When Frederick “Toots” Hibbert died in 2020 at the age of 77, the world lost a legend. As one of the very few artists to be considered in the same league as Bob Marley, he and with his signature group, the Maytals, were one of the key popularizers of Jamaican music, serving as a bridge…
When Tony Lewis, John Spinks, and Alan Jackman played together during the late 1970s, they were a straightforward power-pop group that called themselves Sirius B. However, with punk rock being the dominant music genre of their native England, the trio broke up until reuniting as The Baseball Boys, which later became The Outfield when the…
Missy Elliott began her career with the R&B group Sista in the early 1990s before teaming up with her longtime friend and collaborator Timbaland in the Swing Mob collective. After helping the likes of Aaliyah, SWV, and 702 rise up the charts, she made her own stab at stardom with her 1997 debut album Supa…
Although better known as an actor and stand-up comic, Adam Sandler also has a singing career included in his resume. From 1990 until 1995, he was among the cast of Saturday Night Live, one of America’s best-known variety comedy programs ever aired on television. In addition to becoming a big name on the stage as…
Songwriters and music artists look for all types of inspiration to help them create captivating lyrics for songs. Some of the topics they choose are versatile, as they can be interpreted in many ways. One example is songs about heaven, as these can refer to someone’s happiness, to people passing away, or to a beautiful…
Formed in 2001 after the break up of singer Cedric Bixler-Zavala and keyboardist Marcel Rodríguez-López’s former band At the Drive In, The Mars Volta rode into town on a wave of progressive sonic experimentation. Their music was too left field to make them marketable, but even if they were too niche for radio, their willingness…
The Mavericks are probably one of the most dynamic country music bands of all time, largely because they incorporate many additional genres of music into their sound. While they do sing a lot of neo-traditional country, they also bring in influences from other genres such as rockabilly, Latin and Tex-Mex. Surprisingly, they don’t come from…
Some people go straight into their lifetime careers while others take time to realize what they want to do with their lives. This article lists ten famous musicians who served in the military before getting into the music industry. 10. Maynard James Keenan First on the list of musicians who served in the military is…
Chevelle have been one of the most consistent American rock bands over the last two decades, managing to release a new album every three years. The band has managed to keep things in the family since 1995, when two brothers formed the band. The band was originally composed of three Loeffler brothers, namely Pete, Sam,…