The year 9 Alps class's favourite music artists (with brief biography) are:
1. Eminem -
Marshall Bruce Mathers III (eminem) was born in Missouri USA on 17th Oct 1972 and spent his childhood moving inbetween Kansas City USA and Detroit USA. He attended Lincoln High School in Warren USA and started recording songs on cassettes, sending them of to recording companies. His girlfriend got pregnant and they decided to get married. Dr. Dre took on eminem after hearing him rap on the radio. He has released 8 albums and has released 1184 songs.
Eminem received 5 votes from Year 9 Alps.
2. T.I
Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.(a.k.a T.I) was born in Atlanta, Georgia on the 25th Sep 1980. He grew up on the streets with the nickname tip (T.I.P) but later changed his nickname to T.I to avoid confusion with Q-Tip. He owns his own record label and has been awarded many awards including 2 best street albums. T.I has released 10 albums and has released 19 songs.T.I received 3 votes from the Year 9 Alps.
3. Tripod
Tripod is a three man Australian musical comedy act. The band members include Scod (Scott Edgar), Yon (Simon Hall) and Gatesy (Steven Gates). The trio play a variety of performance styles, from soft ballads to hard rock performing these with only the accompanying music of Scod (and at times, Gatesy) playing the acoustic guitar.All friends met at university and all did busking in Melbourne malls. After the band was formed the trio went on "Hey Hey It's Saturday's" red faces contest and later entered the Australian International Comedy Festival, both of these acts boosted their popularity. Also through various radio appearances they became well-known. Tripod has released 9 albums and have released 188 songs.Tripod received 2 votes from Year 9 Alps.
4. Paramore
Paramore began in Franklin, TN, where Hayley Williams met brothers Josh and Zac Farro after moving to town from Mississippi. Already an amazing singer at the age of 13, Hayley joined a band that the Farro siblings had formed with guitarist Taylor York. She left the group soon after, signing with Atlantic Records as a solo artist instead, but had problems with the company over the direction of her music. Seeking to create her own band, Williams convinced Atlantic to let her put together a full lineup. Josh and Zac Farro were recruited for the job, as were guitarist Jason Bynum and bassist Jeremy Davis. Paramore received 2 votes from year 9 Alps.
5. Kisschasy
5. Kisschasy
All growing up together in the small country town of Balnarring Mornington Peninsula, the 3 other guys minus Daz had nothing better to do with their time than practise in Karl's Attic. It wasn't until a lucky meeting between Daz and bassist Joel Vanderuit at the 2002 Warped Tour, that they knew that they had to ditch their current musical outfits and form what we know today as Kisschasy. The band average age is 20 and the band has been touring nationally for the past three years. They have released 3 albums and have released 28 songs.6. 50 cent
Curtis James Jackson III was born in the South Jamaica section of Queens. Curtis "50 Cent" has lived in New York City all his life, raised by his grandparents after his father ran out and his mother was shot when he was only eight. Growing up, the Queens rapper originally wanted to be a heavy weight boxer, but eventually fell back on rapping. 50 Cent hit the scene with "How To Rob An Industry Nigga" and he's been on a rampage ever since dealing with bootleggers, label back stabbing and other platinum selling artists trying to get at him physically. 50 was shot three times , two shots hitting him in the head, 50 cent keep the bullet that struck his face as a reminder of what happened. That event led to the fall out with Columbia and negotiating his release from their grasps. After this event Curtis's carrier was going down hill until eminem said on the radio that 50 cent is the best rapper right now. That changed everything and now 50 cent is still releasing hit songs. He has released a total of 12 albums and has released 349 songs. 50 cent received 1 vote from year 9 Alps.
7. The Script
The Script are an Irish trio who all spent their childhoods singing or drumming. They got together after they all heard one another sing or drum they formed their band and have continued to create beautiful music. (not much information on the script).The script has released 2 alums and has released 23 songs
The script received 1 vote from year 9 Alps.
