Pause for a moment and think about the list of artists who have been together long enough to release over ten studio albums: The Beatles, Beach Boys, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Simon & Garfunkel—that’s about it. Of course, there are plenty of other artists who have been around for a decade or more–MC Hammer even…
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…
The musical collective known as Parliament-Funkadelic is also known as P-Funk, which first came together as The Parliaments in Plainfield, New Jersey in 1956 by then fifteen-year-old George Clinton. The band’s name was inspired by a brand product known as Parliament cigarettes. As of the early 1960s, the band became a solid line-up of five…
Tim Farriss is an Australian musician who is best-known for having been the lead guitarist of INXS. In recent times, interested individuals might have seen his name come up in entertainment news because of the reveal that he suffered a “career-ending injury” in a boating accident that happened in 2015. 1. Born in Perth, Western…
Despite their ever-changing lineup and short-lived career, the Byrds are widely considered to be one of the most influential bands of the 60s. More than any other rock group who made hits in the 60s, they turned folk-rock into a commercial force, layering electric guitars and shiny arrangements on top of earnest lyrics and creating…
J. Period is a famous Mixtape DJ. He rose to fame after making some successful collaborations. He’s worked with Q-Tip, Big Daddy Kane, John Legend, Rakim, The Isley Brothers, Mary J. Blige, and others in the hip hop, rap, and R&B industry. His style incorporates compilations of personal interviews with artists in an audio-biography format…
For 20 years, Ben Weinman served as the lead guitarist and primary songwriter of metalcore band The Dillinger Escape Plan. The band went their separate ways in 2017, but Weinman is still keeping busy playing with Suicidal Tendencies, managing the two times Grammy award-winner Kimbra, judging the shredding talents of contestants on Shredders of Metal,…
Wes Scantlin may be best known for his meltdowns, his tax evasion woes, and his legal troubles, but these days, the singer is clean, sober, and back doing what he does best with his band of 30 years, Puddle of Mudd. Truth be told, the reception to the band’s latest single, Just Tell Me, hasn’t…
Earl Slick is one of rock’s most renowned guitarists. Over a career that spans five decades, he’s performed with everyone from David Bowie to John Lennon, Carl Perkins to The Cure. This year, he proved he’s more than just a sideman on Fistful of Devils, his first solo album in over 18 years. Find out…