b. Paul Frehley, 22 April 1951, Bronx, New York, USA. Ace Frehley rose to fame as the lead guitarist for premier US hard rock band Kiss during its prime years. Often nicknamed "Space Ace" by fans, Frehley released his first, self-titled solo album in…

A theatrical rock band formed in the 1970s heyday of glitter, Kiss brought to life a cast of cartoonish figures sustained by heavy riffs and an endless supply of face paint. With each band member assuming an alter-ego (Gene Simmons, demon; Paul Stanl…

Alice Cooper, AKA Vincent Furnier, became famous with a mixture of hard rock and sideshow horror. With his outrageous image and stage show, entertainer extraordinaire Cooper (who eventually adopted the band's name as his own) almost single-handedly i…

While the 1980s Los Angeles rock scene will forever be associated with pretty-boy glam metal, it also spawned Guns N' Roses, one of the most in-your-face, streetwise, and controversial bands of the era. Axl Rose & company's roots lay in The Stones, A…

The most successful band in Brazilian rock Os Paralamas or Os Paralamas do Sucesso profited from the early experiences of previous bands consolidating the prosperity of the genre and also opening the way for other groups With 12 albums released in Br…

Bill Ward was born in Birmingham England in 1948 His interest in drumming began as a toddler and by age 15 he was playing gigs Ward played in several bands before meeting up with Tony Iommi in 1964 The two of them worked together in the group Mytholo…

Known worldwide as the embodiment of heavy metal, England's Black Sabbath enveloped the 1970s in a dense fog of apocalyptic imagery, monolithic guitar riffs, and horror-movie lyrics. When frontman Ozzy Osbourne left the band in 1979 for a highly succ…

Coming out of the grass-roots Gilman St. punk scene of the early-1990s Bay Area, Green Day exploded into the mainstream with their third album, 1994's DOOKIE. The trio's punk energy and pop hooks, influenced by first-generation punks like the Buzzcoc…

As the guitaristsingerhead-songwriter for the Smashing Pumpkins Billy Corgan was one of alt-rocks leaders and focal points for much of the 90s Born on March 17 1967 in Elk Grove IL Corgans first true exposure to music came from his father Bill Corgan…