Half a Century of Rock - Rock Turns 50

Here's a little bit I thought I'd pass on to you all from The Music Syndicate. Even though it's not metal, rock paved the way for heavier styles to come:

A half a decade into the New Millennium and we celebrate an event much bigger than many of you probably realize in 2005. Fifty years ago a man named Bill Haley helped define a new genre of music when his single "Rock around the Clock" rode the top of the charts for eight straight weeks. 1955 redefined music, even if it could be argued the success of his previous singles such a "Rock the Joint" which Cleveland DJ Alan Freed used as the inspiration for supposedly coining the term "Rock and Roll" from, and fifty years later we're celebrating the success Bill Haley and his Comets and the legions of those early rock legends that rebelled against the pop standards.