
Candlebox ~ Similar Artists
This US alternative rock band made their breakthrough when a copy of their 1995 debut CD, Churn, was passed to a disc jockey at WJRR, a commercial radio station broadcasting from Orlando, Florida. As a result of their championing of the track "Cumbersome", Seven Mary Three were...
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The Stone Temple Pilots are the result of a chance meeting between Scott Weiland (27 October 1967, Santa Cruz, California, USA; vocals) and Robert DeLeo (b. 2 February 1966, New Jersey, USA; bass) at one of Black Flag's final shows in Los Angeles. After discovering that they...
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This one-off project involved members of Seattle, USA-based bands Mother Love Bone and Soundgarden, and was recorded as a tribute to the late Andrew Wood, former Mother Love Bone vocalist. The "band" comprised Chris Cornell (vocals), Matt Cameron (drums), Mike McCready (guitar),...
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Formed in Stockbridge, Georgia, USA, Collective Soul earned their reputation with strong, hook-laden pop rock songs, the best example of which is "Shine', which topped Billboard"s Rock Album Tracks poll in May 1994 and broke into the mainstream Top 20. The band's history up to...
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18 March 1966, Tacoma, Washington, USA. The guitarist and one of the guiding forces behind troubled Seattle band Alice In Chains, Cantrell's solo releases have confirmed his reputation as one of the most talented songwriters to emerge from the 90s grunge scene. Read more
Formed in 1987 in Seattle, Washington, USA, by Layne Staley (22 August 1967, Kirkland, Washington, USA, d. April 2002, Seattle, Washington, USA; vocals) and Jerry Cantrell (b. 18 March 1966, Tacoma, Washington, USA; vocals, guitar) with Mike Starr (bass) and Sean Kinney (b. 27...
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Sponge
- 69% match to Candlebox
Soundgarden
- 66% match to Candlebox
This Seattle, Washington, USA-based quartet fused influences as diverse as Led Zeppelin, the Stooges, Velvet Underground and, most particularly, early UK and US punk bands into a dirty, sweaty, sexually explicit and decidedly fresh take on rock 'n' roll. The band, Chris Cornell...
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Pearl Jam
- 61% match to Candlebox
This revisionist (or, depending on your viewpoint, visionary) rock quintet was formed in Seattle, USA, by Jeff Ament (10 March 1963, Big Sandy, Montana, USA; bass) and Stone Gossard (b. 20 July 1965, Seattle, Washington, USA; rhythm guitar). Gossard had played with Steve Turner...
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A hard-drinking rock band from the rural community of Ellensburg, near Seattle, USA, the Screaming Trees blended 60s music (the Beach Boys being an obvious reference point) with psychotic, pure punk rage. Not to be confused with the Sheffield, England synthesizer band of the...
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