!!!, also known as Chk Chk Chk, is an American rock band from Sacramento, California, formed in 1996 by lead singer Nic Offer. Members of !!! came from other local bands such as the Yah Mos, Black Liquorice and Pope Smashers. They are currently based in New York City. The band's ninth album, Let It Be Blue, was released in May 2022.
Michael Shawn Crahan, more commonly known by his stage persona "Clown", is an American musician. He is the co-founder and one of the percussionists for heavy metal band Slipknot, in which he is designated #6. Crahan helped form Slipknot in 1995 alongside bassist Paul Gray and former vocalist Anders Colsefni. Crahan is the longest-serving and only remaining original member of Slipknot, and also has extensive involvement with Slipknot's media production and music videos. Outside Slipknot, Crahan had two side project bands called To My Surprise and Dirty Little Rabbits. Aside from his musical activity, he also directed the 2016 action thriller film Officer Downe.
Ladyhawk is a Canadian indie rock band based in Vancouver, British Columbia. The band released three albums and an EP, and toured across Canada several times.
Mia Riddle is an American indie-folk singer-songwriter born in Ventura, California. She and her eponymous six-piece band are based in Brooklyn, New York.
Vitamin Party is an American, San Francisco/Bay Area "DIY" rock-punk band, which formed in 2004. Their style shows influences of lo-fi, indie, post-modern punk with straight forward rock and roll. The band has released an EP and three albums on their own record label Get It Out! Records.
Swimclub is a New York-based rock band formed in Brooklyn, NY in 2007. The group is composed of Greg Adams, Gene Davenport, and Kevin Bryant (drums). While rooted in Rock & Roll the band draws on several different musical styles.
The Lights Out is a rock band that formed in 2005 in Boston, Massachusetts. A band not signed to a major record label, they have nevertheless been able to sustain themselves, self-releasing a string of EPs and full-length albums since 2007.
Hair Rocket is an indie rock band from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Hair Rocket was formed in 2008 by former Aderbat musician Chris Blasucci and produces what it calls "enlightenment through cathartic art". Their slogan is “We cut, We light, and We release”.
Drink Up Buttercup was a band from Philadelphia, PA. Band members were James Harvey (vocals), Mike Cammarata (drums), Farzad Houshiarnejad and Ben Money. The band came together in Bucks County, PA in late 2007, making their debut performance at a cigar parlor.
Mad Planet was an indie electronic rock band from Silverlake, California, consisting of Cooper Gillespie (bass/vocals), Greg Gordon and Tony Crouse. Mad Planet was formed in 2009. Their debut album, All Elephants, was released in 2010. The record garnered them a position in the CMJ Top 200 charts. In 2011 the band released an EP, Gliese 581g.
Jim Miller is a rock and roll guitarist, singer, teacher, recording artist and band leader in the “jam band” genre’. He has performed with Oroboros and his present group, JiMiller Band. He has also founded and organized several events, including co-founding the Rock & Reggae Festival and founding Lazy Daisy and DeadFall at Nelson Ledges State Park in northeast Ohio. He lives in Cleveland, Ohio.
Wildlife Control is an American indie rock band and creative lab originally from Brooklyn, New York and San Francisco, California formed in 2011 by brothers Neil Shah and Sumul Shah. Touring members include Moppa Elliott (bass) and Kevin Thaxton (bass).
Monster Truck is a Canadian rock band from Hamilton, Ontario. Members include bassist and vocalist Jon Harvey, guitarist Jeremy Widerman and keyboardist Brandon Bliss.
NGHBRS is an American rock band from Long Island, New York, formed in 2010. The band consists of Ian Kenny, Jordan Schneider and Tommy Fleischmann. The name of the band is concepted in "Neighbors".
Dogheart is a garage/indie rock band, formed in Portland, Oregon in 2014 by Matt Jenkins, Gray Hildreth (bass), and Cameron Hering (drums).
"Cowboy Song" is a song by hard rock band Thin Lizzy that originally appeared on their 1976 album Jailbreak.
Tuff Sunshine is an American rock band based in the Bushwick neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY. The band is led by Johnny Leitera, who works with several backing musicians who join him onstage and on tour as well as in the studio. They include notable artists such as Linda Pitmon bassist Turner Stough and founding member Ani Cordero, among others. Drummer Ani Cordero was a founding member and left the band amicably in 2016 to pursue a solo career and still plays occasional shows with the band. Leitera and Tuff Sunshine have shared bills with such diverse artists as Tim Rogers/You Am I, John Doe, Jonathan Richman and The Dead Boys. Leitera also plays and tours as a solo musician and has played all over the United States, the UK and Australia.
Monogold is a three piece psychedelic indie pop band from Brooklyn, New York formed in 2005. Members are guitarist-vocalist Keith Kelly, bassist Mike Falotico and drummer Jared Apuzzo. Their recordings are generally DIY recorded and produced by the band. They have been cited by The Wall Street Journal and Deli Magazine as a band to watch.
Dark Tea is an American, Brooklyn-based music project, founded in 2016 by singer-songwriter Gary Canino. Dark Tea has released two full length albums and an EP.
Jaggery is an American avant-rock band based in Boston, Massachusetts. The band was founded in 2004 in New York City by Mali Sastri with her brother Raky Sastri on drums, later relocating to Boston in 2008. They released their latest album, titled Having It Out with Melancholy, in 2020.
