My favourite bands

Born: 27 september 1984
Birthplace: Belleville, Canada
Best know as: Rock star

Name a birth: Avril Ramona Lavigne (Whibley)

Biography:
When she 12, she wrote her first song. The same year, Lavigne began singing on churchsongs. Steve Medd invited her on his album "Quinte spirit" in 1999. At the age of sixteen she was signed by Ken Krongard, the artists-and-repertoire (A&R) representative of Arista Record who invited the head of Arista Antonio " LA" reid to hear her sing at the New York City studio of producer Peter Zizzo. Avril Lavigne is a pop rock singer. When she has 17, she made a first album ("Let Go"). At the moment, she has made three albums ("Let Go" 2002, "Under my skin" 2004, "The best damn thing" 2007).

                  Discography:
              -Let Go (2002)
              -Under my skin (2004)
              -The best damn thing (2007)

                  Filmography:
              - Going the distance (2004)
              - Over the edge (2006)
              - The Flock (2007)
              - Fast Food nation (2008)

I like this singer because she's different. She's different about the other singers. Her voice, her songs, her style is different. She sings very well and she has talent to write songs. She plays a lot of instruments like piano, guitar or drums...Her influences are rock, pop rock but sometimes she sings songs to the more quiet melody.In spit of her young age, her texts can mark the young people or the least young...It is the reason for which we appreciate this singer...

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The Police are a rock band consisting of Sting (vocals, bass guitar), Andy Summers (guitar, vocals) and Stewart Copeland (drums, percussion, vocals). Their first single is Fall Out was recording in 1977. They were known thanks to the song Roxanne in 1978. 1978 was a very good year for The Police because Roxanne, So Lonely, Next to You, Hole in my Life, Truth Hits Everybody and I Can't Stand Losing You in the album Outlandos d'Amour are big success for the group. In 1979, the album Reggatta de Blanc is as good as the first album with songs like Message in a Bottle, Walking on the Moon and Reggatta de Blanc. In 1980, they are very known and they released their third album, Zenyattà Mondatta. It's the worst album they made. Just the song De Do Do Do, De Da Da Da is a success. In 1981, they released a good album, Ghost in the Machine with great songs like Spirits in the Material World, Every Little Thing She Does is Magic and Invisible Sun. Their Last Album is Synchronicity, in 1983, it's one of their bests albums with songs like Every Breath You Take, Murder my Numbers, Wrapped Around Your Finger, King of Pain and Tea in the Sahara. In 2007, they have released a best of with 2 CD with their first single: Fall Out it never released on a album. We like because we listened to this when we were very young and now, it's like a habit. We don't like the solo career of Sting because he release songs so quiet.

http://www.lastfm.fr/music/The+Police

Biographie – Biography

     Mica Penniman (been born on August 18th, 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon) says Mika, is a singer of English pop of libano-American nationality living in London. Mika is very young when his family leaves Lebanon for Paris. When he moves for London after eight years spent in France, Mika locks himself into the silence. The doctors diagnose an aphasia, which will be broken only thanks to some agreements of piano.

     At the age of 9, he confides a passion for the opera, the vocal capacity except standards oblige, his voice covering almost five octaves. At the age of 19, he enters the Royal College of Music which he leaves to dash into his solo career.

     His performances in public and his jobs varied between classic diverse things and composition of the music of pubs. His first single was called Relaxed, Take It Easy ( 2006 ) on whom we find the melody of ( I Just ) Died in Your Arms de Cutting Crew. The fate will make that it will be this single which, in February, 2007, will reach the first place of the downloads in France. February 5th, 2007 the first album of Mika: Life In Cartoon Motion, produced and mixed by Greg Wells in Los Angeles takes(brings) out and arouses comparisons with numerous artists of the 60s.

     The members of his group are Martin Waugh (guitar, singing), Michael Choi (bass, singing), Cherisse Osei ( battery) and Luke Juby (keyboard).

