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With the amount of heavy metal rings traipsing off to Tolkien’s Middle Globe for mystical yarns with which to inspire their music, Sweden’s Narnia find the considerably less referenced — but nearly as timeless — functions of C.S. Lewis. Writing exactly the same Christian beliefs as Lewis, Narnia’s musical goal …

The acerbic, razor-tongued, take-no-prisoners comedian Kathy Griffin has generated a profession for herself — as an actress along with a standup performer — across the schtick to be permanently under-respected by everyone (because the title of her TV series, MY ENTIRE LIFE for the D List, suggests), and fighting back …

Crazed D.We.Con. trio Rube Waddell got their begin as road buskers in SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, employing a selection of homemade musical instruments (like the one-string electric guitar) and discovered percussion to make a audio as eccentric as their namesake, the outrageous, hard-drinking strikeout pitcher who dominated the American Group …

According to some short films transmit on the web, Fozzy is really a legendary American metallic music group who, struggling to escape their record deal, spent twenty years in Japan; if they returned towards the U.S., business lead vocalist Moongoose McQueen and all of those other music group found that …

Artist/article writer/musician James Kochalka’s whimsical and irreverent renderings of everyday activity have got won him a little but devoted cult following. The Vermont indigenous has successfully were able to elude popularity, despite publishing many award-winning graphic books (Peanut Butter & Jeremy’s Greatest Reserve Ever!, The Horrible Truth Approximately Comics) and …

England’s the Darkness centered around irrepressible frontman Justin Hawkins (vocals/guitars/keyboards), who, together with his guitar-playing baby sibling Dan, bassist Frankie Poullain, and drummer Ed Graham, single-handedly resurrected the rather unfashionable noises and behaviour of late-’70s hard rock and roll for an unsuspecting era. Following a demise of a youthful, conspicuously …

Going for a cue from ’70s art rock and roll stalwarts like Queen and ELO as well as the blistering assault of modern rock revivalists just like the Darkness and Coheed and Cambria, Los Angeles-based progressive rock and roll clothing Bigelf aren’t afraid to utilize the conditions pop and rock …

Comedian Andy Dick is among the many stars to test out a recording profession after their star goes up high enough to cover them such aspect tasks. Brashly funny and frequently employing a manic character to obtain his laughter across, Dick was more regularly infamous for his renowned large partying …

Among the U.K.’s stranger hard rock and roll clothes, Ten Benson mixes the natural, basic audio of rings like Dark Sabbath, Kiss, and AC/DC with lyrics which range from the most obvious (sex, bad) towards the peculiar (robots, consumerism, Xmas). The music group, led by vocalist/guitarist Chris Teckkam, shaped in …

Rightfully hailed simply because “the best band on the planet,” the super-sized acoustic metal/comedy duo Tenacious D was an unlikely success story. In fact, Tenacious D was most likely therefore successful exactly because these were therefore improbable: few people would suppose two chunky men bashing on acoustic guitars, performing songs …