Category: Music

Jason Boyd: lead vocals * Benjamin Einziger: guitars and backing vocals Paul Fried: bass guitar * Jamin Wilcox: drums and backing vocals Having already made a name for themselves via ecstatic live performances up and down the West Coast, the time has come for “DIRTY SEXY KNIGHTS IN PARIS,” the electrifying Atlantic Records debut from…

In the spirit of the supergroups of the past, two of the most important bands of the nineties have pooled their talents to create a new band: AUDIOSLAVE. On November 19th, Epic Records will release AUDIOSLAVE’s self-titled debut album featuring former lead singer/guitarist of Soundgarden, Chris Cornell (Vocals) and Rage Against The Machine’s Tim Commerford…

Kris Roe: Lead Vocals/Guitar Mike Davenport: Bass/Vocals John Collura: Guitar/Vocals Chris “Kid” Knapp: Drums The Ataris, one of the most successful independent rock bands of recent years, have a brand new album, so long, astoria, the group’s eagerly-awaited major label debut on Columbia Records. so long, astoria is the first full-length Ataris album in nearly…

ATARI TEENAGE RIOT was founded in spring 1992 because Alec Empire, Hanin Elias and Carl Crack could no longer identify with the way techno was turning into mainstream pop. They wanted to produce something new that recreated the excitement they had felt when first hearing punk, hip-hop or techno. Alec Empire had previously brought out…

Aswad, meaning black in Arabic is also the name of the UK’s finest Reggae outfit. No strangers to national chart success they achieved their first number one in the British Charts with “Don’t Turn Around” in March 1988. Their success was testimony to Aswad’s enduring qualities: for the past decade they have been one of…

As the frontman for the epic British drone-pop band the Verve, Richard Ashcroft proved himself the spiritual descendant of rock & roll icons like Mick Jagger and Jim Morrison — rivetingly charismatic, menacingly serpentine, and possessed of an almost shamanic intensity, he embraced and articulated the anthemic fervor of rock music with a power and…

Ashanti: Murder Inc.’s Hip Hop/R&B Princess Ja Rule. J. Lo. Big Pun. Fat Joe. She’s worked with some of the industry’s best—writing lyrics and singing hooks that help their records reach the top of the music charts. Now it’s time for 21-year-old Ashanti Douglas to take center stage and shine on her very own self-titled…

In 1989, Mark Hamilton and Tim Wheeler, two thirteen year olds in Belfast, begged their parents to buy them guitars. They honed their skills daily and when they got good enough, they formed a band. They spent all of their free hours after school playing death metal riffs at decibels imperceptible to the human ear.…

Some lyricists are blessed with the ability to rock mics and move crowds. Even fewer have perseverance. Tame One and El Da Sensai, who form the Newark, New Jersey-based rap duo, Artifacts, imbed their verbal skills in the minds of listeners like buried treasures. They are the kind of emcees recognized for their crafted talent…

Maybe you’re about to read this and find out about a band called Arctic Monkeys. Or maybe you already know more about them than 1,000 words could ever convey. Maybe you downloaded their songs months before record companies cared and maybe you were grabbed by the sudden urge to drive for half a day just…