While Urge Overkill was labelled alternative rock, they emerged from Chicago in the late ’80s- early ’90s looking and sounding very different from what was popular at the time. Its members wore giant medallions and velvet shirts. They had a sense of humour and paid homage to Jimmy Web, Hot Chocolate and Neil Diamond. Nash […]
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Formed in the early 90s, Coal Chamber was a band that played urgent and aggressive music draped in heavy stage makeup, piercings, and black fetish clothing. As an up-and-coming nu-metal act, the band showed that simplicity and heaviness went hand-in-hand, and dominated the scene with a darker, more evil approach compared to what other bands
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Hailing from the English region Forest of Dean, vocalist James Atkin, drummer Mark Decloedt, bassist Zac Foley, and keyboardist Derry Brownson met in school and played in different bands around the local music scene. They came up with the monicker EMF which stood for Epsom Mad Funkers, a term that was coined by a writer
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Guitarist Marty Friedman was best known for playing in Megadeth during the 90’s. He played on the group’s albums from 1990 to 1999 and ended up leaving the band after their much maligned 1999 record Risk. Most people expected Friedman to fade into obscurity, but instead, he unexpectedly became a huge superstar overseas. The Classic
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The early days of Dishwalla began when drummer George Pendergast met vocalist and guitarist JR Richards at a local music store in their hometown of Santa Barbara. They added bassist Scot Alexander, guitarist Rodney Browning Cravens and keyboardist Greg Kolanek. Despite each member of the band being influenced by different musical tastes, that did little
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