"for ""Best Act in the World Today"", while they were also named ""Best Live Act"" at the 2014 Q Awards and the 2007 and 2018 NME Awards. The band's music is often described as ""indie rock"", but Pizzorno has said he ""hates indie bands"" and does not feel Kasabian fit into that category. Kasabian have released six studio albums – ""Kasabian"" (2004), ""Empire"" (2006), ""West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum"" (2009), ""Velociraptor!"" (2011), """" (2014), and ""For Crying Out Loud"" (2017). The band's music has been described as a mix between The Stone Roses and Primal Scream with the swagger of"
"Pfeifer. Unorthodox Interview @ Cosmic Lava by Klaus Kleinowski: http://www.cosmiclava.com/reviews-interviews/interviews/interviews-2009/unorthodox.html Unorthodox (band) Unorthodox is a doom metal band from Maryland. Unorthodox were originally called Asylum. They changed their name to Unorthodox after a band with a similar name achieved national success. They were one of many Maryland bands to be picked up in the early 90s by Germany's Hellhound Records. They released two albums under Hellhound, 1993's ""Asylum"" and 1995's ""Balance of Power"". In 1994 Doom Records released a compilation entitled ""A Double Dose of Doom"" featuring Obstination (who would later become Asylum) and Rat Salad (who would go on"
"was voted the best album of the year by ""Q"" Magazine. ""Vlad the Impaler"" was made available as a free download from the official website from 31 March to 3 April 2009. The first proper, physical release from the album was ""Fire"", which was released on 1 June. Sergio Pizzorno has called the 52-minute album ""the soundtrack to an imaginary movie."" The album includes a duet, on the track ""West Ryder Silver Bullet"", with the actress Rosario Dawson. The album entered the UK Album Chart at No. 1, giving the band their second No. 1 album. ""Underdog"" has been used"
"titled ""Through Hell to Heaven"". This band performed with Live vocalist Ed Kowalczyk at the 2009 Layne Staley Tribute Concert. As of 2012, Snyder is still with The Crying Spell, which has put out a second album ""Disgraceland"", whilst Bacolas has left and joined another band called Lotus Crush, which put out an album in 2011 called ""Half Light Morning"". In 2009, Travis Bracht formed another band called Post Modern Heroes along with almost every other member of his first band Peace and Silence, releasing their debut album ""Post Modern Heroes"" a year later. Second Coming (band) Second Coming was"
"Manic Street Preachers as a b-side. ""Animal Nitrate"" was covered by the Libertines in concert during their tour reunion in 2015: a cover version of the same song was also recorded by Basement for the ""Further Sky"" EP. ""Beautiful Ones"" was recorded by Kim Wilde on her cover album ""Snapshots"" in 2011. Apoptygma Berzerk recorded a cover version of ""Trash"" on their ""Rocket Science"" album. Current members Former members Studio albums Suede (band) Suede are an English alternative rock band formed in London in 1989. The band is composed of singer Brett Anderson, guitarist Richard Oakes, bass player Mat Osman,"
"Poisonous Poets. Perhaps the rapper with the biggest underground support not getting coverage by the mainstream media is rapper, political activist and poet Lowkey who has toured America and worked with notable acts such as Immortal Technique, Dead Prez and Chuck D of Public Enemy. At the turn of the decade, Grime started to dominate the UK single and album charts. Acts such as N-Dubz, Tinchy Stryder and Chipmunk emerged in 2009 to wide commercial success. Tinchy Stryder scored two number ones with songs Number 1 and Never Leave You and became the best-selling British solo artist of 2009. The"
"state... They were clearly the people's choice, and I intend to honor that vote."" In 2009, the band released their twelfth studio album and first double album, ""Embryonic"". The album, which was the band's first to open in the ""Billboard"" top 10, was widely critically acclaimed for its new direction; late in the recording the band added Derek Brown on keyboards, percussion and guitar. In December of the same year, the band released their second album of the year and thirteenth overall, ""The Flaming Lips and Stardeath and White Dwarfs with Henry Rollins and Peaches Doing The Dark Side of"
