SONORA
There are at least 3 artists/bands with the name Sonora:
1. Post-shoegaze band from Ottawa, Canada
2. Latin and third world/global bass producer
3. metal band 1.
Sonora was formed in Ottawa in 2000, by long time friends Wil Richardson (Lakeport Auto Electric), jacob earl, Dana Clow, and Shaun Peppy. They released their debut EP, "Road 44", in 2002. Though they have not performed live since 2004, they remain active as a recording band. 2.
Save Our Souls
Singer George William, drummer Jason and guitarist Elias played together in the New York City based hard rock band "Chiba-Ken" for 5 years before moving to Los Angeles in the summer of 2009 and forming Save Our Souls with guitarist Julian and Bassist Graham. Julian, who was born in Kazakhstan, relocated to America by way of Israel in 2006. After auditioning in front of a board of US officials, he was granted an Artists' Visa and moved to Brooklyn where he met lead singer, and former actor, George William.
Firehouse
FireHouse is an American glam metal band formed in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1989. The band reached stardom during the early 1990s with hit singles like "Don't Treat Me Bad" and "All She Wrote", as well as their signature ballads "I Live My Life for You", "Love of a Lifetime", and "When I Look Into Your Eyes". At the 1992 American Music Awards, FireHouse won the award for Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock New Artist; chosen over Nirvana and Alice in Chains.
Headlock
Barefoot
1) Barefoot is the brainchild of singer Sam Obernik (best known for her work with Tim Deluxe on his It Just Wont Do hit) and legendary producer and remixer Tommy D. Its aim is to bridge the gap between the dance world and more conventional musicianship and song writing through reinterpretations of club classics. Their self titled debut album bubbles with energy, invention and fun and includes White Lines , Born Slippy, It's Like That, Hideaway, Lazy and It Just Won t Do.
Luxtorpeda
Luxtorpeda is a polish rock band, formed in 2010 by guitarist and vocalist - Robert Friedrich, who is known from bands like: Acid Drinkers, Arka Noego, Kazik na Żywo i 2TM2,3.
Their self-titled debut album was released on 9th May 2011. Latterly 2011 the band started the work on a new, second album - Robaki, which was released on 9th May 2012. Members:
- Robert "Litza" Friedrich (Acid Drinkers, Arka Noego, Kazik na Żywo, 2TM2,3, Creation Of Death, Flapjack) - vocal, guitar,
- Przemysław "Hans" Frencel (Pięć Dwa Dębiec) - vocal,
Daysend
Having taken their wares across the vast span of North America, New Zealand and Australia Daysend have fused an array of musical genres to create a hard edged yet melodic metal sound. The explosive Sydney five piece rocketed into existence in 2003 with all the passion and determination that has propelled them to the very top of their country's heavy music scene. Later that year the band released their debut album, 'Severance' which was voted by listeners of high rating radio station Triple J as Number One Australian Metal Album of that same year.
MGR
Mustard Gas and Roses (MGR) is an ambient solo project from Los Angeles, California, United States created by Mike Gallagher around 2005, - the guitarist for American post-metal band Isis, having previously been a member of Cast Iron Hike. Gallagher incorporated more structure, more distortion, more dark foreboding into his almost-all-guitar aesthetic. "For me, these songs evoke more of a feeling than a concept-making this record was kind of a journey into and out of things making sense.
Nuera
Nuera (1) - A new rock band in Orlando,Florida. They have been playing at House of Blues and Hard Rock. Check out they're myspace page: www.myspace.com/nu3ramusic Nuera (2) - Levan Nadareishvili (Nuera) was born in the capital of Georgia, Tbilisi. From an early childhood he was in love with music, expressing it by singing already at the age of 4. By the age of 13 he started to take guitar lessons which resulted in playing and singing in a band for two years. It was the year of 2002 when he discovered trance music , which was something he instantly loved.