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Rockin'Artist Bios - New Additions |
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Prime Years |
| Extreme | 1989 - 1995 | | Surveying Extreme’s back catalog, the best place to start is “Extreme II Pornograffitti.” | |
| Ra Ra Riot | 2008 - | | Ra Ra Riot is not a riot – in fact, they are closer to Arcade Fire but with a stronger pop leaning. The vocals are plaintive and the violin and cello provide a pensive charm that underscores the lyrics. | |
| O.A. R. | 1997 - | | O.A.R. are DMB Lite, both in the studio and onstage. Like Dave Matthews, O.A.R. blends Folk, Pop, World Beat and Reggae in midtempo songs. | |
| Scars On Broadway | 2008 - | | Scars On Broadway get it done with “Kill Each Other/Live Forever,” “World Long Gone,” “Cute Machines,” “Enemy” and “They Say,” a great F-the world song. | |
| One Day As A Lion | 2008 - | | One Day As A Lion with Rage Against The Machine singer Zack de la Rocha and former Mars Volta drummer Jon Theodore issued their self-titled five track debut EP in the summer of ‘08. | |
| The Hold Steady | 2004 - | | Craig Finn’s grittier take on Springsteen’s storytelling comes to the forefront on The Hold Steady's “Boys And Girls In America.” | |
| Love As Laughter | 1996 - | | Love As Laughter started as a Punk outfit and progressively took their foot off the accelerator to check out other possibilities. | |
| Royal Bangs | 2008 - | | Don’t let all the electronics and loops distract, the Royal Bangs are a garage band at heart – and a very good one at that. | |
| Egypt Central | 2008 - | | Egypt Central, a Memphis based group originally known as Lotus Effect, was started in ’01 by John Falls. | |
| The Virgins | 2008 - | | The Virgins use a sharp, propulsive beat to drive their songs. Zarin-Ackerman rolls in and around Ratensperger’s percussion while Oates’ guitar work slashes and stings making The Virgins sound like they could have been contemporaries of The Pretenders. | |
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Rockin'Artist Bios - Most Viewed |
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Prime Years |
| Avenged Sevenfold | 2001 - | | Starting in ‘99, while still in high school, Avenged Sevenfold had, in addition to Shadows, Zacky Vengeance (guitar), Synyster Gates (guitar), Johnny Christ (bass) and The Reverend (drums)- | |
| AC/DC | 1977 - 1982 | | Visually, the thing that stood out most was Angus Young's schoolboy outfit, which happened by accident. Angus came home from school and without changing, rushed off to band practice. | |
| Evanescence | 2003 - | | Working under the name Evanescence, meaning a dissipation or disappearance like vapors, Lee and Moody even tried a shot at romance, managing to become briefly engaged before backing away. | |
| Paramore | | | Seeing Paramore perform only once, Fueled By Ramen’s head honcho, John Janick, decided to sign the group. | |
| Maroon 5 | 2003 - | | With Levine’s expressive vocals and surprising falsetto, Maroon 5 often sounds like Dave Matthews with a Rock sensibility. | |
| Pantera | | | Exchanging glitter for tattoos, Pantera scored their first success with Cowboys From Hell in ‘90 featuring Dimebag’s vicious guitar attacks and Anselmo’s blast furnace vocals. | |
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| Kurt Cobain | 1990 - 1994 | | With the vacant deep blue eyes and that haunting look (heroin will do that to you), Kurt Cobain was the poster boy of the Grunge sound. | |
| Hinder | 2006 - | | New blood was needed to carry on the wayward decadence bound and tied to the ‘80s and that left the door ajar for Hinder. | |
| Killswitch Engage | 2002 - 2006 | | Former Overcast bassist Mike D' Antonio (Mike D) linked with ex-Aftershock guitarists Joel Stroetzel and drummer Mike Adam Dutkiewitz. | |
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