Rock

“When I was young, the artists that I really admired were the ones who always found a way to keep making music and expressing themselves,” Matthew Sweet says on the occasion of the release of his 13th solo album Tomorrow’s Daughter.

Blessid Union of Souls Biography With their optimistic, spiritual outlook and song-oriented mix of pop, R&B, and folk — dubbed “rural soul” by the band — Blessid Union of Souls quickly became one of the most popular bands in the post-Hootie and the Blowfish adult alternative radio format in the mid-’90s. Their 1995 debut album, Home, was a huge success, ...

Blue Oyster Cult Biography Blue Oyster Cult was the thinking man’s heavy metal group. Put together on a college campus by a couple of rock critics, it maintained a close relationship with a series of literary figures (often in the fields of science fiction and horror), including Eric Von Lustbader, Patti Smith, Michael Moorcock, and Stephen King, while turning out ...

Biography (directly from Todd Anthony Joos) I have gone through many changes over the last 4 years. These changes have been a long time coming and they cover areas of my life like, physical, emotional, and spiritual. It all started by deciding to get my physical self under control. I lost more than 120 pounds over 4 years ago and ...

Biography The year was 1983 and just prior to leaving for an overseas tour, singer Mike Score had a date with a lady, who, during their date produced a photograph of herself. As the story goes, Mike asked her for it and she refused. Mike left disappointed, but with the inspiration to write the song “Wishing (If I Had A ...

Biography Many called him the “Wild Man” of the rock group Lynyrd Skynyrd, but Artimus Pyle started out more as a “Country Man.” Thomas Delmar Pyle was born on (July 15, 1948) in Louisville, KY. He spent many of his childhood hours either on the back of a horse or behind the controls of a bulldozer. When Pyle was nine ...

Bad Company Biography One of the most acclaimed bands of the classic rock era, England’s Bad Company has put its indelible stamp on rock ‘n’ roll with a straight-ahead, no-frills musical approach that has resulted in the creation of some of the most timeless rock anthems ever. Led by the incomparable Paul Rodgers (a/k/a “The Voice”), arguably the finest singer ...

Bang the Union Biography Pretentious? Yes. Arrogant? Yes. Fun as hell? You bet your ass. This is Rock ’n’Roll. BANG THE UNION began as a response to too many years of turning on the radio and being faced with nothing but disappointment, going out to see band after band that never delivered, and throwing multitudes of new $16.99 CD’s to ...

Masque is a five member band, whose style is based on original rock and roll with alternative influences; yet distinguished by the powerful and passionate vocals of Ken Archer.

Dickey Betts Biography These are the best of times for Grammy nominated, Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame inductee Dickey Betts. As the co-founder of the Allman Brothers Band, Dickey is the man behind the band’s greatest musical triumphs—“Ramblin’ Man”, “Blue Sky”, “In Memory of Elizabeth Reed”, “Southbound”, “Seven Turns”, “No One Left To Run With”, and the Grammy Award ...