Rockestra

Rockestra is a form of rock with elements of stringed instruments included, such as violins. Some examples are "Overcome" by Live and "Collide" by Skillet.

It was also the name given to an assemblage of famous rock stars that were brought together by Paul McCartney for the recording of the last Wings album 1979's Back to the Egg. The supergroup which consisted of McCartney and his band, Wings plus John Paul Jones, David Gilmour, Ronnie Lane, John Bonham, Kenney Jones, Hank Marvin and Pete Townshend recorded the instrumental "Rockestra Theme" and a McCartney composition, "So Glad to See You Here". Paul McCartney revealed on a TV interview with VH1 in 2001 that Keith Moon was supposed to take part in Rockestra but died one month before the sessions took place.

Then, McCartney and Kurt Waldheim re-assembled Rockestra for a series of benefit concerts for the people of Cambodia, suffering from the reign of Pol Pot. This time, Rockestra comprised of McCartney and his band, Wings, plus John Paul Jones, Rockpile, John Bonham, Robert Plant, James Honeyman Scott and Pete Townshend. Hank Marvin was not available and David Gilmour had to decline in participating as he was with the rest of Pink Floyd in Los Angeles, California as they just finished recording The Wall and were in the midst of rehearsing for the upcoming concerts in support of The Wall to take place in February of 1980. They performed "Let It Be", "Lucille", and the instrumental "Rockestra Theme".