Backstreet Boys

The Backstreet Boys are an American vocal group. They were formed in Orlando, Florida and have been together since 1993. They have 14 Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and have sold over 130 million records worldwide, making them one of the biggest selling groups of all time. According to the US Billboard 200, the Backstreet Boys are the first artist since Sade to have their first seven albums reach top 10 on the chart. When they returned to the pop scene in 2005, their sound had changed drastically, incorporating only live instruments (some of which they play themselves) and a more guitar and piano driven pop-rock sound. After the 2005–2006 tour, original member Kevin Richardson left the group on June 23, 2006, to start a family, but the four-piece refused to rule out a possible return for the singer. The now four-member group consists of Nick Carter, Howie Dorough, Brian Littrell and A. J. McLean. The quartet has since released two albums, the most recent on October 6, 2009, titled This Is Us, which went back to pop music, although is still considerably different from their classic sound, with This Is Us being more R&B.

Good songs are:
I want it that way
Straight through my heart
Larger than life
As long as you love me
Incomplete

Plain White T's

The Plain White T's is an American pop rock band started in 1997, originally from Villa Park, Illinois. Formed by high school friends Tom Higgenson and Ken Fletcher, the group had a mostly underground following in Chicago basements, clubs, and bars in its early years, and underwent numerous personnel changes. The band is best known for the songs "Hey There Delilah", which charted highly in many countries, and "1, 2, 3, 4". In 2008, they received a Grammy nomination for "Hey There Delilah". The band broke into the mainstream following the success of "Hey There Delilah" and the well-received "Hate (I Really Don't Like You)" from the album Every Second Counts. The group's latest album is Big Bad World, released in 2008.

Hey There Delilah is my all time favourite song. This songs lyrics are so wonderful that it just takes your breath away. My favourite lines from this song are

Hey there Delilah
Don't you worry about the distance
I'm right there if you get lonely
Give this song another listen
Close your eyes
Listen to my voice, it's my disguise
I'm by your side

Hey there Delilah
I've got so much left to say
If every simple song I wrote to you
Would take your breath away
I'd write it all
Even more in love with me you'd fall
We'd have it all

This song is enough reason for me to like this band.

The Rasmus

The Rasmus is a Finnish rock band that formed in 1994 in Helsinki while the band members were still in upper comprehensive school.[1] The original band members were Lauri Ylönen (lead singer/songwriter), Eero Heinonen (bass), Pauli Rantasalmi (guitar) and Janne Heiskanen (drums). Heiskanen quit the band in 1998 and was soon replaced by Aki Hakala.

Before releasing their fourth studio album Into (2001), they were simply known as Rasmus, but changed their name to The Rasmus in order to avoid being confused with a Swedish DJ of the same name. They gained international fame with their 2003 album Dead Letters which went gold and platinum in several countries, accompanied with the single "In the Shadows" which reached number 1 in a number of countries. Their follow-up album Hide from the Sun which was released in October 2005 also went platinum in Finland.

A few of my all time favourite Rasmus songs are:
In The Shadows
Guilty
Justify
Live Forever
The Fight

Savage Gardens

Savage Garden was an Australian pop duo that received major international success between 1997 and 2001. The band was composed of Darren Hayes (vocals) and Daniel Jones (keyboards, sequencing, and guitar). They had a string of hits in the late nineties, and are best remembered today for their ballad "Truly Madly Deeply", which is considered their signature song, and the songs "To the Moon and Back", "I Knew I Loved You", "Crash and Burn", "I Want You" and "Affirmation".

It was very sad to see the band split in 2001 but I guess everything happens for a reason.

A few of my all time favourites are:
I Knew I loved You
Truly Madly Deeply
I Want You
The Animal Song

Red Hot Chilly Peppers

Red Hot Chili Peppers is an American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1983. For most of the band's existence, the members have been vocalist Anthony Kiedis, guitarist John Frusciante (who announced in December 2009 that he has quit the band), bassist Michael "Flea" Balzary, and drummer Chad Smith. The band's varied musical style has fused traditional funk with elements of other genres including alternative, punk rock, and psychedelic rock. They are considered one of the most popular bands of their time.

