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Articles about band bio (0-50 of 92)
- Himfr.com Reports The Total Scale Of China's Electronic Information Industry Ranks Second In The Wor
By: Frbiz | - Workers in a recent letter to Minister Li attended the "next 20 years of engineering science and technology with economic and social development" series of reports at the meeting, said: "the total size of China's electronic information industry after the United States, ranking second in the world, computers, mobile phones, color TV such as the scale of the world's first electronic product manufacturing; in the field of household appliances, China has become a truly global manufacturing base and ...
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- An Introduction To Tool
By: Jimmy Cox | - The modern heavy metal band Tool was first formed in 1990. Through September of 1995, the band members consisted of Danny Carey on drums, Paul D'Amour on bass, Maynard James Keenan on vocals), and Adam Jones on guitar. However, D'Amour didn't like the direction the band was going in, and his disagreements with the creative process were holding up songwriting efforts. He left the band and was replaced in November of 1995 by Peach bassist Justin Chancellor.
The band has been very un ...
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- Underoath: True Musical Chameleons
By: Jimmy Cox | - The band Underoath is a group that was originally based out of Tampa, Florida. This was where their alternative sound and musical style was first created back in 1998.
The group has been described as being rock, punkrock, and Christian metalcore. With a deft and engaging swiftness, the members all blended their sounds into a rocking metal band that seemed to deliver a little bit of every music genre.
This uniquely different band is often referred to by a shortened ...
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- Wednesday 13: Man And Band
By: Jimmy Cox | - For the best in horror punk with a strong flavor of glamour, you'll find that it is time that you took at a look at Wednesday 13. Wednesday 13 is the name of an influential punk band that is fronted by the artist of the same name. It was formed in 2004 and you can still see their shows today. There is lots of great Wednesday 13 merch out there, and whether you are looking for a memento for yourself or a gift for someone you love, you'll soon see that this band has a lot of great things to sell. ...
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- Sum 41 Rocks Around The World
By: Jimmy Cox | - Punk rock is a type of music that began in the mid 70s and Sum 41 is a younger group that has heartily embraced this style of musical mayhem. The Canadian rockers have developed a strong following in several countries even though they have only been in the mainstream action for a few years. Typically, the group performs songs with beats that are fast paced, rock with sizzle and the lyrics contain a hard-edged ruthlessness. Many of the songs deal with controversy, politics, cultural mores, and go ...
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- All About The Band Strung Out
By: Jimmy Cox | - Strung Out is more than a term for how someone feels; it is also the name of a Simi Valley, California band. This punk rock group began in 1992 and is now well known for the way they fuse punk and heavy metal to create their distinctive musical sound.
They have stayed with their original label Fat Wreck Chords and have been seen at many live performances including the famous Warped Tours.
The original band lineup for Strung Out was singer Jason Cruz; guitar players ...
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- Slayer Continues To Defy Critics
By: Jimmy Cox | - Another popular metal band that rose to fame in the 80s and 90s is Slayer. This group is another that originated in California and was first formed during 1981. Two talented guitarists gave the band a firm foundation. This duo was Jeff Hanneman and Kerry King, and thanks in large part to their talents the group became known as one of the Big 4 heavy metal bands. Tom Araya was recruited for bass guitar and vocals and they met their future percussionist Dave Lombardo when he was delivering pizzas ...
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- Band Bio: Story Of The Year
By: Jimmy Cox | - Story of the Year is a rock band based in St. Louis, Missouri and is currently producing songs as late as this year.
Band History
Back in 1995, four members - Ryan Philips, Greg Haupt, Adam Russell, and Dan Marsala banded together to form Big Blue Monkey. For seven straight years, they've been performing as local band while releasing three EPs during the period in. Their third EP was titled Story of the Year and it was that name that prompted the group to change the ...
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- Saosin: Keeping The Music Real For Fans
By: Jimmy Cox | - Saosin may sound like an unusual band name, but this is an American Alternative Rock group from Newport Beach, California. Many of their fans have described them as a band with a lighter punk rock attitude but still plenty of fire and sizzle. The members of the band are Beau Burchell and Justin Shekoski on guitars; vocalist Cove Reber; drummer Alex Rodriguez, and Cove Reber performing the vocals. The band is currently in their 6th year and now calls Los Angeles, California their home headquarter ...
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- Rise Against: Not Just A One Trick Band
By: Jimmy Cox | - If you have not already heard of the punk rockers that create the band Rise Against you have been out of touch with the American music scene. This band got their start as Transistor Revolt in Chicago during 1999 and changed their name in 2000 shortly before inking a record deal with Fat Wreck Chords operated by Fat Mike of NOFX. Today the members continue recording under the Geffen label that is part of the Universal Music Group.
