Category: Music

The Churchills are exploding onto the East Coast pop/rock scene. Before releasing their debut CD You Are Here (Abrupt/Universal), they’ve already been hailed as “one of New York’s best unsigned bands” by Billboard magazine. The band’s resume is bursting with screen credits. They’ve appeared and performed their music twice on the Michael J. Fox sitcom…

Take the best songwriters and the best singers, add the most exciting performers and the best all around personalities, throw in the hottest looks and the sexiest smiles — mix them all together and the finished product would probably look and sound a lot like Ciara. The 18-year-old beauty from Atlanta is the latest multi-talented…

Citizen Cope (released Sept. 11, 2001, on DreamWorks Records) is a musical collage that ranges from protest songs to love songs, from spiritual battles to murder ballads, all detailed in a rich narrative style. “I just wanted to make a record from my heart that had emotional and lyrical value,” says Clarence Greenwood, a.k.a. Citizen…

Civ/vocals * Charlie Garriga/guitar * Sammy Siegler/drums * Arthur Smilios/bass (1994-1997) * Cache Tolman/bass (1998- ) This album really came from our hearts, says CIV drummer Sammy Siegler, describing the impulses behind the new “THIRTEEN DAY GETAWAY.” Ask any one of us this is the album we’ve always wanted to make. I think it shows.…

CKY might be an impostor fragrance which, in essence, would sum up the philosophy of the Pennsylvanian quartet and their legions of skater fans: everything stinks. Everything. Except CKY. “Our fans are pretty much th e antisociety, just waiting for the change,” says guitarist Chad Ginsburg. “They know everything sucks, and they’re not afraid to…

On the heels of his critically acclaimed and personally rewarding Grammy nominated collaboration with B.B. King, Riding With The King, Clapton is back with Reptile (Reprise Records). The album showcases Clapton’s unique ability to mix music from different genres and timeframes into expressions that are both contemporary and timeless. Co-produced by Clapton with Simon Climie,…

The moment in time Kelly Clarkson’s million-strong fan base has been waiting for is here. Clarkson worked closely with album executive producer and music legend Clive Davis, and her manager, American Idol creator Simon Fuller, along with acclaimed producers Rhett Lawrence (Mariah Carey, Enrique Iglesias), the Underdogs, Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds (Toni Braxton, Whitney Houston) and…

To hear Jean Paul Gaster, drummer for Clutch, describe his group’s state of mind it is like listening to a Clutch song: They rev up then barrel along, knowing full well you’re going to get somewhere worthwhile by the end. “We cover a lot of ground,” he starts off hesitantly. “We’ve had an album out.…

“Underneath (COAL CHAMBER’s) music there is an undeniably positive message, a constant reminder that self-reliance and pro-active determination will ultimately lead to personal well-being.” – ALTERNATIVE PRESS The rewards have not been easy to reap for the self-proclaimed “underdogs” of COAL CHAMBER. This Los Angeles foursome ran the gauntlet of rock and roll and came…

Scooter Ward : Vocals Matt Loughran: Guitar Jeremy Marshall : Bass Sam McCandless : Drums NO ONE could have predicted the chaos and upheaval the members of Cold have faced over the past two years. Following the triumph of “13 Ways To Bleed On Stage” (2000) and 2003’s “Year Of The Spider” (which spawned two…