Papa Roach is a metal band with a long history of successful songs during their career. It started with frontman Jacoby Shaddix and guitarists Jerry Horton and Ben Luther forming the band in 1993, signed with Eleven Seven Music. The band has since released nine albums, most recently ‘Crooked Teeth.’ Speak of the Devil was…
The American punk band known as Fenix TX was originally founded as Riverfenix in 1995 out of Houston, Texas. As Riverfenix, they released the EP (G.B.O.H.) and the album (Riverfenix) through independent record labels. Founders Damon DeLaPaz, Carl Lockstedt, and Wil Salazar were forced by a court order by the estate of River Phoenix to…
Before Bob Geldorf started saving the world, he made music. He still does occasionally, but his glory years were 1977 to 1985, when he, Garry Roberts, Johnnie Fingers, Pete Briquette, Gerry Cott and Simon Crowe took Irish new wave to the world as the Boomtown Rats. They might not be as well-remembered as some of…
Reba McEntire has had a prolific career in television and film, but it pales in comparison to her singing. The iconic Reba started singing in high school and performing at rodeos at a young age. She is best known for her heartfelt country songs, but Reba has also worked tirelessly to help charitable organizations like…
An American contemporary Christian band from Edmond, Oklahoma, MercyMe gained mainstream recognition in 2001 with their debut album “Almost There,” which peaked at number 37 on the “Billboard” 200 and number 1 on the “Billboard” Christian Albums chart. Their follow-up album, “Spoken For,” was released in 2002 and won a GMA Music Award for Rock/Contemporary…
Originally born on February 22, 1955, as John Howard Jones, is the Welsh musician more commonly known as Howard Jones. He was part of the second wave of the infamous British Invasion during the 1980s when they overwhelmed the North American music charts. When Jones was still a teenager, his family moved to Canada, but…
Tyler Lynn Farr is a country music artist born in 1984. His music talent began to grow in popularity when he was 29. That was after charting his first single ‘Hot Mess.’ Farr has charted eight songs on the Country Airplay and Billboard Hot Country song charts. He might not have appeared on any chart…
In 1996, a certain Bugs Bunny and the rest of his Looney Tunes characters approached the basketball legend, Michael Jordan, to help them with their situation. In the film, Jordan has retired from the National Basketball Association (NBA), who agrees to help them win a basketball match against visiting aliens who intend to enslave them…
After surviving a downward spiral that would have killed him, Justin Furstenfeld, the lead singer of Blue October, has led Blue October to achieve what many bands would only dream of. With millions of albums and singles sales, the Houston-based alternative rock band are one of the best bands that I have personally come across….