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Three Days Grace and Shinedown were locked in a long-term battle for supremacy of the Mainstream Rock Songs chart. Five Finger Death Punch and Disturbed also were in the mix. Legendary bands – Alice In Chains and Stone Temple Pilot – returned with new singers (William DuVall and Likin Park’s Chester Bennington, respectively). For decades…
Both Metallica and the Red Hot Chili Peppers had success in the 90s but they came into their own in this decade. Also, from the 90s Nu Metal (Slipknot, Godsmack, Linkin Park, Nine Inch Nails) made its mark. Still, Green Day’s protest album “American Idiot” not only revived the band’s career it proved Rock still…
Hair Metal might have gone on forever had it not been obliterated by Grunge (Nirvana, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, and Smashing Pumpkins). The passing of Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain took the wind out of Grunge giving way to Post-Punk Power Pop (Green Day, Stone Temple Pilots, Blink 182). From the ashes, Nirvana’s drummer Dave…
It was “morning in America” and MTV ruled led by Duran Duran and Michael Jackson. Even Bruce Springsteen used videos to turn his “Born In The U.S.A” album into a career best. New Metal featuring Iron Maiden and Judas Priest raised the sonic bar. In the U.S. Metallica launched a decades long run. One-time Punk…
The 70s had it all… singer/songwriters (Elton John, Billy Joel and Bruce Springsteen), Glam Rock (David Bowie, KISS, T-Rex), Shock Rock (Alice Cooper, Plasmatics), Corporate Rock (Boston) which led to a Punk backlash (The Clash, Sex Pistols and The Ramones). Disco landed but eventually lost its dominant position to New Wave (Talking Heads, Police and…
The decade began innocently with the Beach Boys, The Beatles and the British invasion and ended with Hard Rock from Jefferson Airplane, Cream, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors and Steppenwolf. Solos kept getting longer with the Iron Butterfly putting a capper on it with their 17-minute epic, “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida.” “If you remember the 1960’s you weren’t there.”…
Prior to the 2010s women in Rock were scarce. A female fronted band was usually treated as an oddity. But Halestorm, The Pretty Reckless, Paramore, Florence + The Machine and Wolf Alice, among others, changed that. Halestorm (frontwoman Lzzy Hale pictured above) delivered “The Strange Case Of…” in ’12 featuring “Love Bites.” That same year…
Outstanding Rock albums were released in the decade of the 2000s and some of them made a lasting impression on the Rock music scene. Radiohead’s “Kid A,” a ground-breaking experimental masterpiece that stretched the limits of alternative Rock, was one outstanding album. The Strokes’ “Is This It” also captured audiences’ attention with their unpolished yet…
Rock underwent a major transformation in the 1990s, giving a platform for numerous timeless albums. With its unadulterated passion and catchy hooks, Nirvana’s “Nevermind” personified the grunge movement and became the song of a generation. “OK Computer” by Radiohead, which received global acclaim for its avant-garde soundscapes and introspective lyrics, revolutionized Alternative Rock. The Smashing…
Rock music underwent rapid growth throughout the 1980s, which saw several outstanding landmark albums.. Guns N’ Roses’ “Appetite for Destruction” captured the Hard Rock’s unbridled intensity of the genre and highlighting Axl Rose’s distinctive vocals. U2’s “The Joshua Tree” cemented the band’s reputation as world-renowned artists by fusing moving lyrics with a massive aural setting….