The Red Hot Chili Peppers have won seven Grammy Awards. The band has sold over fifty-five million albums worldwide, has had eight singles in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100 (including three singles in the Top 10), have five number one singles on the Mainstream Rock charts, and holds a record of eleven number one singles on the Modern Rock charts. On September 23, 2009, the band was nominated for induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as part of the class of 2010; however did not end up making the final cut in their first year eligible.The Red Hot Chili Peppers were ranked #30 on VH1's "Greatest Artists of Hard Rock.

Songs that I like are:
Snow
Californication
Hey
By The Way
The Zephyrs Song

The Fray

The Fray is a Grammy Award-nominated four-piece piano-rock band. Formed in 2002 by schoolmates Isaac Slade and Joe King, the Denver-based group achieved mainstream success with the release of their debut album, How to Save a Life in 2005. The band achieved worldwide fame with the release of the single, "How to Save a Life", which charted in the top three of the Billboard Hot 100 and was a top 5 single in Canada, Australia, Ireland, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. The Fray also found national success with the song "Over My Head (Cable Car)", which was a top ten hit in the United States. How to Save a Life was certified double platinum by the RIAA, and was also certified platinum in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and in the UK.

The band released their sophomore self-titled album in 2009. The album debuted at number-one on the Billboard charts and spawned the hit singles "You Found Me" and "Never Say Never". The album was certified Gold in the United States, Australia and Canada and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album in 2010.

Few of my favourite songs are:
How to save a life
You found me
Never say never
Over my head
Heartless

Matchbox Twenty

Matchbox Twenty (originally spelled officially as Matchbox 20 aka MB20) is a rock music band initiated in Orlando, Florida. Matchbox Twenty has sold over 45 million albums worldwide from the releases of Yourself or Someone Like You, Mad Season, and More Than You Think You Are. They released their latest album, Exile on Mainstream, on October 2, 2007. The current members of the band are Rob Thomas, Paul Doucette, Brian Yale, and Kyle Cook. Rhythm guitarist Adam Gaynor left the band during 2005, after performing on their first three studio albums. Rob Thomas is the main songwriter and main singer. Rob Thomas created a well-established solo career for himself after releasing the album, …Something to Be and its follow-up album, Cradlesong.

My favourite songs are:
How far we have come
Unwell
Push
Feel
Cold

Daughtry

Daughtry is an American rock band from North Carolina, formed and fronted by former American Idol season 5 finalist Chris Daughtry in 2006. Their self-titled debut album was released in 2006. The disc reached number one for two non-consecutive weeks on the Billboard Top 200, outsold Idol winner Taylor Hicks' debut album, sold more than four million copies and was named the number one selling album of 2007 by Billboard. Their album is also the fastest-selling debut rock album in Soundscan history.[ first single from the album, "It's Not Over", was the eighth most played song across all formats on U.S. radio in 2007, and their second single from the album, "Home", was the tenth most played song in the U.S. of 2007.

The band's second album, Leave This Town, was released on July 14, 2009. The first single, "No Surprise," was released on May 5.

A few of my favourite songs are:
Its not over
Home
No surprise
Crashed
What I want

OneRepublic

OneRepublic is an American pop rock band formed in Colorado. After a few years of moderate success, they have drawn mainstream attention with the release of their singles "Apologize", and "Stop and Stare". A remix of "Apologize" was featured on Timbaland's Shock Value and the band's debut album, Dreaming Out Loud.The band's second album, Waking Up, was released on November 17, 2009.The band was formed in 2002 by songwriter and record producer, Ryan Tedder and his high school friend, Zach Filkins, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The initial name of the band was Republic.

A few of my favourite songs are:
Stop and Stare
Apologize
Tyrant
Say
Mercy

Outlandish

Outlandish are a multi-award winning hip-hop group based in Denmark. Formed in 1997, they consist of Isam Bachiri (born in Denmark and of Moroccan background), Waqas Ali Qadri (born in Denmark and of Pakistani background), and Lenny Martinez (born in Honduras and is of Cuban and Honduran descent). All three members are devoutly religious, Isam and Waqas being Muslims, and Lenny being Catholic. The band members live in Brøndby Strand.

