Artists with the tag 'male'
The Killers (00s)
Though a batch of 1980s-New Wave-inspired bands started making noise in the early 2000s, it wasn't until the Killers' 2004 debut album HOT FUSS that the style really broke through to the mainstream. Heavily indebted to the likes of the Smiths, Psyche…
Rascal Flatts
Cousins Jay DeMarcus and Gary LeVox grew up playing together in Columbus, OH. After DeMarcus moved to Nashville, LeVox eventually followed, and with Joe Don Rooney they formed Rascal Flatts, the singing, songwriting, and instrumental abilities of all…
Take That
Every decade has a teenybopper band that takes the charts by storm, and the early 1990s saw Take That picking up in the U.K. where '80s American teen stars New Kids On The Block left off. Led by songwriter and lead vocalist Gary Barlow, Take That hit…
Panic! at the Disco
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…
McFly
Similar to fellow British pop act Busted London-based McFly came together and quickly won over the youth masses with their boyish charm and lively tales of adolescence However while Busted shared commonalities with the punk-edged accessibility of act…
The Summer Obsession
Jacksonvilles the Summer Obsession were pumped to have nabbed a side stage spot for various dates on the 2004 Warped Tour so they packed up the van and drove from Florida to Indianapolis only to arrive and find that their particular stage had been ca…
Blink 182
California skate-punk trio Blink 182 employed a snappy mix of punk-pop and humor that appealed to a whole new generation of rock fans too young to have fully appreciated Green Day's initial impact. These third- (or fourth-) generation punks became th…
Relient K
Originating from Canton, Ohio, USA, this spiritually inclined pop punk band was formed by Matt Thiessen (b. Canada; guitar/vocals), Matt Hoopes (guitar), Brian Pittman (bass), and David Douglas (drums). The quartet took their unusual name from the be…
Sum 41
The four neo-punk/pop upstarts from Toronto who make up Sum 41 formed the band while they were all still in high school, and the youthful exuberance of those days can still be strongly felt in their 2000 debut EP HALF HOUR OF POWER. The endearingly b…
Coldplay
In 2000, Coldplay emerged seemingly out of nowhere to become a worldwide smash with their debut album PARACHUTES and hit single "Yellow." They're generally lumped in with the Britpop crowd, but, like Travis, they favor a more thoughtful, melodic pop …
christopher rye
Kinetic music: atmospheric, cinematic, epic electronic vocal pop with 80s electronics and kinetic rhythms/treated riffs.
John Eddie
Born in Richmond VA in 1959 John Eddie relocated to New Jersey as an adult to pursue his musical career A popular live draw on the club scene he was joined on-stage on occasion by Bruce Springsteen Signing a record deal with CBSSony his self-titled d…
