http://www.vagmusic.com/articles/Modern-Rock_Summary.html Although the term “modern rock” has been used to distinguish this type of music from classic rock, it specifically refers to any kind of rock music that, besides being easily found in commercial stations, is a variation of alternative rock. As many other music genres, it has been subjected to criticism by followers of indie and alternative rock who consider it a not good enough imitation. In spite of criticism, Hawthorne Heights, Audioslave, 3 Doors Down, Disturbed, Fall Out Boy are some of the artists who represent this genre. en-us http://www.vagmusic.com/articles/Genres_7185.html Tue, 04 Apr 2006 05:07:05 CST Death Cab for Cutie is an indie rock band from Bellingham, WA which was formed in 1997. The band was not always a band; at the beginning Ben Gibbard started a solo project when he released a cassette entitled “You Can Play These Songs with Chords”. The launch of this cassette was a success for Gibbard who immediately decided to expand his project and create his own rock band. In this way Death Cab for Cutie began. The group is formed by Ben Gibbard as vocalist, Christopher Walla the guitarist, Nicholas Harmer is the bassist and Nathan Good is the drummer.
The next year (1998) Death Cab released their first album together which is entitled “Something About Airplanes”. The disc was also a success and two years later the guys launched their second record named “We Have The Facts and We Are Voting Yes”. During the recording of this album Nathan left the band and Gibbard had to play the drums. http://www.vagmusic.com/articles/Genres_7179.html Tue, 04 Apr 2006 04:55:16 CST “I did not do this for money; I do it to fill the hole inside of myself”, these are the words of Josh Todd lead singer of the band Buckcherry. This is a rock and roll group from Los Angeles, CA. The group was formed in 1995. During the next seven years they launched two discs and the band got dissolved. By the year 2005 the band reformed again and released a new record. Buckcherry was formed when Josh met Keith Nelson a young guitarist; they both liked the AC/DC music and they decided to form their own band.
The new duo composed several demos and then decided to search for a bassist and a drummer. This way they meet Jonathan Brightman (bassist) and Devon Glenn (drummer). Some time later they called a second guitarist named Yogi. After this the Buckcherry band was already formed and they signed a contract with the recording company Dream Works Records. http://www.vagmusic.com/articles/Genres_7170.html Tue, 04 Apr 2006 08:16:40 CST Blue October is a rock group from Houston, Texas. It was formed in the late 90’s by the leader Justin Furstenfeld. In its songs the band talks about modern and problematic themes such as: suicide, drugs, depression, forgiveness, cathartic transcendence, love and others. They have five albums (three of them were made with the recording company Universal Records). The members of Blue October are: Justin Furstenfeld who is the vocalist and also plays the guitar, CB Hudson in vocals and guitars, Ryan Delahoussaye who plays the violin, mandolin, piano and also sings, Matt Noveskey in the bass and vocals and finally Jeremy Furstenfeld in the drums and vocals (brother of Justin).
As you can see all the integrants of Blue October sing. The first album that the group launched was named “The Answers” (in 1998). In the year 2000, they signed with Universal Records. Three years later signed with Brando Records and launched “History for Sale” which has the song “Calling You” soundtrack of the movie American Wedding. After the release of this new album, the company Universal offered the guys from Blue October re-sign contract. http://www.vagmusic.com/articles/Genres_7162.html Tue, 04 Apr 2006 08:02:55 CST The band Avenged Sevenfold is originally form Huntington Beach, California and is also known with the abbreviator A7X. The group is formed by M. Shadows who is the vocalist, Synyster Gates and Zacky Vengeance whose are responsible for make the guitars sound, Johnny Christ in the bass guitar and The Reverend Tholomew Plague who plays the drums. The band launched their first album when the integrants of the band were only 18 years old and it was called “The Seventh Trumpet”.
The next record of the band was named “Waking the Fallen” and it was very recognized especially in the Rolling Stone magazine. The last year they Avenged Sevenfold launched their last material entitled “City of Evil” and it has many influences from Metallica, Pantera, Misfits and Guns N’ Roses. Several times A7X has been classified as a metalcore group. However, they say that they are a band that plays metal and hard rock and also that they have no likeness to metalcore music. http://www.vagmusic.com/articles/Genres_7155.html Mon, 03 Apr 2006 05:02:01 CST Audioslave is an alternative rock band which is formed by the fusion of the integrants of two different bands. The integrants of this great group are: Chris Cornell, who originally was the vocalist of Soundgarden and is also the vocalist of Audioslave, Tom Morello who plays the guitar, Brad Wilk in the drums and Tim Commerford with the bass guitar. The guys who play the instruments was originally of the recognized group Rage Against the Machine. The most spectacular aspects of this band are the incredible voice of Cornell and the way Morello plays the guitar.
The band is also proud to say that those are the only instruments that they use to make their fabulous music. The history of the creation of Audioslave begins when the vocalist of Rage Against the Machine left the group. The rest of the integrants were looking for a new singer and this is how Cornell joined the new band baptized Audioslave. However, not everything was going well because the band suffered a temporary dissolution due to Cornell wanted to write his own lyrics. http://www.vagmusic.com/articles/Genres_7149.html Mon, 03 Apr 2006 04:49:45 CST The band 3 Doors Down was formed in 1996 and it is an alternative modern rock band of the US. The integrants of the band are: Brad Arnold who is the singer, Matt Roberts and Chris Henderson who are guitarists, Todd Roberts in the bass guitars and finally Greg Upchurch who sits behind the drums. 3 Doors signed to Universal Records in 2000 to launch their first album called “The Better Life”.
Really fast the band attracted attention from the entire world especially with the launch of their first single called “Kryptonite”. This single rapidly reached the first position in several alternative pop and rock radio stations of many countries around the world. After it, the band sold 5 million copies of this record. They also composed one of the main singles of the soundtrack of the movie American Pie 2, which is called “Be Like That”.