2006 in music

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January

• January 10 - Eric Burdon
  Eric Burdon
  
  Eric Victor Burdon is best known as a founding member and singer of The Animals, a rock band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and his multi-racial project the Funk rock band War ....
   releases his album Soul of a Man
  Soul of a Man (2006 album)
  
  Soul of a Man is a 2006 Rhythm and blues album by Eric Burdon. It followes his 2004 comeback album My Secret Life and the 2005 live album & DVD Athens Traffic Live....
   and begins touring with a new band.
• January 11–January 15 - MahlerFest XIX, honoring Austrian composer
  Composer
  
  A composer is a person who creates music, usually in the medium of musical notation, for interpretation and performance. The level of distinction between composers and other musicians varies, which affects issues such as copyright and the deference given to individual interpretations of a particular piece of music....
   Gustav Mahler
  Gustav Mahler
  
  Gustav Mahler was a Bohemian-born Austrian composer and conducting. He was best known during his own lifetime as one of the leading orchestral and operatic conductors of the day....
  , is held in Boulder, Colorado
  Boulder, Colorado
  
  Boulder is a Colorado municipalities#Home_Rule_Municipality that is the county seat and most populous city of Boulder County, Colorado, Colorado, in the United States....
  , USA.
• January 13 - Mylène Farmer
  Mylène Farmer
  
  Myl?ne Farmer born Myl?ne Jeanne Gautier is a France singer, songwriter, occasional actress and author. She has sold more than 25 million records and is among the most successful recording artists of all time in France....
   launches her Avant que l'ombre... à Bercy tour
  Avant que l'ombre... à Bercy (tour)
  
  Avant que l'ombre... ? Bercy is the Myl?ne Farmer's 2006 concert tour in support of her sixth studio album, Avant que l'ombre.... It was the fourth tour of the singer ....
   at Paris-Bercy, France.
• January 16 - Transplants frontman
  Lead vocalist
  
  The lead vocalist is the member of a Band who sings the main vocal portions of a song. Lead vocalists may also play one or more instruments. They are sometimes referred to as a frontmen , and as such, are usually considered to be the "leader" of the groups they perform in, often the spokespersons in interviews and before the public....
  , Rob Aston
  Rob Aston
  
  Rob Aston, also known as Skinhead Rob, is an United States of America musician and a member of the Rapping musical group Expensive Taste, along with Paul Wall and Travis Barker....
  , announces that the band has disbanded shortly after their fall tour was cancelled.
• January 24 - It is announced that British girl band All Saints
  All Saints (band)
  
  All Saints were a BRIT Awards-winning British-Canadian all-female vocal group. Founded in 1996, the group consisted of founding members Melanie Blatt and Shaznay Lewis, and sisters Nicole Appleton and Natalie Appleton....
   are to regroup for a tour and album later in the year.
• January 31 - American hardcore punk
  Hardcore punk
  
  Hardcore punk is a subgenre of punk rock that originated in North America and the UK in the late 1970s. The new sound was generally thicker, heavier and faster than earlier punk rock....
   band Champion
  Champion (band)
  
  Champion was a youth crew band that was formed by Singer Jim Hesketh, and guitarist Chris Williams, in the spring of 1999 in music in Seattle, Washington....
   announced their impending breakup, with a final show scheduled for May.

February

• February 1 – Vienna State Opera
  Vienna State Opera
  
  The Vienna State Opera is an opera house - and opera company - with a history dating back to the mid 19th century. It is located in the centre of Vienna, Austria....
   announces that music director Seiji Ozawa
  Seiji Ozawa
  
  is a Japanese conducting, particularly noted for his interpretations of large-scale late Romantic music works. He is most known for his work as music director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Vienna State Opera....
   will have to cancel all of his performance commitments for 2006 due to ill-health.
• February 8 – The 48th annual Grammy Awards
  Grammy Awards of 2006
  
  The 48th Annual Grammy Awards was a ceremony honoring the best in music for the recording year beginning September 15, 2004 and ending September 14, 2005....
   are handed out at the Staples Center
  Staples Center
  
  Staples Center is a multi-purpose arena in Downtown Los Angeles Los Angeles, California, United States. Adjacent to the L.A. Live development, it is located next to the Los Angeles Convention Center complex....
   in Los Angeles, California
  Los Angeles, California
  
  Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
  , USA. Madonna
  Madonna (entertainer)
  
  Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....
   opens the awards for a third time. U2 is the night's big winner, with five awards. Mariah Carey
  Mariah Carey
  
  Mariah Carey is an United States singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S....
   won three of her eight nominations, her first Grammys since 1991. Kelly Clarkson
  Kelly Clarkson
  
  Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American pop rock singer, songwriter, and occasional actor. Clarkson made her debut under RCA Records after she won the highly-publicized American Idol of the television series American Idol in 2002....
   is the first American Idol contestant ever to win a Grammy.
• February 10 - White Lion
  White Lion
  
  White Lion is an United States/Denmark glam metal band that formed in New York City in 1983 by Denmark vocalist Mike Tramp and United States guitarist Vito Bratta....
  /Black Label Society
  Black Label Society
  
  Black Label Society is a Heavy metal music band formed by Zakk Wylde, with seven studio albums released to date....
   bassist James Lorenzo joins Megadeth
  Megadeth
  
  Megadeth is an American Heavy metal music band led by founder, front man, guitarist, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. Formed in 1983 by Mustaine and bass player David Ellefson following Mustaine's departure from Metallica, the band has since released eleven studio albums, six live albums, two Extended play, thirty single , thirty-two music video...
   as the replacement for James MacDonough
  James MacDonough
  
  James MacDonough born on April 3 1970 in Jacksonville, Florida U.S.A. is a professional bass guitarist. He has played with Iced Earth, Nevermore, and most recently, Megadeth....
   (who was previously in Iced Earth
  Iced Earth
  
  Iced Earth is an United States Heavy metal music band from Tampa, Florida, Florida that combines influences from thrash metal, power metal, progressive metal, opera, speed metal and New Wave of British Heavy Metal....
  ).
• February 18 – The Rolling Stones
  The Rolling Stones
  
  The Rolling Stones are an English rock music band formed in 1962 in London when multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones and pianist Ian Stewart were joined by vocalist Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards....
   give a free concert to three million people in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
• February 22 – The one billionth song is downloaded on ITunes
  ITunes
  
  iTunes is a Proprietary software digital media media player application, used for playing and organizing digital music and video files. The program is also an interface to manage the contents on Apple's popular iPod digital media players as well as the iPhone....
  ; the song is "Speed of Sound
  Speed of Sound (song)
  
  "Speed of Sound" is a song by English alternative rock band Coldplay. It was written by all members of the band for their third album, X&Y. Built around a piano riff, the song builds into a huge, synth-heavy chorus....
  " by Coldplay
  Coldplay
  
  Coldplay are a United Kingdom alternative rock Musical ensemble formed in London, England in 1998. The group comprises vocalist/pianist/guitarist Chris Martin, lead guitarist Jonny Buckland, bassist Guy Berryman, and drummer/multi-instrumentalist Will Champion....
  .
• February 25 – The fourth annual Total Request Live
  Total Request Live
  
  Total Request Live was the flagship television series on MTV that featured popular music videos. TRL was MTV's prime outlet for music videos as the network continues to concentrate on Reality television....
   awards are held in New York City, USA. Madonna
  Madonna (entertainer)
  
  Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....
   wins the Lifetime Achievement Award and Bono
  Bono
  
  Paul David Hewson , also known by his stage name Bono, is the main vocalist of the Ireland rock band U2. Bono was born and raised in Dublin, Republic of Ireland, and attended Mount Temple Comprehensive School where he met his future wife, Ali Hewson, and the future members of U2....
   wins the Most Inspired Artist/Humanitarian Award. Other winners include Fall Out Boy
  Fall Out Boy
  
  Fall Out Boy is a Grammy-nominated alternative rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of Patrick Stump , Joe Trohman , Pete Wentz , and Andy Hurley ....
  , Chris Brown
  Chris Brown (singer)
  
  Christopher Maurice Brown is an American recording artist and actor. Brown made his recording debut in late 2005 with Chris Brown at the age of 16....
  , Mariah Carey
  Mariah Carey
  
  Mariah Carey is an United States singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. She made her recording debut in 1990 under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, and became the first recording artist to have her first five singles top the U.S....
  , Ashlee Simpson
  Ashlee Simpson
  
  Ashlee Nicole Wentz , now professionally known as Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, is an American pop rock singer-songwriter, and occasional actor. Simpson-Wentz, who is the younger sister of pop singer Jessica Simpson, rose to prominence in mid-2004 through the success of her number-one album Autobiography and the accompanying reality televi...
  , Kelly Clarkson
  Kelly Clarkson
  
  Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American pop rock singer, songwriter, and occasional actor. Clarkson made her debut under RCA Records after she won the highly-publicized American Idol of the television series American Idol in 2002....
  , Amanda Bynes
  Amanda Bynes
  
  'Amanda Laura Bynes' is an American actor, former show host on Nickelodeon , singer and Voice acting. After appearing in several successful television series on Nickelodeon in the mid-to late 1990s and early 2000s, Bynes transitioned to a film career, starring in several films aimed at teenage audiences, including She's the Man and Hair...
  , and My Chemical Romance
  My Chemical Romance
  
  My Chemical Romance is an American rock band formed in 2001 in Jersey City, New Jersey. The band consists of five members that are Gerard Way, Mikey Way, Frank Iero, Ray Toro and Bob Bryar....
  . Performers included Ashlee Simpson
  Ashlee Simpson
  
  Ashlee Nicole Wentz , now professionally known as Ashlee Simpson-Wentz, is an American pop rock singer-songwriter, and occasional actor. Simpson-Wentz, who is the younger sister of pop singer Jessica Simpson, rose to prominence in mid-2004 through the success of her number-one album Autobiography and the accompanying reality televi...
   and Chris Brown.

