Before becoming the entertainment industry’s Master P, Percy Miller was born and raised in New Orleans as the oldest of five siblings and was heavily into sports. With an athletic scholarship he earned, he briefly attended the University of Houston before moving to Oakland, California to major in business administration there. When his grandfather passed…
Creedence Clearwater Revival (or CCR for short) didn’t stick around for long, Their first album was released in 1968, and their last in 1972. Yet despite the brevity of their recording career, few other bands from the era have managed to leave such a lasting legacy. Widely regarded as one of the greatest American rock…
Collective Soul is an American rock band based out of Atlanta, GA. It started up in 1992. After which, Collective Soul proceeded to release their first studio album through an indie record label called Rising Storm Records. Its success earned the band a contract with Atlantic Records, which was a clear sign that the band…
Badflower is a rock band that has been around for more than a decade’s time. The earliest form of the band were the Cartunes, a collection of music school students who met at an apartment building in Hollywood, CA. They managed to produce an EP on their own. However, the Cartunes proceeded to lose both…
The Black Keys recorded their first four albums in drummer Patrick Carney’s basement with around $3500 worth of scuzzy equipment. It might not have been the ideal setting, but it lent itself to some of the most powerfully visceral blues-rock this side of the 21st century. Ten albums into their career, and the band have…
After starting her career as a purveyor of wholesome, countrified pop, Olivia Newton-John went stratospheric in 1981 when she swapped nice for naughty on the multi-platinum selling Physical. Since then, she’s gone through several different reinventions, become a prominent environmental campaigner, survived cancer, and launched multiple businesses. Through it all, she’s remained one of the…
Tori Amos has been the most convincing singer in the pop industry for almost three decades. She combines musical composition knowledge with skillful poetry, sharp wit, and southern Gothic overtones. For a significant part of her solo music career, Tori has traversed various political and personal themes. Ranked below are the sixteen albums she has…
Since forming in 1973, Cheap Trick have enjoyed spectacular highs and equally spectacular lows. When they’re good, they’re very, very good, and when they’re bad, they’re… well, not horrid, but not necessarily a band you’d pay to listen to. But if there’s one thing that sets them apart from their peers, it’s their capacity…
Every Twenty One Pilots fan will have a different opinion on what their best songs are. The Columbus, Ohio duo has managed to create a pretty impressive catalog. They’re also quite prolific releasing 6 albums in a span of 12 years. That’s a feat in itself, but the fact that they have so many great…