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Canada's Nickelback started life as a cover band in Hanna, a small town northeast of Calgary. Eventually, they tired of playing other people's songs, and singer/guitarist Chad Kroeger (whose real name is Chad Turton) put together a collection of orig...

The Goo Goo Dolls, also known as GGD, are a pop rock band formed in 1986 in Buffalo, New York by guitarist/vocalist John Rzeznik and bassist/vocalist Robby Takac. John Joseph Theodore Rzeznik was born to Joseph and Edith Rzeznik, the youngest of their...

Bif Naked (born Beth Torbert on June 15, 1971) is a Juno Award-winning Canadian punk rock singer and actress. Beth was born in New Delhi, India and adopted by American missionaries. Part of her childhood was spent in Lexington, Kentucky, where her fa...

Bon Jovi is a Rock 'n' Roll band originating from Sayreville, New Jersey. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi, the group originally achieved large-scale success in the 1980s. The band has continued its success as one of the world's most...

One of the most influential and controversial rock bands of the 1960s, The Doors, mostly due to Morrison's cryptic lyrics and unpredictable stage persona, were formed in Los Angeles in 1965 by UCLA film students Ray Manzarek, keyboards, and Jim Morri...

Incubus rose to become one of the most popular alt-metal bands of the new millennium, setting themselves apart from a crowded field with a somewhat less-negative outlook and tireless touring. Formed in 1991 in the San Fernando Valley suburb of Calaba...

Aerosmith was one of the most popular hard rock bands of the '70s, setting the style and sound of hard rock and heavy metal for the next two decades with their raunchy, bluesy swagger. The Boston-based quintet found the middle ground between the mena...

Led Zeppelin was the definitive heavy metal band. It wasn't just their crushingly loud interpretation of the blues -- it was how they incorporated mythology, mysticism, and a variety of other genres (most notably world music and British folk) -- into...

The Who, an English rock band, first formed in 1964, and grew to be considered one of the greatest and most influential bands in the world. Few bands in the history of rock & roll were riddled with as many contradictions as the Who. All four memb...

Although she was initially viewed as yet another face in the late-'90s crowd of teen pop acts, Pink quickly showed signs of becoming one of the rare artists to transcend and outgrow the label. Born Alecia Moore on September 8, 1979, in Doylestown, PA...

Although they're best known today for their lush, lyrically and musically profound (some would say bombastic) psychedelic-era albums, the Moody Blues started out as one of the better R&B-based combos of the British Invasion. The Moody Blues' hist...

Santana is the primary exponent of Latin-tinged rock, particularly due to its combination of Latin percussion (congas, timbales, etc.) with bandleader Carlos Santana's distinctive, high-pitched lead guitar playing. Mexican-native Carlos Santana (born...

The Tea Party was a Canadian rock band with blues, progressive rock, Indian and Middle Eastern influences dubbed "Moroccan roll" by the media. They sound like Jim Morrison singing for Led Zeppelin in their most exotic Middle Eastern moments...

Pink Floyd is the premier space rock band. Since the mid-'60s, their music relentlessly tinkered with electronics and all manner of special effects to push pop formats to their outer limits. At the same time they wrestled with lyrical themes and conc...

Blondie was the most commercially successful band to emerge from the much-vaunted punk/new wave movement of the late '70s. The group was formed in New York City in August 1974 by singer Deborah Harry, born July 1, 1945 in Miami, formerly of Wind in t...

Steppenwolf emerged as one of rock's most enduring and respected bands, delivering hard-hitting, personally-charged music for more than four decades. In the late 1960s, Steppenwolf embodied that era's social, political and philosophical restlessness,...

Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, singer Freddie Mercury (born 9/5/1946 in Zanzibar, Tanzania) and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John Deacon joining the following year. Queen rose to prominence durin...

Uriah Heep are an English rock band, formed in December 1969 when record producer Gerry Bron invited keyboardist Ken Hensley to join Spice, a band signed to his own Bronze Records label. Sometimes jokingly referred to as "The Beach Boys of...

Jethro Tull was a unique phenomenon in popular music history. Their mix of hard rock; folk melodies; blues licks; surreal, impossibly dense lyrics; and overall profundity defied easy analysis, but that didn't dissuade fans from giving them 11 gold an...

Old-school hip-hop, traditional classic rock, and spooling electronic vibes were the initial factors behind the building of the alternative metal quintet Linkin Park. The band's Southern Californian musical roots were also an underlying basis, for dr...

After achieving superstardom throughout Latin America, Colombian-born Shakira became Latin pop's biggest female crossover artist since Jennifer Lopez broke down the doors to English-language success. Noted for her aggressive, rock-influenced approach...

Enya (born Eithne Ní Bhraonáin) was born into a musical family. Her father, Leo Brennan, was the leader of the Slieve Foy Band, a popular Irish show band; her mother was an amateur musician. With her blend of folk melodies, synthesized...

Thomas Earl "Tom" Petty is a singer and guitarist. He was born (October 20, 1950) and raised in Gainesville, Florida. Upon the release of their first album in the late '70s, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers were shoehorned into the punk/ne...

Like many late-'90s metal bands, System of a Down struck a balance between '80s underground thrash metal and metallic early-'90s alternative rockers like Jane's Addiction. Their dark, neo-gothic alternative metal earned a cult following in the wake o...

Once upon a time in 1969, a young Dutch millionaire by the name of Stanley August Miesegaes gave his acquaintance, vocalist and keyboardist Rick Davies, a "genuine opportunity" to form his own band; he could form the band of his dreams and Miesegaes...