Outlandish's hip-hop/R&B/soul music sound takes influences from their various backgrounds , and although their songs are primarily in English, they usually feature lyrics in Spanish, Urdu/Punjabi, Danish, and Arabic. All these influences make the music of Outlandish somewhat unique and this is easy to notice from the variety of genres covered in their albums. Outlandish often include themes about Islam and contemporary issues facing young Muslims in the west in their music, and sometimes their songs define a unique nasheed-like urban genre.

A few of my favourite songs are:
Aicha
Walou
Feels like saving the world
Calling you
Look into my eyes

2 States: The Story of my Marriage

"2 States" was pretty good. I've enjoyed all of Chetan Bhagat's books so far barring One night @ call centre, and was pleasantly surprised to find this was a sequel to his first one "Five Point Someone" that had the characters I liked the most.

Told from the perspective of Krish starting when he joins Indian Institute of Management and meets Ananya in line at the cafeteria where she doesn't like the food. After a little rocky start, they fall in love, move in together in the college and graduate, with most of their school time not told in the story.

At graduation the trouble begins… They're in love, but they're from different states in India with different cultures, and their families instantly hate each other when they try to get them to meet during the graduation activities. Both families are rude to each other, with Krish's mother far outdoing Ananya's parents in her hatred of south Indians.

While it's not looking good, Krish takes a job in Chennai so he can be close to Ananya and work on getting her parents to accept him. It doesn't start smooth, with him an alien in Chennai and Ananya's parents flat out telling them they cannot marry. But since he's working there, he has time.

Once he's accepted by them, then it's time to work on his mother during a weeklong business trip Ananya has to Delhi.

By the end of that fiasco, I was so sure the marriage wasn't going to happen, except that the subtitle of the book is "the story of my marriage" which gave some hope. I cared about the two of them and wanted a happy ending.

Overall it was a good book. Lots and lots of tension, lots of hopeless situations. Krish and Ananya have to really work to get what they want, Chetan Bhagat doesn't simply give it to them without a struggle.

I just loved the book. It is definitely better than all his other books baring Five Point Someone.
The books arouses your interest right as you read the blurb.

Love marriages around the world are simple:
Boy loves girl. Girl loves boy. They get married.

In India, there are a few more steps:

Boy loves Girl. Girl loves Boy.
Girl's family has to love boy. Boy's family has to love girl.
Girl's Family has to love Boy's Family. Boy's family has to love girl's family.

Girl and Boy still love each other. They get married.

After reading this blurb I could not put this book down.Even though the book has its share of ups and downs , I recommend this book to all those who loved Five Point Someone.

Fort Minor

Fort Minor is the hip-hop side-project of Mike Shinoda, the vocalist, guitarist and songwriter of the alternative rock band Linkin Park. Shinoda's first solo album as Fort Minor, The Rising Tied, was released in 2005 with the singles "Where'd You Go" featuring Holly Brook and Jonah Matranga and "Remember the Name" featuring Styles of Beyond. Fort Minor Militia is the official fan club of the project, similar to Linkin Park Underground. Though it was technically Shinoda's solo project, the members of Styles Of Beyond featured heavily on The Rising Tied and appeared with Shinoda at photo shoots and live concerts.

A FEW OF MY FAVORITE SONGS ARE

Believe me
Remember the Name
100 Degrees

Coldplay

Coldplay are an English alternative rock band, formed in London in 1998. The group comprises Chris Martin (lead vocals, keyboards, guitar), Jonny Buckland (lead guitar), Guy Berryman (bass guitar), and Will Champion (drums, backing vocals, other instruments).

Coldplay's early material was compared to acts such as Radiohead, Jeff Buckley, U2, and Travis. They achieved worldwide fame with the release of the single "Yellow", followed by their debut album, Parachutes (2000), which was nominated for the Mercury Prize. The band's second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002), won multiple awards, including New Musical Express's Album of the Year. Their next release, X&Y (2005), received a slightly less enthusiastic yet still generally positive reception. The band's fourth studio album, Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends (2008), was produced by Brian Eno and released again to largely favourable reviews, earning several Grammy nominations and wins. Coldplay have sold over 50 million records worldwide.