March

• Bon Jovi's
  Bon Jovi
  
  Bon Jovi is an United States hard rock band from Sayreville, New Jersey. Fronted by lead singer and namesake Jon Bon Jovi, the group originally achieved large-scale success in the 1980s....
   second single, "Who Says You Can't Go Home
  Who Says You Can't Go Home
  
  "Who Says You Can't Go Home" is a rock music song written by Jon Bon Jovi and Richie Sambora for Bon Jovi's ninth studio album Have a Nice Day ....
  ", from the album
  Album
  
  An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
   Have A Nice Day
  Have a Nice Day (Bon Jovi album)
  
  Have a Nice Day is Bon Jovi's ninth studio album. The album has gone platinum in the USA and several other countries. As of July 11, 2007, it has sold 1,453,039 copies in the US....
   goes to number one in the U.S. Hot Country Charts for two weeks. This is the first time a rock
  Rock music
  
  Rock music is a loosely defined genre of popular music that entered the mainstream in the mid 1950's. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rhythm and blues, country music and other influences....
   band has achieved a number one hit in the US country
  Country music
  
  Country music is a blend of popular American music forms originally found in the Southern United States and the Appalachian Mountains. It has roots in Traditional music, Celtic music, gospel music, and old-time music and evolved rapidly in the 1920s....
   charts.
• March 5 – Three 6 Mafia
  Three 6 Mafia
  
  Three 6 Mafia is an Academy Awards winning United States Rap music group originating from Memphis, Tennessee, Tennessee. Formed in 1991 by DJ Paul, Lord Infamous, and Juicy J, they shortly thereafter recruited fellow Memphian rappers Koopsta Knicca, Gangsta Boo, and Crunchy Black....
   became the first African American
  African American
  
  African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the Black people populations of Africa....
   hip-hop group to win an Academy Award for Best Song
  Academy Award for Best Song
  
  The Academy Award for Best Original Song is one of the awards given annually to people working in the film industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ....
   and also became the first hip-hop artists to ever perform at the ceremony. The group was nominated for the song "It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp
  It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp
  
  "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" is a song written by hip hop music band Three 6 Mafia and Frayser Boy for the film Hustle & Flow. It was ranked #80 on VH1's "100 Greatest Songs of Hip Hop"....
  " from the Hustle & Flow film soundtrack.
• March 11 – James Blunt
  James Blunt
  
  James Blunt is an England Acoustic music folk pop singer-songwriter whose debut album, Back to Bedlam, and single releases, especially "You're Beautiful", brought him to fame in 2005....
  , with his single
  Single (music)
  
  In the record industry, a single is a song usually used from a current or upcoming album to promote the album. Singles are distributed through a number of ways; originally, they were packaged as "single" records with one or two other songs and sold before the release of the album....
   "You're Beautiful
  You're Beautiful
  
  "You're Beautiful" is a pop rock song co-written by United Kingdom singer James Blunt, Sacha Skarbek and Amanda Ghost for Blunt's debut album Back to Bedlam ....
  ", becomes the first British artist to top the US Billboard Hot 100
  Billboard Hot 100
  
  The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
   chart since Elton John
  Elton John
  
  Sir Elton Hercules John Order of the British Empire is an England singer-songwriter, composer and pianist.In his four-decade career, John has been one of the dominant forces in rock and popular music, especially during the 1970s....
   with "Candle In The Wind 1997
  Candle in the Wind 1997
  
  "Candle in the Wind 1997" or "Goodbye England's Rose" is a remake of "Candle in the Wind" by Elton John that was released as a tribute single to Diana, Princess of Wales....
  " almost nine years earlier.
• March 21 - My Chemical Romance
  My Chemical Romance
  
  My Chemical Romance is an American rock band formed in 2001 in Jersey City, New Jersey. The band consists of five members that are Gerard Way, Mikey Way, Frank Iero, Ray Toro and Bob Bryar....
   release their first live album
  Live album
  
  A live album – commonly contrasted with a studio album – is a recording consisting of material recorded during stage performances. Live albums may be recorded at a single concert, or combine recordings made at multiple concerts....
   Life on the Murder Scene
  Life on the Murder Scene
  
  Life on the Murder Scene is the first live album by New Jersey quintet My Chemical Romance. It was released on March 21, 2006 . The release includes 3-discs of the whole history documenting the band from the start to present....
  .
• March 22 – Aerosmith
  Aerosmith
  
  Aerosmith is an United States hard rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston, Massachusetts" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band"....
   cancel their tour after lead singer Steven Tyler
  Steven Tyler
  
  Steven Victor Tallarico , better known as Steven Tyler, is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known for his work as the lead singer and primary lyricist of Boston, Massachusetts-based rock band Aerosmith....
   is taken ill, requiring throat surgery.

April

• April 1—April 2 - The Festival Imperial
  Festival Imperial
  
  Festival Imperial is a major Costa Rican music festival organized by Cerveceria Costa Rica and their flagship beer: Imperial beer. The first festival took place in April 2006 and brought world-known performers such as Sting , Jamiroquai, Diego Torres, and The Rasmus....
   is held in the Autódromo La Guácima, in Alajuela
  Alajuela
  
  Alajuela is the capital city of the province of Alajuela Province in Costa Rica. It is also the name of the district that includes the city. Alajuela serves as the capital for the canton of Alajuela Canton, an area much larger than the district....
  , Costa Rica
  Costa Rica
  
  Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the east and south, the Pacific Ocean to the west and south and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
  .
• April 4 - Hawk Nelson
  Hawk Nelson
  
  Hawk Nelson is a Christian Pop punk band hailing from Peterborough, Ontario. The band has become popular in the Christian music scene and was voted "Favorite New Artist" by CCM Magazine in their February 2006 Reader's Choice Awards....
   released their second album, Smile, It's the End of the World
  Smile, It's The End of the World
  
  Smile, It's the End of the World is the second full length album by Pop punk band Hawk Nelson. It was released on April 4, 2006....
  .
• April 11 - Rapper Proof
  Proof (rapper)
  
  DeShaun Dupree Holton , better known as Proof, was a Detroit rapper and member of the hip hop groups D12, 5 Elementz, Promatic, and Goon Sqwad....
   is shot and killed by a nightclub bouncer at 8 Mile Road in Detroit, Michigan
  Detroit, Michigan
  
  Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Wayne County, Michigan. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States of the United States....
  , after allegedly shooting a third man, Keith Bender, Jr, who later dies of his injuries.
• April 15 - Mary J. Blige
  Mary J. Blige
  
  Mary Jane Blige is a nine-time Grammy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated American R&B music singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor who has sold more than forty eight million albums worldwide....
  's single "Be Without You
  Be Without You
  
  "Be Without You" is an contemporary R&B song written by American singer-songwriter Mary J. Blige, Johnta Austin, Bryan Michael Cox, and Jason Perry for Blige's seventh studio album The Breakthrough....
  " ends its 15th week at number one on the US Billboard R&B
  Contemporary R&B
  
  Contemporary R&B is a music genre of Western culture popular music. Although the acronym ?R&B? originates from its association with traditional rhythm and blues music, the term R&B is today most often used to define a style of African American music originating after the demise of disco in the 1980s....
   chart, making it the most successful R&B song in history.
• April 20 – Billy Corgan
  Billy Corgan
  
  William Patrick Corgan, Jr. is an United States of America singer, songwriter, guitarist and occasional poet. Corgan is the vocalist and lead guitarist for alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins....
   of The Smashing Pumpkins
  The Smashing Pumpkins
  
  The Smashing Pumpkins are an American alternative rock band that formed in Chicago, Illinois in 1988. While the group has gone through several lineup changes, The Smashing Pumpkins consisted of Billy Corgan , James Iha , D'arcy Wretzky , and Jimmy Chamberlin for most of the band's recording career....
   confirms that the band are in the studio recording their first album since 2000's Machina/The Machines of God
  MACHINA/The Machines of God
  
  Machina/The Machines of God is The Smashing Pumpkins' fifth studio album, released on February 29, 2000. A concept album, it marked the return of drummer Jimmy Chamberlin and was intended to be the band's final official Vinyl record release prior to their first breakup in 2000....
  .
• April 21—April 23 – The Terrastock
  Terrastock
  
  Terrastock is a music festival organised periodically by Phil McMullen, formerly editor of the Ptolemaic Terrascope and since 2005 the publisher of the Terrascope Online website....
   6 festival is held in Providence, Rhode Island
  Providence, Rhode Island
  
  Providence is the Capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Rhode Island, and one of the first cities established in the United States....
  , USA.
• April 25 - American rock band, the Goo Goo Dolls
  Goo Goo Dolls
  
  The Goo Goo Dolls is a rock band that formed in 1987 in Buffalo, New York by John Rzeznik and Robby Takac., the band has sold more than 9 million records in the US alone....
  , celebrate twenty successful years in the music industry with the release of Let Love In
  Let Love In (Goo Goo Dolls album)
  
  Let Love In is The Goo Goo Dolls' eighth studio album. "Better Days ", which was released as a single late in 2005, appears on the album, along with a cover of the Supertramp song, "Give a Little Bit"....
  .
• April 29—April 30 – The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
  Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
  
  The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is a three-day annual music and arts festival organized by Goldenvoice held at the Empire Polo Fields in Indio, California, California....
   takes place in Indio, California
  Indio, California
  
  Indio is a city in Riverside County, California, California, United States, located in the Coachella Valley of Southern California's desert region....
  , USA. Performers include Madonna
  Madonna (entertainer)
  
  Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....
  , James Blunt
  James Blunt
  
  James Blunt is an England Acoustic music folk pop singer-songwriter whose debut album, Back to Bedlam, and single releases, especially "You're Beautiful", brought him to fame in 2005....
  , Kanye West
  Kanye West
  
  Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, record producer and singer. He released his debut album The College Dropout in 2004, his second album Late Registration in 2005, his third album Graduation in 2007, and his fourth album 808s & Heartbreak in 2008....
  , Depeche Mode
  Depeche Mode
  
  Depeche Mode is an electronic music band formed in 1980, in Basildon, Essex, England. The group's original line-up was Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andrew Fletcher and Vince Clarke ....
  , and Paul Oakenfold
  Paul Oakenfold
  
  Paul Oakenfold is a record producer and a popular Trance music DJ....
  .

