The country music band Sawyer Brown has been singing for decades. The group is comprised of lead singer Mark Miller, Bobby Randall, Gregg Hubbard, Jim Scholten and Joe Smyth. All of the band’s members were also part of an earlier country music band, singing alongside Don King. When he made the decision to retire in…
If you’re not already aware of Volbeat, now’s the time to change things. A multi-platinum Danish rock band that combines heavy metal with rockabilly influences and generous hits of punk, they’re loud, proud, and utterly irresistible. Thanks to their sharp songwriting, entertaining performances, and complete disregard for genre boundaries, they’ve become one of the most…
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…
In 1985, the American hip-hop/rapping band known as Public Enemy first got its official formation by Carlton “Chuck D” Ridenhour and William “Flavor Flav” Drayton, Jr. out of Long Island, New York in 1985. Through their band, the two artists are known for their political opinions that have been put into their musical material that…
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…
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…
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…