"and The R.O.C to the label. The duo's 2009 album, ""W.I.C.K.E.D."", peaked at #11 on the ""Billboard"" 200. With the position, Spaniolo says that ""it shows relevance. It shows that [we're] not just a sideshow act. It shows that we're not just protoges, we're not just coattail riders. We are here."" On December 12 it was announced via Twiztid's official Twitter that Twiztid has left Psychopathic Records. Formed in 1999, Dark Lotus consists of Joseph Bruce and Joseph Utsler of Insane Clown Posse, Jamie Spaniolo and Paul Methric of Twiztid, and Chris Rouleau. Each member is said to ""act as"
"support of Asylum as a headlining act in the Uproar Festival, along with Stone Sour, Hellyeah, and Avenged Sevenfold. The first show of the tour took place in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Target Center on August 17, with the last show scheduled for Madison, Wisconsin, at the Alliant Energy Center Memorial Coliseum on October 4, 2010. As a Hot Topic exclusive, those who purchased the CD there also received an ""Asylum"" wristband, similar to a real one from a real psychiatric ward. The wristband includes a false bar code, a DOB (which is 8/31/10, the album's release date), along with"
"2009 and was also their last ever show as an Echo Label artist. After ending their tour at the Portsmouth Pyramids Centre, a six track EP titled ""Seven Sleepers"" was released in Japan, the same time they toured there in March. It included a collection of B-sides from the ""Silent Cry"" album, plus two new songs. After starting 2009 with two warm-up shows for their tour of Japan in Scarborough and Crewe, the band later on in May announced that Feeder had ""ended their partnership"" with drummer Mark Richardson, who returned to his original band Skunk Anansie. Mark was replaced"
"""Billboard"" 200 when it reached number 106. Benoit left the band in April 2005 due to a nerve injury, and was replaced by James Love. Love was later replaced by Jeff Tuttle. Pennie also left in 2007, with Gil Sharone replacing him. Later in the year, the band released its third studio album ""Ire Works"", which reached the top 150 of the album charts in the US and the UK. In early 2009, Billy Rymer replaced Sharone as the band's drummer. 2010's ""Option Paralysis"", the band's first album to be released on their own label Party Smasher, reached number 78"
"six members. But after the first album released there was a problem with Dark Lotus and Marz so they re-released the first album where AnyBody Killa took over Marz place. Psychopathic Rydas formed in 1999, and consists of Psychopathic Records-associated rappers performing under alternate stage names in the style of mainstream gangsta rap. The group's lineup consisted of Bruce (Bullet), Utsler (Full Clip), Methric (Foe Foe), Spaniolo (Lil' Shank), Rouleau (Cell Block) and James Lowery (Sawed Off). Psychopathic Rydas reuses the beats of popular rappers within the genre without paying to license the original songs or requesting permission from copyright"
"and The English Beat. In 2008, they featured opening acts Snoop Dogg and Fiction Plane. In 2009, they had another Summer Unity Tour which featured opening acts Ziggy Marley and The Expendables while in 2010, supporting act The Offspring and opening act Pepper were featured. In 2011, Sublime With Rome and DJ Soulman & DJ Trichrome were the openers on the Unity Tour. ""Uplifter"", 311's ninth studio album, was released on June 2, 2009. The album, produced at 311's Hive Recording Studios in Los Angeles by Bob Rock, debuted at No. 3 on the ""Billboard"" 200, the band's highest chart"
"Golden Shoulders Golden Shoulders is a band from Nevada City, California. Formed in 2001 by songwriter Adam Kline, the group operates with a rotating lineup and has featured significant contributions from such notables as Joanna Newsom (who sang and played piano on the first Golden Shoulders album, ""Let My Burden Be"", before going on to international acclaim), Todd Roper and Greg Brown (Cake, Deathray), Rich Good (the Psychedelic Furs, the Pleased), Dan Elkan (Broken Bells, Hella), Josh Klinghoffer (Red Hot Chili Peppers, John Frusciante, PJ Harvey, Beck), Rusty Miller (Jackpot), Rob Kieswetter (Bobby Birdman), Hunter Burgan (AFI), songwriter Brett Shady,"