May

• May 1 - 1,951 guitarists simultaneously play Jimi Hendrix
  Jimi Hendrix
  
  James Marshall Hendrix was an American guitarist, singer and songwriter whose guitar playing continues to be a considerable influence on rock music....
  's song "Hey Joe
  Hey Joe
  
  "Hey Joe" is an United States popular song from the 1960s that has become a rock and roll standard, and as such has been performed in a multitude of musical styles....
  " in the town square of Wroclaw
  Wroclaw
  
  Wroclaw is the chief city of the historical region of Lower Silesia in south-western Poland, situated on the Oder River river. Over the centuries the city has been part of Kingdom of Poland , Bohemia, Austria, Prussia, and Germany....
  , Poland, breaking a Guinness world record.
• May 8 - Mor ve Otesi, a Turkish
  Turkey
  
  Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe....
   alternative rock band, release Büyük Düsler
  Büyük Düsler
  
  B?y?k D?sler is the fifth studio album of Turkish Alternative rock band Mor ve ?tesi. It was released on May 8, 2006. This is an album mainly dealing with the political problems of Turkey and the personal problems of the group members, including loss of family members and relationships....
  , their fifth studio album.
• May 10 - Roy Mayorga joins Stone Sour
  Stone Sour
  
  Stone Sour is a three time Grammy Award-nominated American Hard rock band from Des Moines, Iowa. The band was founded by Corey Taylor, vocalist of Slipknot , and former drummer Joel Ekman....
  .
• May 11 – Dave Baksh
  Dave Baksh
  
  David Nizaam "Brownsound" Baksh is a Canadian guitarist, singer and record producer of Indo-Guyanese descent, best known as the ex-lead guitarist of successful pop punk band Sum 41, but has since became a singer/guitarist in his own Heavy metal music/reggae project Brown Brigade....
   announces that he left Sum 41
  Sum 41
  
  Sum 41 is a Canadian Rock music Musical ensemble from Ajax, Ontario. The current members are Deryck Whibley , Cone McCaslin , and Steve Jocz ....
   to pursue his career with his second band Brown Brigade
  Brown Brigade
  
  Brown Brigade is a reggae-influenced Heavy metal music band created by former Sum 41 guitarist Dave Baksh, after leaving Sum 41 in May 2006. The current members are: Dave Baksh, , Vaughn Lal , Johnny Owens , Chuck Coles , and Cess Rock ....
  .
• May 12—May 17 - Guns N' Roses
  Guns N' Roses
  
  Guns N' Roses is an American Rock music band, formed in Los Angeles, California, California in 1985. The band, led by frontman and co-founder Axl Rose, has gone through numerous line-up changes and controversies since their formation....
   play four warm-up shows at Hammerstein Ballroom
  Hammerstein Ballroom
  
  The Hammerstein Ballroom is a two-tiered, 12,000 square feet ballroom located within the Manhattan Center on 311 West 34th Street in Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States....
   in New York City, USA, preceding a European tour and shows across the U.S.
• May 13
• The Los Angeles, California
  Los Angeles, California
  
  Los Angeles is the largest city in the U.S. state of California and the List of United States cities by population in the United States. Often abbreviated as L.A. and nicknamed The City of Angels, Los Angeles is rated as a beta global city, has an estimated population of 3.8 million and spans over in Southern California....
  , USA radio station KROQ airs the fourteenth annual Weenie Roast
  KROQ Weenie Roast
  
  Weenie Roast is a multi-artist alternative rock concert, presented annually by the Los Angeles, California, United States radio station KROQ, beginning in 1993....
  .
• Drummer Ryan Vandeberghe announces that The Suicide Machines
  The Suicide Machines
  
  The Suicide Machines were an United States punk rock band formed in March 1991 in Detroit, Michigan and disbanded in May of 2006. During the course of their career the band released six full-length albums on the labels Hollywood Records and Side One Dummy Records....
   have broken up after 15 years of activity.
• May 20 – Finnish monster rock band Lordi
  Lordi
  
  Lordi is a Glam rock/Hard rock/heavy metal music band from Finland. The concept for Lordi was devised in 1992, however, the band was not formed until 1996 in music by Tomi Putaansuu of Helsinki, Finland....
   win the Eurovision Song Contest 2006
  Eurovision Song Contest 2006
  
  The Eurovision Song Contest 2006 was the 51st Eurovision Song Contest, held at the Athens Olympic Sports Complex#Olympic Indoor Hall in Athens, Greece on the 18 May and 20 May 2006 ....
   with the song "Hard Rock Hallelujah
  Hard Rock Hallelujah
  
  "Hard Rock Hallelujah" is a song by the Finland Heavy metal music band Lordi, which won the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest with 292 points, a record in the history of Eurovision....
  ", the first hard rock
  Hard rock
  
  Hard rock is a sub-genre of rock music which has its earliest roots in mid-1960s garage rock and psychedelic rock and is considerably harder than conventional rock music....
   and heavy metal
  Heavy metal music
  
  Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in England and the United States. With roots in blues-rock and psychedelic rock, the bands that created heavy metal developed a thick, massive sound, characterized by highly amplified Distortion , extended guitar solos, emphatic beats, and overall...
   song to win.
• May 23 - Madonna
  Madonna (entertainer)
  
  Madonna is an American recording artist, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan and raised in Rochester Hills, Michigan, Madonna moved to New York City in 1977, for a career in modern dance....
   begins her Confessions Tour
  Confessions Tour
  
  The Confessions Tour was the seventh world concert tour by United States singer-songwriter Madonna to support her album Confessions on a Dance Floor....
   in Los Angeles, USA. Tickets were sold out within minutes in North America, Europe, and Asia, resulting in new dates to be announced in New York, Los Angeles, Tokyo, and London. The tour grossed more than US$260 million – the highest grossing tour in history by a female artist.
• May 24 – Taylor Hicks
  Taylor Hicks
  
  Taylor Reuben Hicks is an American singer who achieved fame in 2006 as a contestant on the American Idol of American Idol, which he won later that year....
   wins the US television talent contest, American Idol
  American Idol
  
  American Idol is an Television in the United States Singing airing on Fox network. It debuted on June 11, 2002, and has since become one of the most popular shows on American television....
  , season 5
  American Idol (Season 5)
  
  The fifth season of American Idol began on January 17, 2006 and concluded on May 24, 2006. Randy Jackson, Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell returned to judge, and Ryan Seacrest returned to host....
  . Katharine McPhee
  Katharine McPhee
  
  Katharine Hope McPhee is an American pop music & R&B music singer, songwriter, actor, model , and television personality. She gained fame as a contestant on the American Idol of the Fox Broadcasting Company reality show American Idol, eventually finishing as the runner-up....
   is the runner-up.

June

• June 1 – YoungbloodZ
  YoungBloodZ
  
  YoungBloodZ are an United States Southern rap Duet from Atlanta, Georgia, comprised of members J-Bo and Sean P .The two met at Decatur's Miller Grove Middle School, where they started the Attic Crew with some friends....
   and their entourage are arrested on drugs and weapons charges in Atlanta, Georgia
  Atlanta, Georgia
  
  Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
  , USA. (dead link)
• June 8 – Shakira
  Shakira
  
  Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll known simply as Shakira, is a Colombian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer and philanthropist who emerged as a Prodigy in the music scene of Latin America in the mid-1990s....
  's single "Hips Don't Lie
  Hips Don't Lie
  
  "Hips Don't Lie" is a Latin pop song based in a salsa music and Cumbia mix and fused with reggaeton beat performed by Colombian singer Shakira and Haitian rapping Wyclef Jean....
  " sells 266,500 downloads in its first week of availability, overtaking D4L
  D4L
  
  D4L is an United States Rap music group. They are composed of Fabo, Mook-B, Stoney and Shawty Lo.They are best known for their "Laffy Taffy ," which reached number-one in the U.S....
  's record of 175,000. "Hips Don't Lie" also breaks another record, gaining the greatest airplay in a single week with 9,657 plays, breaking Gwen Stefani
  Gwen Stefani
  
  Gwen Ren?e Stefani is an American recording artist and fashion designer. Stefani serves as lead vocalist for the rock music band No Doubt. Formed with influences ranging from punk rock to new wave music, their third wave ska oriented third studio album Tragic Kingdom propelled them to stardom, selling 16 million copies worldwide....
  's "Hollaback Girl
  Hollaback Girl
  
  "Hollaback Girl" is a pop music song written by singer Gwen Stefani and Pharrell for Stefani's debut solo album Love. Angel. Music. Baby.. As part of Stefani's vision of creating "a silly dance music record," the song is influenced by 1980s dance and pop music....
  " record of 9,582.
• June 9
• Nelly Furtado
  Nelly Furtado
  
  Nelly Kim Furtado is a Grammy Award-winning Canada singer of Portuguese people ancestry. She is a singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress....
  's new album, Loose
  Loose (album)
  
  Loose is the third album by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado, released by Geffen Records June 20, 2006 in North America . Timbaland and his then-prot?g? Danja produced the bulk of the album, which incorporates influences of dance music, contemporary R&B and hip hop music....
   is released and debuts at #1 with 219,000 copies sold, making it her first #1 album.
• Igor Cavalera
  Igor Cavalera
  
  Iggor Cavalera is a Brazilian fashion designer and musician. He is best known for being drummer for heavy metal music band Sepultura. He is also known for his fierce facial expressions and generally tough image....
   leaves Sepultura
  Sepultura
  
  Sepultura is a Brazilian Heavy metal music band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal and thrash metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, and their later experiments melding hardcore punk and industrial music with extreme metal provided a blueprint for the groove metal gen...
   because of artistic differences - the third official member and the second Cavalera to leave.
• June 14 - Shakira
  Shakira
  
  Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll known simply as Shakira, is a Colombian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer and philanthropist who emerged as a Prodigy in the music scene of Latin America in the mid-1990s....
   launches her Oral Fixation Tour
  Oral Fixation Tour
  
  'Oral Fixation Tour ' is the concert tour by Colombian singer-songwriter, Shakira, in support of her fourth and fifth studio albums, Fijaci?n Oral Vol....
   in Zaragoza
  Zaragoza
  
  Zaragoza, also called Saragossa in English language, is the capital city of the Zaragoza and of the Autonomous communities of Spain and former Kingdom of Aragon of Aragon, Spain....
  , Spain.
• June 16—June 18 – Bonnaroo Music Festival
  Bonnaroo Music Festival
  
  The Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival is an annual, four-day music festival, created and produced by Superfly Productions and AC Entertainment, first held in 2002....
   takes place in Manchester, Tennessee, USA. Performers include Radiohead
  Radiohead
  
