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Rock Music on Classical Instruments?

For our spring orchestra concert at my school, I convinced my teacher to pick an arrangement of 21 Guns by Green Day as one of our pieces. Why pick 21 Guns over Don't Stop Believing? Because I like it better. THAT's why :P

So...I was wondering. Has anyone else played an EPIC rock/punk/alternative or just something totally UN-CLASSICAL on a classical insturment? Perhaps something as awesome as a Green Day song?

I play violin btw xD

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nof-z says: Nov 2, 2011. 3:15 PM
i have played this thing called 80s flash back, in it was awsome, also look here for what i think is cool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IliwQImJrYE
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kelseymh says: Apr 25, 2011. 8:36 PM
Jethro Tull. Moody Blues. The Who. Led Zeppelin. Metallica. Even The Beatles (though I would never describe them as "epic rock"). Plenty of real bands have incorporated both classical instruments and even full symphonic orchestration into their repertoire.

All you need to do is some research. Start with "Rock orchestra" or "Rock symphony" and go from there.
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NachoMahma in reply to kelseymhApr 25, 2011. 8:46 PM
.  +1
.  The Progressive Rock genre is another good starting point. Lots of ProgRock groups used "classical instruments" and many also wrote classical music (eg, Emerson, Lake, and Palmer).
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AndyGadget in reply to NachoMahmaMay 5, 2011. 1:17 PM

Ah yes, the Seventies -  I remember them well  (apart from the hazy bits #;¬)
No supergroup tour was complete without its fleet of pantechnicons and a full orchestra following them around.  The first gig I ever went to was Emerson Lake and Palmer in '72.  Then there was Pink Floyd, Genesis, Yes, Deep Purple . . .  All made extensive use of classical instruments.
(I didn't see Led Zep until several years later in '79 at Knebworth.)

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Goodhart in reply to NachoMahmaApr 25, 2011. 9:03 PM
hey hey, don't forget The Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and the Mannheim Steamrollers !
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kelseymh in reply to GoodhartApr 25, 2011. 9:17 PM
I was trying to avoid the overtly "pure orchestral" groups, and choose some which were not typically so (okay, except for Jethro) but still may forays.
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Goodhart in reply to kelseymhApr 26, 2011. 7:23 AM
Yes, well IIRC, although it wasn't all the time, ELP would tour with the (London? New York? Philadelphia? ) symphony orchestra :-)
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Biggsy in reply to kelseymhApr 26, 2011. 2:31 AM
There is always my personal favourite: Apocolyptica Youtube link


There is also an AWESOME violinist from Israel. She's mainly a Hip Hop girl (I found out about her after listening to Subliminal an Israeli rap group...HEY I have a VERY eclectic taste in music)
You tube link
ANOTHER youtubelink


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Lithium Rain in reply to BiggsyApr 26, 2011. 7:40 AM
IIRC ELO also did some of this.
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ItsTheHobbs says: May 3, 2011. 8:28 AM
Kashmir by Led Zeppelin is almost all orchestra. It's one of the top five greatest songs ever, IMO.
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lil larry says: May 1, 2011. 7:02 PM
I acn play Poker Face by Lady Gaga on classical guitar. I can play smoke on the water, stiarway to heaven by great white, and highway song by blackfoot all on classical guitar. Oh! BTW the beat;les song "Eleanor Rigby" has violin in it. :)
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CamillaLuvzMusic (author) in reply to lil larryMay 2, 2011. 6:48 PM
Awesome! And by classical guitar do you mean acoustic? I've always wanted to learn...
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lil larry in reply to CamillaLuvzMusicMay 3, 2011. 7:06 AM
Yes, but I've always called it classical. It is awesome to learn. Once you get better at it, you learn more songs faster.
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Goodhart in reply to CamillaLuvzMusicMay 2, 2011. 7:41 PM
IIRC a Classical guitar is not a steel guitar: Note this
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lil larry in reply to GoodhartMay 3, 2011. 7:08 AM
Cool! Mine looks almost exactly like the one in the picture, but it's just one problem: mine is not shiny!!!
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Goodhart in reply to lil larryMay 3, 2011. 9:02 AM
Hmmm, I never saw one that wasn't coated in shellac to prevent warping from moisture (or maybe it is just for looks, since they don't coat the inside...)
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lil larry in reply to GoodhartMay 3, 2011. 3:56 PM
Yep.
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CameronSS says: Apr 28, 2011. 12:55 AM
Can't let this go without mentioning Melo-M:

And of course there's always Trans-Siberian Orchestra (though they're usually more of classical music on rock instruments), and a whole Wikipedia page on cello rock.
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CamillaLuvzMusic (author) in reply to CameronSSApr 28, 2011. 2:56 PM
My favorite part has to be the headbanging xD
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CamillaLuvzMusic (author) in reply to CameronSSApr 28, 2011. 2:54 PM
ohemgeeewin.
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Kiteman says: Apr 27, 2011. 9:47 AM



 
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CamillaLuvzMusic (author) in reply to KitemanApr 27, 2011. 3:08 PM
ACK! why doesn't AMERICA have a ukelele orchestra???? The things we miss...
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Goodhart in reply to CamillaLuvzMusicApr 27, 2011. 4:53 PM
or a flutophone orchestra ?
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Kiteman says: Apr 27, 2011. 9:52 AM

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Kiteman says: Apr 27, 2011. 9:48 AM

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aleceatsfood says: Apr 25, 2011. 7:05 PM
ugh we played Don't stop believing for our band. and leme tell yah it was boring! But in band we are play cool songs like James Bond. It's really cool to play. Another song that we play isn't so much rock but I just like it 'cuz I have 3 solos in it! Anyways sounds awesome that you get to play green day or ANY popular music! I mean all we play is music we have NEVER herd of at least let's play somthing we know the tune of. I know this probly completly missed the whole question! Haha
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Goodhart in reply to aleceatsfoodApr 25, 2011. 9:04 PM
I can see where playing most "3 chord Beetles songs could sound and get very boring really quick :-)
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aleceatsfood in reply to GoodhartApr 26, 2011. 5:22 AM
yeah! But I don't think playing Beetles would be that bad. They have some really nice and famous songs!
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Goodhart in reply to aleceatsfoodApr 26, 2011. 7:26 AM
I've heard some of them "attempted" in elevators. With the singing eliminated, you have these 3 cords, dum, dum, dum, da, da, dum, dum, da.....dum, da, da da, da da da dah, da da. ugh.

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aleceatsfood in reply to GoodhartApr 26, 2011. 4:24 PM
haha. Elevator music!
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Goodhart in reply to aleceatsfoodApr 26, 2011. 5:19 PM
Yes, in other words, music played without the singing.....and too many "songs" have little "music" attached to them, whereas an actual work of music that was made to be played without need of a voice, is much more complex :-)
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aleceatsfood in reply to GoodhartApr 27, 2011. 5:09 AM
yes! ok I get it now
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Lithium Rain says: Apr 25, 2011. 8:46 PM
Stringfever.
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Goodhart in reply to Lithium RainApr 26, 2011. 7:27 AM
Isn't that better then being "overly winded" ;-)
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