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Alter Bridge is an American alternative metal/hard rock band that was formed in 2004 in Orlando, Florida. It consists of lead guitarist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall, and drummer Scott Phillips (drummer), all of whom are also members of Creed, alongside lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Myles Kennedy, formerly of The Mayfield Four and the frontman of Slash's current solo project. Tremonti named the group after an actual bridge that used to be located in Grosse Pointe, Michigan, near his former home on Alter Road. Alter Bridge released their debut album One Day Remains in 2004, with the first single...
There are at least 3 bands known under this name:
The first one was formed in 1976 in France, by Claude Delcloo, who gathered 23 (yes, twentytree!) famous studio musicians of the time (Didier Lockwood, Marc Chantereau, François Jeanneau, André Ceccarelli, Ivan Jullien among them) creating this way the first dreamteam à la française.
Their unique homonymous album is a blend of choppy euro fusion, funky big band grooving, and some soulful touches that remind us of some of the funky jazz coming out of the west coast during the 70s. A few cuts have some really great female vocals,...
Synthesia is a French ambient electronic progressive rock/metal band created in the end of 2004 and made of 2 members: Aurélien Diérick (music, keyboards, guitars) and Julien Bazile (lyrics, melodies, voices). They made one "internet/home made" album entitled "Rain of Light" (completed in 2007) along with many covers and they're currently working on a new album entitled "The Time Travellers" (probably finished before the end of 2009).
The main influences of the band are Ayreon, Rhapsody, Luca Turilli, Mike Oldfield, Kitaro, Voyager (the Australian band) or Pink Floyd.
There are also some Canadian guests on various tracks: Annie Gaulin aka...
Walter Anthony Murphy, Jr. (Also Known as Uncle Louie) (born 19 December 1952) is a pianist, composer, and arranger who had a massive hit with the instrumental, "A Fifth of Beethoven", a disco adaptation of some passages of the first movement of Beethoven's Fifth Symphony, in 1976, when disco was at the height of its popularity.
Murphy was born in 1952, in New York City, New York, USA and grew up in Manhattan. He attended the Manhattan School of Music there, where he studied jazz and classical piano. After finishing school, Murphy served as an arranger for Doc Severinsen and...
Alternative TV were an influential British punk band formed in London in 1976.
As the founding editor of the pioneering Sniffin' Glue fanzine, Mark Perry gained attention in the British punk scene. He formed the band whilst producing the fanzine, although eventually diverted his energies solely to this band.
Key members of the band were Perry and Alex Fergusson, who described their music as "closest to Can and reggae-type rhythms," and were generally more innovative and experimental than many of their peers within the punk scene at that time.
The band's debut single was "Love Lies Limp", a free flexi...
