In 1967, Steve Miller formed the Steve Miller Band in San Francisco. After making their name with mind-expanding jams and spacey blues in the late ’60s and early ’70s, they hit pay dirt in 1973 with the feel-good pop of The Joker. Since then, they’ve flirted back and forth between blues, space rock, and radio-friendly…
In 1967, three brothers launched a fabulous and well-respected career in the R&B/Funk music community: Charlie Wilson, Ronnie Wilson and Robert Wilson. Together these three men were known as the Gap Band. Together, these brothers lead the charge when it came to the creation and performance of funk/R&B music. The brothers retired from their career…
It may be a long time since surf music has dominated the charts, but back in the early 1960s, it was the hippest genre around, even rivaling Motown in terms of popularity. It started life in 1961 with Dick Dale and the Del Tones, whose reverb-heavy hit Let’s Go Trippin’ kickstarted the craze. Before long,…
A small but very vocal group of critics think Dave Matthews Band is one of the worst things to ever happen to music. Millions upon millions of fans disagree. Since the band emerged from the 1990s jam movement, they’ve become one of the biggest acts on the planet, selling over 38 million records and a…
Unsurprisingly, the Greg Kihn Band is centered on a man named Greg Kihn. He’s an American singer-songwriter who grew up in Baltimore before moving to San Francisco to pursue a music career. Unlike most, Kihn realized his dream, as shown by how the Greg Kihn Band has been active since the mid-1970s. They aren’t the…
Poco was a rock country band whose fans agree remained underrated for the entire span of its existence. Maybe it was the constant change in the lineup, or the competition was high from rivals like Eagles. Whatever the reason, the band continued releasing songs, but only a few were successful. Still, that is not to…
Acoustical band is a relatively new genre but has quickly become one of the most popular types of music. Acoustic bands combine elements from multiple genres to create their unique sound. Hearing bands are typically solo artists or groups that focus on acoustic instruments like guitar, piano, violin, and drums – all with little-to-no synthesizers…
While reading the words “butt rock” may be strange, it is certainly a genre that many people recognize. Bands defined as buttrock kind of float outside of the realm of grunge after the 90’s surge of the genre. These bands come up into the rock world, while what seems like trying to be metal. I…
The grunge movement was a subgenre of heavy metal and rock music that emerged in the Pacific Northwest of the United States during the mid-1980s. It has been credited for reviving “the Seattle sound” which had been largely forgotten since the late 1970s, and has continued to be a staple of popular music into the…