Thursday, March 5, 2009

Audioslave

The Alternative-Rock Alternative-Metal supergroup Audioslave formed in Los Angeles, California USA, consisting of ex-frontman of Soundgarden, singer Chris Cornell and three-quarters of Rage Against The Machine, the wizard Tom Morello on guitar, Tim Commerford on bass and Brad Wilk on drums.

When Rage's frontman Zack de la Rocha departed in October of 2000 from his band, rumours began circulating that Cornell was going to replace De La Rocha. Gossip fueled truth, for Cornell joined the rest of Rage, in fact they worked for a year around the new project, but in mid-2002 Cornell abruptly quit, six weeks later he re-joined the band and before the album was recorded, they officially christened themselves Audioslave.
The band released their stunning self-titled debut album in November 2002 on Epic Records and followed it up with a supporting tour; the set reached the #7 on The Billboard Top 200, #6 in Canadian Albums list and #8 in Australia; it generated no less than five Billboard's Modern and Mainstream Rock hit singles including "Like A Stone" #1 on both the charts, "Cochise" #2 on Active Rock list, "Show Me How To Live" also hit #2 in the same chart and rose to #4 on The Modern Rock chart; "I Am The Highway" made top 3 on both the charts and "What You Are" cracked the top 10 of The Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.
In May 2005 the quartet released their sophomore effort, "Out Of Exile", reaching the top of the North-American Albums charts; the first single, "Be Yourself", hit the top 40 of The Billboard Hot 100 and went straight to #1 on the Billboard's Rock airplay charts; the follow-up single, "Doesn't Remind Me", rose to #2 on The Mainstream Rock Tracks list and also hit the top 3 of The Modern Rock chart. The album yielded two more Modern Rock top 20 hits with the title-track and "Your Time Has Come".

Audioslave returned in September 2006 with "Revelations"; the highly anticipated new album includes the single "Original Fire".

Album List :
Audioslave (2002)
1. Cochise
2. Show Me How To Live
3. Gasoline
4. What You Are
5. Like A Stone
6. Set It Off
7. Shadow Of The Sun
8. I Am The Highway
9. Exploder
10. Hypnotize
11. Bring Em Back Alive
12. Light My Way
13. Getaway Car
14. The Last Remaining Light
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Out Of Exile (2005)
1. Your Time Has Come
2. Out Of Exile
3. Be Yourself
4. Doesn't Remind Me
5. Drown Me Slowly
6. Heaven's Dead
7. The Worm
8. Man Or Animal
9. Yesterday To Tomorrow
10. Dandelion
11. #1 Zero
12. The Curse
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Revelations
(2006)

1. Revelations
2. One And The Same
3. Sound Of A Gun
4. Until We Fall
5. Original Fire
6. Broken City
7. Somedays
8. Shape Of Things To Come
9. Jewel Of The Summertime
10. Wide Awake
11. Nothing Left To Say But Goodbye
12. Moth
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Evanescence

The Alternative-Metal act Evanescence started out as a duo in Little Rock, Arkansas USA, in the late '90s, comprising vocalist+pianist Amy Lee and guitarist+songwriter Ben Moody.

The two recorded and released a couple of independent EPs and a full-length album, "Origin", that landed them a deal with Wind-Up Records.
Evanescence then expanded their line-up with the addition of second guitarist John LeCompt and drummer Rocky Gray; their debut full-length album, "Fallen", was finally released in March 2003, it rose to #3 on The Billboard Top 200 chart and topped both Canadian and British Albums Pop charts on the strenght of their masterpiece "Bring Me To Life", a single track, highlighted by a guest vocal from Paul McCoy of 12 Stones, which rose to #1 slot on The Modern Rock chart, crashed into the top 5 of The Billboard Hot 100 and became in a few months an international chart topper; it was followed by two more Modern Rock top 40 hit singles including the #5 "Going Under" and "Everybody's Fool"; the delicate ballad, "My Immortal", hit #7 on The Billboard Hot 100 and have helped the band's first album sell over 12 million copies worldwide. The band toured heavily behind the record and bass player William Boyd joined the band to complete the live line-up. At 46th annual Grammy ceremony Evanescence took home honors for Best New Artist and Best Hard Rock Performance for "Bring Me To Life".
In October 2003 Moody abruptly abandoned the group, in the midst of a European tour, he was replaced by guitarist Terry Balsamo, formerly of NuMetal outfit Cold.
In November 2004 was released the live set "Anywhere But Home", which included a new song and the cover of Korn's "Thoughtless", the record reached #39 on The Billboard Top 200 list.
But there were more roadblocks ahead: before a sophomore album could be finished, Balsamo suffered a stroke in 2005 and also Boyd left the fold to be teplaced by Tim McCord.

