A Roman style concert

[Drusus Nero]

I recall many years ago reading in a magazine about a rock group (or it may have been heavy metal I can't remember now?) who staged the assasination of Caligula during one of their concerts. It was quite an unusual idea, mixing rock music with ancient history .

[Augustus Caesar]

Well I know Pink Floyd played live at Pompeii in the theatre... it wasn't them was it? Nah, maybe not!!!

[Drusus Nero]

To be honest, I'm not sure, I should have kept that magazine.

Then I could have posted the photo on this thread for everyone to have a look.

[Northern Neil]

I once saw Ike and Tina Turner at the Theatre in Arles many years ago. But the venue was the only thing Roman about it!

 

EDIT: As a working musician, it has often occurred to me that Rock, or Heavy Metal, would be a great musical genre with which to accompany representations of our favourite historical period. Along with classical - or more accurately, Baroque (from which Heavy Metal draws much of its inspiration).

 

when it comes to music, I personally like - and play Jazz, Rockabilly and country, but accept that these three genre would be useless at augmenting a performance based on anything to do with the Classics. I think a musician such as Steve Vai would compose a terrific score to something like Oedipus, or - indeed - the life and ultimate fate of Caligula.

Edited April 28, 2007 by Northern Neil

[Septimus Flavius Galarius]

I personally would like to see a Roman themed metal concert. Unforunately alot of metal bands see themselves as the new german barbarians or the new Viking raiders.

[Nephele]

EDIT: As a working musician, it has often occurred to me that Rock, or Heavy Metal, would be a great musical genre with which to accompany representations of our favourite historical period. Along with classical - or more accurately, Baroque (from which Heavy Metal draws much of its inspiration).

 

Northern Neil, are you familiar with Rondellus? You might want to check out their Sabbatum: A Medieval Tribute to Black Sabbath. You can listen to excerpts from tracks at that Amazon link I gave.

 

The group plays classic Black Sabbath songs with medieval instruments circa the 14th century, and vocals are in Latin. I've got the CD, and I quite like it.

 

-- Nephele

[caldrail]

Heavy metal is about bikers - warriors - beserkers - celtic nutcases. Roman history is too sophisticated, more like Genesis than Motorhead.

[sonic]

EDIT: As a working musician, it has often occurred to me that Rock, or Heavy Metal, would be a great musical genre with which to accompany representations of our favourite historical period. Along with classical - or more accurately, Baroque (from which Heavy Metal draws much of its inspiration).

 

Northern Neil, are you familiar with Rondellus? You might want to check out their Sabbatum: A Medieval Tribute to Black Sabbath. You can listen to excerpts from tracks at that Amazon link I gave.

 

The group plays classic Black Sabbath songs with medieval instruments circa the 14th century, and vocals are in Latin. I've got the CD, and I quite like it.

 

-- Nephele

 

My favourite such spin off group has to be 'Dread Zeppelin', a reggae group with a lead singer who is an Elvis impersonator (called 'Tortelvis'! I think) that do cover versions of all your favourite Led Zep numbers. Stairway to Heaven is brilliant.

 

Back to the theme:

 

Motorhead/Thrash metal are German, Led Zep/ My Chemical Romance are Celtic, Genesis/Marillion are Roman, and Duran Duran are *&^%$$

Edited May 13, 2007 by sonic