Boogie Nights hit theaters in 1997. Even though the movie is fiction, it’s loosely based on the life of John Holmes. In the film, an adult film director, played by Burt Reynolds, meets a working-class guy, played by Mark Wahlberg, and gives him a shot to act in his productions. The movie was nominated for…
After guitarist Jake E. Lee was fired from Ozzy Osbourne’s band by Ozzy’s wife/manager Sharon, he got to work looking for a frontman to form a band with. The vocalist he eventually settled on was Ray Gillen, who’d recently come off a stint with Ozzy’s old bandmates, Black Sabbath. Together with bassist Greg Chaisson and…
5 Seconds of Summer is an Australian rock band from Sydney. The group consists of lead vocalist/rhythm guitarist Luke Hemmings, lead guitarist Michael Clifford, bassist Calum Hood, and drummer Ashton Irwin. In early 2013, the boys were signed with Capitol Records. They released their first EP in April that year, and it debuted at No….
Gavin Shane DeGraw is a singer-songwriter from South Fallsburg, New York. He began his career back in 1998 and released several independent E.P.s under Gavin Degraw before being signed to J Records in 2003. In late 2005, he would release his debut album, Chariot, which would eventually sell over a million copies and be certified…
The Wedding Singer is a great film, with both Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore delivering standout performances in this cute story about a wedding singer who falls in love with a waitress. But would it be as good without its soundtrack? Considering it gives us 90-year-old Ellen Dow rapping over the Sugarhill Gang’s Rapper’s Delight,…
Jagged Edge is a popular R&B/Hip-Hop group from Atlanta, Georgia that consists of brothers Brandon “Brian” Casey and Kyle Norman along with Richard Wingo. Jagged Edge’s soaring vocals helped them become a dominant force in the 90s and early 2000s with major hits that made the group one of the most successful acts in urban…
From their first hit, “Do You Want to Hurt Me,” to their last, “I Just Wanna Be Loved,” the English new wave band Culture Club has dabbled in various styles and genres as one of the most recognizable brands in the world, singer/songwriter/producer Boy George and his former bandmates have made their mark on pop…
One of the hottest bands that have been around since 2007 is Florence and the Machine. Many fans adore the band for Florence’s powerful vocal performances and eccentric song production. The English indie rock band was formed by vocalist Florence Welch, and is composed of three other members namely, keyboardist Isabella Summers, guitarist Rob Ackroyd…
In 2016, the 3D computer-animated musical adventure movie, Moana, was released by Walt Disney Pictures as the 56th Disney animated feature. Auli’i Cravalho as the title character also saw the actors Dwayne Johnson, Rachel House, Temuera Morrison, Jermaine Clement, Nicole Scherzinger, and Alan Tudyk lend their voices to the characters they were each assigned to….