Weezer is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 1992. The band currently consists of Rivers Cuomo, Patrick Wilson (drums), Brian Bell, and Scott Shriner.
Jill Sobule is an American singer-songwriter best known for the 1995 single "I Kissed a Girl", and "Supermodel" from the soundtrack of the 1995 film Clueless. Her folk-inflected compositions alternate between ironic, story-driven character studies and emotive ballads, a duality reminiscent of such 1970s American songwriters as Warren Zevon, Harry Nilsson, Loudon Wainwright III, Harry Chapin, and Randy Newman. Autobiographical elements, including Sobule's Jewish heritage and her adolescent battles with anorexia and depression, frequently occur in Sobule's writing.
Ayreon is a musical project by Dutch songwriter, singer, multi-instrumentalist musician and record producer Arjen Anthony Lucassen. Ayreon's music is described as progressive rock, progressive metal and power metal sometimes combined with genres such as folk, electronica, experimental and classical music. The majority of Ayreon's albums are dubbed "rock operas" because the albums contain complex storylines featuring a host of characters, usually with each one being represented by a unique vocalist.
Katatonia are a Swedish metal band formed in Stockholm in 1991 by Jonas Renkse and Anders Nyström. The band started as a studio-only project for the duo, as an outlet for the band's love of death metal. Increasing popularity lead them to add more band members for live performances, though outside of the band's founders, the lineup was constantly changing, revolving door of musicians throughout the 1990s, notably including Mikael Åkerfeldt of the band Opeth for a period. After two death/doom albums, Dance of December Souls (1993) and Brave Murder Day (1996), problems with Renkse's vocal cords coupled with new musical influences lead the band away from the screamed vocals of death metal to a more traditional, melodic form of heavy metal music. The band released two more albums, Discouraged Ones (1998) and Tonight's Decision (1999), before settling into a stable quintet lineup for all of 2000's. The band released four more albums with said lineup - Last Fair Deal Gone Down (2001), Viva Emptiness (2003), The Great Cold Distance (2006), and Night Is the New Day (2009), with the band slowly moving away from their metal sound while adding more progressive rock sounds to their work over time. While lineup changes started up again into the 2010s, Renkse and Nyström persisted, and the band continued on to release their ninth and tenth studio albums, Dead End Kings (2012) and The Fall of Hearts (2016). After touring in support of the album through 2017, the band entered a hiatus at the beginning of 2018. The band returned from their hiatus in February 2019.
Collision Course is a collaborative EP from American rapper Jay-Z and rock band Linkin Park, released on November 30, 2004 by Roc-A-Fella, Machine Shop, Warner Bros. and Def Jam records.
LCD Soundsystem is an American rock band from Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2002 by musician James Murphy, co-founder of DFA Records. The band's current lineup consists of Murphy, Nancy Whang, Pat Mahoney (drums), Gavin Rayna Russom (synther), Tyler Pope, Al Doyle, Matt Thornley, and Korey Richey. They are currently signed to both DFA and Columbia Records.
Converge is an American hardcore punk band formed by vocalist Jacob Bannon and guitarist Kurt Ballou in Salem, Massachusetts in 1990. During the recording of their seminal fourth album Jane Doe, the group became a four-piece with the departure of guitarist Aaron Dalbec and the addition of bassist Nate Newton and drummer Ben Koller. This lineup has remained intact since. They have released nine studio albums, three live albums, and numerous EPs. The band's sound is rooted in both hardcore punk and heavy metal, and they are considered pioneers of metalcore as well as its subgenre mathcore.
Chris Pennie is the former drummer for the progressive rock band Coheed and Cambria and former drummer and co-founder of mathcore band The Dillinger Escape Plan.
Mike Earl Clark is an American record producer and DJ from Detroit, Michigan best known for working with Insane Clown Posse, Kid Rock, Prozak and Mickey Avalon. Clark has also worked with George Clinton, Patti Smith, Primal Scream, R.L. Burnside and other noteworthy artists.
Strange Music is an American independent record label specializing in hip hop music and founded by Tech N9ne and Travis O'Guin in 1999. It is distributed through Fontana Distribution.
Dexter Freebish is a band based in Austin, Texas, consisting of lead singer Robert Kyle, guitars of Scott Romig, bass and vocals of Chris Lowe, guitars of Charles Martin, and the drums of Rob Schilz. They have released five albums and one extended play, with their most recent release being the October 19, 2010 LP Shine On.
Tales from the Sick is the debut studio album by American rapper Prozak. The album was released on June 3, 2008. It is the rapper's first release on Strange Music and is his first release of solo material following his first solo EP Aftabirth which was released in 2001. The album peaked at #8 on the Billboard Top Heatseekers chart, #25 on the Top Independent Albums chart and #52 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.
Strange Music is an American independent record label founded by Tech N9ne and Travis O'Guin in 1999, specializing in hip hop music. It is currently distributed through Fontana Distribution.
Paranormal is the second studio album by American rapper Prozak. It was released April 24, 2012, and marked rapper's second full-length release on Strange Music. The album featured guest appearances from Tech N9ne, Twiztid, Krizz Kaliko, and Sid Wilson of heavy metal band Slipknot. The record has appeared on multiple charts, debuted at #90 on Billboard 200, #15 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums, #8 on Top Rap Albums and #15 on Top Indie Albums chart.
Nocturnal is the second extended play by American rapper Prozak, following up to his 2001 Aftabirth EP. The eight-track album was released on December 11, 2012 via Strange Music. Its audio production was handled by Seven on all tracks, except for the intro track produced by Magnetic, and featured guest appearances by The Dirtball, The R.O.C., and Twiztid.
Bryan Jones, better known by his stage name The R.O.C., is an American rapper and producer from Detroit, Michigan. He is a founding member of the group House of Krazees, which was originally active from 1992 until 1997, when Hektic (Monoxide) and Mr. Bones left to form Twiztid, who were subsequently signed to Psychopathic Records.
We All Fall Down is the third studio album by American rapper Prozak. The album was released on September 17, 2013, by Strange Music. The album has sold 9,000 copies in the United States as of September 2015.
Climate Change is the tenth studio album by rapper and songwriter Pitbull. It was released on March 17, 2017. through RCA Records, Polo Grounds Music and Mr. 305 Inc. It features Enrique Iglesias, Flo Rida, Jennifer Lopez, Jason Derulo, and LunchMoney Lewis.
Clover Music is an American record label imprint founded by American recording artist JoJo. Clover Music albums are distributed by Warner Bros. Records, a division of the Warner Music Group. Warner Bros. took over distribution from Interscope Records in September 2018 following Aaron Bay-Schuck's departure from the label as President of A&R and his new appointment as co-chairman and CEO of Warner Bros. Records. The label will exclusively distribute all of JoJo's future recordings including her upcoming fourth studio album. December 21, 2018, saw the first release through the label, JoJo's re-recorded and re-released debut album 2004's JoJo and it's follow up 2006's The High Road.
