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Rockin'Artist Bios - New Additions |
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Prime Years |
| Ben Kweller | 2000 - | | Ben Kweller was one of those child prodigies. At the ripe old age of nine he entered a songwriting contest sponsored by Billboard magazine and earned an honorable mention. | |
| Of Montreal | 1997 - | | Eclectic. That is the best word to describe Of Montreal, the Athens, Georgia band led by Kevin Barnes. | |
| Heartless Bastards | 2005 - | | Not only was the Cincinnati based Heartless Bastards regularly compared to fellow Ohioans the Black Keys, it was the Keys’ Patrick Carney who passed along a demo that got Heartless Bastards signed to Fat Possum Records. | |
| Howlin' Rain | 2006 - | | Comets On Fire vet, Ethan Miller decided to pursue a more melodic sound forming the San Francisco based Howlin’ Rain with Ian Gradek (bass) and John Moloney (drums). | |
| Craig Finn | 2012 - | | Craig Finn lived in the Minneapolis area before relocating to New York City. As a result he blended Midwest sensibilities with big city angst. | |
| Dark New Day | 2005 - 2012 | | Dark New Day members came from opening bands, second stage festival acts and occupiers of the Rock charts lower reaches – at least they landed on them. The lone exception was Clint Lowery of Sevendust. | |
| Fitz And The Tantrums | 2010 - | | I did want to try and make a big sounding record without guitars, said Michael Fitzpatrick of Fitz And The Tantrums Soul-influenced indie pop. | |
| Wishbone Ash | 1970 - 1976 | | Wishbone Ash peaked commercially in ‘72 with the album “Argus,” which went to #3 in the U.K. | |
| Savoy Brown | 1970 - 1972 | | The British Blues-Rock outfit Savoy Brown, originally known as the Savoy Brown Blues Band, was founded in ’65 by guitarist Kim Simmonds, the only mainstay through a myriad of personnel changes. | |
| Kurt Vile | 2008 - | | The Bank of America snafu shouldn’t obscure the fact that Kurt Vile is very talented musician. | |
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Rockin'Artist Bios - Most Viewed |
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Prime Years |
| 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. | |
| Pearl Jam | 1991 - | | Given their fractured beginning, who would have suspected that Pearl Jam would be the last Grunge band standing? | |
| Stabbing Westward | 1993 - 2001 | | “Wither, Blister, Burn + Peel” is THE Stabbing Westward CD with “Shame” and the MTV Buzz Clip fav “What Do I Have To Do.” | |
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| AC/DC | 1977 - 2009 | | 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. | |
| Led Zeppelin | 1968 - 1980 | | Generally thought of as Heavy Metal founding fathers, Led Zeppelin, even in its earliest days, mixed acoustic and electric instruments on Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You and Your Time Is Gonna Come from Led Zeppelin. | |
| Cinderella | 1986 - 1990 | | Cinderella owes its career to being in the right place at the right time and to the marketing power of MTV. | |
| Ted Nugent | 1972 - 1976 | | Ted Nugent, the man who gave the world “Cat Scratch Fever,” “Hey Baby,” “Dog Eat Dog” and “Wango Tango,” among others, made his first indelible impression as the lead guitarist for Amboy Dukes. | |
| Jimi Hendrix | 1967 - 1970 | | Noel Redding (bass) and Mitch Mitchell (drums) were hired and The Jimi Hendrix Experience was born. | |
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