The All-American Rejects!

The all american rejects are an American rock band formed in Oklahoma in 1999. The band was formed by members Nick Wheeler and Tyson Ritter when They both met at a club in 1997 where Nick Wheeler was performing with his band. Tyson offered himself as bass player for there band. The band name came from a combination of two band suggestions, The All-Americans and The rejects which they put together to create The all-american rejects. There style of music ranges from alternative rock to punk pop. They are currently signed with Doghouse, Dreamworks and DGC/Interscope. The band members are Tyson Ritter( lead vocals and bass guitar), Nick Wheeler(Lead guitar and backing vocals), Mike Kennerty( rhythm guitar and backing vocals) and Chris Gaylor(drums and percussion).They currently have 3 albums released and are working on a fourth album that is set to release sometime in 2011. There 3 albums are The All-American rejects(2003), Move along(2005) and When the world comes down(2008). The all-american rejects have been nominated for 17 awards and have won 4 awards in there career, one of which being from MTV video music awards for best group video. Some of there well known songs are Gives you hell, Move along, swing swing, it ends tonight and Dirty little secret. Both move along and dirty little secret have song over two million digital downloads alone. Hope this blog helped you learn something new about this band. Please comment and let me know if there is any bands I should do a blog on. Thank you.

Nickelback!

So im almost sure all of you have heard of or like Nickelback, so I though to give some information on the band. The name came from Mike kroeger when he worked at starbucks he was always giving customers nickel's so he frequently say " here's you nickel back". The band is from Alberta canada and was created by Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake and Brandon Kroeger.Nickelback was formed in 1995. They are currently signed with EMI, Roadrunner, Atlantic and live nation.There music Genres are Heavy metal, Hard rock, Alternative rock ect. Nickelback has sold over 21 million copies of albums in the united states alone. Nickelback has released 6 albums over there music carrer. Here are there albums in order of release, Curb, The states, Sliver side up, The long road, All the right reasons and there most reacent one being Dark horse. My favorite album out of there are there most recent one Dark horse as well as All the right reasons. One of my favorit songs by them are Burn it to the ground and and animals. They have several other songs that are known by rock fans. Some of there well known songs are Rockstar, If today was your last day, Gotta be somebody, this afternoon ect. Here is I'd come for you music video by nickelback. Thank you to all my followers.

rock bands you may like....

So ive been doing a lot of band post and i though why not do something different for a change. So i am a person who really like any rock music and some of these bands and song im going to give you, you may already know so hope there is at least a few that will be new for you. A recent band that I found is called Course of nature and i suggest you check out there song anger cage. Here is the youtube link to the song, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jo-p1CufzaA. So here are 10 song that I think are really good, Little smirk- Theory of a deadman, Rapture-Hurt, If I were in your shoes- you me at six, Wanna be - live on arrival, No giving up- crossfade, Far from over- Rev theory, Goodbye-SR71,All these things I hate- Bullet for my valentine, Angel without wings- saving able, Bittersweet memories- bullet for my valentine. This week i will be listening to rock stations and searching online to give you guys some new rock songs that have been released. I will also search for some rock concerts around the detroit/ windsor area and as well as Toronto. Please let me know some feed back if you listend to or know any of these songs and as well as the bands I have posted on my other blogs I did. Thank you to all my followers and please let me know any bands or songs I should write or know about. Here is a song called wasting my time by default just for entertainment. By the way if you ever get the chance to go see them play live I suggest you do. I had the chance to seee them live at the LaSalle strawberry festival in 2010 and they are extreamly good live.

Guns N' Roses!

