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The Start (band)
theStart (stylized as theSTART) is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California. History Aimee Echo and Jamie Miller formed the band in 1998, originally named Hero. They changed it to theStart on October 31, 1999, because "Hero" was already being used by many other bands. Their starting lineup included Echo on vocals, Miller on bass and synths, Scott Ellis (who played with Echo in Human Waste Project) on drums and Mike Smith on guitars. When Smith left the band in October 2000 to pursue other musical interests, Jamie switched over from bass to guitars, and Jeff Jaeger was hired as the band's new bassist. Their debut album, '' Shakedown!'', was released in July 2001 through The Label Records, a record label imprint of The Firm, Inc., with distribution from Geffen Records. Following a period of touring, they discovered that their record label was closing. The band decided to fund their next EP themselves, releasing ''The 1234'' in April 2002 and selling it at their shows. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Los Angeles
Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, cultural center of Southern California. With an estimated 3,878,704 residents within the city limits , it is the List of United States cities by population, second-most populous in the United States, behind only New York City. Los Angeles has an Ethnic groups in Los Angeles, ethnically and culturally diverse population, and is the principal city of a Metropolitan statistical areas, metropolitan area of 12.9 million people (2024). Greater Los Angeles, a combined statistical area that includes the Los Angeles and Riverside–San Bernardino metropolitan areas, is a sprawling metropolis of over 18.5 million residents. The majority of the city proper lies in Los Angeles Basin, a basin in Southern California adjacent to the Pacific Ocean in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Smith (guitarist)
Mike Smith (born October 11, 1973) is an American musician, best known as the former guitarist of Snot, TheStart, and Limp Bizkit. Currently, he is the singer and guitarist for the band Shedding Light (previously known as Evolver). Smith also appeared in Staind's music video "Outside". Career Rumbledog Mike Smith played guitar for the hard rock band Rumbledog from 1993 to 1996. Rumbledog had arisen from a previous musical endeavour based in San Francisco, Dirty Looks. Lead singer Henrik Ostergaard brought in Mike Smith as guitarist. The band released two records: Rumbledog (1993) and The Drowning Pool (1995). Burning Orange While writing material for a follow-up to The Drowning Pool, Rumbledog noticed that their sound was significantly changing to a more hardcore and grunge style. This led to friction with the band’s singer and the members ultimately decided to reform under a new name with a new singer. Smith elected to help form this new band, named Burning Orange, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerrang!
''Kerrang!'' is a British music webzine and quarterly magazine that primarily covers rock, punk and heavy metal music. Since 2017, the magazine has been published by Wasted Talent Ltd (the same company that owns electronic music publication '' Mixmag''). The magazine was named onomatopoeically after the sound of a "guitar being struck with force". ''Kerrang!'' was first published on 6 June 1981 as a one-off "Heavy Metal Special" from the now-defunct '' Sounds'' newspaper. Due to the popularity of the issue, the magazine became a monthly publication, before transitioning into a weekly in 1987. Initially devoted to the new wave of British heavy metal and the rise of hard rock acts, ''Kerrang!'' musical emphasis has changed several times, focusing on grunge, nu metal, post-hardcore, emo and other alternative rock and metal genres over the course of its forty-year publication history. In 2001, it became the best-selling British music weekly, overtaking '' NME''. After p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CMJ New Music Report
