311 has enjoyed commercial persistence stemming from its rabid fan base. Since their self-titled album in 1995, all but one of their albums (have been in the top 15 of the Billboard 200. 19 of their singles have received significant radio airplay since “Do You Right” in 1993; five of those songs being top 3 [...]
Matisyahu’s popularity began with underground buzz. He then started to gain mainstream success as evidenced by his appearances on television. He appeared on the Last Call with Carson Daly in 2004, and was introduced by Carson as “the most exciting thing happening in music today”. Matisyahu is currently getting some success in the mainstream with [...]
The result of a praise and worship band experience, MercyMe was formed in 1994 by Bart Millard, Jim Bryson, and Mike Scheuchzer. Millard and Bryson met while working on a missions project overseas. The two agreed to start a new band in Oklahoma City with Scheuchzer, with whom Millard already had a relationship. It didn’t [...]
The foundations for Queensrÿche began in the early 1980s. Guitarist Michael Wilton and drummer Scott Rockenfield were members of a band called Cross+Fire, who covered songs from popular heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden and Judas Priest. Before long Cross+Fire added guitarist Chris De Garmo and bassist Eddie Jackson to their lineup, and changed [...]
Kenneth Arnold Chesney born March 26, 1968 in Luttrell, Tennessee) is a mainstream American Country Music singer and songwriter, known for such works as No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems and When the Sun Goes Down. Chesney is known for his laid back style of pop music. He attended Gibbs High School, located in Corryton [...]
Buffett began his official musical career in Nashville during the late 1960s as a country artist and recorded his first album, Down to Earth, in 1970. During this time Buffett could be frequently found Busking in for the tourists in New Orleans. In fact it was Jerry Jeff Walker who took him to Key West [...]
Godsmack a band from Boston Massachusetts active from 1996. Alice in Chains is believed to be the primary influence upon Godsmack. In early interviews, the band admitted they started off as a tribute band to Alice in Chains. In an interview with MTV upon the death of Alice in Chains lead singer Layne Staley, Godsmack [...]
Bon Jovi is a American rock band from New Jersey. Lead by lead singer Jon Bon Jovi and namesake Jon Bon Jovi first reached stardom in the 1980’s as a psuedo metal band. However Bon Jovi has proved to be much more then the scalings of a trend. His band has proven more durable then [...]
Today Barbra Streisand concert tickets go for as much as eight hundred dollars. She was born Barbara Joan Streisand to a Jewish family in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York then moved to another area in Brooklyn. Her father, Emanuel Streisand, a grammar teacher, died when she was only 15 months old, and she had a lifelong [...]
America’s morning was good indeed as Miley Cyrus treated her fans with a liver performance as Hannah Montana on Good Morning America. Hannah Montana is the popular teen rock star leading a double life on the hit Disney Channel original series of the same name. This was one leg of her Summer Concert Series in [...]