Im sure most of you have heard about the band guns n' roses. They have featured songs on video games such as rock band and guitar hero. One of there most common songs being sweet child O mine and Welcome to the jungle, ect. The band was formed in 1985 in Los Angeles California by co- founder Axel Rose ( William Bruce Rose Jr). There Genres are Heavy metal and hard rock. In 1987 there debut album, appetite for destruction has sold over 28 million copies worldwide, allowing it to reach #1 on the US billboards hot 200. That album is also the highest selling debut album of all times in the united states as well as the world. In addition there album earned 3 top 10 hits on the billboard hot 100, one of them songs being Sweet child O' mine. Guns n' roses recieved there name by combining two of the band members names together ( Axel rose and Tracii Guns). Tracii Guns had a lack of attendance at the rehearsals and led to the replacement by Slash. They continued being called guns n' roses even after the departure of band member Tracii Guns. There current band members are Axel Rose (lead vocals and piano), Dizzy Reed(Piano, Keyboards, backing vocals and synthesizer), Tommy Stinson(bass guitar and backing vocals), Chris Pitman(Keyboards, backing vocals and Programming), Richard Fortus(rhythm and lead guitar), Frank Ferrer(drums and percussion), Ron Thal "bumblefoot"(lead and rhythm guitars) and Dj Ashba ( lead and rhythm guitar). They currently have 6 albums released, here are 4 of those albums, Appetite for distruction, Use your Illusion I, Use your Illusion II and there latest album Chinese Democracy. Thank you to all my followers and readers, please comment and let me know if there is any rock bands of any era that you would like me to do and find out about. Enjoy!

Kid Rock!

Im sure many or all of you have heard of the singer Kid Rock? Well if not he is a very good songwriter/ singer and rapper. Most of his songs can relate to life and emotions. Kid rock's real name is Robert James Ritchie and was born in Romeo, Michigan in 1971. Kid rock had a slow start to his carrer due to most of his studio albums went unnoticed until his Devil without a cause album released in 1998 with Atlantic records. After that his carrer has been getting better and better as time goes. He recently earned triple platinum on his album Rock n Roll Jesus (2007). He is currently set to release his album " born free" on November 16th. He has currently sold over 22 million albums in the United States to date.Kid rock had several problems with the law. One of them is from febuary of 2005 when he was arrested for punching DJ Campos in a strip club. He was arrested for assault and pleaded no contest and was sued for 575 000$ by Campos. His soon to be released album "born free" will feature several other artist on vocals and other band members to play instruments for him. Some featured singers will be T.I., Martina McBride and Sheryl Crow. Some band members will be Chad smith ( drums), James Hetfield(guitar) and Bob Segar( piano). Kid rock currently had 10 albums including born free. Some of his albums are Cocky, Live trucker, Early mornin' stoned pimp, Devil without a cause ect. Some well known songs from his albums are, Only god know's why, Cowboy, All summer long and picture. If u havent heard any of these songs i highly suggest u check one of them out. Kid rock has tour'd with several well known artist. Here are some known artist he had the opportunity to tour with, Metallica, Creed, Aerosmith, Lynyrd Skynyrd and many many more. Thank you for following and reading my blogs, hope you are getting some facts about these artist and styles of rock.

My Chemical Romance!

Im sure many of you have heard of the band my chemical romance, and if u have not well hear is you time to find out about them.  My chemical romance was formed in 2001 in New Jersey.  The band members are Gerard Way( vocals), Ray Toro( lead guitar, backing vocals), Frank Lero(rhythm guitar, backing vocals), Mikey Way( Bass guitar) and Michael Pedicone( drums). There are 2 former band members who are Bob Bryar( drums- 2004 to 2010) and Matt Pelissier( drums- 2001 to 2004). They are currently signed with eyeball, Reprise and Warner Bros records. There band was formed aprox 1 week after sept 11th 2001. When they saw the planes crash into the world trade center it influenced Gerard's life to where he decided to creater a band. The bands name was though of by Mikey Way who was working in a libary and saw a book title that struck him called " Ecstacy: three tales of Chemical Romance". There style of music is Punk revival,  post- hardcore, emo, ect. There influences are Queen, Black flag, Nirvana ect. Some bands that they have had tours with or played with are, Green day, Bon Jovi, Linken park, The Used ect. They have created 4 cd's there most known one being The Black Parade from 2006. Here are some of there songs from that album, The End, welcome to the black parade, Cancer, Teenagers and Famous last words. There limited edition box set for the black parade album was nominated for a grammy in best boxed or special limited edition package. Thank you and hope you learned a bit about My Chemical Romance.