A few of my favourite songs are:
Viva La Vida
Violet Hill
Lover's in Japan
Yellow
Speed of Sound

Death Cab for Cutie

Death Cab for Cutie is a Grammy-nominated American indie rock band, formed in Bellingham, Washington in 1997. The band consists of Benjamin Gibbard (vocals, guitar), Chris Walla (guitar, production), Nick Harmer (bass) and Jason McGerr (drums). Gibbard took the band name from the title of the song written by Neil Innes and Vivian Stanshall and performed by their group, the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, in The Beatles' 1967 film, Magical Mystery Tour.

Gibbard's first album, You Can Play These Songs with Chords, was released as a demo, leading to a record deal with Barsuk Records. It was at this time that Gibbard decided to expand the project into a complete band, and recruited band members to join. The band has released six studio albums, five EPs, and one demo to date. Their most recent album, Narrow Stairs, was released in May 2008.

My favourite songs are:
Meet me on the Equinox
I will follow you into the dark
Talking Bird
No Sunlight
Pity and Fear

Flipsyde

Flipsyde is a rap/R&B/rock band from Oakland, California. Flipsyde consists of singer/guitarist Steve Knight, guitarist Dave Lopez, rapper Jinho "the Piper" Ferreira, and recently singer Chantelle Paige. They have toured extensively with Fort Minor, The Black Eyed Peas, Snoop Dogg and on the Anger Management Tour. Flipsyde's single, "Someday", was chosen as NBC's theme song for the 2006 Winter Olympic Games held in Torino, Italy, as well as part of the soundtrack for the 2008 film Never Back Down. Their debut album, We the People, also featured three other singles ("Happy Birthday", "Trumpets (Never Be The Same Again)", and "Angel") and was highly lauded by critics, including a review from the Washington Post proclaiming it the best hip hop album of 2006.

A few good songs are:
Someday
Spun
Angel
Happy Birthday
When it was good

Three Doors Down

3 Doors Down is an American rock band from Escatawpa, Mississippi, formed in 1996. Founded by Brad Arnold (vocals and drums), Matt Roberts (guitar), and Todd Harrell (bass).[1] The band signed to Universal Records after the success of their song "Kryptonite". The band has since sold well over 16 million records worldwide since their debut album, The Better Life, which was released in 2000. They also perform more than 300 concerts a year and have performed with other artists such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, Staind, Nickelback, Alter Bridge, Breaking Benjamin, Seether, Shinedown and Daughtry.

Publish Post

A few of my favorite songs are:
Here Without You
It's Not Time
Let Me Be Myself
Kryptonite
When I am Gone

Paths Of Glory

Abel Rosnovski, Charlie Trumper, Richard Armstrong, Florentyna Kane .... you can add one more name to that list of Jeffrey Archer's Legendary Characters - George Mallory. Archer spins a memorable tale around a real life character. He uses real life names and events and along with his magical story telling ability, Paths of Glory becomes a real Masterpiece.

There isn't much to tell when your hero lives for all of 38 years. But Archer has the gift for describing even small events and twists in such vibrant detail that not once do you want to put the book down. Except for George Finch there is no other character that Archer dwells upon too much. Mallory is the outright central character, never away from even a single page of the novel.

Google - "George Mallory", thats what I did the moment I finished the Book. His real life story is just as fascinating.This wasn't Archers best book but it is still a great book nevertheless.

Maroon 5

Maroon 5 is an American rock band. Since debuting in 2002, the band has sold over 10 million albums in the United States and nearly 15 million worldwide. While they were in high school, the four original members of Maroon 5 played in a garage band called Kara's Flowers, which was active from 1994 to 2001. In 2002, the band members reformed as Maroon 5 and released their debut album Songs About Jane, but the album first topped Billboard charts in the US in 2004. Songs About Jane contained four hit singles: "Harder to Breathe", "This Love", "She Will Be Loved" and "Sunday Morning".