CMJ Holdings Corp. is a music events, online media company and a distributor of up and coming music CDs, originally founded in 1978, which ran a website, hosted an annual festival in New York City, and published two magazines, ''CMJ New Music Monthly'' and ''CMJ New Music Report''. The company folded around 2017, but it was bought by Amazing Radio in 2019, who announced plans to bring back the CMJ Music Marathon in New York along with other new live and live-streamed offerings. The letters CMJ originally stood for ''College Media Journal'' but was also often considered short for ''College Music Journal''. History and operations The company was started by Robert Haber in 1978 as the ''College Media Journal'', a bi-weekly trade magazine aimed at college radio programmers in Great Neck, New York. The first issue was published on March 1, 1979, and featured Elvis Costello on the cover. Staff would often describe these early issues as "a bunch of photocopies stapled together." A y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Zummo
Franklin Charles Zummo (born July 2, 1978) is an American musician, best known as the drummer for rock bands Sum 41 and Street Drum Corps. Career Zummo is one of the founding members of Street Drum Corps. He has performed as the drummer for several other bands, both as a full-time member and session member, including Thenewno2, theStart, Dead By Sunrise, Virgin Steele, and Krewella. In August 2009, Zummo filled in for Tommy Lee for a string of Mötley Crüe shows. In January 2011, he became the new drummer for the band Julien-K. Zummo joined Sum 41 in 2015, following the departure of original drummer and founding member Steve Jocz in 2013. Zummo has recorded three studio albums with Sum 41, 2016's ''13 Voices'', 2019's '' Order in Decline'', and 2024's '' Heaven :x: Hell''. Zummo went by the name El Dildo (who replaced Deryck Whibley's alter-ego Gunner; who switched to guitar) in Sum 41's alter-ego heavy metal band Pain For Pleasure, where the members of Sum 41 would parody ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jamie Miller (drummer)
Jamie Miller is an American musician, currently the drummer for rock bands Bad Religion, Vanishing Life and Snot. He is also the lead guitarist and the backing vocalist for theStart, and was formerly the drummer for Souls at Zero and the drummer and guitarist for ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead. Career Souls at Zero (1994–1996) Miller joined the band Souls at Zero, replacing drummer Shannon Larkin after he left to join Ugly Kid Joe in 1994. He played on Souls at Zero's final album ''A Taste for the Perverse''. Snot (1996–present) Miller joined Snot in 1996. Snot signed with Geffen Records, and began work on their debut album, '' Get Some'', released on May 27, 1997. Although the album received positive critical notice, sales were disappointing. The band performed on the 1998 Ozzfest tour. In December 1998, band member Lynn Strait died in a car accident when a truck struck his car. In 2008, the band reformed, with former Divine Heresy singer Tommy Ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brooks Wackerman
Brooks Wackerman (born February 15, 1977) is an American musician. He is the current drummer of heavy metal band Avenged Sevenfold, which he joined in 2015. His first album with Avenged Sevenfold was ''The Stage'' (2016). He was previously the drummer for the punk rock band Bad Religion (2001 to 2015). Wackerman has also performed, either as a member or a session or touring member, with Blink-182, Bad4Good, Infectious Grooves, Glenn Tipton, Mass Mental, Suicidal Tendencies, The Vandals, Avril Lavigne, Korn, Kidneys (in which he sang and played guitar, releasing two albums), Fear and the Nervous System, Tenacious D, Farmikos, Tom Delonge, and Big Talk. His brothers Chad Wackerman and John Wackerman are also drummers. Early life Wackerman's father Chuck, also a drummer, started teaching him how to play drums as early as five years old and was also his jazz band teacher at Los Alamitos High School, winning Most Outstanding Musician at the Reno Jazz Festival in 1993 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sum 41
Sum 41 was a Canadian rock band formed in Ajax, Ontario, in 1996. The band's final lineup consisted of Deryck Whibley (lead vocals, guitars, keyboards), Dave Baksh (lead guitar, backing vocals), Jason McCaslin (bass, backing vocals), Tom Thacker (guitars, keyboards, backing vocals), and Frank Zummo (drums, occasional backing vocals). In 1999, Sum 41 signed an international record deal with Island Records and released its first EP, '' Half Hour of Power'', in 2000. The band released its debut album, '' All Killer No Filler'', in 2001. The album achieved mainstream success with its first single, " Fat Lip", which reached number one on the ''Billboard'' Modern Rock Tracks chart and remains the band's most successful single to date. The album's next singles " In Too Deep" and "Motivation" also achieved commercial success. ''All Killer No Filler'' was certified platinum in both the United States and the United Kingdom and triple platinum in Canada. In 2002, the band released ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternative Press (magazine)
