When Chika hit the music scene in 2017, it was clear that she was unlike anything the industry had ever seen. In a genre where female artists often have to fit into a certain mold to gain mainstream success, Chika was determined to stay true to herself. Although she received lots of criticism from people…
Steve Winwood is a British singer, songwriter, and musician. He began his career in 1967 and is associated with music genres, including pop rock, blue-eyed soul, blues rock, and rhythm and blues. Although Winward is predominantly known as a vocalist and keyboardist, he can also play various other instruments, including guitars, bass, drums, saxophone, and…
Gary Holt was born in 1964 in San Francisco. His real name is Gary Wayne. He is a guitarist, a songwriter, and a bandleader. He is in a band known as Exodus, although he also joined another band known as Slayer in 2013 to replace Jeff Hanne. Holt is a celebrated musician, and as a…
War is a much talked-about topic. As a result, it should come as no surprise to learn that there have been a lot of songs written about soldiers as well as other related subjects. Naturally, some of these are better than others. 10. Disposable Heroes Metallica’s “Disposable Heroes” came out in the mid 1980s….
When David Byrne met Chris Frantz and Tina Weymouth in 1973, it spelled the start of something wonderful. After moving to New York and falling in love with the burgeoning music scene, the trio formed Talking Heads. After picking up a new member in the form of Jerry Harrison, the band were signed to Sire…
The Stooges were never a great band musically. Like a lot of the punk bands that followed in their footsteps, they weren’t masters of their instruments. Did it matter? Not at all. With little talent to fall back on, they relied on raw passion to see them through, pumping more enthusiasm and energy into their…
After breaking onto the scene in 1973, Aerosmith spent a couple of years being dismissed as a poor man’s Rolling Stones. They may have been making great music, but no one was interested. And then along came Toys in the Attic. Overnight, they went from zeros to heroes. Over the next few years, they churned…
If you had told Tye Trujillo and Noah Weiland that they would come together to form a band, they probably would have laughed in mockery. The two had crossed paths in one band, and Trujillo had to fire Weiland eventually for the sake of the band’s continuity. Still, barely six months after going their separate…
Dash Crofts and Jim Seals might be best recognized for the work they have displayed under their second names, though the two first collaborated in the music industry in bands such as the Crew Cuts, Dean Beard, DawnBreakers, Glen Campbell, and the Champs. Back in 1969, Crofts and Seals chose to work individually and released…