The band lineup consists of Tim McIlrath handles le ...
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- Band Bio: Rage Against The Machine
By: Jimmy Cox | - For those of you who don't know who Rage Against The Machine are, they are a hardcore metal band who's music is not intended for young children but rather for individuals that appreciate good, loud, age-restricted music. The band is also known as Rage or RATM and they originally started in California, or L.A to be exact, in the year of 1991. Rage Against The Machine merch is available online and in rock stores that specialize in band names. They have a wide variety, something to suit each and ev ...
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- Pink Floyd: Still Topping The Charts
By: Jimmy Cox | - Pink Floyd began as an English band in the late 60s, and they became known for extremely thought provoking songs, experimental music and outstanding live performances.
Today this group of musicians is known to be one of the most successful rock bands in history with sales of more than 200 million albums throughout the world. Almost half of the record sales have been in the United States where Pink Floyd merch has become highly collectible.
Syd Barrett headed the gr ...
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- Parkway Drive: In The Fast Lane To Success
By: Jimmy Cox | - The Australian band Parkway Drive came to life in 2003 in Byron Bay, which is the laid back, beachfront hometown of the band's hard driving members. The reason for this rather pedestrian name, you ask? It's simply the name of the street where they used to have jam sessions and pulled all nighters as they practiced the music they loved.
It was obvious that these 5 band mates were seriously hardcore metal men that could pound it out in style. The charisma of the group is undeniable ...
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- Pennywise Band Members Still Rolling Strong
By: Jimmy Cox | - Clever Stephen King fans may well recognize that the clown in the novel, "It" is where the band members of Pennywise found their name. They formed the punk rock band back in 1988 and the name fit well and had a dark and sinister undertone at the same time. Somehow, this seems very apropos especially when considering the wild nature and offbeat humor exhibited by this group of performers.
In 1991, they released a debut album that was named for the group, and they released one album ...
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- Paramore Is Poised For Music Greatness
By: Jimmy Cox | - The group known as Paramore is a pop, rock, punk band that hails from Franklin, Tennessee. The members' ages are 20-24 which makes them one of the youngest punk oriented bands on the major music scene. Current band members include Hayley Williams as lead vocalist; Josh Farro on guitar; Jeremy Davis on bass guitar and Zac Farro on drums. Although the guys had originally formed the band, Hayley was brought in due to her talent and songwriting ability. She had also become a good friend of the Farro ...
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- Pantera: A Piece Of Heavy Metal History
By: Jimmy Cox | - Pantera is well known for being a heavy metal band with their roots in the state of Texas. Vinnie Paul and Darrel Abbott were the two brothers who created the glam rocker group. Vinnie was the drummer while Darrell was the main guitarist for the band. It would be Darrell who earned the greatest notice in future years for being one of the finest guitarists in the music world.
Between 1981-1986, there were a few little known rockers who had short careers with the Pantera group. Thes ...
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- Nofx Affects Punk Rockers Everywhere
By: Jimmy Cox | - This group originated in Los Angeles and was created by Fat Mike, who handles bass guitar and vocals, and Eric Melvin. When Erik Sandin and El Hefe joined the group in the 90s, the solid line up of talent was complete.
By 1994, the NOFX music group had an enthusiastic fan base and their LP, "Punk in Drublic" shot to gold without major airplay, music industry input, or even major videos. This album has been the biggest selling recording by the band and is one of their proudest acc ...
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- A Beginninger's Introduction To Opeth
By: Jimmy Cox | - Back in 1990 in Stockholm, Sweden a band was formed by vocalist David Isberg. Although the bank performed Swedish death metal, they also added other influences and acoustic instrumentation to their sound. However, the band broke up when David Isberg invited guitarist Mikael Akerfeldt to join without the whole band either knowing about it or agreeing to it. In the end, all the original band members left and only Mikael Akerfeldt and David Isberg remained.
The band's name comes from ...
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- Nine Inch Nails: Driving Fans With Rock
By: Jimmy Cox | - Nine Inch Nails or NIN is a one man industrial rock music group. It was formed in the year 1988 and founded in Cleveland, Ohio by Trent Reznor, who is the band's founder, producer, songwriter, singer and instrumentalist. He is responsible for everything that happens within the band, as he is the only official member.
This band's music consists of a large variety of genres, but maintaining a single sound by making use of certain electronic instruments. Once he has recorded a new al ...
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- Motley Crue: Living Large And Out Loud
By: Jimmy Cox | - Motley Crue is without question one of the most successful and controversial bands of any era. This is a uniquely American band with a hard rock motto, lifestyle, and Heavy Metal appeal. Through almost 30 years of flamboyant extremism, they have created musical gold and basked in the adulation of millions of adoring fans.