"elements of hardcore punk, metal and shoegaze. The Jesus Lizard, Ride, Laughing Hyenas, Unsane, Unwound, Black Sabbath, Fu Manchu, Kyuss, Slug, Cherubs, Shellac, My Bloody Valentine, Six Finger Satellite, Green Magnet School, Superconductor, Melvins, Nirvana, Tar, Table. Silkworm, Botch, The Posies, Nadir, OneTon, Hush Harbor, Richmond Fontaine, Poppa Wheelie, The Presidents of the United States of America, Bali Girls, Rocket From The Crypt, Spiny Norman, Plugg, Helter Skipper and the Gilligan Mansons, Self Help Seminar and many others. Swelter Swelter is a rock music group, formed in 1989. They were generally associated with the city of Tacoma, Washington. 1989–91 Swelter"
"the album, dubbed ""Hordes of Chaos"", was wrapped up in late August, with the album being released in January 2009. On 23 January 2009, the band began their ""Chaos Over Europe"" tour in Tilburg (the Netherlands) with Caliban, Eluveitie and Emergency Gate as other acts. In April 2009, the band embarked on a North American headlining tour, co-headlined by Exodus, and featuring Belphegor, Warbringer, and Epicurean. In late 2009, Reil was forced to sit out some tour dates due to personal issues, with Marco Minnemann temporarily taking his place. Kreator signed with Nuclear Blast in early 2010, before embarking on"
"Psychopathic Rydas Psychopathic Rydas is an American hip hop group based in Detroit, Michigan. Formed in 1999, the group consists of Psychopathic Records-associated rappers performing under alternate stage names in the style of gangsta rap. The group's current lineup consists of Insane Clown Posse, Twiztid Drive-By, and Boondox. Anybody Killa was on the albums ""Check Your Shit in Bitch!"" and ""Limited Edition EP"" in 2004, left the label and group in 2007, and returned in 2011 for the albums ""EatShitnDie"" and ""Backdoor Ryda EP"". The group's current lineup is: Insane Clown Posse members as Bullet and Full Clip, Twiztid members"
"2009 and number thirty on ""Billboard""s Heatseekers Chart in 2006. The band's second album, ""Riot!"", was released in 2007. Due to the success of the singles ""Misery Business"", ""Crushcrushcrush"", and ""That's What You Get"", ""Riot!"" was a mainstream success and was certified Platinum in the United States. They then received a Best New Artist nomination at the 2008 Grammy Awards. Their 2009 follow-up, ""Brand New Eyes"", is the band's second-highest charting album to date, landing at number two on the ""Billboard"" 200 with 175,000 first week sales. It produced the top-forty single ""The Only Exception"" and went platinum in Ireland"
"label (although the deluxe version on iTunes is marked explicit for live versions of their earlier material from ""The Sickness""). ""Asylum"" debuted at number-one on the ""Billboard"" 200 chart with sales of approximately 179,000 according to Nielsen Soundscan. This is the fourth consecutive number-one album in the U.S. for Disturbed. The other two bands ever to accomplish this feat in the Soundscan era are metal band Metallica and folk rock/jam band Dave Matthews Band. On March 31, 2011, ""Asylum"" was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). In a November 2008 interview, David Draiman stated that their"
"15 February 2008. Bands Seether shared the stage with on the tour included Three Days Grace, Finger Eleven, Breaking Benjamin, 3 Doors Down, Skillet, Red, Papa Roach, Flyleaf, Econoline Crush, and Staind. McLawhorn was afterwards made an official member of the band. ""No Shelter"" appeared on the NCIS Official TV Soundtrack, released on 10 February 2009, and a version of Wham!'s ""Careless Whisper"" was made available for purchase as a digital or mobile download. The song was reportedly covered as a joke, in which the band turned a ""Cheesy 80s pop ballad"" into a Hard Rock/Metal song in response to"
