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A major player through the entire post-grunge boom from the past due ’90s, Lit highlighted the combined abilities of frontman A. Jay Popoff, his guitar-playing sibling Jeremy, bassist Kevin Baldes, and drummer Allen Shellenberger. The group produced in 1990 in Orange State, California, where it originally performed metal-influenced music beneath …

The Minneapolis, MN-based quintet Quietdrive formed in 2003 when friends Brandon Lanier (drums), Droo Hastings (bass), and Justin Bonhiver (guitar) heard some MP3s posted online by singer Kevin Truckenmiller and contacted him about starting a band. Truckenmiller decided, bringing in university friend Matt Kirby (acoustic guitar, vocals) to accomplish the …

In 1999, Columbus, Ohio’s Twin Cam was a two-piece band. Consisting just of Mike Sammons on drums and vocals and Tag Borror on guitar, Twin Cam toured the neighborhood club and tavern circuit. Using the drummer carrying out the performing from behind his package as well as the guitarist jumping …

Magic (vocals, bass) and Vitamin G (electric guitar) were the duo in charge of Rubber Planet’s preliminary operations. Both first met if they still had been young people, and from that time on their shared musical liaison led these to play with many groups over the Midwest region. The group’s …

The choice rock group Caroline’s Spine includes vocalist/guitarist Jimmy Newquist, guitarist Tag Haugh, bassist Scott Jones and drummer Jason Gilardi. The band’s constant touring discovered them writing the costs with several performers, including Catherine Steering wheel, MUCH BETTER THAN Ezra, KISS and Aerosmith. Their 1997 debut Monsoon premiered on Hollywood …

Punk-pop trio Eve 6 scored 3 Best 40 singles (in addition to eight modern rock and roll hits) through the past due ’90s and early 2000s. The band’s two founders, guitarist Jon Siebels and bassist/vocalist Maximum Collins, authorized a agreement with RCA Information while still going to senior high school …

Duane Lavold, aka Custom made, was raised in rural Canada. He 1st made his tag in film, composing and directing the brief Loafing, that was the champion of the Viewers Award in the International Slamdance Film Event in 1997. His unreleased film Limp presented INXS vocalist Michael Hutchence and was …

New Zealand’s smartass retort to Amount 41, Steriogram honed its hodgepodge of rock chuggery, white-boy hip-hop, and outsized funk tomfoolery around its hometown of Auckland before striking international pay dirt and grime in 2004 using the low-culture anthem “Light Garbage.” The track dated from 2001, when its online video — …