The 90’s saw several popular periods of music. Hair metal was on its last feet at the beginning of the decade, with grunge taking over in the early to mid 90’s. That transitioned into post-grunge and pop rock and then nu-metal. Against the backdrop of rock music during the decade was hip hop and straight […]
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Trent Reznor had an early aptitude for music, playing piano at the age of 12. His grandfather told People magazine in 1995, “Reznor was a good kid … a boy scout who loved to skateboard, build model planes, and play the piano. Music was his life, from the time he was a wee boy. He
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Made up of singer and guitarist Ed Kowalczyk, guitarist Chad Taylor, bassist Patrick Dahlheimmer and drummer Chad Gracey, the roots of Live date back to 1984 in York, Pennsylvania, where all four members grew up and met. Their musical beginnings started in the 8th grade when Gracey, Taylor and Dahlheimer played in an instrumental band
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In the mid-to-late 90s, Soul Coughing was an up-and-coming act that played a unique blend of alternative rock, electronic music, and hip hop. Soul Coughing was formed in New York City by vocalist and guitarist Mike Doughty in 1992, who was an aspiring music critic and poet at the time. “The mecca for avant garde
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Jeff Buckley came from a musical family. His mother was a classically trained musician and his father was a psychedelic folk singer named Tim Buckley, who died at age 28 of a drug overdose. Jeff was only 8 years old at the time of his father’s death, but he didn’t have a close relationship with
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