Jack Ingram
IN THE SO-CALLED GENRE of “y’alternative” country music, Jack Ingram is riding the wave of artists who are breaking new ground. Ingram thinks it’s a strange phenomenon that anyone would have to pave the way for what is really considered…
Deftones
YOU MAY NOT HEAR the Deftones on mainstream radio or see the band on prime-time MTV, but somewhere deep in the pits of abrasive heavy metal rock, there is a success story building. The Sacramento-based band has spent most of…
Usher
NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD R&B crooner Usher is riding high with his second album on LaFace Records, My Way, and a No. 1 platinum single, “You Make Me Wanna.” Unlike many of his urban music contemporaries, Usher, whose full name is Usher Raymond,…
Ben Folds Five
THE EQUATION IS SIMPLE; Ben Folds and his piano plus bassist Robert Sledge, plus drummer Darren Jessee, equal Ben Folds Five. It’s a pretty straightforward story, really. When it came to naming the band, Folds opted for alliteration over accuracy.…
Michael Peterson
REPRISE NASHVILLE recording artist Michael Peterson had a passion for sports and music growing up in Washington state. When it came time to attend Pacific Lutheran University, Peterson earned a scholarship for both football and music. Forced to make a…
Southern Culture On The Skids
SOUTHERN CULTURE ON THE SKIDS is the hillbilly poster child for do-it-yourself, grass roots fan base building. The band’s commitment to touring is such that when the members finally came off the road after their last tour, “my house was…
Beth Orton
BETH ORTON is on the verge of becoming an enigma without really trying. She’s hardly a household name but the mythology that surrounds her makes for great story telling. Legend has it that when Orton first tried singing professionally, she…
Smash Mouth
SMASH MOUTH has been on the road for so it’s amazing that frontman Steve Harwell knows what city he’s in, let alone the time zone. It’s 9 a.m. and he’s refusing to leave his hotel bed in Seattle. “Who does…
Insane Clown Posse
WELCOME TO THE DARK Carnival, “a celestial circus of lunacy, madness and excess that travels through time and space to distort pleasant youthful memories into a horrific living nightmare.” Insane Clown Posse members Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope combine…
Blink 182
SAN DIEGO’S BLINK 182 appeals to a young crowd with its fast, catchy punk-pop tunes and lyrics about body parts, bodily functions and girls. The music isn’t written specifically to attract a youthful crowd. Blink’s members — Mark Hoppus (25)…
Our Lady Peace
OUR LADY PEACE had been together barely a year when it scored a record contract with Sony Music Canada. The deal even gave the fledgling Canadian rock band full creative control. Now, with its current rockin’ single, “Superman’s Dead,” tearing…
Sneaker Pimps
THERE’S SOMETHING eerily fascinating about the Sneaker Pimps’ music. Their songs have a lurid edge — something that turns the listener into a voyeur. The band reveals the bruised underbelly of the whole trip-hop-electronica stereotype without giving away their own…
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