Although it's tempting to lump the Austin, Texas trio Fastball (Miles Zuniga on guitar and vocals, Tony Scalzo on bass and vocals, and Joe Shuffield on drums) in with all the bands that sound similar to the Wallflowers, they're an exception. The trio originally called themselves Magneto U.S.A. and became popular in the Texas region. After... [+] Read More

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While he was drumming with Nirvana, Dave Grohl was recording original songs at home that never received public release. Those tapes would become the foundation of Foo Fighters, the band he formed in 1995, after the death of Kurt Cobain. Like Nirvana, Foo Fighters melded loud, heavy guitars with pretty melodies and mixed punk sensibilities with a... [+] Read More

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Composer, songwriter, and singer originally from Rochester, New York and now located in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

Styles include Modern Classical, Rock, and Pop.

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Upon the release of their debut album, Yourself or Someone Like You, in the fall of 1996, Matchbox Twenty were pigeonholed as one of the legions of post-grunge guitar bands that roamed the American pop scene in the middle of the '90s. As their first single, "Push," climbed the charts, it was widely assumed (at least by cyncial critics) that they... [+] Read More

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Upon the release of their debut album, Yourself or Someone Like You, in the fall of 1996, Matchbox Twenty were pigeonholed as one of the legions of post-grunge guitar bands that roamed the American pop scene in the middle of the '90s. As their first single, "Push," climbed the charts, it was widely assumed (at least by cyncial critics) that they... [+] Read More

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After the breakup of Trip Shakespeare, Minneapolis natives Dan Wilson and John Munson joined up with drummer Jacob Slichter to form Semisonic in 1995. An initial EP, Pleasure, was released that year and the studio full-length Great Divide in 1996 on MCA. It was their sophomore effort, Feeling Strangely Fine, that was Semisonic's major... [+] Read More

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Today, so many musicians walk around with dreams of stars and stardust, but what they want is not what we want from this music. The glitz and the glamour of music seem to be the focus of every ones attention these days. When we first realized this was happening we were nothing more than 2 people who cared about where the music of our generation... [+] Read More

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With the hiatus of pop-punk superstars blink-182 in full effect by the fall of 2005, singer/guitarist Tom DeLonge revealed the formation of his new band -- one he'd already been working with for six months -- Angels and Airwaves. With the notoriety of his previous group, much hype ensued after the announcement: In interviews with outlets like... [+] Read More

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The South African vocalist/guitarist Dave Matthews formed the Dave Matthews Band in Virginia in the early '90s. Featuring Matthews, Stefan Lessard, Leroi Moore, Boyd Tinsley, and Carter Beauford, the group's music presents a more pop-oriented version of the Grateful Dead crossed with the worldbeat explorations of Paul Simon and Sting. The band... [+] Read More

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Alternative rock outfit Life of Riley came into being around two brothers, Cassidy and Brice Campbell. Based out of Houston, TX, the duo had toured for several years throughout the country playing together at clubs and large Christian youth events before heading down to Memphis in 2003 to independently record an album. Working with Skidd Mills... [+] Read More

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Eight Seconds Later is a Boston area pop/rock band who's style can be described as somewhere between Elvis Costello and Third Eye Blind. The band came together in 2006 as a spin off from singer/songwriter/guitarist Dan Feeley's prior band "Small Town Heroes". Feeley and partner/drummer/percussionist Tom Ryan hooked up with bassist Tim Galvin,... [+] Read More

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The Greensboro, North Carolina-based alternative rock quartet Athenaeum comprised singer/guitarist Mark Kano, guitarist Gary Brewster, bassist Alex McKinney and drummer Nic Brown. Debuting in 1995 with a self-released eponymous LP, Athenaeum signed to Atlantic to release 1998's Radiance. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide

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By the late '90s, a whole new generation had missed out on experiencing the likes of Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, and Nirvana first-hand (with some perhaps not even knowing of their existence at all), so a new crop of similarly styled bands picked up the slack, including Days of the New. Originally hailing from Charlestown, IN, before... [+] Read More

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Melodic, moving and memorable: Jadewood unites a shimmering modern sound to the expressive clarity of their songs. With their new CD, In These Walls, the band expands on a homegrown sound to encompass a larger musical and conceptual panorama. Still, what hasn't changed is the organic nature of the music and the camaraderie between the three... [+] Read More

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Modern rockers Lit formed in Orange County, CA in 1990 around frontman A. Jay Popoff, his guitarist brother Jeremy, bassist Kevin Baldes and drummer Allen Shellenberger. After years of sellout gigs at local venues like the noted Club 369 in Fullerton, in the spring of 1997 Lit issued their debut album Tripping the Light Fantastic; the record... [+] Read More

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Although the members of Marcy Playground met in New York City during the mid-'90s, both singer/songwriter and guitarist John Wozniak and bassist Dylan Keefe originally hail from Minneapolis, while drummer Dan Rieser is a former resident of Ohio. The group took their name from an experimental elementary school that Wozniak attended in the late... [+] Read More

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We have so many different influences because we listen to so many different types of music. We listen to Fiona Apple, Garbage, Third Eye Blind, The Grateful Dead, Mariah Carey, The Foo Fighters, Nirvana, Aretha Franklin, Deedee Bridgewater, etc. Listening to different types of music makes us better and more interesting artists and influences our... [+] Read More

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Formed in 1993, Sister Hazel is an acoustic jangle-pop band based in Gainesville, Florida, featuring vocalist/guitarist Ken Block, guitarist/vocalist Andrew Copeland, lead guitarist Ryan Newell, bassist Jeff Beres, and drummer Mark Trojanowski. The group released an eponymous debut in 1994 before moving to the majors for their second album,... [+] Read More

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Add Therapy Session on myspace if you like the music and have an account. Most updates about shows and such will come through there. Therapy Session

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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

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