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…
Trace Adkins
CAPITOL NASHVILLE recording artist Trace Adkins has dabbled in the entertainment business since he was 17 years old. In high school, in Sarepta, La., Adkins sang in a gospel quartet. He continued to sing gospel throughout his years at Louisiana…
Bill Engvall
COMEDIAN BILL ENGVALL always knew he wanted to be on stage, and when he bought his first Steve Martin album, the lightbulb over his head went on. “The more I listened to the album, the more I started hearing the…
Reel Big Fish
FOR YEARS Reel Big Fish had musician trouble — horn section trouble, to be exact. In its earliest days, the band comprised singer/guitarist Aaron Barrett, bassist Matt Wong and drummer Andrew Gonzales and they did mostly covers. A horn section…
Los Fabulosos Cadillacs
BUENOS AIRES’ Los Fabulosos Cadillacs have long been at the forefront of the Rock en movement. The Argentine rock band has sold sold several million records worldwide and recently headlined the “RockInvasion ’97” tour of major U.S. venues. Many in…
Abra Moore
ARISTA AUSTIN recording artist Abra her face these days. During a recent visit to San Francisco, where she opened up for Collective Soul at the famed Fillmore Auditorium, Moore started her day telling POLLSTAR how happy she is about the…
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