  Radiohead are an English alternative rock band from Abingdon, Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire. The band is composed of Thom Yorke , Jonny Greenwood , Ed O'Brien , Colin Greenwood and Phil Selway ....
  , Tom Petty
  Tom Petty
  
  Thomas Earl Petty is an United Statesn singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is the frontman of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers and a member of Mudcrutch....
  , Phil Lesh and Friends
  Phil Lesh and Friends
  
  Phil Lesh and Friends is an American rock band formed and led by Phil Lesh, bassist of the Grateful Dead.Phil & Friends is not a traditional group in that several different lineups of musicians have played under the name, including groups featuring members of Phish, Little Feat, and the Zen Tricksters....
  , Beck
  Beck
  
  Beck Hansen is an United States musician, singer-songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist known by the stage name Beck. With a pop art collage of musical styles, oblique and irony lyrics, and postmodern arrangements incorporating sample , drum machines, live instrumentation and sound effects, Beck has been hailed by critics and the public...
  , and Sasha
  Sasha (DJ)
  
  Sasha , is a Wales disc jockey and record producer. Sasha began his career playing acid house dance music in the late 1980s, and became a central figure in the development and popularisation of electronic dance music....
  .
• June 19 - The "Beautiful Goal
  Beautiful Goal
  
  "Beautiful Goal" is a short single by Paul Oakenfold, used in FIFA series and encapsulating the passion and pride of the United Kingdom. Released as a separate soundtrack, subsequently it was licensed to Major League Soccer for use in TV ads....
  " single by Paul Oakenfold
  Paul Oakenfold
  
  Paul Oakenfold is a record producer and a popular Trance music DJ....
   was released.
• June 23 – Backstreet Boys
  Backstreet Boys
  
  Backstreet Boys are a Grammy Award-nominated United States boy band. They were the first group launched by fallen boy band mogul Lou Pearlman. They have had 13 Top 40 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 and have sold close to 200 million records including over 100 million albums worldwide, making them one of the best selling boy bands of all time;...
   band member Kevin Richardson
  Kevin Richardson (musician)
  
  Kevin Scott Richardson is an United States singer and former member of the Backstreet Boys....
   leaves the group to pursue other interests.

July

• Luciano Pavarotti
  Luciano Pavarotti
  
  Luciano Pavarotti Italian orders of merit was an Italian opera tenor, who also crossed over into popular music. He was the most commercially successful tenor of all....
   is diagnosed with pancreatic cancer
  Pancreatic cancer
  
  Pancreatic cancer is a cancer of the pancreas. Each year in the United States, about 37,680 individuals are diagnosed with this condition and 34,290 die from the disease each year....
  .
• July 1 – Glue Gun
  Glue Gun (band)
  
  Glue Gun is an United States punk rock band that formed in Los Angeles, California in 1991 by The Grim's Bob Oedy, who is the lead singer and only constant member as of the band's reunion....
   performed their first reunion concert at Harpers
  Harpers
  
  The Harpers are a fictional, semi-secret, organization in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting of the role playing game Dungeons & Dragons....
   in Northridge, Los Angeles, California
  Northridge, Los Angeles, California
  
  Northridge is a community in the San Fernando Valley region of the City of Los Angeles, California, United States.The 1994 Northridge Earthquake is named for the community based on early estimates of the location of the quake's epicenter; however further refinements showed it to be technically in neighboring Reseda, Los Angeles, California....
  , USA. It was the band's first performance since breaking up in 1996.
• July 4 – Steven Tyler
  Steven Tyler
  
  Steven Victor Tallarico , better known as Steven Tyler, is an American musician and songwriter. He is best known for his work as the lead singer and primary lyricist of Boston, Massachusetts-based rock band Aerosmith....
   and Joe Perry
  Joe Perry (musician)
  
  Anthony Joseph "Joe" Perry is the lead guitarist, backing and occasional lead vocalist, and contributing songwriter for the Rock music band Aerosmith....
   of Aerosmith
  Aerosmith
  
  Aerosmith is an United States hard rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston, Massachusetts" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band"....
   perform with the Boston Pops Orchestra
  Boston Pops Orchestra
  
  The Boston Pops Orchestra was founded in 1885 as a subsection of the Boston Symphony Orchestra , founded four years earlier. Careful examination of the rosters of ?Pops orchestra" or ?Festival" orchestras, which are associated with a co-resident symphony orchestra in the same community, shows that the principal players of a ?pops" ensemble us...
   in an event televised nationally in the USA.
• July 5 – The US television talent show, American Idol
  American Idol
  
  American Idol is an Television in the United States Singing airing on Fox network. It debuted on June 11, 2002, and has since become one of the most popular shows on American television....
  , begins its tour.
• July 9 – Scooter
  Scooter (band)
  
  Scooter are a Germany techno and hardcore techno band from Hamburg, who have sold over 14 million records and have earned 80 gold and platinum awards, they are also considered the most successful single-record German act with 21 top ten hits on their r?sum?....
   released its live CD and DVD
  DVD
  
  DVD, also known as "Digital Versatile Disc" or "Digital Video Disc,"is a popular optical disc data storage device media format. Its main uses are video and data storage....
   Excess All Areas, with recordings taken from the Who's Got The Last Laugh Now? tour.
• July 11 - Jean Dolabella
  Jean Dolabella
  
  Jean Dolabella is the current drummer of Brazilian thrash metal band Sepultura. He is also involved with Iron Maiden's Paul Di'Anno in his side project RockFellas....
   replaces Igor Cavalera
  Igor Cavalera
  
  Iggor Cavalera is a Brazilian fashion designer and musician. He is best known for being drummer for heavy metal music band Sepultura. He is also known for his fierce facial expressions and generally tough image....
   in Sepultura
  Sepultura
  
  Sepultura is a Brazilian Heavy metal music band from Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal and thrash metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, and their later experiments melding hardcore punk and industrial music with extreme metal provided a blueprint for the groove metal gen...
  .
• July 12 – Rivers Cuomo
  Rivers Cuomo
  
  Rivers Cuomo is an American musician and lead singer, guitarist, and principal songwriter of the Rock music Musical ensemble Weezer. He has also worked as a solo artist; he released his debut album, Alone: The Home Recordings of Rivers Cuomo, in December 2007, which featured home Demo that Cuomo has recorded from 1992-2007....
   confirms that Weezer
  Weezer
  
  Weezer is a Grammy-winning United States Rock music band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1992. Initially, the band consisted of Rivers Cuomo , Patrick Wilson , Matt Sharp , and Jason Cropper ....
   is now on hiatus again. Commenting on the band's future he said, "I'm not certain we'll ever make a record again, unless it becomes really obvious to me that we need to do one."
• July 18 - Canadian singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne
  Avril Lavigne
  
  Avril Lavigne Whibley , better known by her birth name Avril Lavigne , is a Canadian pop-punk singer-songwriter, fashion designer, and actress....
   marries Deryck Whibley in a private ceremony.
• July 29 - Stephanie McIntosh
  Stephanie McIntosh
  
  Stephanie McIntosh is an Australian actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Sky Mangel in the Australian soap opera Neighbours and her music career, which began with the release of her debut album Tightrope in September 2006....
  , former star of the Australian television soap opera
  Soap opera
  
  A soap opera is an ongoing, episodic work of dramatic fiction presented in Serial format on television or radio. Programs described as soap operas have existed as an entertainment long enough for audiences to recognize them simply by the term soap....
  , Neighbours
  Neighbours
  
  Neighbours is a long-running multiple Logie Award-winning Australian soap opera, which first aired in March 1985. The series follows the daily lives of several families who live in the six houses at the end of Ramsay Street, a short cul-de-sac in the fictional middle-class suburb of Erinsborough....
  , releases her debut single Mistake
  Mistake (song)
  
  "Mistake " is a pop rock song by Stephanie McIntosh, which was released as the first single from her debut album Tightrope on July 29, 2006....
   in Australia, where it became a top three hit.
• July 30 – The last ever weekly edition of the British television chart show, Top of the Pops
  Top of the Pops
  
  Top of the Pops, also known as TOTP, is a long-running United Kingdom UK Singles Chart television programme, made by the BBC and originally broadcast weekly from 1 January 1964 to 30 July 2006....
  , is broadcast.
• July 31 - Chicago rock band OK Go
  OK Go
  
  OK Go is a Rock music rock band originally from Chicago, now residing in Los Angeles. The band is composed of Damian Kulash , Tim Nordwind , Dan Konopka and Andy Ross , who joined them in 2005 in replacement of Andy Duncan ....
   release their video for their single Here It Goes Again
  Here It Goes Again
  
  "Here It Goes Again" is a power pop song by OK Go, and is the third released single from the album Oh No. It also appears on the compilation album Now That's What I Call Music! 23 ....
  , and the video quickly becomes an internet phenomenon
  Internet meme
  
  The term Internet meme is a neologism used to describe a catchphrase or concept that spreads quickly from person to person via the Internet, much like an inside joke....
   on YouTube
  YouTube
  
  YouTube is a Video hosting service website where users can upload, view and share video clips. Three former PayPal employees created YouTube in February 2005....
  .

