In today’s age, rock bands are seen everywhere. Some new, some old. The bitter part is, some make it, some don’t.

Dashboard Confessional, as a band, has been active since 1999 and got their first single to be acknowledged by the hearing public 3 years after. This is actually already “good news” for new bands since most, either make it big after 5 – 8 years of being active (after they’ve changed so many managers and performed as man gigs as possible just to get the public’s attention), or just fade away in the music industry. After their first single (Screaming Infidelities), they had consecutive chart toppers with songs like “Hands Down”, “Vindicated”, “Stolen” etc.

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Deftones is a rock band from Sacramento, California formed in 1988, consisting of Chino Moreno (vocals and guitar), Stephen Carpenter ( lead guitar), Chi Cheng (bass) Frank Delgado (keyboards, sampler and turntables) and Abe Cunningham (drums.) Their sound that has been described as ranging from alternative metal and dream pop to progressive rock and experimental rock.

Critics have often praised them as one of the more unique rock bands of recent years for their innovative, atmospheric music; as Johnny Loftus writes, “Rock critics usually reserve a special place for Deftones above or at least away from the rest of the turn-of-the-century metal movement [...] Deftones have always seemed more curious, more willing to incorporate traditionally revered sounds like dream pop or D.C. hardcore into their northern California alt-metal.”

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One of the songs from Deftones that I like, (well, actually I love all the songs of Deftones) but this one particular song hit the spot, the first time I heard it.

RX QUEEN

Even wrote a post based on the lyrics of the song Rx Queen

A love song for my RX Queen from the moment I saw her, I wanted to be with her. I tracked her down and I can’t take my mind off of her.

“Cause you’re my girl and that’s all right, if you sting me I won’t mind”

You can do anything to me and nothing can stop me from loving you. Dammit… I’m in love…

“We’ll stop to rest on the moon and we’ll make fire, I’ll steal a carcass for you then feed off the virus”

I will do anything for you, I don’t care how much pain you put me through as long as I’m with you, in a way I’m so addicted to you. It’s all in hell and I don’t know what to do anymore. I hope you’re reading this, my RX Queen… Time is seeping fast, all else is a blur… you make me feel good, even though it hurts but it’s the right kind of pain. Pain is nothing compared to the High I get when I’m with you…

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The Cure are an English rock band that formed in Crawley, Sussex in 1976. The band has experienced several lineup changes, with frontman, guitarist and main songwriter Robert Smith—known for his iconic wild hair, pale complexion, smudged lipstick and frequently gloomy and introspective lyrics—being the only constant member.

The members of The Cure first started releasing music in the late 1970s. Their first album, Three Imaginary Boys (1979), and early singles placed them as part of the post-punk and New Wave movements that had sprung up in the wake of the punk rock revolution in the United Kingdom. During the early 1980s the band’s increasingly dark and tormented music helped form the gothic rock genre. After the release of 1982’s Pornography, the band’s future was uncertain and frontman Robert Smith was keen to move past the gloomy reputation his band had cultivated. With the 1982 single “Let’s Go to Bed” Smith began to inject more of a pop sensibility into the band’s music. The Cure’s popularity increased as the decade wore on, especially in the United States, where the songs “Just Like Heaven“, “Lovesong” and “Friday I’m in Love” entered the Billboard Top 40 charts. By the start of the 1990s, The Cure were one of the most popular alternative rock bands in the world and have sold an estimated 27 million albums as of 2004. As of 2007, The Cure have released twelve studio albums and over thirty singles, with a thirteenth album in the works.

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Keane sold over 5.5 million copies of their debut album in 2004 called “Hopes and Fears”. Its follow up album “Under the Iron Sea” didnt quite make it the way they expected it to be. Selling only 2.5 million copies. It was a huge letdown for the group. With this came personal problems, specifically, drug problems with the singer, Tom Chaplin, which almost derails the band. The band built up a huge fan base in the US and obviously, the first album did great. When we toured with the second album, the fans grew bigger but the album did not make that much sale as it was expected. That struck them low and took some time before they got their act together. Now the band is ready and in “Perfect Symmetry”. The British band’s latest album is set to conquer the world once again. They did not play safe. They gave all and this is quite the sound that they really are.

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Columbia/Roadrunner/Island Def Jam/Sony Music Soundtrax released “Spider-Man (Music From and Inspired By)” on Tuesday, April 30. “Spider-Man,” the live action motion picture released by Columbia Pictures in conjunction with the 40th anniversary of the classic graphic character’s Marvel Comics debut, made its way into theaters nationwide on Friday, May 3.

“Spider-Man (Music From and Inspired By)” is a collection of music written and performed by a generation of musicians influenced by the power and mystery of the Spider-Man character, his conflicts and his adventures. The album’s lead singles and videos are “What We’re All About (The Original Version)” from Sum 41 featuring a guitar solo from Slayer’s Kerry King; and “Hero,” a new track from Nickelback vocalist/guitarist Chad Kroeger featuring Josey Scott (the vocalist from Saliva), written for the film by Kroeger.