Discography

         Life In Cartoon Motion          

1. Grace Kelly
2. Happy ending
3. Stuck in the middle
4. Big Girl
5. Billy Brown
6. Any Other World
7. Relax (take it easy)
8. Love today
9. My interpretation
10. Lolli pop
11. Ring Ring

My prefer song is Lollipop and Relax (take it easy)

Why I love Mika ???

    I love Mika because his music is cheerful or mysterieuse, its well given rhythm songs take us towards the world colored with the 60s... His voice also is extremely considerable.

     I have no many of the other reasons, the music, I like and it is like that ^^ !!!

Nicolas-Marie & Emeline

EVANESCENCE

Evanescence is a rock band founded by Amy Lee (pianist and singer) and Ben Moody (lead guitarist and songwriter) in 1995. They made two EP and a demo album named Origin ( see down). Their first ''real'' was fallen.

Discography of Evanescence

Evanescence

Evanescence have won two prices in 2004 : the price of best new artist and the price of best hard-rock performance. They've been nominated for thoose prices:

I have chosen this group because I like rock music and this isn't like the other rock groups.

Adress of the official site: www.evanescence.com

Clip Bring me to life

The Village People is an american disco band . They are six disguised musicians : the cop, the worker, the motorcyclist, the GI, the cow-bo and the indian . The name of the band is directly inspired by the Greenwich Village, a homosexual district in New York .

They have become famous with a lot of hits like Y.M.C.A. (1978), In The Navy (1979) and Go West (1979) but they were started in 1977 with San Francisco . Since 1977, they have always been in activity and have been in world tour for more than 31 years !

The Village People are a symbol of homosexuality . Their costumes are tipical of sadomasochistic practices . They influenced their time with artists such as Prince, George Michael and Freddy Mercury .

JUSTIN

TIMBERLAKE

Justin Randall Timberlake was born in January 31^st 1981 in

Memphis, tennessee, United States. He' s Pop, Dance-Pop, R & B singer. He is singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer & actor. He make

singing, keyboards, guitar & beatboxing. He has Start his career in 1993. His label is Jive. He was associated with 'N sync, Timbaland, Nelly Furtado, Britney Spears, 50 cent, Esmée Denters & Madonna. His Fanclub 

Filmography :

• Longshot ( 2000 )

• Model Behavior ( 2000 )

• On the Line ( 2001 )

• Edison Force ( 2005 )

• Alpha Dog ( 2006 )

• Black Snake Moan ( 2007 )

• Shrek the third (voice) ( 2007 )

• Southland Tales ( 2007 )

• The Love Guru ( 2008 )

• The Open Road ( 2008 )

Discography :

Future sex/ Love sounds -Future sex/ Love sounds -Sexy Ladie/Let me talk to you-Prelude -My love -Love Stone/I think she knows-Interlude -...What Goes Around...Comes Around-Interlude -Chope me up -Damn girl -Summer love/Set the mood-Prelude -Until theend of the time -Losing my way -Another song-All Over again -Sexy Back

Justified -Right for me -Rock your body -Like i love you -Señorita -Never again -And the said-Take me now -Let's take a ride -Still on my brain -Last night -Nothin' else -take it from here -Oh no -What you got -Cry me a river

I choose Justin because I love him. It's a good singer. He is very handsome !!!!

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Anaïs

Justine

Muriel

Three days grace

Three days grace is a canadian band of hard-rock. This band was formed in 1997. The first members was Adam Gontier ( guitarist and singer ), Neil Sanderson (drummer and back up vocalist), Brad Walst ( bassist and back up vocalist). In 2000 they recruited Bary Stock (guitarist) for help Adam gontier. They have made 2 C.D and a third is in creation .

Most songs of the second C.D. have been written by Adam Gontier in CAHM (center for addiction & mental health) when he was in detoxification.

Discography:

2003-three days grace (US Sales 1,500,000+;Canada Sales 300,000+)

2006-One-X( US Sales 1,210,000+; Canada Sales 600,000+)

Fall 2008/ Spirng 2009-The demon within

I have chosen this band because I like their songs , the voice of singer and lyrics.