August

• August 1 – The 10th anniversary of television channel MTV2
  MTV2
  
  MTV2 is a cable television network that is widely available in the United States on digital cable and satellite television, and is progressively being added to basic cable lineups across the nation....
  's launch and the 25th anniversary of MTV
  MTV
  
  MTV is an United States cable television network based in Media of New York City. Launched on August 1, 1981, the original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJ ....
  's launch.
• August 4 — August 6 – The Lollapalooza
  Lollapalooza
  
  Lollapalooza is an American music festival featuring alternative rock, hip hop music, and punk rock bands, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths....
   festival is held in Chicago, USA.
• August 22 - All female group Danity Kane
  Danity Kane
  
  Danity Kane was an United States R&B, Hip Hop music, pop music girl group signed to Bad Boy Records, first established in 2005. Formed on the third installment of MTV's Making the Band reality television series, the quintet comprised members Aubrey O'Day, D....
   release their debut album which debuts at #1 on the Billboard 200 Album Chart. Their first single Showstopper
  Showstopper
  
  'Showstopper' may refer to:* Show Stopper, the debut single by the R&B group and Making the Band 3 winners Danity Kane* ...
   reaches #8 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• August 25
• It is reported that Aerosmith
  Aerosmith
  
  Aerosmith is an United States hard rock band, sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston, Massachusetts" and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band"....
   bassist Tom Hamilton
  Tom Hamilton (musician)
  
  Thomas William Hamilton is an United States musician, best known as the bassist of the band Aerosmith. He began playing guitar at the age of twelve, then switched to bass because the only local band needed a bassist....
   is undergoing treatment for throat cancer
  Esophageal cancer
  
  Esophageal cancer is cancer of the esophagus. There are various subtypes, primarily squamous cell cancer and adenocarcinoma. Squamous cell cancer arises from the cells that line the upper part of the esophagus....
   and will sit out the first half of the band's Route of All Evil Tour
  Route of All Evil Tour
  
  The Route of All Evil Tour was a North American concert tour co-headlined by American hard rock bands Aerosmith and M?tley Cr?e that took the bands to 40 amphitheaters and arenas from September to November 2006....
  , the first time he would miss any shows in the band's history. Long time band friend, David Hull filled in for Hamilton until his return.
• The Assassin Tree (score: Stuart MacRae
  Stuart MacRae
  
  Stuart MacRae is a British composer....
  , libretto: Simon Armitage
  Simon Armitage
  
  Simon Armitage is a UK poet, playwright, and novelist. Before finding success with his poetry he worked as a probation officer, an undertaker's assistant and a supermarket shelf stacker....
  ) is premiered at the Edinburgh International Festival
  Edinburgh International Festival
  
  the edinburgh international festival --Special:Contributions/83.44.166.187 21:30, 26 February 2009 The Edinburgh International Festival is a festival of performing arts that takes place in the city of Edinburgh, Scotland, over three weeks from around the middle of August....
  .
• August 29
• Jessi Malay
  Jessi Malay
  
  Jessi Malay is an American R&B singer. She was a former member of No Secrets. Her solo debut album is set for a 2009 release. Jessi is of Filipino people descent....
   releases her debut single "Gimme", featuring Lil Scrappy
  Lil Scrappy
  
  Darryl Kevin Richards II, better known by his stage name Lil Scrappy, is an United States rapper....
  .
• Method Man
  Method Man
  
  Clifford Smith , better known by his stage name Method Man, is an United Statesn hip hop music, record producer, actor and member of the hip hop culture collective Wu-Tang Clan....
   released their album 4:21...The day after.

September

• September 2 - Christina Aguilera
  Christina Aguilera
  
  Christina Mar?a Aguilera is an American pop music/contemporary R&B singer and songwriter. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The New Mickey Mouse Club#1990s revival from 1993?1994....
   scores her second US number one album and first UK number one album with Back to Basics
  Back to Basics (Christina Aguilera album)
  
  Back to Basics is the third full-length English language studio album by United States R&B/pop music singer Christina Aguilera. The album was released on August 15, 2006 in the United States and Canada, on August 9, 2006 in Japan, on August 12 in Australia, and on several dates in Europe, starting on August 9, 2006, and ending on August 2...
  , selling 346,000 copies in its first week in the US becoming the best first week sales for a female artist in 2006. The album sold 84,279 in the UK and became the best selling double album by a female artist.
• September 3 - Beyoncé Knowles
  Beyoncé Knowles
  
  Beyonc? Giselle Knowles , commonly known as Beyonc? , is an American contemporary R&B singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools, and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child....
   releases her second consecutive No.1 solo album B'Day
  B'Day
  
  B'Day is the second solo studio album by American contemporary R&B singer Beyonc? Knowles. Columbia Records, in collaboration with Music World Music and Sony Urban Music, released it worldwide on September 4, 2006 to coincide with Knowles's twenty-fifth birthday....
  , selling 315,000 copies in its first week. And spawning two UK No.1 singles.
• September 5 - The Mercury Music Prize is held in the UK, with Arctic Monkeys
  Arctic Monkeys
  
  Arctic Monkeys are an England indie rock band from High Green, a suburb of Sheffield. Formed in 2002, the band currently consists of Alex Turner , Jamie Cook , Nick O'Malley and Matt Helders ....
  ' debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
  Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
  
  Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not is the debut album by Sheffield band Arctic Monkeys, released on 23 January 2006. The album became the fastest selling debut album in the UK since Definitely Maybe by Oasis ....
   winning ahead of entries from acts such as Muse
  Muse (band)
  
  Muse are an English rock music band that was formed in Teignmouth, Devon, England in 1994. Since their inception, the band has comprised Matthew Bellamy , Christopher Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard ....
   and Thom Yorke
  Thom Yorke
  
  Thomas Edward Yorke is an English people musician who is the lead singer and principal songwriter of the alternative rock group Radiohead. As a singer, Yorke is recognisable by his distinctive tenor voice, vibrato, frequent use of falsetto and ability to reach, and sustain, notes over a wide vocal range....
  .
• September 19 - Ben Kweller
  Ben Kweller
  
  Ben Kweller is an American singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist....
   releases his third solo album Ben Kweller
  Ben Kweller (album)
  
  Ben Kweller is the self-titled third album by Ben Kweller. It was released September 19, 2006 on ATO Records....
   on the label
  Record label
  
  In the music industry, a record label can be a brand and a trademark associated with the marketing of recorded sound and music videos. Most commonly, a record label is the company that manages such brands and trademarks, coordinates the Record producer, manufacturing, distribution , marketing and promotion, and enforcement of copyright protec...
   ATO Records
  ATO Records
  
  According To Our Records was founded in early 2000 by Dave Matthews , Coran Capshaw, Chris Tetzeli and Michael McDonald as a division of RCA Records....
  .
• September 22 - A Tempestade, (score and libretto: Ronaldo Miranda
  Ronaldo Miranda
  
  Ronaldo Miranda is a Brazilian composer and music professor.Miranda studied at the Escola de M?sica da Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, under Henrique Morelenbaum for composition and Dulce de Saules for piano....
  ), based on Shakespeare's
  William Shakespeare
  
  William Shakespeare was an English people poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist....
   play The Tempest
  The Tempest
  
  The Tempest is a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1610?11, although some researchers have argued for an earlier dating. Its protagonist is the banished sorcerer Prospero, rightful Duke of Milan, who uses his magical powers to punish and forgive his enemies when he raises a tempest that drives them ashore....
  , is premiered at Theatro São Pedro in São Paulo
  São Paulo
  
  S?o Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, and along with Tokyo, Seoul and Mexico City is among the four largest metropolitan regions of the world....
  , Brazil
  Brazil
  
  Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is a country in South America. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, occupying nearly half of South America, the List of countries by population country, and the fourth most populous democracy in the world....
  .
• September 27 – Boy band
  Boy band
  
  A boy band, written in some countries boys band or boy's band, is a type of pop music band featuring several young male singers. The members are generally expected to perform as dancers as well, often executing highly choreographed sequences to their own music....
  , Five
  Five (band)
  
  Five is a British 5-member pop group put together in 1997 by the same team that formed the Spice Girls. Signed by Simon Cowell, they enjoyed fair success worldwide, but particularly in the UK, parts of Europe, Russia, parts of Asia, Brazil, Israel, Australia, New Zealand and USA....
  , announce they are to reunite, minus original bandmate Sean Conlon
  Sean Conlon
  
  Sean Kieran Conlon was a former member of the boy band named Five . He has four siblings.Of Irish descent, Sean had his first sound recording and reproduction session at eleven and by the age of 13 performed for Elton John, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Phil Collins after winning Yamaha's Young Composer Competition....
  .

October

• October 2
• The Strokes
  The Strokes
  
  The Strokes are an United States rock music band formed in 1998 in New York City who rose to fame in the early 2000s as a leading group in the Garage rock#Revival....
  ' guitarist, Albert Hammond, Jr., released his solo album Yours to Keep
  Yours to Keep
  
  Yours to Keep, the debut solo album by The Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr, was released October 9, 2006 in the United Kingdom through Rough Trade Records and was released in North America on March 6, 2007 through New Line Records/Scratchie Records....
   on Rough Trade Records
  Rough Trade Records
  
  Rough Trade Records is an independent record label, based in London, England. It was started in 1978 by Geoff Travis....
  .
• Violinist and opera singer Logan Simpson is arrested for refusing to stop his car when a traffic light turns red.
• October 10 – Justin Hawkins
  Justin Hawkins
  
  Justin David Hawkins is an England musician and singer-songwriter, best known for being the former lead singer and lead guitarist of The Darkness, alongside his brother, guitarist Dan Hawkins ....
  , lead singer of the band The Darkness
  The Darkness
  
  The Darkness were a multi-BRIT Awards-winning United Kingdom hard rock/glam rock band. Their highly retro style of music was influenced by rock music bands like Queen , Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, M?tley Cr?e, Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith, Sparks , Van Halen, T....
   announces he is leaving the band.
• October 11 – After 25 years as an artist, "Weird Al" Yankovic
  "Weird Al" Yankovic
  
  Alfred Matthew "Weird Al" Yankovic is an United Statesn singer-songwriter, music producer, actor, comedian and satire. Yankovic is known in particular for his humorous songs that make light of popular culture and that often parody specific songs by contemporary musical acts....
   finally gets his first top 10 hit, with "White & Nerdy".
• October 15 – New York City music club CBGB
  CBGB
  
  CBGB was a music club at 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street in the Borough of Manhattan in New York City. Founded by Hilly Kristal in 1973, it was originally intended to feature its namesake musical styles, but became a forum for American punk rock and punk-influenced bands like Ramones, Misfits , Television , the Patti Smith, Willy Deville, The...
   closes after a lengthy rent dispute. Patti Smith
  Patti Smith
  
  Patricia Lee "Patti" Smith is an United States singer-songwriter, poet and artist who was a highly influential component of the punk rock movement with her 1975 debut album Horses ....
   performs the final show at the club that night.
• October 17 - French singer Manu Chao
  Manu Chao
  
  Manu Chao is a France-born singing and political activism of Spanish people origin. He sings mainly in Spanish language, French language, English language and Portuguese language and occasionally in a number of other languages....
   performs in Colombia
  Colombia
  
  Colombia , officially the Republic of Colombia , is a country in north-western South America. Colombia is bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the north west by Panama; and to the west by the Pacific Ocean....
   to an audience of 80,000 people.
• October 23 - My Chemical Romance
  My Chemical Romance
  
  My Chemical Romance is an American rock band formed in 2001 in Jersey City, New Jersey. The band consists of five members that are Gerard Way, Mikey Way, Frank Iero, Ray Toro and Bob Bryar....
   release their third studio album The Black Parade
  The Black Parade
  
  The Black Parade is the third studio album by the Rock music quintet My Chemical Romance. Released in October 23, 2006 through Reprise Records, it was produced by Rob Cavallo, who has also produced albums for Green Day....
  . The album is the first for which Bob Bryar plays drums, as Matt Pelissier played drums for Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
  Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
  
  Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge is the second studio album by Rock music quintet My Chemical Romance. Released on June 8, 2004 through Reprise Records, it was produced by Howard Benson....
   and I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
  I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
  
  I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love is the debut album by New Jersey rock quintet My Chemical Romance, released on July 23, 2002....
  
