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…
Pentatonix are an a cappella group that received widespread attention by winning the third season of The Sing-Off. They used that attention well, with the result that they have since released 11 studio albums. Much of Pentatonix’s music consists of their interpretations of other people’s music. However, it is interesting to note that they have…
Thomas Rhett is a country-pop singer and songwriter who was born in Georgia on March 30, 1990, although he was raised in Nashville, Tennessee. He grew up around music, as his father is singer Rhett Akins, and he spent time in his childhood with artists such as Tim McGraw and Brooks & Dunn. Rhett also…
Denzel Curry is an American rapper who has released six studio albums, five mixtapes, and more than 30 singles since he entered the music industry in 2011. From his trippy dreadlock hairstyle to his aggressiveness in pushing boundaries in music videos, it is easy to recognize how talented this hip-hop star is. Throughout his career,…
Born as Carole King Klein in 1942, the New York-born and raised singer-songwriter first learned how to play the piano when she was still a small child. It was discovered by her parents her ability to identify a musical note with precision without an actual reference tone to go on. This rare talent was instrumental…
As one of the most popular female artists of the 1980s, Pat Benatar combined powerhouse vocals, aggressive sexuality, and tough rock with enough glossy pop to make her a darling of the mainstream. Capable of flitting effortlessly between arena rockers and gentle ballads, she dominated the charts in the 80s with a string of top…
Bryan Adams is a Canadian singer who started up in the mid 1970s and has continued into the present time. As a result, it should come as no surprise to learn that he has been very successful, seeing as how he has been able to continue making music for more than four-and-a-half decades. Still, the…
Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, then relocated to Rockville, Maryland, Joan Larkin’s journey to becoming Joan Jett began in 1971 when she received her first guitar when she was thirteen years old. When her music teacher insisted to teach her folk music, Joan quit just before she and her family moved to a suburban community in…
Fear Factory’s story begins in 1989 when the original formation of the heavy metal band first rocked together out of Los Angeles, California. For the first year, the band was originally known as Ulceration but changed it when the band members at that time were inspired by an observation they made of an armed security…