Official website

One song 

Panic! at the Disco is a band that originated in Las Vegas, U.S.A.

Some people think that Panic! At The Disco is an emo band but they say themselves that they aren't an emo band. Their music incorporates elements of punk, rock, pop, big beat, electronica, psychedelic, folk and jazz and is influenced by Radiohead.

The name of the band come from the song “Panic” by Name Taken.

The band has begun with Ryan Ross and Spencer Smith who were friends.

Brent Wilson became the bass guitar player and he met Brendon Urie who become the singer.

In order to promote music, the band contacted bassist Fall Out Boy, Pete Wentz, and sent him an internet link to their site. Wentz took a trip to Las Vegas to meet the band. After seeing them practice, he asked if to sign with his label, Fueled by Ramen and Decaydance.

In 2006 Brent Wilson left the band and Jon Walker became the new bass guitar player.

They have worked with Fall Out Boy, Marilyn Manson and other bands on a new edition of “Nightamre Before Christmas”, a Tim Burton's movie, original soundrack and made the song “This is Halloween” (October 2006).

We like this band for their original genre : it's realy Panic!at the Disco and nothing else.

We like their show too because it looks like circus or cabaret. Some songs make dreams and move.

Their two albums are differents but we can't compare them because they are both great !

Discography

A Fever You Can't Sweat Out (September 27 2005)

I Write Sins Not Tragedie :

Pretty Odd (March 25 2008)

Nine In The Afternoon :

That Green Gentleman :

Official Website

Usher

Usher Raymond IV was born on october 14th 1978 in Tennessee. He sing R&B, Pop, Hip-Hop and Dance-Pop. He has many occupations, he is a singer, songwriter, record executive, actor and philanthropist. To date, he has sold approximately 30 million albums worldwide and has won five Grammy Awards

At age thirteen, Raymond competed on Star Search, where he was spotted by an A&R representative from Laface Records who proposed him an audition with L.A Reid. A contract with the company soon followed. Usher was introduced on "Call Me A Mack," a song he recorded for the soundtrack album to the John Singleton, Poetic Justice.The lead-off single, “You Make me Wanna» that summer and hit number one in its second week out—the same week that the album was released. “You Make Me Wanna” stayed on top of the R&B/Hip-Hop track charts for a total of 11 weeks.

US Records singer Usher's vanity label was founded in 2002.

I like Usher because he is classy , he have a great voice. And I like US R&B

Discography

Albums

• 1994: Usher 

• 1997: My Way 

• 1999: Live 

• 2001: 8701 

• 2004: Confessions 

• 2008: Here I Stand

Top 10 singles

• 1997: You Make Me Wanna (#2)

• 1998: Nice And Slow (#1)

• 1998: My Way (#2)

• 2001: U Remind Me (#1)

• 2001: U Got It Bad (#1)

• 2002: U Don't Have to Call (#3)

• 2004: Yeah! (#1)

• 2004: Burn (#1)

• 2004: Confessions Part II (#1)

• 2004: My Boo (#1)

• 2005: Caught Up (#8)

• 2008: Love in This Club (#1)

  Filmography

• 1998: The Faculty 

• 1999: She's All That 

• 1999: Light it Up 

• 2001: Texas Rangers 

• 2005: In the Mix

His official site : http://www.usherworld.com/

Disturbed

Disturbed is a rock band from Chicago, Illinois. The groupe was formed in 1996 when musicians Dan Donegan, Steve «Fuzz» Kmak, and Mike Wengren hired singer David Draiman in Chicago, Illinois. They have sold over 10 millions albums worldwide, and released three consecutive albums. Originally classified as a nu metal band , Disturbed is now regarded by some music critics as hard rock or heavy metal , althought others now regard them as alternative metal. However , the band's genre is still being debated .

Discography:

-The sickness (2000)

-believe (2002)

-music as a weapon II (2004, album live)

-ten thousand fists (2005)

-indestructible (2008)

Why we have choosen this group :

We chose it because we like their musical style as well as their songs.

official site : http://www.disturbed1.com

our favorite song :

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