"changed their name to Soul Asylum. After touring the United States for a number of years they gathered a cult following of fans, but did not quite reach commercial visibility. Pirner at the time was the band's songwriter and he produced the album, ""Coup De Grace,"" by the Minneapolis metal band the Coup de Grace in 1990. The band achieved commercial success and visibility on MTV and VH1 with the 1993 single ""Runaway Train"", followed by another hit song, ""Black Gold""; both from their album ""Grave Dancers Union"". As Soul Asylum grew in popularity, Pirner was seen guesting on albums"
"Sins, Revolver, Fergie, Down With Webster, Seidat, The Black Crowes, Stone River, Death Of Eight, Crash Kelly, Rascal Flatts, Daphene Darling, Scott Manery &The Barnburners, Face to Face, Crystal Gage, Big & Rich ft. Cowboy Troy, Emerson Drive 2009 - ""Rock Weekend:"" Counting Crows, The Trews, KISS, Dean Lickyer, Stone Temple Pilots, Our Lady Peace, See Spot Run, Running Red Lights, Bobnoxious ""Country Weekend:"" Tim Mcgraw, Jason Blaine, Shelly Rastin, Brad Paisley, Doc Walker, Deric Ruttan 2010 - ""Rock Weekend:"" Scorpions, Cinderella, Bobnoxious, Rush, Weezer, Sam Roberts, Crash Karma ""Country Weekend:"" Keith Urban, The Road Hammers, Aaron Lines, Alan Jackson,"
"(unreleased)<br> Song for the Girl (Powerhouse 2009)<br> Swagger version 1 (Out of Luck 2007) <br> Swagger version 2 (Powerhouse 2009)<br> Swift Street (unreleased)<br> Wild Orphan (Powerhouse 2009)<br> Terrorize (unreleased)<br> White Wolf Eyes (unreleased)<br> Without Your Holster (unreleased) As of the fall of 2009, the Vox Jaguars are on indefinite hiatus as band members temporarily pursue other goals in music, work and education. Mason - A Quantum Visionary - Bright Stone - Vox Chupacabra. Studied music at Cabrillo College<br> Trevor - The Inciters - Vox Chupacabra. Still resides in Santa Cruz<br> Jordan - Mainland - Residing in New York City, graduated"
"Nerf Herder Nerf Herder is an American rock band from Santa Barbara, California, formed in 1994 by Parry Gripp (vocals, guitar), Charlie Dennis (bass) and Steve Sherlock (drums). They describe themselves as a ""geek rock"" band, and are known for simplistic modern punk-style songs with frequently humorous, juvenile, and pop-culture-referencing lyrics. Their 1997 single ""Van Halen"", a tribute to the band of the same name, received significant radio airplay and led to their first major record deal with Arista Records. They also composed and performed the theme music to the television series ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer."" Nerf Herder was formed"
"'09 tour, original drummer Justin Evans unexpectedly left the band and Aaron Eckermann, drummer from the Christian metal band A Plea For Purging, filled in for the rest of the tour. The band then found a replacement drummer, Peter Keres. Original vocalist Will Henry left the band and former Agraceful vocalist Chris Roetter filled in as the vocalist for the remaining shows on the tours. The band's second release, entitled ""A Feast for Crows"", brought a new type of sound from the band. Guitarist and vocalist Jarrod Christman was the only remaining member from their first release ""The Darker Shades"
"Straight... Yeah"", topped the British album chart for a week. However, the follow-up album, ""Stupid Stupid Stupid"", did not achieve the same critical or commercial success, and the group split in 1998. The group reformed briefly in 2010, and released a single in 2015. On 4 August 2017, the group released ""Pop Voodoo"", their first full album since 1997. Ryder collaborated with Intastella in 1993. In 1996, he collaborated with Jerry Harrison, Tina Weymouth and Chris Frantz on ""No Talking, Just Head"". Ryder appeared on British tenor Russell Watson's 2001 debut album ""The Voice"", lending his vocals to a cover"
