Cake - Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle

Interprète: Cake

Titre: Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle

Année: 1995

Billboard: #31

Cake (aussi typographié CAKE) est un groupe de rock alternatif américain formé à Sacramento (Californie) en 1991.

Bien que son style musical soit la plupart du temps considéré comme de l'alternatif ou du rock indépendant, celui-ci est plutôt un mélange de nombreuses influences telles que le funk, le ska, le jazz, le rap et la country. Ce style particulier lui a valu d'être comparé à King Missile, Talking Heads, They Might Be Giants ou encore Soul Coughing.

Parmi ses principaux succès on peut citer The Distance, Never There, Sheep Go to Heaven, Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle, No Phone, Short Skirt/Long Jacket ainsi que leur reprise de I Will Survive de Gloria Gaynor.

Cake (stylized CAKE) is an American alternative rock band from Sacramento, California. Consisting of singer John McCrea, trumpeter Vince DiFiore, guitarist Xan McCurdy, bassist Gabe Nelson and drummer Paulo Baldi, the band has been noted for McCrea's sarcastic lyrics and deadpan voice, DiFiore's trumpet parts, and their wide-ranging musical influences, including country music, Mariachi, rock, funk, Iranian folk music and hip hop.

Cake was formed in 1991 by McCrea, DiFiore, Greg Brown, Frank French and Sean McFessel, who soon left and was replaced by Nelson. Following the self-release of its debut album, Motorcade of Generosity, the band was signed to Capricorn Records in 1995 and released its first single, "Rock 'n' Roll Lifestyle", which hit number 35 on the Modern Rock Tracks music chart and was featured on MTV's 120 Minutes; French and Nelson then left the band, and were replaced by Todd Roper and Victor Damiani. Cake's second album, 1996's Fashion Nugget, went platinum on the strength of its lead single, "The Distance". Following a tour of Europe and the United States, both Brown and Damiani announced they were leaving Cake, which led to speculation about the band's future; McCrea eventually recruited Xan McCurdy to take over on guitar, and persuaded Nelson to return.

Prolonging the Magic, the band's third album, was released in 1998 and went platinum, having shipped over one million units; this was followed three years later by Comfort Eagle, the band's first album on Columbia Records, featuring the single "Short Skirt/Long Jacket" which hit number 7 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. Following a series of tours, including several versions of the Unlimited Sunshine Tour, the band released Pressure Chief in 2004, its second and last album on Columbia. After creating its own label, Upbeat Records, the band released Showroom of Compassion in 2011, which became its first album to debut at the top of the Billboard charts, selling 44,000 copies in the first week after release.

Damageplan - Save Me

Interprète: Damageplan

Titre: Save Me

Année: 2004

Billboard: #16

Damageplan était un groupe de heavy metal américain originaire de Dallas qui a été actif de 2003 à 2004.

Damageplan was an American heavy metal band from Dallas, Texas that formed in 2003. Following the demise of their previous group Pantera, brothers Dimebag Darrell and Vinnie Paul Abbott wanted to start a new band. The pair recruited former Diesel Machine and Halford guitarist Pat Lachman on vocals, and later Bob Zilla on bass. Damageplan released its debut album New Found Power in the United States on February 10, 2004, which debuted at number 38 on the Billboard 200, selling 44,676 copies in its first week.

While Damageplan was promoting the album at a concert on December 8, 2004 at the Alrosa Villa in Columbus, Ohio, a man named Nathan Gale climbed on stage and killed lead guitarist Darrell and three others, and wounding another seven, before being shot dead by police officer James Niggemeyer. Although no motive was found, some witnesses claimed Gale blamed the brothers for Pantera's breakup and believed that they had stolen his lyrics. The band's manager confirmed there are unreleased Damageplan recordings, although they have not surfaced, and the band has not performed since the incident. Abbott and Zilla have joined the band Hellyeah, and Lachman joined The Mercy Clinic.

Earshot - Get Away

 

Interprète: Earshot

Titre: Get Away

Année: 2002

Billboard: #6

Earshot is an American hard rock/alternative metal band from Los Angeles, California. The band has released three albums: Letting Go, Two, The Silver Lining, and have most recently announced plans to release their 4th studio album, a 5 song Mini-LP entitled "Aftermath" on April 16th 2015.

Face To Face - Disconnected

 

Interprète: Face To Face

Titre: Disconnected

Année: 1995

Billboard: #39

Face to Face est un groupe punk rock américain, originaire de Victorville, en Californie, formé en 1991 par le chanteur Trever Keith. Initialement connu sous le nom de Zero Tolerance, Keith est le seul membre d'origine restant du groupe. Le groupe est signé au label Dr. Strange Records, puis avec Fat Wreck Chords. Face to Face atteint son pic de popularité avec son album Big Choice.

