Fiberglass Jacket

Prologue  Another report from my Music class in 2004. The English Rock and Punk Rock Invasions  In 1964 the United States was hit with an invasion from the British. No, not a war, but an outburst of English rock and roll music. Prior to this time English musicians were nonexistent in the American music scene. The band to make this so was called The Beatles, four men in their early twenties who sang pop-rock hits and made girls scream. In 1964 The Beatles held the top 5 spots on the Billboard charts. Their success opened the flood gates for dozens of other popular and well known bands; The Rolling Stones, Herman’s Hermits, The Who, & Pink Floyd to name a few. The Beatles, who broke down the wall for British musicians, cite American Elvis Presley as their biggest inspiration followed by several other black American rock/pop/jazz/blues musicians; Little Richard, Chuck Berry, & Fats Domino. The youth of America was in the mood for a change, a revolution o...