Sister actingsinging duo Aly AJ -- whose full names are Alyson and Amanda Joy Michalka -- showed a passion for both kinds of performing at a very young age they started playing piano at age six and began acting classes soon after Born in LA the Mich…

Fergie fits in between a diminishing trance scene and the radical advent of UK garage with an uncomplicated take on hard house ethics Beginning his DJ career at the age of 14 and taken through the clubland ranks with the help of Tony De Vit Fergie ma…

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…

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…

The mercurial term "emo" has meant many different things since its first appearance in the mid-1980s hardcore punk underground. By the mid 2000s, the term was best exemplified by the band Fall Out Boy. Playing an accessible brand of melodic rock mark…

Poprock outfit Paramore began humbly enough in Franklin TN when lead singer Hayley Williams met brothers Josh and Zac Farro guitar and drums respectively after moving into town from Mississippi The two had a young band that the burgeoning singer was …

Singersongwriter Cheyenne Kimball wrote her first song at age eight but it was to get out of trouble Kimball had been sent to her room after making a mean remark to her older sister thus composing an apology of sorts entitled All I Want Is You The Te…

A popular Hollywood burlesque act, the Pussycat Dolls emerged as mainstream fixtures when they became an outlet for big-name celebrities looking to embrace their inner sex kittens. As a musical act, the Dolls scored huge hits with a familiar albeit …

RB singer Cassie got her first taste of the music industry at 16 when she had the opportunity to speak with the producer Rockwilder a meeting that inspired her to take formal voice lessons This decision paid off nicely later on when after shed gradua…