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Also ranks #8 on The Best Emo Bands 15 Black Veil Brides 3,352 votes Drawing influences from glam rock and metal, this theatrical outfit has made a massive impact on the scene with their striking image, anthemic melodies, and punishing breakdowns. They've garnered a fiercely loyal following...
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avant-rock and noisy pop into a loose concept about a young man’s first year of freedom. Bob Mould and Grant Hart both emerge as first-class songwriters, and the band as a formidable power trio. It was famously recorded in a speed-fueled three-day session, and you can hear that too....
Like a lot of indie-rock bands in the ’90s, Spoon signed up with the major label machine during the alt-rock buying spree, only to be chewed up and spit out after failing to deliver the next Nevermind. Unlike most of the rest of them, they managed to keep it together long enough ...
The American rock band, Ministry was founded out of Chicago, Illinois in 1981 by Al Jourgensen. At first, the direction of the group was focused on synth-heavy, pop-style music before venturing intothe heavy metalthat would laterform a genreof its own, namely industrial metal. From the ve...
which produced such alt-rock hits as “Monkey Wrench,”“My Hero” and “Everlong.” The band continued to deliver hit after hit on its way to becoming one of the most bankable rock bands in the world. Their first six albums sold platinum or better, a remarkable feat considering the chan...
Rock music: a sprawling, glorious mess of a genre that's given us everything from stadium-shaking anthems to bedroom ballads. It's a musical force that's soundtracked our lives, our loves, and our losses.
the ever-controversial Kid Rock transition away from the hip-hop-influenced sound of his previous outings into the territory of nu metal – something that would be short-lived considering his definitive strides toward country rock. However, we can all appreciate this banger of a nu metal album....
“Layla” was one of the high-water marks for 70s rock. Eric Clapton was inspired to write the first part of the song after being given a copy of the Persian classical poet Nizami Ganjavi’s bookThe Story Of Layla And Majnun. As we now know, it is Clapton’s love song to Pattie Bo...