Evanescence released its second album in October 2006, "The Open Door" debuted at #1 on The Billboard Top 200 Albums chart on the back of the smash single "Call Me When You're Sober".
Album LIst :
Fallen (2003)
1. Going Under
2. Bring Me To Life
3. Everybody's Fool
4. My Immortal
5. Haunted
6. Tourniquet
7. Imaginary
8. Taking Over Me
9. Hello
10. My Last Breath
11. Whisper
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The Open Door
(2006)

1. Sweet Sacrifice
2. Call Me When You're Sober
3. Weight Of The World
4. Lithium
5. Cloud Nine
6. Snow White Queen
7. Lacrymosa
8. Like You
9. Lose Control
10. The Only One
11. Your Star
12. All That I'm Living For
13. Good Enough
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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

P.O.D.

The Christian Alternative-Metal Rap-Metal act P.O.D., short for Payable On Death, was founded in San Ysidro, California USA, in 1992 by guitarist Marcos Curiel and drummer Noah 'Wuv' Bernardo, they soon recruited vocalist Paul 'Sonny' Sandoval and a few months later bassist Traa Daniels joined their ranks; the quartet began developing a core fan base drawn by their towering sound, an eclectic mix of Reggae, Latin-Metal, Hip-Hop and Punk.

Through their own efforts, all released through Rescue Records, the band garnered critical praise for the opening 1994's "Snuff The Punk" EP and also managed to move over 30,000 copies of their second indie release, "Brown".
With the hard work ethic, great fan base and amazing sound, Atlantic Records signed P.O.D. in 1998, that same year the group put out an EP entitled "The Warriors" which was followed a year later by the band's major-label debut full-length album, "The Fundamental Elements Of Southtown", it soared to #1 on both the Billboard's Top Heatseekers and Top Contemporary Christian Albums charts as well as Billboard Top 200 chart entry at #51; this album generated two minor hit singles, "Southtown" and "Rock The Party (Off The Hook)", that all reached the top 30 of The Modern Rock Tracks chart; they spent the best part of 2000 on the road, touring with the likes of Crazy Town and Staind.
In September 2001 P.O.D. issued its breakthrough effort, "Satellite"; the album peaked at #6 on The Billboard Top 200 chart and broke into the top 20 of the Official U.K. Pop chart; the first single off the CD, "Alive", hit #2 on The Modern Rock chart and #4 on The Mainstream Rock Tracks, it also reached #19 in Britain; the follow-up single, "Youth Of The Nation", found more success in America reaching the #28 position on The Billboard Hot 100 and hitting the top of The Modern Rock Tracks; the band's third album also featured "Boom" a further Modern Rock top 20 entrant and the title-track which peaked at #15 on the Billboard's Active Rock chart.
In February 2003 the band announced that founding member Marcos Curiel had amicably split; shortly thereafter, P.O.D. went into the studio with guitarist Jason Truby to record a new song for "The Matrix Reloaded" soundtrack, "Sleeping Awake" peaked at #14 on The Modern Rock chart and hit the top 20 of The Mainstream Rock Tracks confirming their broad-based audience appeal.
That same year, in November, the quartet released "Payable On Death", the album debuted at #9 on The Billboard 200 backed by the lead single, "Will You" which hit the #12 spots on both Modern and Mainstream Rock charts; the second single, "Change The World", scraped the bottom of the Billboard's Rock radio charts.
San Ysidro's finest hard rockers released their fourth full-length CD for Atlantic, "Testify", in January 2006; the album hit the top 10 of The Billboard 200 chart while the first single, "Goodbye For Now", peaked at #17 on The Mainstream Rock list and was followed by "Lights Out", a further Active Rock top 30 hit.
In November of the same year Rhino Records issued a greatest hits album, aptly titled "Greatest Hits The Atlantic Years", the first-ever compilation from the band spans 1999-2006 with 17 tracks plucked from their acclaimed Atlantic catalog including a previously unreleased song as well as one brand-new track, the Hot Mainstream Rock top 40 single "Going In Blind".

