Michael Ryan Pritchard, better known by his stage name Mike Dirnt, is an American rock musician who is the co-founder, bassist, backing vocalist, and occasional lead vocalist of Green Day. He has also played in several other bands, including the Frustrators. His stage name Dirnt was originally a nickname that his friends from grade school gave him, as he constantly played "air bass/guitar" and made a "dirnt, dirnt, dirnt" noise while pretending to pluck the strings.
Men Without Hats are a Canadian new wave and synth-pop band, originally from Montreal, Quebec. Their music is characterized by the baritone voice of their lead singer Ivan Doroschuk, as well as their elaborate use of synthesizers and electronic processing. They achieved their greatest popularity in the 1980s with "The Safety Dance", a worldwide top ten hit, and "Pop Goes the World". After a hiatus for most of the 1990s and 2000s, Doroschuk reformed the band in 2010, and released Love in the Age of War (2012). The group, based in Vancouver, has continued to perform, including tour dates announced in support of the release of two studio albums, Men Without Hats Again , in 2021 and 2022 respectively.
The Steve Miller Band is an American rock band formed in 1966 in San Francisco, California. The band is led by Steve Miller on guitar and lead vocals. The group had a string of mid- to late-1970s hit singles that are staples of classic rock, as well as several earlier psychedelic rock albums. Miller left his first band to move to San Francisco and form the Steve Miller Blues Band. Shortly after Harvey Kornspan negotiated the band's contract with Capitol Records in 1967, the band shortened its name to the Steve Miller Band. In February 1968, the band recorded its debut album, Children of the Future. It went on to produce the albums Sailor, Brave New World, Your Saving Grace, Number 5, Rock Love, Fly Like an Eagle, Book of Dreams, among others. The band's Greatest Hits 1974–78, released in 1978, sold over 13 million copies. In 2016, Steve Miller was inducted as a solo artist in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
Use Your Illusion is the name of two releases by American rock band Guns N' Roses: a 1998 compilation album, drawing from the Use Your Illusion I and II studio albums featuring songs without explicit lyrics, and a 2022 box set anniversary edition of both albums.
Live Era '87–'93 is a double live album by the American hard rock band Guns N' Roses. It was released on November 23, 1999. The record was the first official Guns N' Roses release since "The Spaghetti Incident?" released on the same day in 1993. Guitarist Slash notes that the album is "not pretty and there are a lot of mistakes, but this is Guns N' Roses, not the fucking Mahavishnu Orchestra. It's as honest as it gets."
Back on the Right Track is the ninth studio album by Sly and the Family Stone, released by Warner Bros. Records in 1979. The album was, as its title alludes to, an overt comeback attempt for Sly Stone. However, the album and its singles, "Remember Who You Are" and "The Same Thing ", failed to live up to expectations.
War of Ages is an American Christian metal band formed in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 2002.
"One Slip" is a song from Pink Floyd's 1987 album A Momentary Lapse of Reason.
War Babies is the third studio album by American pop music duo Daryl Hall & John Oates. The album was released in October of 1974, by Atlantic Records. It was their last of three albums for Atlantic Records before moving to RCA Records. The album was produced by Todd Rundgren. Rundgren and other members of Utopia, his then-recently-formed prog-rock band, perform on the record.
Pride of the Wicked is the second studio album by American Christian metal band War of Ages. The album was released on September 5, 2006 on Facedown Records. It was the first album to feature T.J. Alford, formerly of Mortal Treason.
War of Ages is the debut studio album by American Christian metal band War of Ages. It was released on the 2005 on Strike First Records, a branch of Facedown Records.
Unite Us All is the first EP by American Christian metal band Point Zero, now known as War of Ages. It features guest vocals by Stone and Joel Quiggle, with album artwork by Death Squad Design. After this EP the band renamed themselves to avoid lawsuits by corporate companies.
No Reins is the ninth studio album by Australian group Little River Band. No Reins was released in July 1986 and peaked at number 85 on the Kent Music Report Albums Chart. It was the band's last studio album with John Farnham on lead vocals.
Arise & Conquer is the fourth studio album by American Christian metal band War of Ages. The album was released on July 22, 2008 by Facedown Records. The album was produced by Tim Lambesis of As I Lay Dying. The band has released a one-minute clip of "Sleep of Prisoners" on their MySpace, as well as the song "Through the Flames".
Eternal is the fifth studio album by American Christian metal band War of Ages. The album was released in the United States on April 13, 2010. It is the last album by the band to feature rhythm guitarist Branon Bernatowicz, and bassist T.J. Alford.
Somewhere Down the Road is the seventeenth studio album by Christian music and pop music singer-songwriter Amy Grant, released in 2010. It is a unique album featuring eight new songs, a new recording of the song "Arms of Love", from her 1982 album Age to Age, and rounded out with three of Grant's previously released story-songs.
Return to Life is the sixth studio album by American Christian metal band War of Ages. Facedown Records released the album on April 24, 2012.
Alpha is the eighth studio album by American Christian metal band War of Ages. It was released on December 8th, 2017, and was produced by Jason Suecof. It is the first release by the band to not include drummer Alex Hamp, as he had left the group and was replaced by Alex Rüdinger as session drummer. The album displays more of a progressive metal influence than previous releases.
Void is the ninth studio album by American Christian metal band War of Ages. It was released on September 13, 2019, and produced by the band's guitarist, Jack Daniels. It is the only studio album by the band to feature Kaleb Leubchow on drums while he was alive, as Leubchow died in 2022 following the release of the EP Rhema, and their 2023 release Dominion consists of posthumous recordings.
