Garbage
Garbage’s success story has been a remarkable one. Starting out as the brainchild of renowned producer Butch Vig, Garbage at first was only a small experiment, the search for a “moody, industrial, alternative sound” he had formed in his head during his various producing and remixing work. He originally embarked on the project with his [...]
Evanescence
Evanescence is:
Amy Lee
John Lecompt
Rocky Gray
Terry Balsamo
(and formerly)
Ben Moody, William Boyd and David Hodges.
Folks new to Evanescence fandom may be surprised to learn that Ben Moody and Amy Lee, the founding members of Evanescence, met at church camp. I interviewed Ben in 1998 and here’s how he characterized the meeting:
Several years ago Amy and myself were [...]
Elvis Presley
The King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Aron Presley was born on 8 January 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi to Vernon Presley (who shared Irish roots) and Gladys Presley. His twin brother Jesse, died at the time of birth and so, his parents brought up Elvis with an intensive care. As he was born in an [...]
Destiny’s Child
Destiny’s Child rose to become one of the most popular female R&B groups of the late ’90s, eventually rivaling even TLC in terms of blockbuster commercial success. Their accomplishments came in spite of several abrupt personnel changes, which were accompanied by heated, well-publicized feuds in the media and the courts. In fact, for a time, [...]
Depeche Mode
FORMED: 1980, Basildon, England
Composition of Sound was formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex, by guitarist/vocalists Andy Fletcher and Martin Gore and keyboardist Vince Clarke. After recruiting David Gahan, the group abandoned their guitars for synthesizers, changed the band’s name, and became an all-electronic band entitled Depeche Mode. For this unusual approach, Depeche Mode earned a [...]
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