Formed in 1999 Amityville NYs Taking Back Sunday took their version of melodic hardcore from bands like Lifetime Endpoint and Sunny Day Real Estate as well as guitarist Ed Reyes emo band the Movielife The bands first demo a five-song CD was released …

Initially known as an actor most notably on the 90s TV drama My So-Called Life and in movies like Requiem for a Dream Jared Leto also had musical ambitions His band 30 Seconds to Mars debuted in 2002 with a self-titled effort featuring a post-grunge …

AC/DC is generally regarded as a titanic force in the world of heavy rock, occupying a sphere of seminal influence right alongside Kiss. These Australian guitar gods--led by Angus Young, an axe-wielding man-boy in a school uniform--churn out songs la…

The Belton TX-based heavy rock quintet Flyleaf formed in 2000 when frontwoman Lacey Mosley tried out a string of the dark hard-edged songs she consistently wrote as a brooding teen on drummer James Culpepper After a brief period of playing together t…

A discovery of pop-punk superstars Fall Out Boy, the Las Vegas emo band Panic! At the Disco (named for a Smiths song), stormed the charts in 2005 while its members were barely old enough to vote. Offering a highly danceable take on the emo formula of…

Spanish disc jockey and producer DJ Sammy became involved in entertainment while working for a local technohouse radio station After graduating with a degree as a sound technician DJ Sammy recorded Life Is Just a Game in 1996 His track Prince of Love…

Denver-based band the Fray was formed in 2002 by Isaac Slade vocals piano and Joe King guitar vocals when the two former school friends met up again in a local music store They soon began regular two-man jam sessions that led to writing songs and dev…

Post-hardcoreemo-pop quintet Hawthorne Heights came to life in the summer of 2001 Originally called A Day in the Life the Dayton OH collective saw numerous lineup changes and shifting music styles before settling on its current formation Composed of …

Hardcore revivalists-turned-goth-punks AFI ascended to a new level of stardom when they decided to slap on some eyeliner and embrace their inner Robert Smiths. After several independent releases, the Southern California-based outfit released their ma…

Sprinkling their impassioned brand of alternative rock with touches of screamo pop-punk and metal Middleburg FLs the Red Jumpsuit Apparatus were originally born in 2003 Writing and rehearsing for about 18 months with no real intentions of performing …

Rapper Yung Joc born Jasiel Robinson learned about running his own business from his father who owned a hair-care products company It was also his father who gave a teenage Yung Joc his first break writing a jingle for the Revlon company Joc decided …

New Jersey hardcore band My Chemical Romance achieved a surprising degree of success with their Goth-tinged, woe-is-me take on punk. Labeled everything from emo and pop-punk to post-hardcore and screamo, My Chemical Romance are one of several bands f…

Hailing from Orem, Utah, USA, the Used was formed in the late 90s by Bert McCracken (vocals), Quinn Allman (guitar), Jeph Howard (bass), Branden Steineckert (drums). Growing up in a staunchly conservative Mormon district of Utah, the quartet formed t…

Unbeknownst to most Nirvana fans, its drummer David Grohl was also a singer/guitarist/songwriter who wrote numerous songs during his tenure with the band. After Kurt Cobain's death in 1994, Grohl decided to head out on his own and formed the Foo Figh…

After their 1998 formation, New Jersey emo pioneers Thursday wasted no time in building a faithful local audience, which increased exponentially following high-profile support slots for established acts like At The Drive-In, Hot Water Music, and even…

A hard-rocking, no-holds-barred American group fronted by the wiry Steven Tyler, Aerosmith plays heavy riffs with a blues underpinning. After huge hits and sold-out tours in the 1970s, the band sank into oblivion for the first half of the '80s. They …

Dashboard Confessional began as a solo project for Chris Carrabba, a member of the late-1990s Florida hardcore scene. With his introspective lyrics, heart-on-the-sleeve vocals, and spare acoustic guitar playing, Carrabba soon won over a devoted follo…

Given their presence on Californian Punk label Drive-Thru, it could be assumed that Something Corporate chose their name as an ironic swipe against the mainstream and although the band also appeared on the Warped tour they made little effort to disgu…