Category: Music

James Rietz(vocals) Chris Nemzek (guitars) Charlie Parker (bass) Travis Simpkins (drums) Flip (keyboards) DJ Izzo (keyboards) How does a band know they’re doing something right? When the American Red Cross offers them the headlining slot on an anti-smoking concert, knowing full-damn well that five of their six members smoke. Crossbreed embraced the invitation with a…

Ed Sloan: lead vocals/guitar Mitch James: bass/backing vocals Tony Byroads: vocals/turntables/sampler James Branham: drums From a garage-based home studio in Columbia, South Carolina, to the roster of Columbia/FG Records, Crossfade’s story is one of timeless American ingenuity intersecting with urgent youthful passion to make rock ‘n roll dreams come true. Right now, a new chapter…

The music of Sheryl Crow has long reflected the musical passions that inspired her back when she was growing up in Kennett, MO. From her breakthrough debut Tuesday Night Music Club (1994) to the self-titled Sheryl Crow (1996) and her most recent studio album The Globe Sessions (1998), Crow has continued to explore her passions…

Began my life clean in braids and fresh scrubbed In spite of the noise I always felt loved But I got bored, I took a major detour Games get old even for a child When you are born with the sweet taste to be wild When I heard my first rock and roll song I…

After the Hit Men over at Organized Noize set Atlanta and the millions within its earshot on fire with the platinum-selling Outkast, gold-selling Goodie Mob, Witchdoctor and Kilo albums a Cool Breeze is finally coming from the southern region, sure to shake up any notion about who a proudly southern rapper can and can not…

“It feels like the perfect time for a record like this,” says the Cooler Kids’ Kaz Gamble (better known to club enthusiasts the world over as DJ Kazimir) of the group’s debut album, Punk Debutante. “People have been beaten down with so much negativity lately. Our goal is to provide an escape from all that.…

Ben Gautrey (lead vocals) Dan Fisher (guitars/bass/lyrics/vocals) Tom Bellamy (guitars/synths/programming/trumpets/lyrics/vocals) Didz Hammond (bass/vocals) Kieran Mahon (keyboards/piano/synths/guitar/backing vocals) Jon Harper (drums/percussion/backing vocals) Turn off the headlights. Throw away the roadmap. Take your hands off the wheel and just coast, heading everywhere and nowhere. There’s a crash coming soon, oh yes, a spectacular crash, but just savor…

“Success is really only a measure of what has happened before,” says Chris Cornell, who as singer for Seattle’s recently disbanded Soundgarden, reintroduced integrity and reckless passion back into the tired genre of hard rock. Though Soundgarden split in 1997 at the height of their 12-year-career, Cornell continues on in the tradition of breaking boundaries…

When I Was Born For The 7th Time, their stunning new CD release on Luaka Bop/ Warner Bros. Records, Cornershop raises the stakes higher with an album that finds them at the peak of their continent-spanning sound. “Something for everyone: from country to brunch with hip-hop, cricket on the lawn with Punjabi folk music and…

Corporate Avenger is a group of artists deeply rooted in the old-school Southern California punk rock aesthetic. The group is comprised of co-leaders; The Wind (the distant Go-Man) and The Corporate Avenger. Both have reconnected to their tribal heritage. Pakelika (The Taxman) and DJ Hall of Records round out the band. Corporate Avenger is from…