8. City and colour
City and colour (Dallas Green) was born on the 19th Sep in 1980, in St. Catharine's, Ontario. City and colour is the solo acoustic playing of Dallas Green on the lead vocals, guitar, banjo, harmonica, piano or he is accompanied by an occasional backing musician.(not much information on city and colour either). He released 3 albums and has released approximately 16 songs.City and colours received 1 vote from year 9 Alps.
Muse are an English rock band from Teignmouth, Devon, formed in 1994. The band is made up of old school friends Matthew Bellamy (lead vocals, guitars, piano, keyboards, keytar), Christopher Wolstenholme (bass, backing vocals, keyboards, guitars, harmonica) and Dominic Howard (drums, percussion, synthesisers, backing vocals, sampling).The band members are all approximately 20 years old. Muse has released 6 albums and have released 128 songs.Muse received 1 vote from year nine Alps.
10. Rise Against
Rise Against is an American band from Chicago, Illinois, that was formed in 1999. The band members are Tim McIlrath (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Zach Blair (lead guitar, backing vocals), Joe Principe (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Brandon Barnes (drums, percussion). Rise against has released 11 albums and has released 104 songs.Rise against received 1 vote from Year 9 Alps.
11. Lisa Mitchell
Lisa Helen Mitchell was born on the 22nd of March 1990 in Canterbury, England. She moved to Australia when she was 3, growing up in Albury, NSW. She begun guitar lessons at the age of 12, and performed in cafes playing fol.k and rock songs.She now lives in Melbourne and can play the guitar, piano and vocals. This amazing Australian singer has released 3 albums and has released approximately 47 songs.Lisa Mitchell received 1 vote from Year 9 Alps.
12. Lost Prophets
The Lost Prophets were formed in 1997 by a group of friends who were sick of not hearing what they want in the modern alternative music scene. The band members are Ian Watkins(Vocals), Mike Lewis(guitar), Lee Gaze(guitar), Stuart Richardson(bass), Mike Chiplin(drums), Jamie Oliver programming/ Decks all of which are from varied musical backgrounds. Lost Prophets have released 8 albums and have released 99 songs.Lost Prophets received 1 vote from Year 9 Alps.
13. Lil Wayne
Dwayne Michael Carter J.R.(Lil' Wayne) was born on the 27th of Sep, 1982 in New Orleans, Louisian. Since the young age of 9 Dwayne was singing in rapping groups but unlike other young rappers he refrained from swearing in his songs for his mothers sake whilst he raps about events that have occurred in his life. He has released 14 albums and has apparently released around 800 songs.Lil Wayne received 1 vote from year 9 Alps.
14. Never shout never
Christofer Drew Ingle(never shout never) was born on the 11 of Feb 1991 in Joplin, Missouri, US.Christofer started his music career when he was a teenager and started to learn guitar. That same year he received a mac computer with sound-editing software on it.Christofer put a video of himself singing on the internet, this video was noticed and was liked by allot of people. This was the beginning of his singing career . Since then Christofer has been touring and releasing brilliant songs. Never Shout Nnever is a very talented 20 year old guy who can play guitar, bass guitar, ukulele, violin, drums, percussion, tambourine, cabasa, djembe, glockenspiel, xylophone, marimba, sleigh bells, piano, keyboard, synthesizer, programming, banjo, harmonica and vocals, that's allot of instruments! Never shout Never has released 6 albums and has released 58 songs.Never Shout Never received 1 vote from Year 9 Alps.
15. Justin Bieber
Justin was born on the 1st of march 1994 in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Justin started off playing his guitar and singing out the front of a theatre in Stratford, Ontario. His mum filmed his performances and put them on You Tub. Justin received many phone calls of people offering to manage his singing career but they were denied by his mother who was apprehensive about horror stories of young stars.Justin Bieber was discovered singing on youtube by his present agent, who quickly arranged for him to fly to Georgia to meet with Usher. The young star signed with Island Records and is still continuing with his growing career. Justin Bieber has released 4 albums and has released 41 songs.Justin Bieber received 1 vote from Year 9 Alps.
All these artists received at least 1 vote as the Year 9 Alps favourite music artist's. Great choice guys!!! : )
