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311’s fusion of reggae and rap-metal was made in Omaha, Nebraska, where vocalist/guitarist Nick Hexum, DJ/vocalist S.A. Martinez, guitarist Tim Mahoney, drummer Chad Sexton, as well as the bassist known just as P-Nut released the group in 1990. Acquiring their name from the Omaha Law enforcement Department’s code for indecent …

OPM, an alternative solution pop/rock and roll trio from California, mixes Latin hip-hop beats and conventional rock and roll & move riffs for a satisfying pop sound on the debut Menace to Culture, released in Sept 2000 on Atlantic. OPM emerged jointly in 1999, made up of Matthew (aka Shakey …

Love. 45, today’s rock four-piece more comfortable with catchy pop hooks, is certainly made up of Micki Shivers (vocals/electric guitar), Paul Trinidad (electric guitar), Danny Elster (bass), and Jim Messina (drums). Natives of Denver, Like. 45 released their debut, Time Glo, in 1998. A self-titled work followed a season later, …

Johnny Socko was founded by Dylan Wissing in Bloomington, Indiana in 1990. Affected by genre-hoppers like Fishbone and Crimson Popular Chili Peppers, along with the even more traditional funk and spirit of James Dark brown and Parliament/Funkadelic, Socko also got an affinity for the party rhythms of hip-hop, ska and …

Following 1996 heroin overdose of Sublime frontman Brad Nowell, making it through bassist Eric Wilson and drummer Bud Gaugh produced the Long Beach front Dub Allstars with singer Opie Ortiz, guitarists RAS-1 and Miguel, keyboardist Jack port Maness, keyboardist Isaiah Owens, saxophonists Todd Foreman and Tim Wu, and DJ Marshall …

The Sacramento-based contemporary rock quintet Deathray includes vocalist/keyboardist Dana Gumbiner, guitarist/vocalist Greg Dark brown, keyboardist Potential Hart, bassist Victor Daimani, and drummer Adam Neil. Formerly an associate of Cake, Dark brown had previously used longtime friend Gumbiner in a number of rings before reuniting with him in 1998. Neil became …

Deep within the center of California’s Inland Empire, the Hispanic-tinged ska-punk music group Voodoo Shine Skulls formed in the past due ’80s. Originally a hardcore group, the quartet was made up of the brothers Casillas (Frank on vocals, Eddie on acoustic guitar, Jorge on bass) plus drummer Jerry O’Neill. After …

Five Iron Frenzy were among the seemingly a large number of ska-punk rings that dominated the post-grunge mainstream modern-rock picture of the past due ’90s. The group — made up of Reese Roper (vocals), Micah Ortega (acoustic guitar), Scott Kerr (acoustic guitar, support vocals), Keith Hoerig (bass), Andrew Verdecchio (drums), …

The quirky post-grunge quartet Dynamite Hack was formed in Austin, TX, in 1997, taking their name from a collection within the film Caddyshack. Vocalist/guitarist Tag Morris, vocalist/bassist Chad Robinson, guitarist Mike Vlahakis, and drummer Run after Scott required their cues from rings like Weezer, Pavement, Jawbreaker, as well as the …

THE BRAND NEW York Town power pop group Lava Baby initially began being a bond between childhood friends Robyn Celia (vocals/guitar) and Andrea Dark brown (drums). Both enjoyed Blondie, the Go-Go’s, and early Madonna, and chose they, too, will make it in rock and roll & move. They shifted their …