Artist Profile

  • Billy Idol

    After slaving for years in Generation X, Billy Idol figured it was easy to be a Rock star. At least that’s what he claimed. Of course, coming from the Punk world there was a ‘limit” to how far he’d compromise. Essentially, he stopped at mainstream Rock (with gothic touches). The “experiment” worked with Idol getting…

  • I Prevail

    Countless bands have searched for that breakthrough song. Sometimes they, are able to accomplish that goal with a cover. But no one could have seen I Prevail, a Post-Hardcore band who formed in Southfield, MI, a year earlier, establishing themselves with a Taylor Swift song. “Blank Spaces,” released just prior to the band’s ’14 debut…

  • KoЯn

    When Sexart ran into LAPD (another group) things started to happen. LAPD members James “Munky” Shaffer (guitar) and Brian “Head” Welch (guitar) saw vocalist Jonahtan Davis and were impressed. So Sexart was history and KoЯn was born with Davis choosing the name. Added to the line-up were Reggie “Fieldy Snuts” Arvizu (bass) and David Silveria…

  • The Replacements

    A discussion of The Replacements, a significant ’80s band, usually focuses on the belief they should have been commercially successful. No doubt. However, there were some brutally simple reasons for why this didn’t happen. First, drug and alcohol abuse fueled a rowdy, unpredictable reputation. You aren’t going to get many new fans if you can’t…

  • Beartooth

    Seeking another creative outlet, Caleb Shomo, the frontman for Attack! Attack!, an Emo/Metalcore band, founded the Punk/Metal Beartooth.  But as often happens, a side project becomes the main focus – which resulted in Shomo’s departure from Attack! Attack! After Beartooth’s debut EP “Sick,” where Shomo sang, produced and played all the instruments, he decided for…

  • Paramore

    Talent shows are held all over the country. Kids are run through the mill from the time they are able to walk, talk, sing, dance or act. The lucky ones might end up in some facet of the entertainment business. Usually though, the ribbons, trophies and newspaper clippings are packed away in a closet. It’s…

  • Black Rebel Motorcycle Club

    The Elements. It’s not much of a name. Fortunately, group members concurred, changing their moniker to the Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, which they lifted from the ’50s Marlon Brando movie, The Wild One. B.R.M.C. formed in ’98 with high school pals, Peter Hayes (guitar/vocals) and Robert Turner (bass/keyboards/vocals). They, in turn, recruited Englishman Nick Jago…

  • ZZ Top

    Between ’70 and ’73, ZZ Top records were huge in the great state of Texas – and nowhere else. They even managed to draw 80,000 fans to Austin for their First Annual Texas Sized Rompin’ Stompin’ Barndance Bar-B-Q. Fandango With the release of “Tres Hombres” and the song “La Grange” ZZ Top began to garner…

  • Alarm

    Mike Peters – Guitar/Vocals; Dave Sharp – Guitar; Eddie McDonald – Bass & Nigel Twist – Drums    “Sixty-Eight Guns” was a “fire in an oil barrel.” The explosive track, written by the band’s Mike Peters and Eddie MacDonald, was inspired by a book Peters had read about ’60s street gangs in Glasgow. The Alarm’s…