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Rockin'Artist Bios - New Additions |
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Prime Years |
| Love And Rockets | 1985 - 1989 | | Though Love And Rockets released four albums in the ‘80s they are best remembered for their ’89 hit “So Alive” which peaked at #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. | |
| The Outfield | 1984 - 1989 | | The Outfield toured with the likes of Journey and Starship which speaks volumes about the band’s sound and appeal. | |
| Flying Colors | 2012 - | | Flying Colors self-title debut dropped in ’12. The album has bits and pieces of what you'd expect from each of us, said drummer Mike Portnoy. | |
| Volbeat | 2005 - | | Volbeat began in ’01, founded by vocalist/guitarist Michael Poulsen. | |
| Iced Earth | 1995 - | | The Tampa based group started as Purgatory in ’85 but changed their name to Iced Earth, inspired by a friend of guitarist Jon Schaffer’s who died in a motorcycle accident. | |
| Spiritualized | 1992 - | | 97's “Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space” represented a high water mark for the English Space Rock group Spiritualized. NME magazine named it the Album of the Year. | |
| Alabama Shakes | 2012 - | | Alabama Shakes could have been an opening act for Creedence Clearwater Revival. Gospel and Swamp Rock R&B are intertwined. | |
| Pulp | 1994 - 1995 | | Pulp hit their creative and commercial peak with ‘94’s “His 'n' Hers” and ‘95’s “Different Class.” The latter topped the U.K. album chart. | |
| Rockpile | 1979 - 1981 | | Dave Edmunds' solo effort, “Tracks On Wax 4” was the first album to be completely recorded by Rockpile | |
| Glenn Frey | 1982 - 1984 | | '84’s “The Allnighter” was Glenn Frey’s most successful solo album going to #22 on the album chart on the strength of two Top 20 singles; Smuggler's Blues and Sexy Girl.” | |
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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.” | |
| Disturbed | 2002 - | | Disturbed’s vocalist David Draiman, born to a deeply religious family, rebelled. | |
| Cheap Trick | 1978 - 1982 | | To celebrate Cheap Trick’s twentieth anniversary in ‘98 “Cheap Trick At Budokan: The Complete Concert” was released. | |
| Beach Boys | 1962 - 1967 | | The Beach Boys were the product of a pushy father, three talented brothers, Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson, a cousin, Mike Love and a friend, Al Jardine. | |
| Runaways | 1976 - 1979 | | The Runaways issued five albums and made a dent in ’76 with their single Cherry Bomb (Hello daddy, hello mom, I'm your ch-ch-cherry bomb!) but that was overshadowed by the fact that they were the first all-female Rock group. | |
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| 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. | |
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