Description: Cheap Trick is an American rock band formed in Rockford, Illinois, in 1973. The band's work bridged elements of 1960s guitar pop, 1970s hard rock, and the emerging punk rock sound, and helped set the template for subsequent power pop artists. Cheap Trick released its self-titled debut album in 1977.
Description: Biffy Clyro are a Scottish rock band formed in Kilmarnock, in 1995. The band is composed of Simon Neil and twin brothers James and Ben Johnston. During live performances, the trio are joined by longtime touring musicians Mike Vennart and Richard "Gambler" Ingram, both former members of the band Oceansize.
Description: Yacht rock is a smooth, highly polished style of soft rock from the mid-1970s to the mid-1980s. It features jazzy electric instruments, clean vocals, and lush studio production. The term was coined in 2005 by a comedy web series to describe the easy-going Southern California yacht-1 leisure aesthetic.
Description: Toadies are an American rock band formed in 1989 in Fort Worth, Texas, best known for the song "Possum Kingdom". The band's classic lineup consisted of Vaden Todd Lewis, Lisa Umbarger, Darrel Herbert, and Mark Reznicek. The band released two studio albums before disbanding in 2001 after Umbarger left the group.
Description: Alice in Chains is an American rock band formed in Seattle in 1987. Since 2006, the band's lineup has consisted of vocalist/guitarists Jerry Cantrell and William DuVall, bassist Mike Inez, and drummer Sean Kinney. Original vocalist Layne Staley died in 2002, and former bassist Mike Starr left in 1993.
Description: Gorillaz are an English virtual band formed in 1998 by the musician Damon Albarn and the artist Jamie Hewlett. The band primarily consists of four fictional members: 2-D, Murdoc Niccals, Noodle and Russel Hobbs. Their universe is presented in media such as music videos, interviews, comic strips and short cartoons.
Description: Rancid is an American punk rock band formed in Berkeley, California, in 1991. Founded by Tim Armstrong and Matt Freeman, former members of the band Operation Ivy, Rancid is often credited as being among the wave of bands that revived mainstream interest in punk rock in the United States during the mid-1990s.