''Alternative Press'' is an American entertainment magazine primarily focused on music and culture. It generally provides readers with band interviews, photos, and relevant news. It was founded in 1985 by Mike Shea in Cleveland, OH. The company is now managed by MDDN, and based in Los Angeles, CA. History The first issue of ''Alternative Press'' was distributed at concerts in Cleveland, Ohio beginning in June 1985 by ''APs founder, Mike Shea to advocate for bands playing underground music. The name of the magazine, ''Alternative Press'', was not a reference to the alternative rock genre, but referred to this fanzine being an alternative to the local press. Shea began working on his first issue in his mother's house in Aurora, Ohio. Shea and a friend, Jimmy Kosicki, targeted the Cleveland neighborhood of Coventry. Financial problems plagued ''AP'' in its early years, and by the end of 1986, publication had paused due to its financial problems, only resuming until the spring of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
No Doubt
No Doubt is an American rock band formed in Anaheim, California in 1986. For most of its career, the band has consisted of vocalist and founding member Gwen Stefani, guitarist Tom Dumont, bassist Tony Kanal and drummer Adrian Young. Keyboardist Eric Stefani, Gwen's brother, was also a member when the band started to release albums in 1992. Since the mid-1990s, trombonist Gabrial McNair and trumpeter Stephen Bradley have performed with the band as session and touring musicians. Though its 1992 eponymous debut album failed to make an impact, its ska punk-inspired follow-up '' The Beacon Street Collection'' sold over 100,000 copies in 1995, more than triple the sales of its predecessor. The band's third album '' Tragic Kingdom'' was released later the same year and benefited from the 1990s resurgence of third-wave ska, going on to achieve diamond certification. " Don't Speak", the third single from the album, set a record when it spent 16 weeks at the number one spot on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Young
Adrian Samuel Young (born August 26, 1969) is an American musician, best known as the drummer of the rock bands No Doubt and Dreamcar. He also serves as a producer in his free time. Biography When not performing, in the studio or touring, Young likes to spend his time out on the golf course, as he is an avid golf player. He is a scratch golfer who is a much desired participant in celebrity golf tournaments such as the Michael Jordan Invitational, Alice Cooper Foundation Tournament and others. Young has participated in VH1's ''Fairway to Heaven'' numerous times. Reunion with No Doubt No Doubt announced on their official website that they would tour in the summer of 2009 with Paramore, the Sounds, Janelle Monáe, Bedouin Soundclash, Katy Perry, and Panic! at the Disco. while finishing their upcoming album, which was set for release in 2010. Tickets for the tour went on sale March 7, 2009. As a special promotion for the tour, the band was giving away their entire music catalog ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scarling
Scarling. was an American noise pop band formed in Los Angeles in 2001. The band consisted of lead vocalist Jessicka Addams and guitarist Christian Hejnal. Name The band's name comes from a fictional word created by singer/fine artist Jessicka in 1999. In 2001 the definition appeared on Scarling's website: "Middle English, from Old English scaerlinc, from scar+ -ling, -linc -ling; akin to Old High German von scar, Latin scarnos 1. the smallest mark on your heart left by the healing of a severe injury. 2. he or she who is scarred densely almost emotionless. 3. a mentally challenged/physically handicapped sibling of a normal star. 4. a band from Los Angeles. The "S" in Scarling. is sometimes lower case and the word itself ends in a full stop or period." History Formation & ''Sweet Heart Dealer'' (2002-2004) Scarling. was formed by singer Jessicka Fodera (known simply as Jessicka) after the dissolution of her band, Jack Off Jill, and guitarist Christian Hejnal. They were introdu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
