Genre: Rock/Pop
~UPDATE~
"We have a new single available here! "The Part" is an example of some new material were working on and a new sound. So check it out, there will be more to come as soon as we record them!"
~On with the Bio!~
Modern sound, solid lyrics, and an energetic presence are some ways to describe Spendor Field. Formed in Oct. 2006...
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Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Along with such similarly styled outfits as the Goo Goo Dolls, the New Orleans trio Better Than Ezra helped open the floodgates for countless chart-topping mainstream alt-pop acts of the late '90s (Sugar Ray, Semisonic, Matchbox Twenty, Third Eye Blind, etc.) by merging rock with melody and creating a more easily digestible form of alternative... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
With their angst-filled hybrid of Van Morrison, the Band, and R.E.M., Counting Crows became an overnight sensation in 1994. Only a year earlier, the band was a group of unknown musicians, filling in for the absent Van Morrison at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony; they were introduced by an enthusiastic Robbie Robertson. Early in 1993, the... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
With their clever, smug lyrics and cloying folk-tinged melodies, the Crash Test Dummies were a perfect rock band for affluent '90s college students and yuppies. Their first album was a huge hit in their native Canada, but only gained a small cult following in other parts of the world. Thanks to former Talking Head Jerry Harrison's clean,... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Though Everclear's Northwestern grunge-punk style was hardly revolutionary when the band became popular in 1995, the band's superb songs and Art Alexakis' us-against-them lyrics were taken to heart by bored Gen-X teens. The band's sound reflected the rock, post-punk and singer/songwriter influences of Alexakis like X, the Replacements, the... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Jars of Clay were the breakout band of the so-called alternative CCM movement of the '90s, scoring an enormous mainstream hit with their debut single, "Flood." The group's lyrics may have been exclusively Christian, but their mostly acoustic music fit perfectly into the folky jangle pop wing of alternative rock radio, at the time a rarity on the... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Jars of Clay were the breakout band of the so-called alternative CCM movement of the '90s, scoring an enormous mainstream hit with their debut single, "Flood." The group's lyrics may have been exclusively Christian, but their mostly acoustic music fit perfectly into the folky jangle pop wing of alternative rock radio, at the time a rarity on the... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Live rose to chart success on the strength of its anthemic music and idealistic, overtly spiritual songwriting, two hallmarks which earned the group frequent comparisons to U2. Live first formed in the early '80s in their hometown of York, Pennsylvania, when future members Chad Taylor (guitar), Patrick Dahlheimer (bass) and Chad Gracey (drums)... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 00s
Hailing from Norfolk, VA, Mae (an acronym for Multisensory Aesthetic Experience) is comprised of Matt Beck (guitar), Jacob Marshall (drums), Mark Padgett (bass), Rob Sweitzer (keyboards), and Dave Elkins (vocals/guitar). Initially, the band started out as a project between Elkins and Marshall; however, recording was to be done at Padgett's home... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s
A forgotten '90s rock band from Tempe, AZ, the Refreshments originally formed in early 1994 and were comprised of members Roger Meade Clyne (vocals, guitar), Brian David Blush (lead guitar), P.H. Naffah (drums), and a chap who simply went by the singular name of Buddy (on bass) but whose real name was Arthur Edwards. Early on, their shows proved... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
Early in their career, Buffalo natives the Goo Goo Dolls were frequently dismissed by critics as mere imitators of the Replacements; however, the band refined and mainstreamed their sound enough to become of the most popular adult alternative rock bands of the latter half of the '90s, selling millions of records to audiences largely unfamiliar... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
Early in their career, Buffalo natives the Goo Goo Dolls were frequently dismissed by critics as mere imitators of the Replacements; however, the band refined and mainstreamed their sound enough to become of the most popular adult alternative rock bands of the latter half of the '90s, selling millions of records to audiences largely unfamiliar... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
The Verve Pipe were formed in Lansing, Michigan in 1992 by Brian Vander Ark (vocals, guitar), Donny Brown (drums, backing vocals), Brad Vander Ark (bass, backing vocals), and Brian Stout (guitar, backing vocals). The Vander Arks had played previously in Johnny with an Eye, and Brown and Stout had played in Water 4 the Pool -- both bands had been... [+] Read More
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Vocalist/guitarist Emerson Hart formed the alternative/roots band Tonic in 1993 with guitarist Jeff Russo (a childhood friend), bassist Dan Rothchild, and drummer Kevin Shepard. After gigging around Los Angeles, the foursome signed with A&M Records. For the recording of their debut album, producer Jack Joseph Puig (Jellyfish, the Black Crowes)... [+] Read More