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Vocalist and songwriter Cherish Alexander and drummer Billy Baker started the rock-band the Painkillers in LA, CA, close to the end of 1995. The dynamic duo quickly added guitarist Curtis Hooker and bassist Matt Boyd, to patch together a fuller sound. Each member brought his / her own efforts and …

Fort Lauderdale, FL’s dotFash includes vocalist/guitarist Russ Rogers, guitarist Wayne Coyle, bassist Jarrett Shapiro, and drummer Phil Tucciarone. The group’s moody, melodic design has led these to gigs assisting artists as varied as Switchblade Symphony, Hate Dept., Vince Neil, Bare Jr., and Mira. The group shaped in the middle-’90s and …

Named following the notoriously boring art-house erotica flick on Seinfeld, the hard-rocking post-grunge strap Rochelle, Rochelle shaped in NORTH PARK, CA, in August 2000. Vocalist/guitarist Erik Berg, guitarist Gaylord Vehicle Brocklin, bassist Nicholas Sekol, and drummer Jeff Grasmick started playing around the region and gaining publicity on regional radio, and …

Winston-Salem, NC’s Evoka Task comprises Matt Taylor, Bryan Ledbetter, Brian Knott, Pete Little, and Zack Plemmons. Taylor shaped the group with Ledbetter in-may 2000; Ledbetter, who also works the label Hero Documenting Co., got them some studio room time as well as the music group documented their debut EP, Stranger …

Assembled in LA in 1999, Parrot3 produced silvery and charismatic conceptions of pop/rock and roll, hence donating new options for mainstream design preferences. The California trio, made up of Parrot (vocals, acoustic guitar), bassist Greg Coates, and drummer Michael Miley, began by experimenting the L.A. golf club scene, securing a …

New York-based power trio My Globe help to make adventurous prog and hard rock-influenced music. Focused around the innovative collaboration of vocalist/bassist John Montalbano and guitarist Chris Munger, My Globe are recognized for their high-energy concert events where they play a variety of originals and unpredicted cover songs. Like a …

Sketching many — and well-deserved — comparisons towards the legendary U2, Northern Ireland’s Defeat Poets created in 2005. During the period of its 1st year or two, the band developed a considerable hype, garnering plaudits and compliment from such well known music press as NME; getting airplay from channels as …

Austin, TX-based contemporary rock ensemble Wire is centered around vocalist/songwriter Wire Carpenter (vocals/acoustic guitar/keyboards). Also presented are Robert Garcia (business lead acoustic guitar), Tommy Munter (bass/vocals), and Johnny Villareal (percussion). Although originally hailing from central Tx, the band captured on locally in Austin and released its debut recording, Who YOU …

Shaped in Hollywood, where picture matters, the people in the Forwards wear the anticipated weathered jeans, neckties, and angular hairstyles; they may be marketed as noisy indie rockers or post-punk trailblazers; and in most cases they sound nearly the same as the Killers, Coldplay, as well as the Wallflowers. Vocalist/guitarist …

Founded in 2007 as the single task of Leeds, U.K. songwriter and previous Mom Vulpine frontman Matthew Bigland, Dinosaur Pile-Up surfaced from that city’s choice rock picture and shortly drew evaluations to U.S. university rock and roll and grunge works from the prior 10 years. The band’s lively name produced …