The band is one that has constantly rewritten and redefined great musicianship and charismatic showmanship. As fans know Motley Crue is as famous for their off s ...
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- Megadeth: A Career To Admire
By: Jimmy Cox | - The band Megadeth is considered to be a group that is absolutely enshrined in the annals of heavy metal history. At the beginning of the group's career, they were considered as one of the leaders in thrash music and then they evolved into a power thrash group and from there they have gradually moved into a more mainstream niche.
Their sound remains undeniably that of heavy metal and fans can be assured that this will never change. Some of the band's earliest fans would love to see ...
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- Who Is Marilyn Manson?
By: Jimmy Cox | - Marilyn Manson was born on January 5th, 1969 in Canton, Ohio, and was named Brian Hugh Warner. His father, Hugh Warner, is of German and Polish decent, and is Catholic. His Episcopalian mother, Barb Wyer raised him. He attended a Christian school for while before he graduated in 1987 from Cardinal Gibbons High School. Thereafter, he studied journalism at Broward Community College and even wrote for a magazine called 25th Parallel.
The band he formed was originally called Marilyn M ...
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- A Brief History Of Machine Head
By: Jimmy Cox | - An American heavy metal band founded in 1992 in Oakland, California, Machine Head has been classified as one of the pioneers in the New Wave of American Heavy Metal. Started by the vocalist and guitarist, Rob Flynn and bass guitarist, Adam Duce, along with guitarist Logan Mader and drummer Tony Constanza, Machine Head has only seen 4 separate changes in band members during their entire succession as a band in the last 17 years of operation. Although the name has spiked some controversy about it ...
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- The Birth Of The Foo Fighters
By: Jimmy Cox | - From the ashes of one popular band rises another. After Nirvana broke up, former member David Grohl opted to launch his own band. Many were surprised at this move since the talented musician received a number of solid offers from stable bands such as Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers. Undaunted, Grohl struck out on his own and opted to form his own band.
Grohl procured the services of Nate Mendel, William Goldsmith, and Pat Smear to fill out the band which he dubbed The Foofighters. ...
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- Mars Volta: Who Are They?
By: Jimmy Cox | - Mars Volta began with the commercial success of seminal emo band At the Drive In. Creative differences and difficulties in adjusting to being a commercial success lead At the Drive In founder Cedric Bixler-Zavala to join fellow band member Omar Rodriguez-Lopez in leaving the band.
The two had previously collaborated on a dub and reggae side project, and that led them to form the Mars Volta in 2001.
The remaining members of At the Drive In continued as Sparta. They ...
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- Korn: One Of The Best Bands Of All Time
By: Jimmy Cox | - One of the most influential bands of our lifetime is the incomparable Korn. Korn is the reluctant pioneer of the nu metal genre and creates music unlike anyone before them. They have sold over 30 million albums worldwide and remain one of the most popular bands on the music scene.
Korn was formed in 1993 from the remnants of the band L.A.P.D. Three members of the group, Reginald Arvizu, James Shaffer, and David Silveria added guitarist Brian Welch. From there, they recruited singe ...
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- Band Bio: Insane Clown Posse
By: Jimmy Cox | - Insane Clown Posse is a group of two people - Joseph Bruce and Joseph Utsler representing the hip hop genre and has been actively performing since the early 90's. They both come from Detroit, Michigan and perform under their characters Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope respectively. These personas take the form of wicked clowns performing a unique style of hip hop which is called horrorcore or hardcore hip hop.
Duo History
The two individuals met in Oak Park located at the northe ...
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- A Biography Of Linkin Park
By: Jimmy Cox | - Recognized as a leader in the world of nu metal, alternative, and rap metal or rapcore, Linkin Park manages to artfully combine multiple genres of music while still maintaining their own distinctive sound. This is largely due to the band's unique and winning combination of two vocalists with Mike Shinoda rapping and emceeing, and Chester Bennington on lead vocals.
An introduction is necessary for all six members of this alternative metal band.
- Chester Bennington, ...
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- Iron Maiden: A Story Of Success
By: Jimmy Cox | - Iron Maiden is a British heavy metal rock band that is famous for such hits as "Run to the Hills", "The Trooper", and "The Flight of Icarus". The name "Iron Maiden" was taken from the name of a medieval torture device, and the most recognizable member of the band is the zombie "Eddie", who is found on virtually all Iron Maiden merch.
Iron Maiden was formed in 1975 by the current bassist Steve Harris. The original band consisted of Steve Harris on bass, Paul Day as lead singer, Dav ...
