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4 Decades of Success

Formed in England in 1970, America has rocked the music scene for more than 45 years and continues to record new albums and tour regularly.

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.

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.

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.

Comedic Style

Daniel Tosh, an American comedian, television host, actor, writer, and executive producer is known for his unique style of comedy often bordering and crossing the line through deliberately offensive and controversial style of black comedy.

America’s Got Talent is a reality TV show in which ordinary Americans vie for a spot in the finals at Radio City Music Hall and to become a breakout star with whatever talent they bring to the table. Many have auditioned, few have become stars. Now that talent is heading to Reno for the conclusion of the All Star Tour. Below are some of the acts headed our way.

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.

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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