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…
Surely you’re familiar with Frank Hannon, the lead guitarist for the band Tesla, not to be confused with Elon Musk’s Tesla car. If you listen to their music, then you already know he has a lot of talent. However, you might not know as many things about him from a more personal stance. If you…
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….
Kim Thayil is an American guitarist. He should be best-known to most interested individuals for being one of the co-founders of Soundgarden, where he remained as the lead guitarist until 2018. Besides this, Thayil has been involved in a number of other projects as well, meaning that he is by no means retired. 1. Born…
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…
The Canadian alternative rock band known as The Dirty Nil originally hails from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They were founded in 2006 by Luke Bentham, Kyle Fisher, and Ross Miller. They have kept together as a three-man band ever since their days in high school. In 2011, they released their first debut single (F*ckin’ Up Young)…