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 …

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…

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…

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…

Coming from the heartland of America (Little Rock, AR), Evanescence mixes the heavy guitar crunch of nu-metal with the moody atmosphere and electronic flavoring of goth rock. Singer/keyboardist Amy Lee also bears the influence of singer/songwriters l…

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 …

The members of Three Days Grace began bashing punk chords when they were in their teens carving a derivative yet energetic sound that fueled their live performances Three Days Grace was formed in Norwood Ontario Canada in 1997 by Adam Gontier vocals …

US alt-rock band formed in 2000 by Ben Burnley (vocals/guitar), Aaron Fink (guitar), Mark James Klepaski (bass), and Jeremy Hummel (drums). Fink and Klepaski were both previously members of alt-metal band Lifer, while Fink had attended high school wi…

Post-grunge rockers Hinder got started in the early 2000s in Oklahoma City where Joe Garvey and drummer Cody Hanson found Austin Winkler singing cover songs at a college party The three formed the nucleus of Hinder and started landing gigs opening lo…

Heavy metal was in danger of losing its hold on the mainstream by the early 1990s, but Korn helped jolt the genre back to life again. Combining rage-purging, rapped/shouted vocals and explosively heavy riffs, these rap-metal pioneers spawned a slew o…

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…

The members of metalcore outfit Avenged Sevenfold or A7X were still in high school when they formed in 1999 in Huntington Beach CA Still it didnt take long for M Shadows vocals Zacky Vengeance guitar Synyster Gates guitar the Reverend drums and Johnn…

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 …

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…

Since their inception Floridas Underoath has evolved from a run-of-the-mill Christian metalcore band into a fluid dynamic and energized rock group that adeptly blends emotive melody charged punk rock rhythm and chunky engaging bottom end Underoath fo…

While heavy metal band Disturbed displays all the expected aggression and angst of its peers, it has achieved a wildly successful, chart-busting popularity, bolstered by a melodic complexity and frontman Dave Draiman's persuasive swagger. Formed in C…

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 …

System of a Down may be seen as part and parcel of the nu-metal explosion of the late-'90s, but their style is less akin to the likes of Limp Bizkit and Korn than to vintage thrash from the '80s, spiced with a touch of hardcore punk. The band's sound…

Though journalistic shorthand often finds Nickelback dubbed "the Canadian Creed," the band found success on its own terms right from the start with the 2000 debut album THE STATE. It may be true that the band's heavy guitars, pounding drums, and dram…

Motion City Soundtrack featured Joshua Cain guitar Tony Thaxton drums Justin Pierre vocalsguitar Jesse Johnson moog and Matthew Taylor bass The indie rock quintet originally formed in 1999 when Pierre and Cain were still in high school The two were b…