Joni Mitchell is a Canadian singer and songwriter who was born Roberta Joan Anderson in Fort Macleod, Alberta, on November 7, 1943. She began her career in 1964 and is associated with the folk, rock, jazz, and pop genres of music. Mitchell is also known for playing the guitar and piano in many of her…
Matchbox 20 is a rock band formed in 1995 in Orlando, Florida. The original members of this band were Rob Thomas, Brian Yale, Kyle Cook, and Adam Gaynor. In 2004, the band took a hiatus when Adam Gaynor left the band, but they reformed in 2007 with Paul Doucette replacing Gaynor. They released their debut…
Quentin Tarantino is unprecedently one of the distinctive filmmakers. While the two-time Oscar winner possess talent exceptional for any era, his style is unmatched in today’s Hollywood. The 60-year-old is not exactly a rule breaker, he just goes by his own set of rules. Tarantino’s near encyclopedic knowledge of music has equipped him with…
Cody Jinx was born on August 18, 1980, in Halton City, Texas. Currently, his style of music is described as alt-country, Americana, and country-rock. However, unlike many country artists, he started his career performing thrash metal. His first band was Unchecked Aggression, a metal band in Fort Worth, Texas. However, in the late ’00s, he…
Ed Sheeran is an English singer, songwriter, record producer, musician, and actor who began his career in 2004 while he was in his teens, although he did not release his debut album until 2011. The genres of music with which he is associated include pop, hip-hop, and folk-pop. On many of his songs, Ed Sheeran…
Tom Zutaut is best known as the A&R manager who signed Guns N’ Roses and Motley Crue in the 1980s. Without him, the two bands would probably not have achieved the fame and success they enjoyed under his management. He is now retired, but the influence he had on Guns N’ Roses especially cannot go…
Our countdown of the Top ten Dan Fogelberg songs looks at some of the great hits from the legendary hitmaker who surely defined the soft-rock era. His music was simple yet powerful. Fogelberg was rarely reliant on the volume of his voice, but his was a soft, tender delivery that featured some poignant lyrics which…
Ashley Purdy was brought up by his grandparents after his parents died when he was still very young. Being an only child, he grew to be independent, and his unique style had his schoolmates looking up to him for fashion and art tips. Growing up in Missouri, the bassist knew that he wanted to move…
Before Alice Cooper was a man, it was a band. Formed in 1964, Alice Cooper featured Vincent Furnier on vocals and harmonica, Glen Buxton on lead guitar, and Dennis Dunaway on bass. A couple of years later, they expanded their ranks to include Michael Bruce on rhythm guitar and Neal Smith on drums. Between 1969…