Swedish singer-songwriter Jose Gonzalez scored a surprise hit with his debut effort, VENEER, which raced up the charts nearly two years after its 2003 release. Initially released to little fanfare, sales of the album rocketed after the track "Heartbe…

Shes played quite a few high-energy freaks for Hollywood but none of her silver screen characters can prepare audiences for the over the top ferociousness Juliette Lewis unleashes when she fronts her band Juliette the Licks Lewis first public flirta…

Death by Stereo is an aggressive metalhardcore hybrid from Southern California After getting together in 1998 and releasing a demo and 7 Efrem Shulz vocals Paul Miner bass Jim Miner guitar Keith Barney guitar whod replaced original guitarist Ian Fowl…

Silverstein formed in Ontario Canada in 2000 as a side project for vocalist Shane Told guitarist Josh Bradford drummer Paul Koehler guitarist Richard McWalter and bassist Bill Hamilton But after diving into the thriving Ontario hardcoreemo scene whic…

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…

Making their debut at a local Pittsburgh radio station in 1993 Anti-Flag got together for the sake of responding to their disgust at religion nationalism and fascism Justin Sane vocalsguitar Andy Flag bassvocals and Pat Thetic drums bopped around the…

Formed from the ashes of British blues-rockers the Yardbirds, Led Zeppelin shot to the stratosphere in the early 1970s. With Dionysian frenzy and a blast of blues-drenched riffs, they became one of the biggest bands of the era. Their intense musical …

Although Nirvana and Pearl Jam may have been the most commercially successful bands of the 1990s Seattle movement, Soundgarden was every bit as important and influential. Part Black Sabbath/part Ramones, Soundgarden helped unite both punks and metalh…

Beginning as just another Brit-pop band with promise, Blur has exceeded all expectations. Their debut release showed a flair for catchy guitar-based tunes, their next three effectively channeled various British music traditions to create an eclectic …

Like a trippier, more mystical, West Coast equivalent of the Velvet Underground, the Doors went against the 1960s flower-power grain, taking an uncompromising look at the underbelly of the American psyche. Jim Morrison's dark, surreal poetry gave the…

Like Velvet Revolver (but with a more political bent), Audioslave appeared in the mid-2000s as a post-grunge supergroup pounding out stripped-down heavy rock. The band is spearheaded by Chris Cornell, whose wailing vocals formerly graced archetypal '…

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…

Generally, the punk-inspired generation of bands that came to prominence in the late '90s fell into two camps; cred-soaked aesthetes in thrall to the art-punk approach of emo godfathers Fugazi and radio-friendly pop-punks following in the footsteps o…

b. 3 July 1957, Brewster, New York, USA, d. 26 August 2004, East Quogue, New York, USA. A former backing vocalist with Leonard Cohen, Branigan's breakthrough came in 1982, when her energetic voice was demonstrated to its full effect on a belting rend…

b. 16 September 1963, Chicago, Illinois, USA. This singer-songwriter began his career at the age of five, singing on US advertising jingles written by his father. This became his professional vocation until he moved to Los Angeles and worked as a ses…