Korns second album debuted October 15, 1996 this time their album publicity was obtained by opening up for the band Metallica the rest was internet publicity.  Life is peachy was their first well known hit album selling 106,000 copies in its first week and hitting #3 on the billboard 200.  Life is peachy had great hits like Porno Creep, No Place to Hide, Swallow.  In 11997 Korn performed in the Lallapaloousa festival Co-heading it along with Tool.  The band ended up dropping out after band member Shaffer was diagnosed with viral meningitis.  The few appearances they were able to do while at the festival caught the attention of many rock loving fans expanding korns fan base.

                Later in 1997 Korn decided to create there own record label and called it Elementree Records.  Their record company signed on bands like Orgy, Videodrone and rappers like Marz and Deadzy.   So by 1998 when they released their third album Follow the Leader it was no longer under Immortal/Epic Records but their own label Elementree.  For the album Follow the Leader Korn came out with a show called Korn TV the band used the internet to deliver the show to all its fans.  The Show featured the making of there new album and featured guest celebrities and if that wasn’t enough to get fans hooked they also took phone calls from fans to answer any questions and receive feedback.  The show allowed the fans to really get connected with the band.  When the album debuted it appeared #1 on the billboard selling 268,000 copies.  Their songs Got the Life and Freak on a Leash gained such popularity that they both had to be retired from the show Total Request Live from MTV.  Got the Life made history on the show by being the first retired video ever.  Till this day Follow the Leader has been Korns most successful album being nominated and receiving countless awards and going platinum 5 times by selling over 10 million records world wide

                In 1999 Korn released another hit Issues.  Issues sold over 573,000copies in its first week earning #1 on Billboard 100.  Korn decided to thank their fans by performing their entire album at the Apollo Theater.  The performance was also broadcasted on the radio.  In 2002 Korn reemerged with there new album Untouchables.  Korn and its fans were thrilled about the new album which featured new electric beats and various new guitars and instruments never before used in any other album giving the album a twist.   the albums sells were not as expected selling only 434,000 copies.  The band has stated they believe the sales where low due to piracy and the fact the album leaked through the internet three months before its release. 

                In July 22,2003 Korn released Did My Time a single for the movie Tomb Raider which gave them a gramy nomination for Best Metal Performance.   On October 2004 Korn released there album Greatest Hits #1.  The album sold over 129,000 copies and debuted #4 on Billboard 100.  Their album included a remix of Freak on a Leash and Word Up.  In 2005 Brian Welch decided to leave the band to pursue the Lord. Though this was a significant loss for Korn they preceded to start work on their new record See you on the Other Side This album featured such hits like Twisted Transistors and Coming Undone.   In 2007 Korn released their untitled album which sold well over 123,000 copies and has been certified Gold.  This was now done under the record label of Virgin after completing there contract with Sony.  The contract with Virgin Records was for two years.  Virgin Paid Korn 25 Million in exchange of a share in profits for their following two albums including tours and merchandising.  Virgin also received 30 percent in licensing and ticket sales.  

                Since 2007 Korn has kept busy doing several tours and concerts.  Just recently Korn has released their newest album Korn 3 Remember Who You Are.  After almost two decades Korns popularity with the public remains strong.  Korn is one of the few bands that has been able to achieve such success after all there still going strong.

       Soon after her divorce Betty moved to New York to peruse her acting carrier where she worked as a secretary.  It was in 1950 when police officer Jerry Tibs who enjoyed photography noticed Betty walking on the beach in Coney Island New York during her break.  He asked if she would be interested in taking pin up pictures she agreed to it and that’s how her first pin up portfolio was put together.  Soon after this Betty entered the field of glamour photography where she became a popular camera club model working with photographer Cass Carr.  Her lack of inhibition in posing made her a hit.  Her name and image appeared in then popular men’s magazines Wink, Titter, Eyefull, and beauty parade.

       In 1952 and through the rest of her carrier she worked with Irving-Klaw for mail ordering photography with pin up, bondage or sadomasochistic themes making her the first bondage model.  Klaw also used Betty in dozens of short black and white specialty films which catered to specific requests from his clients.  These silent films showed woman clad in lingerie and high heels acting out fetishistic scenarios of abduction, domination and slave- training with bondage elaborate leather costumes and restraints.  Klaws best selling picture of Betty comes from the film Leopard Bikini Bound this picture features Betty gagged and bound in a web of ropes.  Even thought these underground features had the same crude style and clandestine distribution as the pornographic stage films of the time, Klaws all female films and still photos displayed no nudity or explicit sexual content.  This is why Betty is considered a sex symbol and a model and never a porn star.

