Thursday, December 18, 2008

Artists Who are too Talented for One Band

Maynard James Keenan? Sound familiar? Maybe, or maybe not. Maybe you know him from the relatively popular band Tool. Or maybe you're into the bands that aren't known by every person on the planet and have heard him from his secondary band A Perfect Circle. I am personally just astonished by the fact that he is in more than one band. Both bands have a similar sound but have their own style at the same time. One of my favorite songs by Tool is Vicarious and my favorite song by A Perfect Circle is Choke. A Perfect Circle also does a cover song of Imangine and it is pretty sick nasty.

I'm sure everyone is also familiar with Travis Barker, who was the drummer of the popular band Blink 182. Well Barker and Mark Hoppus(bassist/singer from Blink 182) reunited to form a new band known as +44. The band sounds got that raw sound like Blink 182 while making a sound all of their own. I urge you to check out these two unknown bands with very familiar artists. It's guarenteed that you'll like them as much as the artists popular bands.

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Monday, December 8, 2008

Shinedown: A Band that Should not be Unheard of

If you ask most people I'm sure that they have heard of Shinedown, but how many songs have they actually heard by the band? I'm sure most people have only heard they're hit song, Burning Bright, that was on 94.7 all the time, but they have many other good songs. An inspirational yet i have to admit, slightly depresssing song that they sing is called My Second Chance. Second Chance is a song that i've only heard recently but now consistently. Some other songs are 45, all ever wanted, better version, and many more. Stranger inside was one of my favorite songs by Shinedown on their album, Leave a Whisper.I urge people to check out more songs by this band. Shinedown is kind of like Crossfade and Cold. I'd even relate their sound to something like Breaking Benjamin. So please check out some songs and tell me what you think, or at least check out Second Chance.