• October 24 – The Corrs
  The Corrs
  
  The Corrs are a Celtic music folk rock band from Dundalk, County Louth, Republic of Ireland. The group consists of the Corr siblings: Andrea Corr ; Sharon Corr ; Caroline Corr ; and Jim Corr ....
   release their greatest hits collection Dreams - The Ultimate Collection.
• October 25 – Guitarist Brian May announces on his website that Queen
  Queen (band)
  
  Queen were an England rock music band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, lead vocalist Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Meddows-Taylor, with bassist John Deacon completing the lineup the following year....
   is returning to the studio for recording sessions. The new lineup, Queen + Paul Rodgers
  Queen + Paul Rodgers
  
  The Queen + Paul Rodgers collaboration began in late 2004 when Queen were inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame. Guitarist Brian May had previously performed with singer Paul Rodgers on several occasions, including at the Royal Albert Hall....
  , features May, Paul Rodgers
  Paul Rodgers
  
  Paul Bernard Rodgers, is an England rock singer-songwriter best known for being a member of Free and Bad Company. Both bands experienced international success in the 1970s....
   (the former lead vocalist of Free
  Free (band)
  
  Free were an England rock band, formed in London in 1968 and best known for their popular song "All Right Now".Lead singer Paul Rodgers went on to become lead singer of the rock band Bad Company along with Simon Kirke on drums....
  ) and former Queen drummer Roger Taylor
  Roger Meddows-Taylor
  
  Roger Taylor is an English musician best known as the percussionist and backing, sometimes lead Singing of the rock band Queen . As a drummer he is known for his "big" unique sound and is considered one of the most influential rock music drummers of the 1970s and 1980s....
  .
• October 26 - Duran Duran
  Duran Duran
  
  Duran Duran are an English music group from Birmingham, United Kingdom. They were one of the most commercially successful of the 1980s bands and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States....
   lead guitarist Andy Taylor
  Andy Taylor (guitarist)
  
  Andy Taylor is an England guitarist, singer, and songwriter, best known as a member of Duran Duran and Power Station . He has also performed as a solo artist, and served as a record producer for several other artists....
   once again leaves the band after a series of disagreements surrounding their latest album, which was still incomplete by the year's end. Reasons given are his disapproval of the usage of both Timbaland
  Timbaland
  
  Timothy Zachery Mosley , better known by his stage name Timbaland, is an American record producer, rapping, and singer. Timbaland has produced albums and singles for a number of artists from the mid-1990s to the present day....
   and Justin Timberlake
  Justin Timberlake
  
  Justin Randall Timberlake is an United Statesn pop music singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. He has won six Grammy Awards as well as an Emmy Award....
   in the creation of the band's album. The band hires an interim guitarist to supplant Taylor, with no real replacement being announced.
• October 30 – Keane release "Nothing In My Way", the first single to be released on a USB memory stick.
• October 31 - The Who
  The Who
  
  The Who are an England Rock music band formed in 1964. The primary lineup was guitarist Pete Townshend, vocalist Roger Daltrey, bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon....
   release Endless Wire, their first studio album for 24 years.

November-December

• November – Nelly Furtado
  Nelly Furtado
  
  Nelly Kim Furtado is a Grammy Award-winning Canada singer of Portuguese people ancestry. She is a singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress....
   records a cameo appearance in the Portuguese soap opera Floribella
  Floribella
  
  Floribella is a soap opera that was produced in Brazil, Portugal and Chile. Each of those countries had their own cast, but the show had exactly the same name....
  
• November 11
• Justin Timberlake
  Justin Timberlake
  
  Justin Randall Timberlake is an United Statesn pop music singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. He has won six Grammy Awards as well as an Emmy Award....
  's single "My Love
  My Love (Justin Timberlake song)
  
  "My Love" is a hit single co-written by Justin Timberlake, T.I., Nate Hills, and Timbaland for Timberlake's second studio album FutureSex/LoveSounds ....
  " reaches number one on the US Billboard Hot 100
  Billboard Hot 100
  
  The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
  .
• Kylie Minogue
  Kylie Minogue
  
  Kylie Ann Minogue, Order of the British Empire, , is an Australian pop singer-songwriter and occasional actress. She rose to prominence in the late 1980s through her role in the Australian television soap opera Neighbours, before commencing her career as a recording artist in 1987....
   resumes Showgirl - The Homecoming Tour
  Showgirl - The Homecoming Tour
  
  Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour is a concert tour by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. Minogue was originally scheduled to perform in Australia and Asia during Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour in 2005, but she was forced to cancel the tour when she was diagnosed with breast cancer....
   in Sydney, Australia after a break of a year and a half resulting from undergoing treatment for breast cancer
  Breast cancer
  
  Breast cancer is a cancer that starts in the Cell of the breast in women and men. Worldwide, breast cancer is the second most common type of cancer after lung cancer and the fifth most common cause of cancer death....
  .
• November 16
• The MTV Movie Awards
  MTV Movie Awards
  
  The MTV Movie Awards is a film awards show presented annually on MTV . It also contains movie parodies that used official movie footage with hosts and other celebrities and music performances....
   Latin America
  Latin America
  
  Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages ? particularly Spanish language and Portuguese language, and variably French language ? are primarily spoken....
   2006 are held. Performers at the event included Evanescence
  Evanescence
  
  Evanescence is an American rock music band founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1995 by singer/pianist Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody.After recording two private Extended play and a demo CD named Origin , with the help of Bigwig Enterprises in 2000, the band released their first full-length album, Fallen , on Wind-up Records in 2003...
  , Robbie Williams
  Robbie Williams
  
  Robbie Williams is a Grammy Award-nominated and ten time BRIT Awards-winning England singer-songwriter. His career started as a member of the pop band Take That in 1990, which he left in 1995 to begin his solo career....
  , Panda
  Panda (band)
  
  Panda is a Mexico alternative rock band formed in Monterrey, Nuevo Le?n in 1996. The band caught local attention in 2001 with the album "Arroz con Leche" , and mainstream success on their albums Para ti con desprecio and Amantes Sunt Amentes ....
  , Nelly Furtado, and Shakira
  Shakira
  
  Shakira Isabel Mebarak Ripoll known simply as Shakira, is a Colombian singer-songwriter, musician, record producer, dancer and philanthropist who emerged as a Prodigy in the music scene of Latin America in the mid-1990s....
  .
• Snow Patrol
  Snow Patrol
  
  Snow Patrol are an Ireland alternative rock band which formed in Dundee, Scotland. They are based in Glasgow and are signed to Polydor Records....
   become the first British band in 13 years to reach the top five of the US Billboard Hot 100
  Billboard Hot 100
  
  The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
  .
• Christina Aguilera
  Christina Aguilera
  
  Christina Mar?a Aguilera is an American pop music/contemporary R&B singer and songwriter. Aguilera first appeared on national television in 1990 as a contestant on the Star Search program, and went on to star in Disney Channel's television series The New Mickey Mouse Club#1990s revival from 1993?1994....
   announces she will make her acting debut in the US television crime series CSI:New York
  CSI: NY
  
  CSI: NY is an United States police procedural television series, which premiered on September 22, 2004. The series was the second Spinoff , indirectly, from the popular CBS show, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, and directly from CSI: Miami, during an episode of which several of the CSI: NY characters made their first appearan...
   in February 2007.
• November 24 - The American Music Awards
  American Music Awards
  
  The American Music Awards show is one of several annual major United States music awards shows ....
   are broadcast. Winners include Kelly Clarkson
  Kelly Clarkson
  
  Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American pop rock singer, songwriter, and occasional actor. Clarkson made her debut under RCA Records after she won the highly-publicized American Idol of the television series American Idol in 2002....
  , Red Hot Chili Peppers
  Red Hot Chili Peppers
  
  Red Hot Chili Peppers are a Grammy Award-winning American Rock music band formed in Los Angeles, California, California, in 1983. For most of the band's existence, the members are vocalist Anthony Kiedis, guitarist John Frusciante, bassist Flea , and drummer Chad Smith....
  , Shakira, Jamie Foxx
  Jamie Foxx
  
  Eric Marlon Bishop , professionally known as Jamie Foxx, is an American actor, comedian and singing. Foxx received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on September 14, 2007....
  , Nickelback
  Nickelback
  
  Nickelback is a Canadian Rock music band formed in Hanna, Alberta by Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake and then-drummer Brandon Kroeger ....
  , Sean Paul
  Sean Paul
  
  Sean Paul Ryan Francis Henriques , simply known as Sean Paul, is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall musician....
  , Black Eyed Peas, Eminem
  Eminem
  
  Marshall Bruce Mathers III , known by his primary stage name Eminem, or by his alter-ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer and actor....
  , Faith Hill
  Faith Hill
  
  Faith Hill is an United States country music singer. She is known both for her commercial success and her marriage to fellow country star Tim McGraw....
  , Rascal Flatts
  Rascal Flatts
  
  Rascal Flatts is an American country pop band founded in Columbus, Ohio. Since its inception, Rascal Flatts has been composed of three members: Gary LeVox , Jay DeMarcus , and Joe Don Rooney ....
  , Tim McGraw
  Tim McGraw
  
  Samuel Timothy "Tim" McGraw is an United States country music singer and actor. With many of his albums and singles topping the country music charts, Tim has achieved total album sales in excess of 40 million units....
   and Mary J. Blige
  Mary J. Blige
  
  Mary Jane Blige is a nine-time Grammy Award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated American R&B music singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actor who has sold more than forty eight million albums worldwide....
  , Nelly Furtado, John Mayer, Fall Out Boy
  Fall Out Boy
  
