Alan Jackson was born on October 17, 1958, in Newnan, Georgia. After marrying his wife in 1979, he moved to Nashville, Tennessee, with one goal, a career in country music. It took eleven years before Arista Records offered him a recording contract. The same year he released “Here in the Real World.” Jackson’s style was…
Dead Sara just announced their first new alum in six years, which is fantastic news for fans. However, there’s plenty of great music from this fantastic band already out there. This music group has frequently made it into Loudwire’s top ten rock songs list, and there’s a good reason why, but you have to hear…
When Kid Cudi released his debut album, Man on the Moon: The End of Day, in 2009, he quickly became one of the most talked-about new artists in hip-hop. Many believed that he had the talent to become one of the genre’s hottest rising stars. Plus, having a co-sign from Kanye West certainly didn’t hurt….
In 2014, Smith & Myers emerges as a side project from their 2001 American hard rock/alternative metal band Shinedown. Taking ten songs that have been recorded by various artists of hard rock and heavy metal genres, they altered their formats into acoustic versions. They did this based on the request of over 4,000 fans of…
Harry Styles’ musical career began in 2010 as a solo contestant for the British reality TV show “X Factor”. He was combined with four other young male contestants by the “X Factor” judges, which led to the formation of One Direction. The band became an instant sensation with a cult following that was mainly composed…
In 1979, the American rock band who is now known as Faith No More first got its start in San Fransisco, California. Originally, they started out with the name of Sharp Young Men before making the switch to Faith No Man. The name switch suggestion came from their drummer, Mike Borden, who hooked up with…
From an introverted indie band to one of the most influential groups of the past decade, Radiohead has gone through many phases in their 20-plus years of making music. The quintet from Oxford began as a simple rock band in the mid-’80s but unexpectedly evolved into one of the most experimental and electronically influenced bands…
Groups are very common in most genres of music, however, they have been few and far between in the hip-hop world. Because of that, there were probably some people who doubted Migos when they first firmed in 2008. However, it didn’t take long for the group to start proving people wrong. By the early 2010s,…
In 1961, 13-year-old George Kooymans and 15-year-old Rinus Gerritson of The Hague, Netherlands, formed a rock and roll band that was then known as the Tornadoes. The name soon changed to Golden Earrings when they realized the first name they chose already belonged to somebody else. This new name was taken from an instrument of…