Aerosmith was one of the most popular hard rock bands of the '70s, setting the style and sound of hard rock and heavy metal for the next two decades with their raunchy, bluesy swagger. The Boston-based quintet found the middle ground between the menace of the Rolling Stones and the campy, sleazy flamboyance of the New York Dolls, developing a... [+] Read More

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Marvin Lee Aday was a singer and occasional actor who, for reasons never definitively answered, recorded under the name Meat Loaf. In all likelihood a childhood nickname, the tag stuck, and many puns followed as the performer -- who tipped the scales at well over 300 pounds -- became one of the biggest chart acts of the 1970s before enjoying a... [+] Read More

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Featuring ex-Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Brad Gillis and former Montrose keyboardist Alan Fitzgerald, Night Ranger was one of the most popular mainstream hard rock bands of the mid-'80s. The group formed in the early '80s in San Francisco; in addition to Gillis and Fitzgerald, the members included Jack Blades (vocals, bass), Jeff Watson (guitar),... [+] Read More

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In 1968, a naïve young singer from the Black Country hills in England named Robert Plant was discovered wailing the blues by veteran session guitarist Jimmy Page and bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones. When Plant recommended his friend John Bonham as the drummer, one of the most successful bands in rock history was born as Led Zeppelin. But the... [+] Read More

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Many point to Billy Squier as early-'80s rock personified -- an era when he and many of his peers tempered hard rock with pop melodicism -- and by adding just the right amount of posing and posturing for the newly constructed MTV set, he scored a string of arena rock anthems and power ballads. But Squier did not enjoy overnight success as it... [+] Read More

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We are Hazel Strange, a female fronted, original rock band located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. We play all original, emotionally charged, edgy rock and roll with raw, honest lyrics of personal turmoil, inner struggles, relationships, and failure. Due to our love of A Minor, the saddest of all chords, we don't really like to write happy songs. Our... [+] Read More

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Billboard Top 100 Recording Artist, Leah Marr, Began her singing career at the tender age of three in Dallas, Texas. By age nine, entertaining close family and friends in the living room soon turned into recording radio commercials, appearances for local icons: Mary Kay Ash, Tom Landry's Dallas Cowboys, Arkansas Razorbacks, and WFAA's Mr.... [+] Read More

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One of the first American-bred hard rock groups to challenge British supremacy in the early '70s, Montrose is still remembered as, if not the most successful, certainly one of the most influential bands of the era. In fact, many of the personalities responsible for the group's legendary, self-titled debut (producer Ted Templeman, engineer Don... [+] Read More

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The cool winds of October 1993 had an aura of fate like electric charged winds of change. The mood seemed dark, mysterious, yet hopeful, much like the music that would spawn from this fateful encounter. Erin Rain played the local coffee shops and small clubs, feeling an edge was missing from her music, when she agreed to play a benefit show a... [+] Read More

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Canadian guitarist Aldo Nova (born Aldo Caporuscio in Montreal) was a relatively late bloomer musically, not learning how to play the instrument until he was 15. However, inspired by the playing of Jimi Hendrix and with a keen interest in jazz, Nova worked obsessively to master the instrument (along with keyboards) and became a hometown hero in... [+] Read More

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Def Leppard, in many ways, was the definitive hard rock band of the '80s. There were many bands that rocked harder, and were more dangerous, than the Sheffield quintet, but few others captured the spirit of the times quite as well. Emerging in the late '70s as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, the group actually owed more to the glam... [+] Read More

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Solo project, I play all instruments, including base, electric guitar, 12-string guitar, etc. I do all recording, production, editing. Started on MP3.com many years ago now, in Colorado springs. Music contains both experimental rock and ambient noise.

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Few bands embodied the pure excess of the '70s like Queen. Embracing the exaggerated pomp of prog rock and heavy metal, as well as vaudevillian music hall, the British quartet delved deeply into camp and bombast, creating a huge, mock-operatic sound with layered guitars and overdubbed vocals. Queen's music was a bizarre yet highly accessible... [+] Read More

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Over the course of their decades-spanning career, the Canadian power trio Rush emerged as one of hard rock's most highly regarded bands; although typically brushed aside by critics and although rare recipients of mainstream pop radio airplay, the group nonetheless won an impressive and devoted fan following while their virtuoso performance... [+] Read More

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You know that dream where Joni Mitchell and Nick Drake fall in love and write duets? Hmm, or did you just wake up listening to Sense of Wonder?

"Rick & Audrey share with audiences a pure and spontaneous zest for life and love. The joy and optimism they exude is contagious."
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