Original drummer Ryan Dusick left Maroon 5 in 2006, citing injuries, and was replaced by Matt Flynn. Maroon 5's second album It Won't Be Soon Before Long came out in 2007, with singles "Makes Me Wonder", "Won't Go Home Without You" and "Wake Up Call". The band performed throughout the summer and fall of 2007, including a North American tour with The Hives. They followed that with a world tour with New Found Glory. Beginning March 28, 2008, they toured with Counting Crows and Sara Bareilles. In 2005, they won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist.

A few of my favorite songs are:
She Will Be Loved
Wont Go Home Without You
Makes Me Wonder
This Love
Wake Up Call

Creed

Creed is an American rock band from Tallahassee, Florida, that became popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The band disbanded in 2004 after three multi-platinum albums, selling 26 million records in the United States alone and an estimated 35 million records worldwide. On April 27, 2009, after months of speculation, Creed announced that they had reformed via their official website, which confirmed that plans to record a new album titled Full Circle were underway and was updated with dates for a 2009 reunion tour. The band went on tour in support of the new album, which was released on October 27, 2009.

Creed formed after Scott Stapp and Mark Tremonti, friends at Florida State University and high school classmates at Orlando's Lake Highland Preparatory School, decided to form a band, recruiting Brian Marshall and Scott Phillips to complete the quartet in late 1994. The band was originally called Naked Toddler, Marshall later suggested the name Creed after the band he played in named Maddox Creed.

The four members had already written and collaborated three of the songs that would go on to become tracks on their chart-topping debut album My Own Prison. The songs were "One", "Sister" and "What's This Life For".

Discography

• My Own Prison(1996)
• Human Clay(1999)
• Weathered(2001)
• Full Circle(2009)
  

Creed have recorded loads of hits,but some of them are exceptionally good:

• My Sacrifice- kinda devotional,but exceptional none the less
  
• One Last Breath-for me,their best song
  
• With Arms Wide Open
• Rain-the single from their new album " Full Circle"
  

Three Day's Grace

Three Days Grace is a Canadian rock band, formed in Norwood, Ontario, Canada in 1992, under the name Groundswell. After a breakup in 1995, the band reformed in 1997 under its current name and with a line-up consisting of guitarist and lead vocalist Adam Gontier, drummer and backing vocalist Neil Sanderson, and bassist Brad Walst. In 2003, Barry Stock was recruited as the band's lead guitarist.

After signing to Jive Records, Three Days Grace released two studio albums, Three Days Grace in 2003 and One-X in 2006, both of which have been certified platinum and double platinum in the United States and Canada, respectively. In 2007, the band was declared number one rock artist of the year by Billboard and was the number four artist in airplay in Canada that same year. The band's third album, Life Starts Now, was released on September 22, 2009.

Discography

• Three Days Grace (2003)
• One-X (2006)
• Life Starts Now (2009)

The band have created some gr8 songs including:

• I Hate everything about you-i must for all rock lovers!!!!!!
• Riot
• Animal i have become

Slipknot

Slipknot is an American nu metal band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 1995. Slipknot consists of nine members, the current band members are Sid Wilson, Joey Jordison, Paul Gray, Chris Fehn, Jim Root, Craig Jones, Shawn Crahan, Mick Thomson, and Corey Taylor. Each member of the band wears a unique mask. Slipknot formed in 1995 and underwent several line-up changes following the independent release of their first demo Mate. Feed. Kill. Repeat. in 1996. That album featured original lead vocalist, Anders Colsefini. Their self-titled, major label debut, Slipknot, was released in 1999, featuring permanent new lead vocalist, Corey Taylor, and was followed by Iowa in 2001 and Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) in 2004. On August 25, 2008, the band returned to release their fourth studio album, All Hope Is Gone, which debuted at the top spot on the Billboard 200 charts. The band has released three DVDs, including Disasterpieces, which was certified quadruple-platinum in the United States.

