The Used is a rock band that hails from Orem, Utah. The band formed in 1994 under the name Strange Itch. After a series of line-up changes, a name change to Dumb Luck and an album release in 1998, the band became Used when their current vocalist Bert McCracken joined the band. They later on changed their name to The Used because another band from Boston already owned the trademark for the name “Used”. During this time the line up was composed of Bert McCracken on vocals, Quinn Allman on guitar, …
Poison is an American glam metal band that hailed from Pennsylvania. The band had its origins pegged sometime in 1984 when vocalist Bret Michaels, guitarist Matt Smith, bassist Bobby Dall, and drummer Rikki Rockett were in a band named Paris. The group went to Los Angeles in 1985 and began playing at the local club circuit there. They later on changed their name to Poison. Smith shortly after left the band to attend to personal issues and was replaced by C.C. DeVille on guitar duties for the ban…
Motley Crue is an American heavy metal band that hailed from Los Angeles, California. The band formed in 1980 when bassist Nikki Sixx began rehearsing with drummer Tommy Lee. The two decided to look for other members and got guitarist Mick Mars. It was Mars who was credited for giving the band its name, Motley Crue. The trio then was able to recruit Vince Neill to handle the vocalist spot in the band. The band went on to release a single under their own label Leathur Records in 1980. The band th…
Linkin Park is an American rock band that hailed from California. It was formed in 1996 by high school friends, Mike Shinoda, Brad Delson and Rob Bourdon. They later on recruited Joe Hahn, Dave Farrell and Mark Wakefield to complete the band that they initially called Xero. They started to record and produce songs in Shinoda’s makeshift studio cum bedroom but began to get frustrated when they failed to land any record deal. This led to Wakefield, acting as their vocalist to leave the band to sea…
Twisted Sister is an American heavy metal band that hailed from New York City. The band had its roots when guitarist Jay Jay French joined a band called Silverstar in 1973 which later on changed their name to Twisted Sister. The other members of the band eventually left with French getting guitarist Eddie “Fingers” Ojeda, drummer Kevin John Grace and bassist Kenny Neill to reform the band’s line up in 1975. Twisted Sister then began taking the glam rock direction in their performances but withou…
The Red hot chili Peppers is an American band that hailed from Los Angeles, California. The band is composed of Anthony Kiedis on vocals, John Frusciante on guitars, Michael “Flea” Balzary on bass and Chad Smith on drums. The band became popular because of their music that takes on a variety of influences- from punk rock, funk, psychedelic rock, alternative rock, heavy metal and even rap. The band originally started as a group that came together for a one time performance. The original group was…
MEMBERSEric Martin (vocals)Pat Torpey (drums)Billy Sheehan (bass)Paul Gilbert (guitar 1988-1997)Richie Kotzen (guitar 1999-2002)HISTORY Mr. Big was an American hard rock band that formed in 1988. The band was started by guitarist Billy Sheehan when he left former Van Halen front man, David Lee Roth’s band. In 1988, Sheehan came up bringing together guitarist Paul Gilbert, drummer Pat Torpey, and vocalist Eric Martin. When they were formed, the band already had a contract inked with Atlantic Reco…
Europe is a popular Swedish hard rock band in the 80’s that originally started out as a progressive rock band. Europe is considered as one of the most successful bands to come out from Sweden and have been able to sell over 15 million albums worldwide. The band started out as Force which came together in 1979 in Stockholm. It was composed of vocalist and keyboardist Joey Tempest, guitarist John Norum, Bassist Peter Olsson and drummer Tony Reno. In 1982, the band entered a Swedish rock band talen…
Dream Theater is an American progressive rock band that was formed in September of 1985 in New York City. It all started when guitarist John Petrucci and bassist John Myung decided to put up a band while studying at the Berklee College of Music along with Mike Portnoy. They started out with the name Majesty for their band. The trio then started out filling up the remaining vacant positions in their band. Kevin Moore went on to become their first keyboardist with Chris Collins taking on the vocal…
Skid Row is an American heavy metal band that formed in New Jersey in 1986. It was formed by guitarist Dave Sabo and bassist Rachel Bolan. Scotti Hill and Rob Affuso was later on added as guitarist and drummer, respectively. Matt Fallon briefly took on vocalist duties for the group but was eventually replaced by Sebastian Bach in the line up by early 1987. The band started by playing in clubs around the Eastern United States. The band was able to secure a record deal with Atlantic Records with t…