       In 1953 Betty attended acting classes at the Herbert Berghof Studio this led to several roles on stage and television.  Two big appearances for her were on the shows United States Steel Hour and The Jackie Gleason Show.  She also did Off Broadway productions like life is a Thief and Sunday Costs Five Pesos.  She also acted and danced in the film Striperama by Jerald Intrator she was also given a brief speaking role this is the only time her voice was ever captured on film. 

       In 1954 Hugh Hefner received some photo shots of Betty Page called The Jungle Bettie photographs.  The photo Shoot took place in the wild life park Africa USA in Boca Raton, Florida.  In this specific photo shoot Betty took pictures with two cheetahs Moja and Mibili completely undressed.  Her beauty and other pictures taken there caught his attention and he decided to schedule a photo shoot.  In 1955 Hugh Hefner decided to make Betty Playmate of the Month her picture was put on the center fold of January’s issue. Later that year she won the title Miss Pin Up of the World.  She also became known as the Queen of Curves and The Dark Angel.  

       Her success didn’t last much after 1956 since she retired in 1958 when she took interest in Christianity.  Her career didn’t only come to an end but so did her spot light.  Betty isolated herself from any press and dedicated her life to the Christian community by working full time with Christian organizations.  Though little is known about Betty after her sudden disappearance it is known she married to Armond Walterson in 1958 and divorced him in 1963.  She also remarried first husband Bill Neal this helped her out in entering missionary work in which she had been denied due to her divorce to him.  There second marriage didn’t last long they divorced shortly after getting married.  After her divorce she returned to Florida in 1967 and married Harry Lear but divorced him in 1972.  It seems like Betty just couldn’t keep a steady relationship.

       In 1976 Betty started to gain popularity once again when Eros Publishing co. published A Nostalgic Look at Betty Page.   Private Peeks, reprinting pictures of the private camera club sessions which reintroduced Page to a new line of fans.  Betty went unaware of her new fame for years .  During these years she would struggle with financial and emotional problems.  It was 1979 and Betty was living in Southern California when she was arrested for having an altercation with her landlady after having a nervous breakdown.  Betty was diagnosed with acute Schizophrenia and spent 20 months in a California state mental hospital in San Bernardino.  Soon after her release she was once again arrested for the same thing with the exception of facing charges of assault in which she was found not guilty by reason of insanity and placed under state supervision for 8 years.  She was released in 1992.

       In 1993 Betty spoke with Robin Leach the host of Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous.  She told her how she was unaware of her comeback and explained her financial problems.  Soon after the interview she spoke with agent James Swanson to help her manage and collect her royalty payments but after seeing no money for three years she fired him and signed with Curtis Management Group.  After signing with them her finical situation was secured.  Betty had caught the attention of the media during the 90s books where made about her and her lost years.  Her story came out on E True Hollywood Story she had several interviews all in which she refused to show her face and body so they were blurred out.  Betty said the reason for her not wanting to be shown publically was her old age she rather the public remember her when she was thin and young.  The only picture Betty allowed to get taken of her for publicity was in 2003 for Playboy. 

       On December 6, 2008 Betty was hospitalized in critical condition some said it was a heart attack others say it was a pneumonia.  Betty went into coma and had to be put on life support.  Her family decided to disconnect her on December 18, 2008 and died shortly after

             Bob Marley was born on February 6, 1949 in St. Ann, Jamaica.  He was the son of a Jamaican woman Cedalla Booker and English man Captain Norval Marley.  Bobs father was never really around due to his military job but did provide his mother with financial support.  In the late 50’s Cedalla took Marley and his siblings out into the city of Trench Town in search of a better life.  This move really helped out Marley in his music career do to the exposure of music in the city that he would’ve not received in the small town of St. Ann.