  Fall Out Boy is a Grammy-nominated alternative rock band from Wilmette, Illinois, Illinois, formed in 2001. The band consists of Patrick Stump , Joe Trohman , Pete Wentz , and Andy Hurley ....
   and Beyoncé performed at the event.
• November 26 - Damien Leith
  Damien Leith
  
  Damien Leo Leith is an Irish Australian singer/songwriter. He was the winner of the Network Ten music contest Australian Idol 2006.He was born in Ireland and now lives in Australia with his Australian wife, Eileen Stapleton, and their two sons, Jarvis Dion and Jagger Ramone....
   wins the Australian television talent show, Australian Idol
  Australian Idol
  
  }|-||}Australian Idol is a Logie Award-winning Australian singing competition, which began its first season on 27 July 2003. Part of the Idol series, it originated from the reality program Pop Idol created by British entertainment executive Simon Fuller....
   2006, becoming the oldest winner of any Idol show in the world. and defeating 16-year-old Jessica Mauboy
  Jessica Mauboy
  
  Jessica Hilda Mauboy is a Indigenous Australian singer and songwriter who was the runner-up on the fourth season of Australian Idol in 2006....
  .
• November 27 – The Offspring
  The Offspring
  
  The Offspring is an American rock music band. It was formed in 1984 in Huntington Beach, California. The band is credited, along with fellow California punk bands Green Day and Rancid , with reviving mainstream interest in punk rock in the United States during the mid-1990s....
   announced that they were back in the studio recording their first album since 2003's Splinter.
• December 6
• Beyoncé achieves her fourth number one single in the U.S. with "Irreplaceable
  Irreplaceable
  
  "Irreplaceable" is a song by American contemporary R&B singer Beyonc? Knowles. The song was written by Knowles, Ne-Yo, Tor Erik Hermansen, Mikkel S....
  ", which went on to become the best selling single of 2007.
• December 6 is declared Dia de Shakira (Day of Shakira) by the mayor of Miami, USA.
• December 13 - David Silveria
  David Silveria
  
  David Randall Silveria is a drummer, best known as the drummer for the band Korn from 1993 until he went on his "hiatus" in 2006....
   leaves Korn
  Korn
  
  'Korn' is an American rock music band from Bakersfield, California, formed in 1993. The band's catalogue consists of nine consecutive debuts in the top ten of the Billboard 200, including a compilation album, Greatest Hits, Vol....
   to manage his restaurant.

Bands formed

• See Musical groups established in 2006

Bands disbanded

• 22-20s
  22-20s
  
  The 22-20s were an England rock band from Sleaford, Lincolnshire. With a trademark blues rock meets adrenaline skiffle sound, one paper described the 22-20s as sounding like "The White Stripes as played by The Jimi Hendrix Experience"....
  
• Acceptance
  Acceptance (band)
  
  Acceptance was an alternative rock band from Seattle, Washington, formed in 1998, but only industrially active from 2002 onwards. Having released their first and only album in 2005, Phantoms , they officially broke up in 2006....
  
• Adequate Seven
  Adequate Seven
  
  Adequate Seven were a seven piece funk rock#Punk-funk band from the United Kingdom which blends music styles such as hip hop music, hardcore punk, punk rock, and funk who formed in 2000 and split in December 2006....
  
• Arab Strap
  Arab Strap (band)
  
  Arab Strap were an indie rock band from Scotland that consisted of core members Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton. The band were signed to independent record label Chemikal Underground, and eventually split in 2006....
  
• The Beautiful Mistake (hiatus)
• The Blackout Pact
  The Blackout Pact
  
  The Blackout Pact is a post-hardcore band from Denver, Colorado. They formed in the early summer of 2003. The band is influenced by Hot Water Music, Small Brown Bike, Alkaline Trio, The Lawrence Arms, and Murder City Devils....
  
• The Casket Lottery
  The Casket Lottery
  
  The Casket Lottery is a three-piece indie rock band from Kansas City, Missouri. The band started in 1997 as a side-project of the Kansas City hardcore band Coalesce....
   (hiatus)
• Cave In
  Cave In
  
  Cave In is an alternative rock/ metalcore band that formed in 1995, in Methuen, Massachusetts. As of 2006, they are on indefinite hiatus....
   (hiatus)
• Centinex
  Centinex
  
  Centinex was a Sweden death metal band formed in 1990. They disbanded on April 12, 2006. They were scheduled to perform their final concert at an already booked show in Eskilstuna, Sweden, on May 13, 2006, but later ....
  
• Champion
  Champion (band)
  
  Champion was a youth crew band that was formed by Singer Jim Hesketh, and guitarist Chris Williams, in the spring of 1999 in music in Seattle, Washington....
  
• Clor
  Clor
  
  Clor were a five-piece post-punk/electropop musical ensemble from Brixton, England. Their breakthrough came with the release of their Clor , released in 2005 to critical acclaim....
  
• Cold
  Cold (band)
  
  Cold is an American rock music band, formed in 1996 in Jacksonville, Florida. With the release of their debut Cold , in 1998, the band quickly became known for its pain-filled lyrics and vocalist Scooter Ward's distinctive voice....
  
• The Darkness
  The Darkness
  
  The Darkness were a multi-BRIT Awards-winning United Kingdom hard rock/glam rock band. Their highly retro style of music was influenced by rock music bands like Queen , Led Zeppelin, AC/DC, M?tley Cr?e, Guns N' Roses, Aerosmith, Sparks , Van Halen, T....
  
• Day At The Fair
  Day at the Fair
  
  Day at the Fair are a pop punk band from Jefferson, New Jersey. They were signed to Rushmore Records....
  
• Dead Moon
  Dead Moon
  
  Dead Moon was a Portland, Oregon band fronted by singer/guitarist/songwriter Fred Cole. Toody Cole, Fred's wife, played bass and Andrew Loomis played drums....
  
• Death from Above 1979
  Death from Above 1979
  
  Death from Above 1979 was a Toronto based Canadian dance-punk duo. The members were Jesse F. Keeler on bass guitar, Synthesizer, backing vocals and Sebastien Grainger on vocals, drums....
  
• Dropbox
• Eiffel 65
  Eiffel 65
  
  Eiffel 65 was an Italy eurodance/italodance three-piece group, formed in the late 1990s and best known for their international hit "Blue ". Their other hit singles include "Move Your Body" and "Too Much of Heaven", all of which appeared on their album Europop , released in late 1999....
  
• Elefantes
  Elefantes (band)
  
  Elefantes was a List of bands from Spain playing pop musicThe band was composed with musicians Jordi Ramiro , Julio Casc?n , Hugo and Shuarma ....
  
• E.Town Concrete
  E.Town Concrete
  
  E.Town Concrete was a hardcore punk/rap-metal group from Elizabeth, New Jersey. They formed in 1995 and shortly thereafter released Time 2 Shine, their first full-length album, in 1999 on the Resurrection A.D....
  
• Finch
  Finch (U.S. band)
  
  Finch is an United States rock band from Temecula, California, California. After going on hiatus in 2006, the band returned in 2007, with a reunion show on November 23 at the Glasshouse in Pomona, California....
   (hiatus)
• For Felix
  For Felix
  
  For Felix, originally Still in Pieces, is a pop punk band consisting of members from Bridgewater Township, New Jersey, New Jersey. The band, formed in 2002, had an original lineup that included Dan Perea , Whit Maull , Jay Gelardi , and Pete Petrocelli ....
   (hiatus)
• Frost* (hiatus)
• Further Seems Forever
  Further Seems Forever
  
  Further Seems Forever was an American Rock band formed in 1998 in Pompano Beach, Florida and disbanded in 2006. Over the course of their career the band experienced several lineup changes, resulting in a different lead vocalist performing on each of their three studio albums....
  
• Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
  Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
  
  Gorky's Zygotic Mynci were a Wales Alternative rock band, formed in Carmarthen, west Wales in 1991. They sang songs in both Welsh language and English language....
  
• High School Football Heroes
  High School Football Heroes
  
  High School Football Heroes were a ska/punk band from Long Island, New York. HSFH blended the sound of 3rd wave ska with indie rock, drawing comparisons to acts such as Less Than Jake, Taking Back Sunday and Sublime....
  
• Hope of the States
  Hope of the States
  
  Hope of the States were an England post rock-influenced indie rock rock band from Chichester....
  
• JJ72
  JJ72
  
  JJ72 were an indie rock band from Dublin, Republic of Ireland....
  
• JR Ewing
  JR Ewing
  
  JR Ewing was a hardcore punk/screamo band from Norway. They formed in 1998 in Oslo, Norway and broke up after their final tour across Europe in 2006....
  
• The Juliana Theory
  The Juliana Theory
  
  The Juliana Theory was an American rock quintet from Greensburg, Pennsylvania and Latrobe, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania....
  
• Kill Cheerleader
  Kill Cheerleader
  
  Kill Cheerleader is a Hardrock/Heavy metal music/punk rock band whose teenage members formed in 1999 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as "Cheerleader 666"....
  
• Kind of Like Spitting
  Kind of Like Spitting
  
  Kind of Like Spitting was an United States indie rock band. They formed in 1996 in Portland, Oregon. The band was led by prolific singer-songwriter Ben Barnett, who has drawn comparisons to Elliott Smith, Mark Eitzel, Billy Bragg, and Robert Pollard....
  
• Letter Kills
  Letter Kills
  
  Letter Kills was a Christian Rock band from Southern California. The band formed in August 2002. They were signed to Island Records and produced by Jim Wirt ....
  
• The Letters Organize
  The Letters Organize
  
  The Letters Organize was a five-piece band from Atlanta, Georgia , which was signed to Nitro Records. Their sound has been described as a malicious, violent, sonic assault....
  
• Mest
  Mest
  
  Mest is a pop punk band from Blue Island, Illinois. The band's lineup, prior to their breakup in 2006, consisted of vocalist and guitarist Tony Lovato, guitarist Jeremiah Rangel, bassist Matt Lovato, and drummer Nick Gigler....
  
• Mad Capsule Markets (hiatus)
• N'Versity
  N'Versity
  
  N'Versity was an United States girl group from Pomona, California. The group were most notable for their two-time appearance on NBC's America's Got Talent....
  
