Nathan Jonas “Joey” Jordison was born on April 26, 1975, in Des Moines, Iowa. Most of his childhood was spent in rural Waukee. During this time, he became interested in music. Looking back, he feels…
ZZ Top is one of the most iconic bands, let alone rock bands, in the world. Sadly, it has been announced that the band’s long-time bass player, Joseph Hill, commonly known as Dusty, had passed…
Sublime was founded in 1988 in Long Beach, California. However, the California punk explosion fueled by Green Day and The Offspring helped the group rise to fame with their unique blend of ska and punk….
1966 was a pivotal year in every possible sense of the word. Everything began changing, and people were becoming more socially and politically active. There were massive shifts in power in the United States government,…
Chris “Smino” Smith Jr. was born October 2, 1991, in St. Louis, Missouri. He learned to play drums in a local church group. Additionally, he was raised in a musical family that exposed him early…
John “Johnny Rotten” Lydon was born on January 31, 1956, in London, England. After being expelled from a Catholic Secondary School, he attended Hackney & Stoke Newington College, where he met Sidney “Sid Vicious” Eudy….
Neal Joseph Schon is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. It is interesting to note that he has been a member of multiple bands over the course of his career. For example, Schon is a…
Earl Sweatshirt may not be one the most commercially successful rappers in the industry, but after spending more than a decade in the industry he has built a solid fan base. Still, however, even some…
The Melvins were formed in 1983 by Buzz Osborne, Matt Lukin, and Mike Dillard in Montesano, Washington. According to IMDB, the group got their name from a Thriftway store supervisor Osborne disliked. They thought it…