We really rely on melody for our music. We want people to walk away humming our tunes after one listening. So we mainly drive home our musical points with melody, strong vocals and layered harmonies.

A fusion of rap, reggae, and R&B infused with live instrumentation and lyrical depth.

Originating from Helsinki, Finland, the Rasmus' brand of melodic heavy rock quickly established them as teenage stars in their homeland in the late 90s. Wider European success, including a Top 5 hit in the UK in 2004, followed in the new millennium.<…

Along with Black Uhuru, England's Steel Pulse was one of the most powerful and influential reggae groups of the 1970s and '80s. As a highly political outfit starting out in late '70s Britain, Steel Pulse naturally fell in with the punk movement, shar…

This US hip-hop/funk crossover outfit was formed in New York City in 1993 by Huey Morgan (b. 8 August 1968, USA; vocals/guitar), Steve Borovini (drums/programming) and Fast (b. Brian Leiser; bass/keyboards/harmonica). Assimilating a variety of local …

Tenor saxophonist Stan Getz possessed a full, luxuriant tone and a highly melodic improvisational sense. Though he produced consistently rewarding music for the duration of his near 50-year career, he achieved the greatest success in the early '60s w…

Sydney Australias Youth Group originally formed around vocalistguitarist Toby Martin and drummer Danny Allen While the two had hooked on with various other players here and there by the bands second full-length theyd gelled with guitarist Cameron Eme…

This Long Island, New York, USA-based guitar pop outfit was created by songwriter Brendan B. Brown (b. 11 October 1973, Glencove, New York, USA; guitar/vocals). After struggling to make an impact in other bands, Brown recruited his younger brother Pe…

This Los Angeles, California, USA-based rapcore outfit was formed by rappers Shifty Shellshock (b. Seth Brooks Binzer, 23 August 1974, California, USA) and Epic (b. Bret Mazur, New York, USA), guitarists Rust Epique (b. 1969, d. 9 March 2004, Las Veg…

b. Nester Alexander Haddaway, Tobago, West Indies. A lightweight dance music artist licensed to Arista Records from his German home at Coconut/Logic Records, Haddaway scored a huge crossover hit throughout Europe with the anthemic "What Is Love" in 1…

Metallica deflated the pomposity of 1970s rock, while reinvigorating heavy metal with their fast, fierce, and surprisingly melodic sound. Pioneers of the thrash metal subgenre, vocalist/guitarist James Hetfield and drummer Lars Ulrich set down the fo…

They may have started out as another early-'80s, Ramones-influenced Cal-punk band, but before long Social Distortion was incorporating a distinct C&W influence into their jackhammer drive. In a sandpaper rasp, singer Mike Ness told tales of drugs, ja…

In the wake of Bikini Kill's split during the late 90s, singer-songwriter Kathleen Hanna took little time to get back in the "Riot Grrrl' ring with Julie Ruin, and soon afterwards, Le Tigre. While the former project proved to be a one-off, Le Tigre w…

Easily the greatest rock band ever, at least according to members Kyle Gas and Jack Black, Tenacious D is the pseudo-fictitious band of real-life comedians Gas and Black. The duo play a hilarious, brilliantly absurd mix of earnest coffee-house folk a…

Irish alt-rockers the Cranberries became Top 40 superstars following the stateside release of their debut album, 1993's EVERYBODY'S DOING IT SO WHY CAN'T WE? The band's blend of alternative rock and dreamy pop was the perfect musical backdrop for lea…

Though '90s intercontinental rock band Garbage first attracted interest due to founder Butch Vig's lofty production resume (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, et al), the group soon earned a reputation (and audience) fully on its own merits. With a wide ran…

In the aftermath of the Nirvana-led grunge explosion of the early 1990s, Everclear's grunged-out roots rock brought it all back home without a trace of pretension. At first glance, their music is a deceptively simple-sounding, grunge pop affair,. By …

The 90s saw its fair share of sophomoric pop-punk outfits crop up in the USA, such as Unwritten Law. Originally formed in 1990, the San Diego, California-based band has gone through countless line-up changes (it is rumoured that the band has seen 16 …

At the dawn of the 1980s, Duran Duran was part of Britain's "futurist" or "new romantic" scene, which merged glam-rock attitude with disco beats and synthesizers to form an intensely fashion-conscious variant on new wave. With their good looks and po…