"Unorthodox (band) Unorthodox is a doom metal band from Maryland. Unorthodox were originally called Asylum. They changed their name to Unorthodox after a band with a similar name achieved national success. They were one of many Maryland bands to be picked up in the early 90s by Germany's Hellhound Records. They released two albums under Hellhound, 1993's ""Asylum"" and 1995's ""Balance of Power"". In 1994 Doom Records released a compilation entitled ""A Double Dose of Doom"" featuring Obstination (who would later become Asylum) and Rat Salad (who would go on to become Iron Man). They also had a song, ""Lifeline"""
"the movie ""Slither"" (2006) and were part of the soundtrack to the 2008 documentary, ""Holler Back: (Not) Voting in an American Town."" They have also provided accompaniment for an NBC special in 2006, on which former world figure skating champion and fellow Albertan, Kurt Browning, performed a routine to ""Expectation and the Blues"". Their music can also be heard in the ski film ""Nine Winters Old."" Lund signed a three-album deal with New West Records (home of Dwight Yoakam, Steve Earle, Kris Kristofferson and other major artists) in 2009. His first record on New West, ""Losin' Lately Gambler"", was released"
"Bum"", ""Widower"", and ""Parasitic Twins"" are featured in the game Rock Band 3 via the Rock Band Network Option Paralysis Option Paralysis is the fourth studio album by American mathcore band The Dillinger Escape Plan, released on March 23, 2010. After having fulfilled their contract with Relapse Records, the band released the album through Party Smasher Inc., their own new imprint in collaboration with French record label Season of Mist. It marks The Dillinger Escape Plan's first release to feature Billy Rymer on drums, since Gil Sharone left the band in September 2008 due to the frequent touring schedule and"
"the Screams Come"" and ""Yes I Do"". Hasselvander's solo project The Hounds of Hasselvander released an album in 2007. For live performances, Hasselvander recruited Kayt Vigil on bass and former Pentagram drummer and Maryland doom mainstay Isom on drums. Hasselvander also contributed to Blue Cheer's 2007 album, ""What Doesn't Kill You"". On August 23, 2008, a new Pentagram lineup was announced, which featured Liebling joined by guitarist Russ Strahan, former live drummer Isom and bassist Mark Ammen, who came in after a short period with Kayt Vigil. In 2009, the band played two triumphant shows in New York City and"
"Uplifter Uplifter is the ninth studio album by American rock band 311, released on June 2, 2009 by Volcano Records. It is the band's first album in nearly four years, the longest gap between albums in 311's career. ""Uplifter"" was produced by Bob Rock, who has produced or engineered albums by numerous notable acts, such as Metallica, Aerosmith, Mötley Crüe, Bon Jovi, The Cult, Our Lady Peace and The Offspring. It debuted at #3 on the ""Billboard"" 200, their highest position to date. The first single from the album, ""Hey You"", was sent to radio stations for airplay on April"
"recruited ex-D.R.I. drummer Felix Griffin to much attention. 2008 would see the band log many shows around Texas, as well as welcoming Alex ""Rager"" Loughborough on bass in late December 2008. On May 29, 2009 the band released their 3rd album, an EP titled ""Hatred for the State"", on Shattered World Records. In late 2009, Alex Rager left the band and has been replaced by Craig Holloway. The band embarked on their first tour of Europe in November and December 2010, playing 24 shows in 10 countries and supporting acts such as Wehrmacht, Pro Pain, Napalm Death, Blood For Blood,"
"Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. Released in 2015 the album was again self-produced & drew international critical acclaim, notably from ""Rolling Stone"", Stereogum, Interview Magazine, Entertainment Weekly & Noisey. The Black Ryder have played/toured with The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Cult, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Primal Scream, The Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Black Angels, The Charlatans, Pete Kember (Spectrum), Broken Social Scene, The Raveonettes & Tamaryn. In 2009, The Black Ryder made their live debut opening for Black Rebel Motorcycle Club on their Australian tour followed by subsequent Australian tours with Brian Jonestown Massacre, The Charlatans, & The Raveonettes. In"