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Brian “Head” Welch was created June 19, 1970, and was raised in Bakersfield, CA. He started playing electric guitar at age 11. He was a founding person in the alternative steel music group Korn, with which he produced the albums Korn (1994), Lifestyle Can be Peachy (1996), Follow the first …

Angst-filled Los Angeles-based indie rockers War Tapes craft volatile and brooding post-punk anthems in the vein of Joy Division, Echo & the Bunnymen, Interpol, as well as the Cure. The music group, which includes charismatic and theatrical frontman Neil Popkin, bassist Becca Popkin, guitarist Matt Bennett, and drummer William Mohler, …

Influenced from the Specials, Public Enemy, as well as the Clash, London collective the Ruler Blues combine folk-punk, Two-Tone, and dub reggae with overtly political lyrical themes — developing a appear they explain as “conscious rude boy ska.” The music group originally formed like a duo in 2004 before vocalist/ukulele …

Boston, Massachusetts hardcore group Defeater originally formed in 2004, and, after some lineup adjustments, ultimately landed on vocalist Derek Archambault, guitarists Jay Maas and Jake Woodruff, bassist Mike Poulin, and drummer Joe Longobardi by 2008. Conceptually-inclined from the starting, their debut recording, Travels (2008), launched a narrative which chronicled an …

Hollow Corp hail in the northeastern French city of Colmar, and were founded in 2005 by vocalist Stephane Azam, guitarists Mathieu Roszak and Guillaume Schleret, bassist Romain Fiorot, and drummer Laurent Michalak. Acquiring inspiration from rings as different as Mastodon, Meshuggah, and France’s very own Gojira, the quintet released its …

Although these were 1st formed in 1998 by siblings Carlos (vocals/guitar) and Lond Garcia (drums), Wittier, CA’s Antagonist languished in unsigned obscurity for near ten years before their effort finally started to pay dividends within the neighborhood metallic and hardcore scene. At that time, the Garcias, second guitarist Matt Lopez …

Having fulfilled at art college in 2003, Dan Workman and Dean Tzenos soon realized that they had a music kinship that simply needed to be explored. With Tzenos on electric guitar and Workman offering unnervingly angelic vocals that may use a scream immediately, the pair applied with different drummers before …

English death metallic outfit Cause the Bloodshed were shaped in Shower in 2006 by guitarists Rob Purnell and Martyn Evans. Drummer Potential Blunos and vocalist Charlie Holmes became a member of the following calendar year and started honing the group’s effective audio, a brutal aural onslaught that echoes traditional extreme …

Seattle-based art rock-band Obscured by Clouds took their name from Red Floyd’s 1972 album from the same name, and their sound also shows the spacy, electronic-induced psychedelia of this era — but with contemporary sound reinforcements and technical digital improvements. William Weikart may be the human brain trust and creator …

Residing somewhere within noise-pop and freak folk, SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA trio Little Teeth produced in 2004, after drummer Ammo Eisu replied to a Craigslist publishing by vocalist/guitarist Dannie Murrie, who was simply searching for a “feminist rocker chick” to try out music with her. After shifting to California from …