Denzel Curry is a very common name in hip-hop, but more or less for the wrong reasons. Denzel first hit the scene as a member of a teenage rap group called “Project Mayhem,” alongside his friend and frequent collaborator, SpaceGhostPurrp. Denzel’s voice stood out most among his peers, so he was used sparingly, and when…
Lenny Kravtiz has been active as a singer-songwriter since the early 1980s. However, it is interesting to note that a lot of people will remember him best because of the late 1990s and early 2000s, which was when he won a record-breaking four consecutive Grammys for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance. Kravitz remains very much…
The Violent Femmes are a folk punk band that has been around for quite some time. To be exact, the band started up in the late 1970s with an initial line-up that consisted of Brian Ritchie as the bassist, Victor DeLorenzo as the drummer, and Gordan Gano as both the vocalist and the guitarist. Since…
Whitesnake is a hard rock band that was formed in London in 1978. Originally, the band was formed as a backing group for David Coverdale after he left Deep Purple. However, the band soon developed its own entity. The only constant band member in the band’s history is David Coverdale. Whitesnake was active from 1978…
The American rock band, Ministry was founded out of Chicago, Illinois in 1981 by Al Jourgensen. At first, the direction of the group was focused on synth-heavy, pop-style music before venturing into the heavy metal that would later form a genre of its own, namely industrial metal. From the very start of the band’s first…
Cypress Hill is one of the more notable hip hop groups to emerge in recent decades. For those who are unfamiliar, the initial line-up of what was then called DVX consisted of the brothers Sen Dog and Mellow Man Ace plus DJ Muggs and B-Real in the late 1980s. However, Mellow Man Ace left because…
The first couple of years of the 1980s were a great time for Christopher Cross. The singer ruled the airways with his sugary sweet ballads, dominated the charts with hits like Sailing, and picked up every award going for his melodious arrangements and velvety smooth soft rock. By 1985, his time at the top was…
Wine and song. It is a perfect pairing, on par with the likes of movies and popcorn. And while country music tends to favor whiskey as its preferred libation, wine is no stranger to the genre. After all, nothing rhymes with wine better than Patsy Cline. Over the years, the partnership between country radio and…
Born in Los Angeles, California, but raised in New York, Andrew Grammer is the son of Robert “Red” Grammer. Like father, like son, Andy followed in his father’s footsteps to become a recording artist himself. Already learning how to play musical instruments since he was a small child, Andy also learned how to write songs…