• 7 Solo Artists Who Have Performed Under Multiple Names

    As good as your music may be, one of the most important aspects of "making it" in the music business is simply getting your name out there, and making sure people remember it. These seven artists, however, decided to switch between multiple aliases, largely for artistic reasons, which probably makes organizing their albums in a record store a huge pain.
  • 7 Child Actors Who Turned To Music

    Though there are some good examples of child actors who continued to have successful careers into their adulthood, such as Jodie Foster or Joseph Gordon-Levitt, a great number of them end up fizzling out. That's probably why these seven actors turned to music once they reached adulthood.
  • 21 Albums Known By Two (Or More) Different Names

    Though most albums are given official titles, sometimes these titled prove to inconvenient or confusing, which leads to fans referring to the album by another name entirely. Here are twenty-one albums known by at least two different names.
  • 6 Pairs of Artists Who Were Childhood Friends

    Musicians often become friends through their professional lives, whether they're recording together or playing together, but some famous musicians were actually friends back before they ever became famous. Here are six pairs of artists who were childhood friends.
  • 6 Great Songs with Just One Chord

    Coming up with a decent chord progression is a difficult task for some songwriters. Some take the easy way out and just use tired, clichéd progression that we've heard a thousand times before (I'm looking at you, every artist in this Wikipedia article I found), while others make the odd decision to do away with progressions entirely, playing one chord and nothing else. Here are six great songs written with just one chord.
  • 6 Bands That Were Backing Bands for Other Artists

    The ideal career for most bands it to achieve success by playing their own songs, but some bands have very successfully performed as backing bands for other well-known artists. Here are six bands who did just that.
  • 7 Great Indie Rock Albums with Creepy Artwork

    Heavy metal albums usually have some awesomely terrifying artwork (when they’re not busy being totally awful), but they’re not the only albums capable of creeping you out with their covers. Here are seven of the creepiest album covers from indie rock artists.
  • Nine Artists Who Re-Recorded Their Own Songs

    Musicians love doing their own interpretations of songs written by other people, but sometimes they make the unusual choice of recording new versions of their own songs. Sometimes this is done to improve on the original, but other times they simply want to take one of their old songs and try it in a different style. Here are nine artists who did just that.
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