Their 2001 debut album, Is This It?" (RCA), had guitars and vocals out of the Velvet Underground, bass riffs from Iggy Pop and dollops of Talking Heads and the Feelies. The music stayed compact: the sound was compressed into the midrange, and the songs were under four minutes long. But Julian Casablancas's hoarse, distorted voice confessed to longings that sounded... read full bio

The Von Bondies are an American alternative rock band. The current members are Jason Stollsteimer on vocals and lead guitar, Christy Hunt on rhythm guitar, Leann Banks on bass guitar and Don Blum on drums. The original line-up formed at the 1997 Cramps/Guitar Wolf show by Stollsteimer and Marcie Bolen. They went through a variety of names, including The Baby... read full bio

An alt/classic rock supergroup, Them Crooked Vultures feature Queens of the Stone Age's guitarist and vocalist Josh Homme, Nirvana/Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl on drums, and Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones on bass. The trio first discussed collaborating in 2005, but not much more was heard of the project until summer 2009, when Them Crooked Vultures announced that they had been... read full bio

At their core, They Might Be Giants are two guys named John. Friends since high school, John Linnell and John Flansburgh began making music together when they found themselves living in the same Brooklyn apartment building, a few years after graduating. Making their debut as a duo in 1982, they quickly swiped their name from a '70s flick starring George... read full bio

In the mid 90s, Third Eye Blind spent years playing on the barely-existent San Francisco club scene. But as soon as real opportunity presented itself - in the form of their self-titled 1997 debut album - Third Eye Blind took it, and took off. Third Eye Blind scaled the charts with the album and its first single, Semi Charmed Life;... read full bio

Toad the Wet Sprocket was formed in 1986 at San Marcos High School just outside of Santa Barbara, California, when singer/songwriter Glen Phillips was only 14 and a freshman; the other members were 17 and juniors. The band drew its name from the Eric Idle monologue Rock Notes" on Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album from 1980, although the name is... read full bio

The latest teen music craze has arrived under the name Tokio Hotel, a rock band from German that ooze sex appeal through their stage act, impulsive music and extra good looks. Their transition from home country's most-hyped music act to continent sensation had been smoothened with an energetic performance of their single 'Monsoon' at the 2007 MTV Europe Music Awards... read full bio

Toni Childs, raised in a family where movies and rock'n'roll were forbidden, ran away from home at 15 and hitched up and down the West Coast jamming with local blues bands. She was signed to A&M Records and soon began to work with songwriter/producer/musician David Ricketts (David+David) on the soundtrack for the film Echo Park. Her first tour... read full bio

Six Top 10 singles. Over 4 million records sold. Grammy nominations, platinum albums, numerous awards and hit songs around the world, plus the #1 most-played rock song of 1998. Tonic was a musical powerhouse, merging the raw honesty of rock to unabashed melody®and ushering rock n roll into a new millennium. After storming the charts with debut album Lemon Parade... read full bio

Tori Amos is a pianist and singer-songwriter of dual British and American citizenship. Amos was at the forefront of a number of female singer-songwriters in the early 1990s and was noteworthy early in her career as one of the few alternative rock performers to use a piano as her primary instrument. She is known for her emotionally intense songs that... read full bio

Over the course of 15 years, Train has made its mark on music history with their Grammy-Award-winning song Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" and chart-topping singles "Meet Virginia" and "Calling All Angels." Since forming in San Francisco in 1994, the multi-platinum selling band has traveled a long, successful and sometimes arduous journey. Following their 2006 release, For Me, It's You,... read full bio

Travie McCoy is the lead vocalist of the alternative hip-hop band Gym Class Heroes. He has signed a solo deal with T Pain's Nappy Boy Entertainment. He released his first solo album, Lazarus, on June 8, 2010. The lead single from the album, Billionaire", peaked at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100and #3 on the UK Singles Chart."... read full bio

Travis Landon Barker is an American drummer, who achieved most of his fame by drumming for the band Blink-182. He is currently the drummer for +44 and has also played for side projects Box Car Racer, Transplants and Expensive Taste. ... read full bio

Tripdavon came together in 2004 and started out playing the nonstop party scene around U.C. Santa Barbara. Friends since childhood, singer Justin Fox and drummer Russ Cummings had played music together for many years. But not until a chance encounter led them to guitarist Greg Doscher and bassist Dave Heer did the band actually start to take shape. A few... read full bio