Discography:

• Slipknot (1999)
• Iowa (2001)
• Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses) (2004)
• All Hope Is Gone (2008)

This band is truly amazing! Some of their songs are:

• Before I Forget- the first slipknot song i heard and i have to say i absolutely loved it!!!!!!!!
• Psychosocial
• Duality
• Vermilion
• Dead Memories-one of their softer songs,but one of their best all the same

Kutless

Kutless is a Christian rock band formed in 2000. To date they have a total of six studio albums including their latest, It Is Well. The band has also released a live album, Live from Portland. Currently, they have sold over 1.4 million records.

Formed in Portland, Oregon as a Worship band named Call Box in 2000. They changed their name to "Kutless" before releasing their first three track EP followed up by their full-length album in 2002 on BEC Recordings. Kutless chose their name because of a specific Bible verse. Romans 6:23 says, "For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord" (NRSV). Because of this, the band says, "He took our cuts for us... leaving us 'Kutless'." Their first single was called "Your Touch". Their second single from their debut album, "Run", would go on to hold the record for the longest charting song in the history of the R&R Top 40 charts.

Members

Current

* Jon Micah Sumrall - lead vocals, acoustic guitar, piano (2000-present)
* James Mead - lead guitar, backing vocals (2001-present)
* Jeffrey Gilbert - drums (2005-present)
* Dave Luetkenhoelter - bass (2005-present)
* Nick De Partee - guitar, backing vocals (2007-present)

Former

* Nathan Stuart, or "Stu" - bass (2000-2002)
* Kyle Zeigler - bass (2002-2005)
* Kyle Mitchell - drums (2000-2005)
* Ryan Shrout - guitar, backing vocals (2000-2007)

A few of my favorite songs are:
Promise of a lifetime
Smile
We Fall Down
What Faith Can Do

Switchfoot

Switchfoot is an American alternative rock band from San Diego, California. The band's members are Jon Foreman (lead vocals, guitar), Tim Foreman (bass guitar, backing vocals), Chad Butler (drums, percussion), Jerome Fontamillas (guitar, keyboards, backing vocals), and Drew Shirley (guitar, backing vocals).

They are known for their energetic live shows,[ the three guitarists in the line-up often operate simultaneously. Building on the pop sensibilities of Foreman's songwriting, rounded out by Fontamillas's bringing his industrial roots with his synthesizer, the band works up "the Switchfoot sound" – a melodic crunch of densely layered sound featuring some electronic experimentation, and often driven by hard-charging guitar riffs, while throwing in a few softer ballads as well.

After early successes in the Christian rock scene, Switchfoot first gained mainstream recognition with the inclusion of four of their songs in the 2002 movie A Walk to Remember. This recognition led to their major label debut, The Beautiful Letdown, which was released in 2003. It went on to sell over 2.6 million copies and produced the band's best-known singles, "Meant to Live" and "Dare You to Move".

According to Jon Foreman, the name "Switchfoot" is a surfing term. "We all love to surf and have been surfing all our lives so to us, the name made sense. To switch your feet means to take a new stance facing the opposite direction. It's about change and movement, a different way of approaching life and music".The band has completed their seventh studio album, Hello Hurricane, which released in North America on November 10, 2009.

A few of my favorite songs are:
On Fire
Always Something
You
Meant to Live
Redemption

Jay Sean

Kamaljeet Singh Jhooti was born on 26 March 1983. He is better known by his stage name Jay Sean, is a , British singer-songwriter, rapper, beat boxer and record producer. He debuted in the Asian underground scene as a member of the Rishi Rich Project with "Dance with you", which reached #12 on the UK singles chart in 2003. This led to him being signed to Virgin Records and having two UK top 10 hits as a solo artist in 2004: "Eyes On You" at #6 and "Stolen" at #4. They were included in his critically-acclaimed debut album Me Against Myself though only moderately successful in the UK, sold more than two million copies across Asia and remains his most successful album to date. Alongside the Rishi Rich Project, Sean was a pioneer of Bhangra-R&B fusion, which his debut album helped popularize among the worldwide South Asian diaspora.

A few of my favorite Jay Sean songs are:

Ride it

Do you remember

Down

Maybe

Eyes on you