When Kid Cudi released his debut album, Man on the Moon: The End of Day, in 2009, he quickly became one of the most talked-about new artists in hip-hop. Many believed that he had the talent to become one of the genre’s hottest rising stars. Plus, having a co-sign from Kanye West certainly didn’t hurt….
If you’re a fan of Iron Maiden, you’ll know the name Nicko McBrain. Bruce Dickinson might be the voice of the band, but McBrain is its pulse. Since joining Iron Maiden in 1982, he’s been the driving force behind fourteen studio releases, numerous world tours, and countless singles. Not that Iron Maiden defines him –…
Very few artists in either country music or any other genre have achieved quite so much success as Kenny Chesney. Over the past three decades, he’s sold over 30 million albums and scored over 40 Top 10 singles on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts, 32 of which landed at the…
In the early 1970s, Rob Halford was working as a manager of a porn cinema when fate came a-knocking. His sister, Sue, had just begun dating Ian Hill, a bassist who’d recently formed a little band called Judas Priest. Hill invited Halford to join, Halford did, and the rest is rock and roll history. Judas…
Hailing from Tokyo, Japan is a metal rock band known as Babymetal. In 2010, they originally formed as a trio. Suzuka “Su-Metal” Nakamoto, Moa “Moametal” Kikuchi, and Yui “Yuimetal” Mizuno are the founding members, but Mizuno reduced Babymetal from a trio to a duo in 2016 after first leaving due to an undisclosed illness. Instead…
Coldplay is a rock band formed in London in 1996. The members of the band met while studying at University College in London. They are vocalist, pianist, and rhythm guitarist Chris Martin, lead guitarist Jonny Buckland, drummer Will Champion, and bassist Guy Berryman. Prior to becoming Coldplay, they originally called themselves Pectoralz and then Starfish….
Prior to the official formation of Angels and Airwaves out of San Diego, California, founding member Tom DeLonge had already begun working on new material when Blink-182 was doing their final tour as a band in 2004. In the meantime, he had been busy working out a logo for his new band. It eventually looked…
Maxo Kream never dreamed about being a hip-hop musician. He grew up exposed to street life, and with his father and elder brother in and out of jail, he had no man in his family to keep him in line. He sold drugs to survive, and now those difficult experiences he had when he was…
Hayley Williams is an American musician. She should be best-known to most people for being the lead vocalist of the rock band Paramore. However, there are those who will know her because of her other projects, both inside of the music industry and outside of the music industry. Very recently, Hayley Williams’s name has shown…