Face to Face se sépare officiellement en septembre 2004, à la suite de divergences musicales. Dès lors, les membres jouent dans des projets post-Face to Face, comme Legion of Doom, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, The Offspring et Saves the Day. En avril 2008, Face to Face joue pour la premirèe fois depuis quatre ans au Glasshouse de Pomona, en Californie. Le groupe continue ses performances, et fait paraître un septième album, Laugh Now, Laugh Later, le 17 mai 2011. Au fil de sa carrière, Face to Face a vendu plus de 750 000 albums dans le monde.

Face to Face is a punk rock band from Victorville, California formed in 1991 by front man Trever Keith, bassist Matt Riddle and drummer Rob Kurth. The band rose to fame with their 1994 album Big Choice, featuring the radio hit "Disconnected" that was first played by KROQ and appeared in the movies Tank Girl and National Lampoon's Senior Trip.

Face to Face officially split up in September 2004, allowing the band members time to focus on other projects. During that time all the band members played in a number of post-Face to Face projects including Legion of Doom, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, The Offspring and Saves the Day^. In April 2008, after a four year hiatus, Face to Face performed together for the first time at The Glasshouse in Pomona, California. Since then, the band has continued to perform and has released two more studio albums.

Gang Of Four - Don't Fix What Ain't Broke

Interprète: Gang Of Four

Titre: Don't Fix What Ain't Broke

Année: 1991

Billboard: #14

Gang of Four est un groupe de musique post-punk britannique, fondé à Leeds (Angleterre) en 1977.

Gang of Four are an English post-punk group from Leeds. The original members were singer Jon King, guitarist Andy Gill, bass guitarist Dave Allen and drummer Hugo Burnham. There have been many different line-ups including, among other notable musicians, Sara Lee and Gail Ann Dorsey. After a brief lull in the 1980s, different constellations of the band recorded two studio albums in the 1990s. Between 2004 and 2006 the original line-up was reunited; as of 2013, Gill is the sole original member.

The band plays a stripped-down mix of punk rock, funk and dub, with an emphasis on the social and political ills of society. Gang of Four are widely considered one of the leading bands of the late 1970s/early 1980s post-punk movement. Their later albums (Songs of the Free and Hard) found them softening some of their more jarring qualities, and drifting towards dance-punk and disco. Their debut album, Entertainment!, ranked at Number 483 in Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, and is listed by Pitchfork Media as the 8th best album of the 1970s. David Fricke of Rolling Stone described Gang of Four as "probably the best politically motivated band in rock & roll."

Daryl Hall - Dreamtime

Interprète: Daryl Hall

Titre: Dreamtime

Année: 1986

Billboard: #11

Daryl Franklin Hohl, plus connu sous le nom de Daryl Hall, né le 11 octobre 1946 à Pottstown (Pennsylvanie), est un chanteur américain.

Avec John Oates, il a formé le duo Hall & Oates, qui a notamment pris part, avec USA for Africa, à la chanson We Are the World. En solo, Daryl Hall a sorti les albums :

• Sacred Songs (1980)
• Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine (1986)
• Soul Alone (1993)
• Can't Stop Dreaming (1996)
• Live in Philadelphia (2004)

Daryl Franklin Hohl, professionally known as Daryl Hall (born October 11, 1946) is an American rock, R&B and soul singer, keyboardist, guitarist, songwriter and producer, best known as the co-founder and lead vocalist of Hall & Oates (with guitarist/songwriter John Oates).

In the 1970s and early 1980s, Hall scored several Billboard chart hits and is regarded as one of the best soul singers of his generation. Guitarist Robert Fripp, who collaborated with him in the late 1970s and early 1980s, has written, "Daryl's pipes were a wonder. I have never worked with a more able singer." Since late 2007, he has hosted the web television series, Live from Daryl's House. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004.

Ill Nino - What Comes Around

Interprète: Ill Nino

Titre: What Comes Around

Année: 2001

Billboard: #28

Ill Niño est un groupe latino-américain de metal, basé au New Jersey.

Ill Niño is an American latin metal band formed in New Jersey in early 2000. The group currently consists of lead vocalist Cristian Machado, drummer Dave Chavarri, bassist Lazaro "Laz" Pina, lead guitarist Ahrue Luster, guitarist Diego Verduzco, and percussionist Oscar Santiago. They are currently signed to Victory Records globally and AFM Records exclusively in UK & Europe. Ill Niño has always branded their original style as "Latin Metal". They have released 7 studio albums, 2 EP’s, and 1 greatest hits album, selling over 1.3 million albums worldwide.