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In the Name of Rock and Roll
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Available on iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, emusic, and Amazon. First appeared on WKLS-FM and Coca-Cola's Home Cookin' II (1982), a local Atlanta album. It was chosen on the first night's judging from 1,100 songs submitted for inclusion on the album.
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The louder you play it, the better it sounds.
We were formed in January 1980 in the basement of the drummer's house in DeKalb County, Georgia. We debuted on December 6, 1980 at the Christmas dance at Shamrock High School. In the summer of 1981, we recorded two songs (In the Name of Rock and Roll and Queen for a Day) at Monarch Studios in Alpharetta, Georgia and submitted them for consideration by a local radio station (96rock) for inclusion in its Home Cookin' II LP. Out of over 1100 submissions, In the Name of Rock and Roll was one of the 12 songs selected for the album (released in the summer of 1982). In fall 1982, we recorded another eight songs at Monarch for inclusion on a demo. We disbanded the following year, but the 10 recordings were kept by our producer, Steve Starnes, and Monarch's engineer, Larry Turner. Steve and Larry were able to successfully digitally transfer the surviving copies of these songs to CD in 2007, and after obtaining the necessary U.S. copyrights, we were able (finally) to distribute them under the Catapult Distribution label to digital download sites like iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, emusic, and Amazon on June 1, 2009, where they are currently available for sale to the public.
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Genre
Metal Heavy Metal
Charts
Peak #25
Peak in subgenre #8
Author
Music by Clay Hayes, Lyrics by Brett Hart
Rights
1981, 2007
Uploaded
July 20, 2009
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MP3 3.3 MB 128 kbps 3:33
Story behind the song
Brett Hart's roommate at the time used to pick his date-night clothes based on the music preference of the woman he was going out with at the time-jeans/T-shirt for rock and roll, polyester and platforms for disco, etc. When he tried to talk Brett into coming with him and his date to a Christian rock concert wearing a dress shirt and church pants, Brett declined. Brett's roommate said as he was leaving, "We'll say a prayer for you," to which Brett replied, "Yeah, in the name of rock and roll." Brett had the lyrics written before his roommate returned home.
Lyrics
I got a call to pick up my girlfriend I picked her up at a quarter to five, And between this, that, and the other thing, Its a wonder I was barely alive. After a session of total enjoyment We drove to a local bar, She turned the radio to a disco station, I kicked the chick right out of my car. Sayin, Baby, you got a problem Any fool can plainly see.... Next night I took another beautiful lady out on the town And not wanting to steal her virtue, I kept my temptation all the way down. On the way back, she turned the radio dial To where the New Wave battered my brain, You know I tied her up and didnt let her out, Moanin, Baby, you got a problem Any fool could plainly see, And while you got that problem, Ill be damned if youre gonna ride with me! Wanna see my baby tonight, But only if she plays my music right. One question I got for you: Chorus Will you bear a gun when a band decides to come, Will you beg to stay when the band decides to play, Will you stand and stare as the songs move your soul, Will you say a prayer in the name of rock and roll?
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