• The Organ
  The Organ
  
  The Organ was a Canada indie pop band formed in 2001 in Vancouver, British Columbia. They officially broke up on December 7, 2006, due to illness and personal conflicts in the band....
  
• Peccatum
  Peccatum
  
  Peccatum was an avant-garde metal band from Norway. Their influences range from black metal, progressive metal, industrial music, symphonic metal and gothic metal to European classical music and contemporary classical music ....
  
• Plonker
  Plonker
  
  Plonker is a slang term of United Kingdom or Australian origin whose meaning has evolved over time. Eric Partridge in the third edition of his A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English in 1949 recorded the term as "low" slang for penis, "since ca....
  
• The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower
  The Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower
  
  The Plot to Blow Up the Eiffel Tower was a four-piece punk rock band from San Diego, California, that formed in 2001....
  
• Preluders
  Preluders
  
  The Preluders were an girl group band from Germany, formed in 2003 during the third season of the international television talent show Popstars....
  
• Rainer Maria
  Rainer Maria
  
  Rainer Maria was an indie rock/emo band originally from Madison, Wisconsin, later residing in Brooklyn, New York. Named after the German-language poet Rainer Maria Rilke, they formed in the late summer of 1995 and released five full length albums, a live DVD, numerous live recordings, and Extended plays....
  
• Scatter the Ashes
  Scatter the Ashes
  
  Scatter the Ashes was an American post-hardcore band signed to the Epitaph Records label, consisted of four members. Their music could be compared to that of Circa Survive, Joy Division, Saosin, Refused and The Cure due to its heavy and atmospheric sound....
  
• Sleater-Kinney
  Sleater-Kinney
  
  Sleater-Kinney was an United States Rock music band that existed from 1994 to 2006. Formed in Olympia, Washington, the group's name is derived from Sleater Kinney Road, Interstate 5 off ramp #108 in Lacey, Washington, Washington state, the location of one of their early practice spaces....
  
• Stampin' Ground
  Stampin' Ground
  
  Stampin' Ground was a metalcore band from Cheltenham, UK active from 1995 to 2006. The band had toured with the likes of Anthrax , Chimaira, The Haunted, Agnostic Front, Sick of it All, Soulfly and played the main stage at Download Festival 2003....
  
• The Suicide Machines
  The Suicide Machines
  
  The Suicide Machines were an United States punk rock band formed in March 1991 in Detroit, Michigan and disbanded in May of 2006. During the course of their career the band released six full-length albums on the labels Hollywood Records and Side One Dummy Records....
  
• Supersystem
  Supersystem
  
  Supersystem was a band from Washington, D.C. described as a mix of rock, punk, pop and dance music. Originally El Guapo, the group changed their name because of potential legal issues, a new drummer, and general dislike of the original name....
  
• System of a Down
  System of a Down
  
  System of a Down is an American rock music band, from Glendale, California, formed in 1994 . System of a Down consisted of Serj Tankian , Daron Malakian , Shavo Odadjian , and John Dolmayan , the band has released five albums since 1998....
   (hiatus)
• Test Icicles
  Test Icicles
  
  Test Icicles were a short-lived dance punk band that formed in England, primarily influenced by indie rock but containing musical elements from a variety of genres ....
  
• This Day and Age
  This Day and Age
  
  This Day & Age was a band from Tonawanda, a suburb of Buffalo, New York, New York , signed to One Eleven Records....
  
• Treble Charger
  Treble Charger
  
  Treble Charger was a Canadian rock music group, consisting of vocalist Greig Nori, bassist Rosie Martin and drummer Trevor McGregor. Guitarist Bill Priddle, a founding member of the band, left in 2003....
  
• Vendetta Red
  Vendetta Red
  
  Vendetta Red was a rock band from Seattle, Washington. They have four studio albums. Vendetta Red is known for their live performances, whether local or on tour in the United States....
  

Bands reformed

• A Tribe Called Quest
  A Tribe Called Quest
  
  A Tribe Called Quest is an United States Hip hop music group, formed in 1988. The group is composed of rapper/producer Q-Tip , rapper Phife Dawg , and DJ/producer Ali Shaheed Muhammad....
  
• The Afghan Whigs
  The Afghan Whigs
  
  The Afghan Whigs were a soul music-influenced United States Grunge rock band from Cincinnati, Ohio. While they achieved moderate success in the 1990s -- Rolling Stone described the band as spending "the bulk of their career on the brink of stardom" -- they "never quite broke beyond a substantial legion of devotees enamored of their thinl...
  
• All Saints
  All Saints (band)
  
  All Saints were a BRIT Awards-winning British-Canadian all-female vocal group. Founded in 1996, the group consisted of founding members Melanie Blatt and Shaznay Lewis, and sisters Nicole Appleton and Natalie Appleton....
  
• Alice in Chains
  Alice in Chains
  
  Alice in Chains is an American Rock music band formed in Seattle, Washington in 1987 by guitarist Jerry Cantrell and vocalist Layne Staley. Although widely associated with grunge music, the band's sound incorporates Heavy metal music and acoustic music elements....
  
• Atheist
  Atheist (band)
  
  Atheist are a technical death metal band from Florida, founded in 1984, whose music combined brutal riffs with subtle latin music arrangements and jazz fusion....
  
• Believer
• Blaque
  Blaque
  
  Blaque is an United States R&B vocal trio. Blaque stands for Believing in Life and Achieving a Quest for Unity in Everything. The group was originally known as Blaque Ivory and is still known by that name outside the United States....
  
• Blind Melon
  Blind Melon
  
  Blind Melon is an American rock band that originally existed from 1989 to 1995, and ceased with the death of lead vocalist Shannon Hoon shortly after the release of the band's second album....
  
• Bloodgood
  Bloodgood
  
  Bloodgood is a Christian metal Band from Seattle, Washington. They originally formed in 1984 and by 1988 represented one of the four largest Christian metal bands alongside Barren Cross, Whitecross, and Leviticus ....
  
• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
  Bone Thugs-N-Harmony
  
  Bone Thugs-n-Harmony is an United States hip hop group from the Glenville, Cleveland section of Cleveland, Ohio. They are best known for their fast-paced, aggressive rapping style and harmonizing vocals....
  
• Buckcherry
  Buckcherry
  
  Buckcherry is a Grammy Award-nominated Los Angeles, California hard rock band formed in 1995. The band released two albums, their Buckcherry in 1999 and 2001's Time Bomb , before dissolving in the summer of 2002....
  
• Cactus
  Cactus (band)
  
  Cactus is an United States hard rock band with a Supergroup status from their start in 1970....
  
• Chavez
  Chavez (band)
  
  Chavez is an alternative rock/math rock band from New York active in the national club scene. They first gained popularity in the mid to late '90s....
  
• Deliverance
• East 17
  East 17
  
  For the postcode, see E postal area.East 17 are an England pop music boy band founded in 1992.The group name came from the UK postcodes for Walthamstow, an area of London between the old East End and the Essex commuter belt....
  
• Five
  Five (band)
  
  Five is a British 5-member pop group put together in 1997 by the same team that formed the Spice Girls. Signed by Simon Cowell, they enjoyed fair success worldwide, but particularly in the UK, parts of Europe, Russia, parts of Asia, Brazil, Israel, Australia, New Zealand and USA....
  
• Genesis
  Genesis (band)
  
  Genesis are an English rock music band formed in 1967. With approximately 150 million albums sold worldwide, Genesis are among the top 30 List of best-selling music artists....
   (with Phil Collins
  Phil Collins
  
  Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins, Royal Victorian Order, is an England singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboardist and actor best known as the lead singer and drummer of England progressive rock group Genesis and as a Grammy Award and Academy Award-winning solo artist....
  )
• Gorilla Biscuits
  Gorilla Biscuits
  
  Gorilla Biscuits are a New York hardcore band consisting of Anthony Civarelli, Walter Schreifels, Arthur Smilios, Alex Brown and Luke Abbey. The band is currently signed to Revelation Records....
  
• Information Society
  Information Society (band)
  
  Information Society is a United States band originally from Minneapolis, Minnesota, primarily consisting of Kurt Harland , Paul Robb, and James Cassidy ; the latter two reconvened the band in 2006, initially with Christopher Anton as lead vocalist, then with Harland rejoining them as lead vocalist in 2007....
  
• Immortal
  Immortal (band)
  
  Immortal is a black metal band from Bergen, Norway, Norway. The band was formed by Abbathand Demonaz Doom Occulta after their previous band, Amputation, did not take off....
  
• Jodeci
  Jodeci
  
  Jodeci is an United States musical group, whose repertoire includes Contemporary R&B, soul music, and new jack swing. The group consists of two pairs of brothers from Hampton, Virginia, Virginia and Charlotte, North Carolina, North Carolina: the DeGrates and the Haileys ....
  
• Lifetime
  Lifetime (band)
  
  Lifetime is an influential United States of America melodic hardcore band from New Jersey. Lifetime was formed in 1990 and disbanded in 1997. In late 2005, they announced their reunion....
  
• Meat Puppets
  Meat Puppets
  
  The Meat Puppets are an United States Rock music band formed in January 1980, in the "Sunnyslope" neighborhood of Phoenix, Arizona. The group's original lineup was Curt Kirkwood , his brother Cris Kirkwood , and Derrick Bostrom ....
  
• Neighborhood Watch
  Neighborhood Watch (band)
  
  Neighborhood Watch is a crossover thrash metal and Punk rock band from Palms, Los Angeles, California who defined the "Venice, California Scene" in the '80's with bands like Suicidal Tendencies, Beow?lf, No Mercy and Excel , who all played a mix of skate punk, Hardcore punk, heavy metal music and thrash metal....
  
• Ozma
  Ozma (band)
  
  Ozma is a rock band from Pasadena, California. The band's sound is a mix of New Wave music?influenced power pop and rock with Casiotone-driven melodies and heavy guitar riffs....
  
• Take That
  Take That
  
  Take That are an England pop music musical group consisting of members Gary Barlow, Howard Donald, Jason Orange, Mark Owen, and, formerly, Robbie Williams....
  
• X-Clan
  X-Clan
  
  X-Clan is a Hip hop music group from Brooklyn, New York, originally consisting of Grand Verbalizer Funkin' Lesson Brother J, Professor X the Overseer, Paradise the Architect, and Sugar Shaft the Rhythm Provider....
  

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