Reunited with founding guitarist Marcos Curiel, P.O.D. released their new album, their first for Columbia Records, "When Angels & Serpents Dance", in April 2008; it includes the Hot Mainstream Rock top 40 hit "Addicted".
Album List :
Snuff The Punk
(1994)
1. Coming Back
2. Let The Music Do The Talking
3. Draw The Line
4. Who Is Right?
5. Get It Straight
6. Run
7. Snuff The Punk
8. Can You Feel It?
9. Three In The Power Of One
10. Every Knee
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Brown (1996)
1. Intro
2. Know Me
3. Selah
4. Visions
5. Brown
6. One Day
7. Punks Rock
8. Breathe Babylon
9. Funk Jam
10. Preach
11. Reggae Jam
12. Full Color
13. Seeking The Wise
14. Live And Die
15. Outro
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The Warriors
(1998)

1. Intro
2. Southtown
3. Breathe Babylon
4. Rosa Linda
5. Draw The Line
6. Full Color
7. Sabbath
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The Fundamental Elements Of Southtown

(1999)
1. Greetings
2. Hollywood
3. Southtown
4. Checkin' Levels
5. Rock The Party (Off The Hook)
6. Lie Down
7. Set Your Eyes To Zion
8. Lo Siento
9. Bullet The Blue Sky
10. Psalm
11. Image
12. Shouts
13. Tribal Warriors
14. Freestyle
15. Follow Me
16. Outcast
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Satellite
(2001)
1. Set It Off
2. Alive
3. Boom
4. Youth Of The Nation
5. Celestial
6. Satellite
7. Ridiculous
8. The Messenjah
9. Guitarras De Amor
10. Anything Right
11. Ghetto
12. Masterpiece Conspiracy
13. Without Jah, Nothin'
14. Thinking About Forever
15. Portrait
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Payable On Death
(2003)

1. Wildfire
2. Will You
3. Change The World
4. Execute The Sounds
5. Find My Way
6. Revolution
7. The Reasons
8. Freedom Fighters
9. Waiting On Today
10. I And Identify
11. Asthma
12. Eternal
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Testify
(2006)

1. Roots In Stereo
2. Lights Out
3. If You Could See Me Now
4. Goodbye For Now
5. Sounds Like War
6. On The Grind
7. This Time
8. Mistakes And Glories
9. Let You Down
10. Teachers
11. Strength Of My Life
12. Say Hello
13. Mark My Words
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Greatest Hits
The Atlantic Years
(2006)

1. Southtown
2. Boom
3. Going In Blind [NEW TRACK]
4. Roots In Stereo
5. Alive
6. Youth Of The Nation
7. Sleeping Awake
8. Rock The Party (Off The Hook)
9. Lights Out
10. Goodbye For Now
11. Execute The Sounds
12. Will You
13. Truly Amazing
14. Satellite
15. Set Your Eyes To Zion
16. Here We Go [NEW TRACK]
17. If It Wasn't For You
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When Angels & Serpents Dance (2008)
1. Addicted
2. Shine With Me
3. Condescending
4. It Can't Rain Everyday
5. Kaliforn-Eye-A
6. I'll Be Ready
7. End Of The World
8. This Ain't No Ordinary Love Song
9. God Forbid
10. Roman Empire
11. When Angels And Serpents Dance
12. Tell Me Why
13. Rise Against
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