazz Events January–March January 3 – The Cinemax television special '' Roy Orbison and Friends, A Black and White Night'', recorded on September 30, 1987, at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, USA, is broadcast. * January 20 – The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony inducts The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Drifters, Bob Dylan and The Supremes. January 28 – A Tampa, Florida, man files an unusual lawsuit against Mötley Crüe. Matthew John Trippe, who has a history of mental health issues and trouble with the law, claims that he was secretly hired to pose as Nikki Sixx and toured, wrote and recorded with the band for a time during 1983 and 1984. Trippe drops the lawsuit in 1993. February 8 – Kenney Jones would last perf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1987 In Music This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1987. Specific locations 1987 in British music 1987 in Norwegian music Specific genres 1987 in country music 1987 in heavy metal music * 1987 in hip hop music * 1987 in jazz Events January–February January 3 – Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The other inductees this year consist of The Coasters, Eddie Cochran, Bo Diddley, Marvin Gaye, Bill Haley, Clyde McPhatter, Ricky Nelson, Roy Orbison, Carl Perkins, Smokey Robinson and Jackie Wilson. January 5 – Elton John, after several months of voice problems, undergoes throat surgery in an Australian hospital. The outcome would hinder his voice permanently and he would soon start singing in a deep register. January 16 – Beastie Boys become the first act to be censored by ''American Bandstand''. January 24 – Steve "Silk" Hurley's innovative " Jack Your Body" becomes the first house music re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and over 700 smaller islands. It is the sixth-largest island country by area, covering . New Zealand is about east of Australia across the Tasman Sea and south of the islands of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga. The country's varied topography and sharp mountain peaks, including the Southern Alps, owe much to tectonic uplift and volcanic eruptions. New Zealand's capital city is Wellington, and its most populous city is Auckland. The islands of New Zealand were the last large habitable land to be settled by humans. Between about 1280 and 1350, Polynesians began to settle in the islands and then developed a distinctive Māori culture. In 1642, the Dutch explorer Abel Tasman became the first European to sight and record New Zealand. In 1840, representatives of the United Kingdom and Māori chiefs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]