1.   Animated, lively and as energetic as any rock performer, Brown views herself as something of a performance artist.

2.   Courtney Love is one rock performer who has never been at a loss for words.

3.   Goodman, a Scottish songwriter and rock performer, knows his way around a pop tune.

4.   His clients have included the Hustler magazine publisher Larry Flynt and the rock performer Marilyn Manson.

5.   In earlier eras, because most rock performers were men and their subject was love, women were placed in the position of the love object or sex object.

6.   In their early days, admittedly, many rock en espanol performers sounded like copies of whatever Anglo-American bands first inspired them to pick up their instruments or sing.

7.   Movie stars, rock performers and sports celebrities have agents to keep their careers on track and to negotiate deals.

8.   Some rock performers, such as Fugazi and Ani DiFranco, have spurned corporate offers to take their music to a bigger audience.

9.   Mejla Hlavsa, a Czech rock performer and friend of President Vaclav Havel, died Friday of cancer, Czech media reported.

10.   Mejla Hlavsa, a Czech rock performer and friend of President Vaclav Havel, has died of cancer, Czech media reported Saturday.