John Lennon

John Winston Lennon, (born in Liverpool, England, October 9, 1940 - died in New York City, USA, December 8, 1980 at age 40 years) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Along with fellow Beatle...

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The Killers

The Killers are an American rock band that was formed in 2001, by Brandon Flowers (lead vocals, keyboards) and Dave Keuning (guitar, backing vocals). Mark Stoermer (bass, backing vocals) and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. (drums, percussion). The name The Killers comes from the bass drum of a fictional band in the music video for the New Order song "Crystal" The Killers have released...

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Red Hot Chili Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American rock band (better known RHCP), formed in Los Angeles in 1983. The group's musical style primarily consists of rock with an emphasis on funk, as well as elements from other genres such as punk, hip hop and psychedelic rock. The band consists of founding members Anthony Kiedis (vocals) and Michael "Flea" Balzary (bass), alongside longtime...

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Disturbed (band)

Disturbed is an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois. The band formed in 1996 when musicians Dan Donegan, Steve "Fuzz" Kmak, and Mike Wengren hired David Draiman as their singer. Since the band's formation, they have sold over 13 million albums worldwide, making them one of the largest grossing metal/rock bands in recent years. The band has released five studio albums,...

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Good Charlotte

Good Charlotte is an American rock band from Waldorf, Maryland that formed in 1996. From 1998 to 2011, the band's constant members have been Joel Madden (lead vocals), Benji Madden (lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Paul Thomas (bass guitar) and Billy Martin (rhythm and lead guitar, keyboards). Their latest drummer and percussionist is Dean Butterworth, who has been...

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Escape The Fate

Escape The Fate is an American post-hardcore band from Las Vegas, Nevada formed in 2005 and originally from Pahrump, Nevada. They have released three EPs and three full-length studio albums. Dying Is Your Latest Fashion was the band's debut album and only album to feature vocalist Ronnie Radke. This War Is Ours, released on October 21, 2008, was the band's first album with...

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Avenged Sevenfold

Avenged Sevenfold is an American heavy metal band from Huntington Beach, California. Formed in 1999, the group consists of vocalist M. Shadows, lead guitarist Synyster Gates, rhythm guitarist Zacky Vengeance, bassist Johnny Christ, drums The Rev. Before the release of their debut album, the band recorded two demos in 1999 and 2000. Avenged Sevenfold's debut album, Sounding...

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Hip Hop Music

Hip hop music, also called rap music or hip-hop music is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted. It developed as part of hip hop culture, a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements: MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching, breaking/dancing, and graffiti writing. Other elements...

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Eminem

Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972) in Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States. better known by his stage name Eminem, is a rapper best known, and also worked as a record producer and actor from America. Eminem gained popularity in 1999 with its main debut album, The Slim Shady LP, which won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Album.The next album, The Marshall Mathers...

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Bullet for My Valentine

Bullet for My Valentine are a Welsh heavy metal band from Bridgend, formed in 1998. The band is composed of Matt Tuck (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Michael Paget (lead guitar, backing vocals), Jason James (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Michael Thomas (drums). They were formed under the name Jeff Killed John and started their music career by covering songs by Metallica...

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Michael Jackson

Michael Joseph Jackson (was born on August 29, 1958 – June 25, 2009) was an American recording artist, dancer, singer-songwriter, musician, and philanthropist. Referred to as The King of Pop, Jackson is recognized as the most successful entertainer of all time by Guinness World Records. His contribution to music, dance, and fashion, along with a much-publicized personal life,...

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Aerosmith

Aerosmith is an American rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band". Their style, which is rooted in blues-based hard rock, has come to also incorporate elements of pop, heavy metal, and rhythm and blues, and has inspired many subsequent rock artists. The band was formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1970. Guitarist...

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Krist Novoselic

Krist Anthony Novoselic II (born May 16, 1965) is a Croatian-American rock musician, best known for being the bassist and co-founder of the grunge band Nirvana. After Nirvana ended, Novoselic formed Sweet 75 and then Eyes Adrift, releasing one album with each band. From 2006 to 2009 he played in punk band Flipper, and contributed bass and accordion to the song "I Should Have...

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Kurt Cobain

Kurt Donald Cobain was born on February 20, 1967, at Grays Harbor Hospital in Aberdeen, Washington. his mother was a waitress (Wendy Elizabeth / née Fradenburg), and his father was an automotive mechanic (Donald Leland Cobain). His father is of Scottish, Irish, and French ancestry and his mother is of German, Irish, Scottish, and English descent. Cobain's Irish ancestors...

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Nirvana

Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen, Washington in 1987. Nirvana went through a succession of drummers, the longest-lasting being Dave Grohl, who joined the band in 1990. In the late 1980s Nirvana established itself as part of the Seattle grunge scene, releasing its first album Bleach for...

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