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Artist: SansAtlantic
Band Members are Alex Koht: vocals & keyboards, Jacob Cole: Guiter, Matt Linas: drums, and Eddie Sanchez: bass. We write all of our own music. Our influences are Mars Volta, Incubus, Led Zeppelin, At the Drive in, Jimi Hendrix, Muse, Queens of the Stone Age, Sparta, Explosions in the Sky, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, The Beatles, Deftones, The Who,... [+] Read More
Artist: The Atlantic Brass Quintet
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Artist: The Click Five
The title of The Click Fives sophomore album, MODERN MINDS AND PASTIMES, perfectly sums up the quintets raison detre. The title is a nod to Ray Charless classic 1962 album, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, and, as bassist Ethan Mentzer explains: Our record is an eclectic mix of styles dating back to the 60s and... [+] Read More
Artist: T.I.
Once dubbed "the Jay-Z of the South" by Pharrell Williams, T.I. gradually came into his own and established himself as one of rap's greatest and most successful MCs during the early 2000s. Like Jay-Z, T.I. -- born Clifford Harris in Atlanta, GA -- has always carried a balance of smoothness and toughness, and though 2001's I'm Serious (released... [+] Read More
Artist: Plies
“I’m not tryin’ to impress anyone on how hard my struggle was, or how messed up the conditions were where I came from,” says Plies. “I feel like most of the people in my situation come from the same type of background, the same type of environment.” Hailed as “one of the realest n****s you will ever... [+] Read More
Artist: Led Zeppelin
Led Zeppelin was the definitive heavy metal band. It wasn't just their crushingly loud interpretation of the blues -- it was how they incorporated mythology, mysticism, and a variety of other genres (most notably world music and British folk) -- into their sound. Led Zeppelin had mystique. They rarely gave interviews, since the music press... [+] Read More
Artist: Pretty Ricky
Outrageously raunchy Miami-based quartet Pretty Ricky -- Spectacular, Diamond, Slick, and Pleasure -- make a bouncing hybrid of rap and R&B coated in at least 30 layers of sleaze. They debuted in 2005 with Bluestars, released by Atlantic. Lead single "Grind on Me" was a significant hit with urban radio stations. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Depeche Mode
Originally a product of Britain's new romantic movement, Depeche Mode went on to become the quintessential electro-pop band of the 1980s; one of the first acts to establish a musical identity based completely around the use of synthesizers, Depeche Mode began their existence as a bouncy dance-pop outfit but gradually developed a darker, more... [+] Read More
Artist: Kid Rock
One of the unlikeliest success stories in rock at the turn of the millennium, Detroit rap-rocker Kid Rock shot to superstardom with his fourth full-length album, 1998's Devil Without a Cause. What made it so shocking was that Rock had recorded his first demo a full decade before, been booted off major label Jive following his Beastie Boys-ish... [+] Read More
Artist: Brandon Jones
Brandon is quickly becoming an Atlantic Canadian icon. He's proven a strong competitor in many a vocal competition in Canada. [+] Read More
Artist: Enigma
With their 1991 hit "Sadeness," Enigma brought the new age fascination with Gregorian chants and old-world culture to the clubs; the resulting single was both unique and irresistible. The rest of the album followed that pattern successfully, although without quite matching the stunning success of the hit single. On their second album, 1994's... [+] Read More
Artist: Fat Joe
Latino rapper Fat Joe (aka Fat Joe da Gangsta, Joey Crack, and his real name Joe Cartagena) was raised in the South Bronx area of New York. It was through an older brother that Cartagena learned the ways of the street, as well as discovering rap music via the sounds of such groundbreaking artists as Theodore, Funky 4 + 1, and the Furious Five.... [+] Read More
Artist: Dream Theater
The technically proficient guitar playing of John Petrucci elevated Dream Theater to the upper echelons of contemporary heavy metal. While its lineup has continuously evolved, the Long Island-based quintet has consistently delivered sharp-edged music. Dream Theater is known for its high-energy concert performances. While they've released several... [+] Read More
Artist: The Rolling Stones
By the time the Rolling Stones began calling themselves the World's Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the late '60s, they had already staked out an impressive claim on the title. As the self-consciously dangerous alternative to the bouncy Merseybeat of the Beatles in the British Invasion, the Stones had pioneered the gritty, hard-driving blues-based... [+] Read More
Artist: Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath has been so influential in the development of heavy metal rock music as to be a defining force in the style. The group took the blues-rock sound of late '60s acts like Cream, Blue Cheer, and Vanilla Fudge to its logical conclusion, slowing the tempo, accentuating the bass, and emphasizing screaming guitar solos and howled vocals... [+] Read More
Artist: Dave Phillips
This artist contributed electronic drum and bass patterns to Atlantic Starr during that soul group's second decade in existence. ~ Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Dick Bauerle
A guitarist and bandleader whose group has recorded light jazz and originals for MCA and Atlantic in the mid and late '80s. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Billy Talent
Punk revivalist quartet Billy Talent used to be known as Pezz back in their Streetsville, Ontario, high-school days. But by 1999, the quartet -- vocalist Ben Kowalewicz, guitarist Ian D'Sa, bassist Jon Gallant, and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk -- had adopted a new moniker and were making their way in Toronto with the self-released Watoosh! LP under... [+] Read More
Artist: Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin is one of the giants of soul music, and indeed of American pop as a whole. More than any other performer, she epitomized soul at its most gospel-charged. Her astonishing run of late-'60s hits with Atlantic Records -- "Respect," "I Never Loved a Man," "Chain of Fools," "Baby I Love You," "I Say a Little Prayer," "Think," "The... [+] Read More
Artist: The Bee Gees
No popular music act of the '60s, '70s, '80s, or '90s has experienced more ups and downs in its popularity, or attracted a more varied audience across the decades than the Bee Gees. Beginning in the mid- to late '60s as a Beatlesque ensemble, they quickly developed as songwriters in their own right and style, perfecting in the process a... [+] Read More
Artist: Ray Martinez
The percussionist on a 1990 Atlantic release by the band Psychefunkapus, this Ray Martinez is not related to the R&B session drummer of the same name who was active in the '50s. ~ Eugene Chadbourne, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Jazzy Jay
A former member of Afrika Bambaataa's Soulsonic Force, Jazzy Jay was later in the film Beat Street and had a single, "Son of Beat Street," on Atlantic Records. ~ Ron Wynn, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Joe Morris
Alabama's Joe Morris began his career as a jazz trumpet player, working with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie and Earl Bostic, but his legacy rests with his 1950s work as leader of the more R&B-oriented Joe Morris Orchestra. Fresh from a gig working with Lionel Hampton as a writer, arranger, and trumpeter, Morris signed with the then fledgling... [+] Read More
Artist: Smile
The California punk-pop band Smile released their self-titled debut for Curb/MCA, but signed to Atlantic in 1995 for a second album, Maquee. ~ John Bush, All Music Guide [+] Read More