                Marley started to pursue a music career around the age of fourteen by dropping out of school.  This was a hard career to pursue because around the time there were very many young men following the same dream.  His fist attempt was not very successful his songs “Judge Not” and “One more cup of Coffee” didn’t do well with the public but that didn’t stop him from pursuing his dream.   A year later n 1963 he joined a band made up of six people himself, Peter Tosh, Junior Braithwaite, Cherry Smith, Beverly kelso and his good friend Bunny wailer.  The group named themselves The Teenagers there music genre was Ska and Rock Steady.  There name went through several name changes until they finally decided to stick to The Wailers name that stuck with them until the end of their music carrier.  In 1966 Junior Braithwaite, Beverly kelso, Cherry Smith decide to leave the group.  This was also the year Marley married his wife Rita Anderson and moved near his mother in Wilmington Delaware for a short time.  When he returned to Jamaica he became a Rastafarian and that’s when he began to grow his ever so famous dread locks.  This is also the time The Wailers teamed up with the group The Up setters.  Though their alliance lasted only about a year many people believe this is when the best music that came from either of these groups.  In 1973 the Wailers released there first album called Catch a Fire.  This album was released world wide and sold very well.  That same year they released their second album Burnin which included the really popular songs I Shot the Sheriff and Get Up Stand up.  These two albums allowed The Wailers to gain more recognition world wide.  Unfortunately The Wailers broke up in 1974 each of the three went their own way musically.

              After their break up Marley continued his music carrier he created a band with him as the lead singer and ten others to do a key board, guitar, drums, bass.  Part of what made up the ten band members was his wife Rita that did the backing vocals with another two Judy and Marcia.  The bands name was Bob Marley and the Wailers.  In 1975 the band had their fist international breakthrough outside of Jamaica with No Woman No Cry.  Following the success came their album Rastaman Vibrations. The release of this album caught the attention of America. This album was released in 1976 and was on the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks.

                In the mist of his fame and just a few days before a concert (Smile Jamaica) Bob, Rita, and manager Michel were wounded by gunmen inside of Bobs home.  Marleys  wife Rita and manager Michel were badly injuredMarley just had minor wounds to the chest and arm.  Despite his wounds and the condition of his wife and his managerMarley still performed as scheduled.  The crime was thought to come from a rival political group that was against Marley’s Rastafarian beliefs. 

                Towards the end of 1976 Marley left Jamaica to go to England where he did two years of self imposed exile.  Within these two year he came out with two albums Exodus and Kaya.  These albums did really well in England.  So well that Exodus stayed On the British album chart for 56 consecutive weeks.  The album Exodus featured the songs One Love, Jammin, and Exodus.  In 1978 he returned back to Jamaica to perform at another political concert The One Love Peace Concert.  It was at this concert towards the end of Marley’s Performance that Edward seaga (leader of opposing Jamaica labor party) and Michel Manley (leader of then ruling people’s national party) shook hands to show signs of peace.   This was all done to Marley’s request. 

               It was July 1977 when Marley was diagnosed with acral lentiginous melanoma which is a form of malignant melanoma.  Despite his illness he continued recording and performing.  In the spring of 1980 he released the album Uprising.  Following the album was a long concert tour that took place in Europe in 1980.  On of the concert was played in front of a hundred thousand people in Milan.  Soon after his tour he came to America where he did two performances at Madison Square Garden.  More performances were scheduled to take place but Marley’s health got worse and had to be hospitalized.    Once in the hospital he received the worst news possible.  The cancer had spread throughout his body. He received treatment in the Bavarian clinic of Josef Issels.  After eight months of treatment and no improvement he decided to stop and return to Jamaica.  While on his flight his condition worsened.  They ended up stopping in Miami, Florida where he was taken to Cedars of Lebanon Hospital for immediate care.  On the morning of May 11, 1981 Marley was pronounced dead.  The cause was the spread of melanoma to his lungs and brain.  On May 21, 1981 Marley received a funeral with elements from both Ethiopian Orthodoxy and Rastafarian tradition. 

            Though Bob Marley’s body now rests in peace the world continues to recognize his incredible talent.  In 1994 he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.  In1999 Time Magazines chose his album Exodus as best album of the 20^th century. In 2002 he was awarded the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award.  Most recently in 2006 the city of New York changed a portion of Church Ave. into Bob Marley Boulevard.   Its hard to think of another musician that can continue obtaining so much recognition and love from fans.   Some of these fans got to experience his power as a performer and others simply get inspiration through his music and life witch sent a wonderful message of peace and love.