Shinedown have built their name on rock songs both brutal in power and epic in scope. Now, with their latest album, Shinedown (Brent Smith, Barry Kerch, Eric Bass, and Zach Myers) veer away from that densely layered sonic palette and take a more direct approach. Featuring lead single “Cut the Cord” — a blistering track that shot to #1 on Active Rock radio — Threat to Survival finds the multi-platinum-selling band achieving their most powerful sound ever and offering up their most important album to date.
Technical Expert
What makes a prolific guitarist and musician so great? For starters, a little natural talent helps, but in the case of Joe Satriani, the descendent of Italian immigrants, he was inspired to begin playing guitar at the age fo 14 after hearing about the death of Jimi Hendrix. It is said that he announced his decision when he heard the news during football practice.
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Life Is Funny
No two comedians are the same. And that is certainly true of Brian Regan who uses ordinary life events mixed with observational, sarcastic and usually self-deprecating humor to create a clean, off-center stand-up act free of profanity and off-color humor.
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Dancing with the Stars (DWTS) is a dance competition television show that began in 2005 in which celebrities are paired with professional dancers. The pairs spend a week preparing and learning a dance, perform it for the judges and audience and then America votes on who did the best.
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Melissa Etheridge: Humble Beginnings to Rock Stardom
Melissa
Melissa Etheridge is an American rock singer-songwriter, guitarist and activist. Releasing her self-titled debut album in 1988, Melissa Etheridge’s music has connected with her fans over the past 27 years through her mixture of heartfelt confessional lyrics, raspy voice and pop-based folk rock style of music.
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What’s In A Name
Most bands don't live the platinum dream, but, after years of playing the music they loved, Godsmack finally broke through and in a near over night success went from nobody to platinum.
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Luis Miguel: El Niño, La estrella, icono latino, Vida Personal
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Luis Miguel: Child Star, Latin Icon, Personal Solitude
Early Success
Born in 1970 Luis Miguel Gallego Basteri released his first album, Un Sol (under the Mexican branch of EMI Records), in 1981 when he was only 11 years old. Over the next ten years Luis Miguel released several albums, won awards, and participated in music festivals.
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Decompress and Transition
After an amazing week in the Black Rock Desert you're in need of a place to decompress and transition back to reality and we have just the place and party for you – The Great Depressurization Chamber featuring the pool party at the Beach, Primus and Thomas Jack in the Summit Pavilion and late nights at LEX.
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Pat Benatar
She’s always been a rule-breaker and a trail-blazer, she remains a bold and distinctive artist both on stage and on record, and now, after more than three decades in rock ‘n’ roll, she’s a bonafide living legend.
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