April Wine is a Canadian rock band formed in 1969. The band has been through many changes, with Myles Goodwyn as the only constant member. They were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2013. The band’s origins can be traced to a backyard cover band called “Ripple,” formed in the late Sixties…
During the 90s, many movies about people living in impoverished areas focused on the darker, more violent aspects of that lifestyle. Ice Cube starred in one of them, Boyz In The Hood. However, he noticed a disproportionate amount of movies like that, so he decided to make one lighthearted and comedic. In 1995, the first…
“Oh Brother Where Art Thou” is a movie that came out in December of 2000. Starring George Clooney, it is widely regarded as both a crime story and a musical, something that you don’t really see all that often. In the film, Clooney’s character is sent to a chain gang and it isn’t exactly something…
After getting off to a slightly shaky start, Sonic Youth delivered a minor masterpiece with their third studio album, EVOL. From there, things just got better. They might never have been the most commercial band on the block, but their influence on the alt-rock scene of the late ’80s and ’90s is hard to overestimate….
The 2004 comedy, Napoleon Dynamite, starred Jon Heder in the title character role, portraying a nerdy high school student that has to contend with a series of dilemmas. His friendship with an immigrant wanting to become class president, plus his desire to pursue a romance with a fellow student, as well as living with a…
Smash Mouth is an American band that started up in the mid 1990s and has continued into the present time without a single pause. Generally speaking, they are known for their rock music. However, they has shown a fair amount of willingness to experiment within that limitation. Over the course of Smash Mouth’s career, they…
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…
Best known for his reverb-laden rockabilly and crooning vocals, singer-songwriter Chris Issak swept to stardom in the early 1990s as a kind of modern-day Roy Orbison. With a repertoire that includes the likes of Wicked Game, Baby Did a Bad, Bad Thing, and Somebody’s Crying, his melancholic, 1950’s style of rock and roll has earned…
Countless rock goddesses have and will continue to enchant audiences throughout time. Girls leaven amps, guitars, and drum kits into the most magical soundscapes. Lita Ford has taken rock music to an extra level, with a remarkable grasp on the guitar and the bass racket. Ford’s volcanic vocals also added a feminine touch to a…