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- Avenged Sevenfold: How They Chose Their Name
By: Jimmy Cox | - The band was formed in 1999 in Huntington Beach, California with members M Shadows, Zacky Vengeance, The Rev. and Matt Wendt. Avenged Sevenfold's first album was titled Sounding of the Seventh Trumpet.
It was recorded when the band members were eighteen years old in high school. Synyster Gates join the band towards the End of 1999 for the recording of Sounding of the Seventh Trumpet. In 2002, there fourth and current bassist, Johnny Christ, joined the band.
Their b ...
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- A Revolutionary Detox Foot Spa Treatment For Re-balancing And Re-energizing
By: Mark Bevan | - How does the viatek ionic foot spa work?
Firstly, we must understand that the human body is made up of 60%-70% water. Our body fluids are made up of different types of salts. These salts are capable of conducting electricity. In fact, our whole body will produce chemical reactions, generating electrical currents, which produce energy.
Water has the ability to alter molecules in the presence of certain solutes. When we introduce our feet into the viatek ionic foot s ...
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- The History Of Blink 182 Music
By: Greg Shuey | - Blink 182 music is historic! Blink was one of the biggest pop punk bands back in the day. The band, made up of Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus, and Travis Barker is most known for their music that was made up of juvenile and toilet humor. This type of music helped catapult the band into the mainstream in the early 2000's.
Blink 182 originally formed in 1992 when Tom DeLonge met Mark Hoppus through a mutual acquaintance and they started writing and composing music together in Tom's garage ...
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- All About The History And Popularity Of Dazzling And Fascinating Bracelets Jewellery
By: Imran Ali | - A bracelet is usually a band that is worn around the wrist. It can be a simple string or a chain or it can be an intricate designed band with gemstones and beads. The bracelets jewellery is a unique and interesting fashion. The history of wearing bracelets dates back to the Roman times and is still followed by the modern people. In early ages the bracelets had a spiritual and religious purpose also and people used to wear these bracelets around their wrists as a protection from the evil eye. Du ...
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- Early Days Of Music Artist Metallica
By: Rich Stephenson | - Leather Charm and James Hetfield Guitarists responded to the Ad. Lars Ulrich asked Brian Slagel the founder of Metal Blade Records if they could record a song for Metal Massacre for the label's upcoming comilation that was going to be released, even though the heavy metal band not even formed a band as of yet. Brian Slagel accepted the offer, and Lars Ulrich recruited James Hetfield to play rhythm guitar and sing.
Lars Ulrich spoke to his friend Quintana, who was thinking of name ...
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- Tips And Strategies On Myspace Music Marketing, Promotion And Online Branding For Artists
By: Clive Calvin | - Now that you created your profile page on MySpace, how do you make sure people see it?
In order to promote your music, uploading songs, providing a bio or band history, uploading photos and video of your band playing or rehearsing, and joining various forums are all great ways to promote your music. But what about those people who are new to MySpace? Or those who don't read forums or blogs? What about record producers who don't have time to sift through hundreds of pages looking f ...
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- Music Artist 30 Seconds To Mars Bio
By: Rich Stephenson | - 30 Seconds to Mars was created in 1998 by Jared Leto and his brother, Shannon, and it really just started as a small family project. Things began to speed up quickly, however, and Matt Wachter later joined the band as bassist and keyboard player. After a small revolving door of guitarists (as the band's first two guitarists, Kevin Drake and Solon Bixler, left the band due to issues primarily related to touring), the three auditioned Tomo Milicevic to finalize the band's roster.
Ac ...
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- Music Artist Fiona Apple Bio
By: Rich Stephenson | - Fiona's break into the music industry came when a friend, who babysat for a record executive, handed her employer a demo. Fiona's rich contralto voice, piano skills and lyrics got the attention of Sony Music executive Andy Slater, who signed her to a record deal.
In 1996 Fiona's debut album, Tidal, was released by a subsidiary of Sony. The album was hugely successful, going on to sell 2.7 million copies and it was certified three times platinum in the U.S. "Criminal", the fourth s ...
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- Alternative Rock Band Soul Asylum Bio
By: Rich Stephenson | - Soul Asylum was an outgrowth of a previous band, Loud Fast Rules, formed in 1981 by guitarist and vocalist Dave Pirner, guitarist and backing vocalist Dan Murphy, bassist Karl Mueller, and drummer Pat Morley. Soul Asylum began performing around the Minneapolis-St. Paul area and they quickly developed a core following. Pat Morley was later replaced by Grant Young in 1984.
Shortly before the group signed with Twin/Tone Records in 1984, they had changed their name to Soul Asylum. Th ...
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