Yes were formed in 1968 by Jon Anderson, bassist Chris Squire, guitarist Peter Banks, keyboardist Tony Kaye, and drummer Bill Bruford. Over the coming decades, members would come, go, return, and leave again. With a revolving door policy to its membership, each album was a guessing game about who’d be in the rock band that…
Soundtracks don’t outperform their accompanying films that often, but in 1998, Def Jam’s Rush Hour soundtrack came close. A classic blend of hip hop and R&B, the album climbed to 5 on the Billboard 200 and number 2 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums. It’s best remembered for Dru Hill’s monster hit, How Deep Is Your…
Artists, musicians, and songwriters use many themes as inspiration for their music. If they are animal lovers, it is not uncommon for them to use animals. Another reason they use animals as a focus for their music is many animals have characteristics they share with humans, so the use of an animal is sometimes a…
“Demon Slayer,” loosely translated as “Kimetsu no Yaiba,” is a Japanese animation series. It revolves around a 14-year-old boy called Tanjiro Kamado. His father dies, prompting Kamado to assume the role of a breadwinner. It doesn’t take time before demons attack and kill the rest of his family members. He goes on a mission to…
William James Adam, professionally known Will.i.am, has amassed seven Grammy awards and is undoubtedly one of the finest pop rappers from Los Angeles, California. Going by his professional name, you can tell that he is a fan of punctuation. He rose to fame in the early 2000s, being the founder and lead singer for the…
In 2000, Michelle Branch made her first tentative steps in the music industry with her self-produced debut album, Broken Bracelet, which consisted of a collection of songs she’d been working on since she was 14. It caught the attention of Maverick Records, and a year later, she followed it up with her major-label debut, The…
Bad boys can be irresistible. And perhaps no other Latino boy band has charmed women around the world as much as Aventura, whose members had more on their minds than just romance. Aventura broke out in the early 2000s with songs like “Obsesión” and “Un Beso” before splitting in 2011 after Band member Romeo Santos…
Laura Ann Branigan was an incredible singer, songwriter, and actress from the U.S. Laura experienced immense success from her two hit songs, “Gloria” and “Self-Control.” Her hit song “Gloria” stayed on the U.S Billboard Hot 100 for 36 weeks straight and peaked at number two. The song hit other countries, reaching number one in Australia…
On November 1, 2014, Wayne Richard Wells professionally known as Wayne Static passed away in his sleep, robbing the world of a talented musician. He founded the band Static-X in 1994, with the help of Ken Jay. The two later were joined by Tony Campos and Koichi Fukuda, resulting in the lineup being complete. Four…