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Rockin'Artist Bios - Highest Rated |
| Artist Bio |
Total Score |
Total Votes |
Average |
| Evanescence | 2003 - | | Working under the name Evanescence, meaning a dissipation or disappearance like vapors, Amy Lee and Ben Moody even took a shot at romance, managing to become briefly engaged before backing away. | |
638 |
135 |
4.7 |
| Pearl Jam | 1991 - | | Given their fractured beginning, who would have suspected that Pearl Jam would be the last Grunge band standing? | |
100 |
24 |
4.2 |
| Chris Cornell | 2007 - | | A Seattle native, born Christopher John Boyle (he and his siblings took their mother’s maiden name when their parents divorced), started as a drummer (just like Kurt Cobain) before vaulting to the forefront. | |
34 |
7 |
4.9 |
| Hinder | 2006 - | | New blood was needed to carry on the wayward decadence bound and tied to the ‘80s and that left the door ajar for Hinder. | |
46 |
12 |
3.8 |
| Dire Straits | 1978 - 1985 | | Dire Straights got together in ‘77 around a nucleus of Mark, his brother David and bassist John Illsley. | |
25 |
5 |
5.0 |
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20 |
4 |
5.0 |
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20 |
4 |
5.0 |
| R.E.M. | 1982 - 2011 | | R.E.M. got together in the spring of '80 with University of Georgia students Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Bill Berry and Michael Stipe. | |
20 |
4 |
5.0 |
| The Knack | | | The word on The Knack was they recorded their debut album Get The Knack in eleven days for eighteen-thousand dollars. | |
19 |
4 |
4.8 |
| Sugarcult | | | Hailing from the garden spot of Santa Barbara, CA, Sugarcult came to prominence with singer/guitarist/lyricist Tim Pagnotta, guitarist Marko 72, bassist Airin, and drummer Ben Davis. | |
29 |
8 |
3.6 |
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Rockin'Artist Bios - New Additions |
| Artist |
Prime Years |
| Flying Colors | 2012 - | | Flying Colors self-title debut dropped in ’12. The album has bits and pieces of what you'd expect from each of us, said drummer Mike Portnoy. | |
| Volbeat | 2005 - | | Volbeat began in ’01, founded by vocalist/guitarist Michael Poulsen. | |
| Iced Earth | 1995 - | | The Tampa based group started as Purgatory in ’85 but changed their name to Iced Earth, inspired by a friend of guitarist Jon Schaffer’s who died in a motorcycle accident. | |
| Spiritualized | 1992 - | | 97's “Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space” represented a high water mark for the English Space Rock group Spiritualized. NME magazine named it the Album of the Year. | |
| Alabama Shakes | 2012 - | | Alabama Shakes could have been an opening act for Creedence Clearwater Revival. Gospel and Swamp Rock R&B are intertwined. | |
| Pulp | 1994 - 1995 | | Pulp hit their creative and commercial peak with ‘94’s “His 'n' Hers” and ‘95’s “Different Class.” The latter topped the U.K. album chart. | |
| Rockpile | 1979 - 1981 | | Dave Edmunds' solo effort, “Tracks On Wax 4” was the first album to be completely recorded by Rockpile | |
| Glenn Frey | 1982 - 1984 | | '84’s “The Allnighter” was Glenn Frey’s most successful solo album going to #22 on the album chart on the strength of two Top 20 singles; Smuggler's Blues and Sexy Girl.” | |
| Mark Tremonti | 2012 - | | Mark Tremonti, guitarist for Creed and Alter Bridge, earned gold and platinum albums. | |
| Randy Rhoads | 1980 - 1982 | | In '81, Rhoads was voted Best New Talent by the readers of Guitar Player magazine and Best Heavy Metal Guitarist by the readers of UK-based Sounds magazine. | |
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Rockin'Artist Bios - Most Viewed |
| Artist |
Prime Years |
| Hinder | 2006 - | | New blood was needed to carry on the wayward decadence bound and tied to the ‘80s and that left the door ajar for Hinder. | |
| Pearl Jam | 1991 - | | Given their fractured beginning, who would have suspected that Pearl Jam would be the last Grunge band standing? | |
| Stabbing Westward | 1993 - 2001 | | “Wither, Blister, Burn + Peel” is THE Stabbing Westward CD with “Shame” and the MTV Buzz Clip fav “What Do I Have To Do.” | |
| Disturbed | 2002 - | | Disturbed’s vocalist David Draiman, born to a deeply religious family, rebelled. | |
| Beach Boys | 1962 - 1967 | | The Beach Boys were the product of a pushy father, three talented brothers, Brian, Carl and Dennis Wilson, a cousin, Mike Love and a friend, Al Jardine. | |
| Runaways | 1976 - 1979 | | The Runaways issued five albums and made a dent in ’76 with their single Cherry Bomb (Hello daddy, hello mom, I'm your ch-ch-cherry bomb!) but that was overshadowed by the fact that they were the first all-female Rock group. | |
| Cheap Trick | 1978 - 1982 | | To celebrate Cheap Trick’s twentieth anniversary in ‘98 “Cheap Trick At Budokan: The Complete Concert” was released. | |
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| Led Zeppelin | 1968 - 1980 | | Generally thought of as Heavy Metal founding fathers, Led Zeppelin, even in its earliest days, mixed acoustic and electric instruments on Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You and Your Time Is Gonna Come from Led Zeppelin. | |
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