Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2 1972), better known by his former ring name The Rock, is an American actor and former professional wrestler. He gained mainstream fame as a standout in World Wrestling Entertainment from 1996 to 2004. Since 2001, he has focused on a thriving acting career, though he still makes occasional WWE appearances for promotional purposes.
Johnson was a nine-time world champion in his career, including a record-setting seven-time WWE Champion; his last reign was as WWE Undisputed Champion. He also was the winner of the 2000 Royal Rumble.
"The Rock" is an instrumental piece written by Pete Townshend of The Who, the second to last track on their double album Quadrophenia (1973), their second rock opera. It is one of the most musically complex pieces that Townshend ever wrote for The Who, combining all of the four themes of Jimmy, the protagonist of the opera, into one six-minute musical medley. At one point during the piece, two of the themes are played simultaneously, one of which is in 4/4 time and the other in 6/8 time. The 6/8 theme's tempo is slower in such a way that every bar of the opposing themes takes the same amount of time to play, giving The Who one of the most progressive sounds they ever achieved.
The name of the piece is a reference to the location from which Jimmy tells the story of Quadrophenia. He finds refuge from himself in the pouring rain on a solitary rock in the sea.
The piece has neither a definite beginning or end, as it begins with a fade-in from the previous track, "Doctor Jimmy" (containing "Is it Me?", Bassist John Entwistle's theme), and starting with the theme of "Bell Boy" ( Drummer Keith Moon's theme). This is followed by the themes of "Is It Me?", "Helpless Dancer" (Roger Daltrey's theme), and "Love, Reign O'er Me" (Townshend's theme). The finale is then the themes together - "Bell Boy" as the chord sequence, the introduction to "Love Reign O'er Me" on the piano, and "Helpless Dancer" on synthesizers. This suddenly stops with the sound of a thundercloud bursting and pouring rain (which is where Jimmy finds some hope for the future and also reference Pete Townshend's spiritual fixation with water). The pouring rain fades into the final track of the album, "Love, Reign O'er Me" proper. It is one of two purely instrumental tracks on the album, the other simply titled "Quadrophenia".
Jamal Bush, better known by his stage name Rock, is an American Rapper, famous as a member of Hip Hop collective Boot Camp Clik and the duo Heltah Skeltah along with Ruck. After releasing two albums with Heltah Skeltah, Nocturnal and Magnum Force, Rock left Duck Down Records and pursued a solo career. He signed to DJ Lethal's Lethal Records and recorded a solo album titled Planet Rock, which was never released after the label folded. He didn't make an appearance on the Clik's 2002 group album The Chosen Few, being the only member of the "Great 8" not to appear. He made his official return to Duck Down in 2005, making appearances on Sean Price's Monkey Barz album and Smif-N-Wessun's Smif 'N' Wessun: Reloaded album. He and the Boot Camp recently finished recording their third group album, The Last Stand, slated for release on July 18, 2006. On January 15, 2008, Rock was arrested for an assault and attempted murder charge after he allegedly gunned down a rival while working as a pimp. He was released on a $125,000 bail about a week later on January 24, 2008. The legal trouble seems not to have effected his career as a rapper too much, as Heltah Skeltah is still set to release their long-anticipated album D.I.R.T. in the summer of 2008.
