Christopher “DJ Premier” Martin was born on March 21, 1966, in Houston, Texas. He moved to Brooklyn in 1988 and met Guru, who’d already started the group Gang Starr. The timing was right for DJ Premier because Guru was looking for another partner since Mike Dee went back to Boston. DJ Premier and Guru signed…
Nazareth was formed in 1968 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. The original members were vocalist Dan McCafferty, guitarist Manny Charlton, bassist Pete Agnew, and drummer Darrell Sweet. Two years later, they relocated to London, becoming part of the British hard rock scene. In 1971, they released their first album. The group’s 1973 album Razmanaz became a…
Over the last decade or so, British hip-hop has become increasingly popular, and Nines has played a signifigant role in that. The talented rapper has been in the industry since 2011. Since then, he has put outseveral solid projects and he has esrned the respect of rap fans from all over the world. Nines’ ability…
Summer Walker has only been in the music industry for a few years, but she’s already considered one of the hottest R&B artists in the industry. Her debut mixtape, Last Days of Summer, was released in 2018 and spawned a huge hit single in “Girls Need Love”. The song was so popular that Drake even…
Winger was a hair metal band founded in 1986 in New York City by Kip Winger, former bassist for Alice Cooper. The other group members were guitarist Reb Beach, bassist Paul Taylor, and drummer Rob Morgenstein. The group’s first album sold over million copies and produced two of Winger’s most well-known singles, Headed for a…
On August 10, 2021, the death of Walter Yetnikoff took the music industry by storm when David Ritz announced it. Yetnikoff was once at the peak of his career as a record executive, negotiating multi-million dollar deals with music labels from rock and roll and punk to country, but he fell from grace and never…
Seattle has produced some great bands in the last couple of decades. Nirvana and Pearl Jam are some examples of Seattle bands inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In 2020, Soundgarden and Dave Matthews Band had the chance to be inducted into the Rock Hall’s Class of 2020. Soundgarden makes a case…
Our latest review of the best songs of all time brings us to an energetic American band known as “Coheed and Cambria.” This rock band started in Nyack, New York, in 1995. Initially, Coheed and Cambria tried out various musical styles, including funk, heavy metal, punk rock, acoustic rock, and indie rock. Over the years,…
Most people under 30 will not recognize this band due to their short lifespan in the limelight. However, most traditionalists regard Cream as the first rock and roll group. Although the band barely existed for two years over their short lifespan, they released two studio albums, most of which you may not find in the…