two tears
Two Tears is Kerry Davis' "one lady band" that's been kicking around the world for years (debut album Enjoy Yourself released 2004), sometimes with a rotating cast of supporting musicians, playing a kind of modern garage/punk-influenced rock n' roll that she has described as "Bananarama meets Kim Deal meets ’60s garage rock." Davis has been strumming for 16 years, and played previously with the all-female punk outfit Red Aunts, had a stint as a drummer in The Screws, and was most recently in Beehive and the Barracudas.
Truth Be Told
1) a 4-piece hardcore band from Swindon, UK, playing the kind of hardcore we want to hear. TBT formed in mid 2004 and they take great inspiration from bands like The Promise, Madball, Knuckledust and Terror. http://www.myspace.com/truthbetoldhardcore 2) Truth Be Told is also a 4 piece band from Long Island, New York and mostly plays blues/classic rock. Some of their songs include Park, Night and Day, My Low, Runaround Girl, Gust, Fear Not Love, Sweetly (Truth Be Told), Clear Blue, Breakdown, Seasons, Society Song, I Will Bleed, Transmissions, Jazzy, Watch The Reeds Bend, Ready Or Not.
Desaparecidos
Desaparecidos was a short-lived American quintet formed in 2001 in Omaha, Nebraska, fronted by Conor Oberst (vocals, guitar) and featuring Denver Dalley, now of Statistics (guitar), Landon Hedges, now of Little Brazil (bass), Ian McElroy (keyboards), and Matt Baum (drums). This project however was restarted in 2010. Oberst may be better known for his confessional songwriting and storytelling as the lead singer of the popular indie folk band Bright Eyes, but Desaparecidos has a very different flavor.
Saskia Says
SASKIA SAYS are a pop-rock four piece from Cheltenham, UK. Offering up catchy, feel-good tunes, their tracks will wrap themselves around you like a musical hug and leave you feeling all warm and fuzzy inside! The band met whilst swatting up on the music industry via Gloucestershire
Daniel Angelus
Daniel Angelus hails originally from the United Kingdom. Daniel began recording and touring new material from a concept genre in 2008/09. Slowly gaining a fanbase and the hard working respect of specific promoters and music reviewers in the UK and USA including appearances on US radio and TV. After releasing a 6 track EP 'Synthetic | Heartbeats' in 2009, Daniel finally released his debut solo album EMPIRE | GHOSTS in January 2011 after two years of recording in multiple studios with producers David Emery and Chris Harding.
This Providence
This Providence (previously known as Sunday Best), is a four piece pop rock band from Seattle, Washington US. The members of This Providence came together in the summer of 2001 and soon after recorded a 4 song demo CD, under the short lived name of "T minus 1." In 2003 they recorded the better known The Sunday Best EP, co-produced, and self-released (now out of print). While still in high school, they gathered a strong local following as well as some label attention. After graduating, the band released their debut full-length record, Our Worlds Divorce, produced by Casey Bates.
Dashboard Confessional
Dashboard Confessional was started in 2000, by Chris Carrabba in Boca Raton, Florida, as a side project from his band Further Seems Forever. Chris recorded his first album, The Swiss Army Romance, in 2000. The following year, he recorded Further Seems Forever's debut album The Moon Is Down. However, he left the band soon after the album's release, instead recording and releasing his sophomore album The Places You Have Come to Fear the Most, as well as a follow-up EP titled So Impossible.
Pat Travers
While most bluesy hard rock acts of the '70s and '80s hailed from the United States (the south, to be exact), there were several exceptions to the rule, such as Canadian singer/guitarist Pat Travers. Born in Toronto on April 12, 1954, Travers first picked up the guitar just prior to entering his teens, after witnessing a local performance by the great Jimi Hendrix. It wasn't long before Travers was studying the other top rock guitarists of the day (Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, etc.), and paying his dues by playing in bar bands in the Quebec area.
Jack DeJohnette
Jack DeJohnette (b. 1942) is an American jazz drummer and pianist. DeJohnette was born in Chicago, Illinois. Besides the drums, he studied the piano, which he plays on several recordings. He first became known as a member of Charles Lloyd's band, a band that Keith Jarrett also was a part of at that time. From 1969 to 1972 he played with Miles Davis and recorded many albums for ECM as both leader and sideman.