The Ramones were loud and fast – Everyone knows that, even the poor, blind saps who never loved the band. But the Ramones were many things, and gloriously so, from the moment of their inception in Forest Hills, New York, in 1974, until their final concert, #2,263, in Los Angeles on August 6, 1996.

They were prolific – releasing 21 studio and live albums between 1976 and 1996 – and professional, typically cutting all of the basic tracks for one of those studio LPs in a matter of days. They were stubborn, a marvel of bulldog determination and cast-iron pride in a business greased by negotiation and compromise. And they were fun, rock n’ roll’s most reliable Great Night Out for nearly a quarter of a century. Which seems like a weird thing to say about about a bunch of guys for whom a show, in 1974 or ‘75, could be six songs in a quarter of an hour.

The Ramones were also first: the first band of the mid-’70’s New York punk rock uprising to get a major-label contract and put an album out; the first to rock the nation on the road and teach the British how noise annoys; the first new American group of the decade to kick the smug, yellow-bellied shit out of a ’60s superstar aristrocracy running on cocaine-and-caviar autopilot.

Above all, the Ramones were pop: stone believers in the Top 40 7-inch-vinyl songwriting aesthetic; a nonstop hit-singles machine with everything going for it – hammer-and-sizzle guitars and hallelujah choruses played at runaway-Beatles-velocity – except actual hits. According to an August 1975 article in England’s Melody Maker about the crude, new music crashing through the doors of a former country-and-bluegrass bar in lower Manhattan named CBGB, the local press was already hailing the Ramones as – get this – “potentially the greatest singles band since the Velvet Underground.” A peculiar compliment since the Velvets’ own few 45s were all crushing radio bombs.

But there was one thing you could never, ever say about the Ramones: that they were dumb. In their time, in their brilliantly specialized way, the Ramones – the founding four of Johnny (guitar), Joey (voice), Tommy (drums), and Dee Dee (bass); along with Marky, who spent 15 years and 11 albums behind the drums beginning with “Road To Ruin” and who was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with the original four; – later followed by CJ, who stepped out of the Marine Corps and into Dee Dee’s king-sized sneakers in 1989; and Richie, who kept the beat while Marky was on hiatus between ‘83 and ‘87 – were the sharpest band on the planet. Fully evolved as musicians and songwriters. Confident in their power and the importance of what they had.

From Ramones.com

One of the first American rock bands formed in 1973, they are well known for their elaborate sets and antics (fire breathing, blood spitting, smokin’ guitars and the use of pyrotechnics) that earned them quite a following. One of the true rockers of America that has survived many upheavals in their line-up, they have been given many awards with their many songs and perfomances. Some menbers of the band have even performed as late as June 13 2008 when they performed in the Arrow Rock Festival at the Netherlands. The true rock band of the US, their legacy of music and antics lives on in the hearts of their fans. Recently, they have also performed in New Zealand, UK and Australia forever making thier mark as one of the longest running/performing rock bands from the 70’s

Truly one of the best American Metal Bands around that has stood the test of time ever since it was formed way back in the 80’s. They have sold 120 million records globally with 35 million in the US alone, the band continues to wow fans with their unique rock style evident in their current tour. The roots of the band was colorful and seen by many as the true American dream with them starting out young (many former groupo members have formed their own bands) and making it big in the charts. Bon Jovi (true last name, Bongiovi) started out on the radio with “Runaway” that grew bigger and bigger till he decided to form the band from a successful talent pool with Alec John Such, Tico Torres, Dave Sabo(Skid Row and Bon Jovi’s nextdoor neighbor) and Richie Sambora. The band is currently on the Lost Highway Tour that began way back in February in Omaha Nebraska.

One of the best rock bands today, Radiohead has been around for sixteen years with seven successful albums. The band has been thankful for the support of their loyal fans who have been there for them ever since they made their first album. Their success began with the album “Ok Computer” that managed to break the charts and placed them on the map in the rock and roll arena. Embraced by rock fanatics as the saviors of modern guitar rock, they resurfaced in 2000 with a new rock music style loaded with electronics, few guitars and minimal vocals. They truly are the embodiment of modern rock as they continue to reign as one of the world’s top rock bands.

The rock band which hails from California is going strong with over 50 million copies sold (combined sales) and two Grammy awards. Last Year, they released their third studio album between May 9th and 18th that it went double platinum. There was however one first for the band, this album was also the first one to have the parental advisory warning label that says it has explicit language. Diamond certified by the RIAA in 2005, the band continues their streak into becoming one of the best modern rock bands ever to hail form the US. They are going strong with their strong fan base and music that truly rocks.