The Barenaked Ladies is a Canadian rock band that started up in the late 1980s. It was co-founded by a couple of individuals, with one being Ed Robertson and the other being Steven Page. The latter hasn’t been a member of the Barenaked Ladies since 2009. However, the rest of the band members are still…
After forming in 1970, Kansas went on to become one of the most successful classic rock bands of the decade. Their blend of prog rock and pop saw them storm the charts with multi-platinum selling alums like Leftoverture and Point of Know Return, not to mention smash hit singles like Carry on Wayward Son and…
With their stripped-down garage rock and back-to-basics approach, the White Stripes transformed the musical landscape of the 2000s. Their carefully cultivated image (the fascinating with the number three, the red, white, and black aesthetic, the whole fake sibling thing) made them intriguing, but it was that fuzzy wall of sound and the raw simplicity of…
Crying is the most basic response to sadness or pain. It’s safe to say that we’ve all cried at some point, and that we all need to cry sometimes. It’s no wonder that crying or weeping is something that poets and lyricists often write about. Crying is relatable and expressive. There have been many songs…
MercyMe is a Christian music band founded in 1994 in Edmond, Oklahoma. The band members include lead vocalist Bart Millard, bassist Nathan Cochran, percussionist Robby Shaffer, and guitarists Barry Graul and Michael Scheuchzer. Prior to signing with a label, the band released six independent albums. Since then, MercyMe has released ten studio albums, three compilation…
If anyone was destined to get into the music business, it was Randy Newman. His uncles, Alfred, Lionel, and Emil Newman, all made their names as Hollywood composers, racking up a stonking 10 Oscars and 50 nominations between them. He started composing as a kid and by the time he was 17, he’d already written…
Back in the 1980s, pop acts didn’t get much bigger than Hall and Oates. With their radio-friendly brand of blue-eyed soul, they dominated the charts, releasing one mega-selling album after the other. Today, they rank as the most successful duo of all time, with six US number-one singles and seven platinum and six gold albums…
The title of a song often says a lot about the lyrical or musical content of the song. Colors are a common theme that is used in titles. A color is sometimes used as a descriptive word to describe an object, and it can also be used in a symbolic way to represent an emotion….
Skid Row might never have achieved the same level of fame as some of their peers, but that didn’t stop their fusion of hard rock and metal from playing out in millions of mosh pits in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Their fortunes hit the skids after their third album, but when they were…