Since the MTV days when Nelson, Motley Crue, and Cinderella ruled the airwaves, hair metal has grown a lot in popularity. However, the music genre was still prevalent in the early 1980s when L.A. Guns, a California-based band, started to gain mainstream attention. L.A. Guns was formed in 1983 and was initially composed of Tracii…
The band known as Black Label Society hails from Los Angeles, California. Formed in 1998, by Zakk Wylde (vocals), Nick Catanese (guitar), John DeServio (bass), and Phil Ondich (drums) released their debut album (Sonic Brew). It saw considerable more commercial success than Wylde’s acoustic solo album (Book of Shadows) from 1996. However, their debut album…
Vince Gill is a country music legend that has been in the music industry since he was a teenager singing the high parts with Pure Prairie League. His music has thrilled fans for decades. He has won 21 Grammy Awards throughout his ongoing career that took hold in the 1980s. His high tenor voice has…
Twisted Sister has made a lot of outstanding music over the years. However, being among the best often means you get singled out like this band was in 1985 by a volunteer censorship group called the Parents Music Resource Center. The complaint was that Twisted Sister was ‘obscene,’ and that case took frontman Dee Snyder…
Alan Jackson was born on October 17, 1958, in Newnan, Georgia. After marrying his wife in 1979, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, with one goal, a career in country music. It took eleven years before Arista Records offered him a recording contract. The same year he released “Here in the Real World.” Jackson’s style was…
Dead Sara just announced their first new alum in six years, which is fantastic news for fans. However, there’s plenty of great music from this fantastic band already out there. This music group has frequently made it into Loudwire’s top ten rock songs list, and there’s a good reason why, but you have to hear…
Elvis Costello is the professional name of Declan Patrick McManus, who was born in London on August 24, 1954. He is also known as D.P. Costello, Mac Manus, Howard Coward, Napoleon Dynamite, Little Hands of Concrete, and The Imposter. Costello began his music career in the early 1970s when he was part of the pub…
A good theme song is critical for a James Bond movie. You can’t just slap any old tune over the opening sequence and call it good. The theme song needs to be cool, memorable, and most importantly, fit the style of the film you’re advertising – so clear out those Britney Spears and Justin Bieber…
In 2014, Smith & Myers emerges as a side project from their 2001 American hard rock/alternative metal band Shinedown. Taking ten songs that have been recorded by various artists of hard rock and heavy metal genres, they altered their formats into acoustic versions. They did this based on the request of over 4,000 fans of…