Secondhand Serenade is an American acoustic rock solo project fronted by vocalist and guitarist John Vesely. The solo project began in California, USA, in 2004. Vesely has released two studio albums to date under the name Secondhand Serenade, Awake in 2007 and A Twist in My Story in 2008. The debut album used multitrack recording to create the sound of a band using technology, while the second album took a different path, using a proper band and an orchestra to establish a more accomplished sound.

In 2005, Vesely released his debut album titled Awake. It was recorded as a demo, after booking a few days at a San Francisco studio earlier in 2005, "using just an acoustic guitar and his multi-tracked vocals". The album was promoted through the Secondhand Serenade Myspace page and by playing local shows. The CD's were originally sold through mail order with a PayPal account by Vesely, eventually he signed up with distributor TuneCore making Secondhand Serenade's songs available on music portals including iTunes.

The album experienced tremendous online support, and by the end of 2006 Secondhand Serenade had received millions of plays on Myspace and had been the social-networking site's No. 1 Independent Artist for months. In early 2007, Awake was reissued by Glassnote Records with an additional two songs. It was released on February 6 and gave Vesely his first chartings, debuting at #16 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart. The album was leaked, and was made available for download one month before its official release. On January 28, 2008 the music video for the first single from the album "Fall for You" premiered on the popular MTV show TRL and was certified Platinum by the RIAA. In support of the release, Secondhand Serenade spent most of March and April touring with American bands Making April, Automatic Loveletter, and The White Tie Affair.

Albums:

A Twist in the Story
1.Like a Knife
2.Fall for You
3.Maybe
4.Stranger
5.Your Call
6.Suppose
7.A Twist in My Story
8.Why?
9.Stay Close, Don't Go
10.Pretend
11.Goodbye

Awake
1. Half Alive
2. Broken
3. Vulnerable
4. Your Call
5. Maybe
6. It's Not Over
7. I Hate This Song
8. Awake
9. Take Me With You
10. Let It Roll
11. The Last Song Ever
12. End

The Click Five is rock band formed in Boston in mid-2003. Lead guitarist Joe Guese, bassist Ethan Mentzer, and keyboardist Ben Romans were students at the Berklee School of Music when they captured the attention of Svengali manager Wayne Sharp, a longtime jazz promoter whose first attempt at creating a pinup-ready pop combo. Sharp added another Berklee student, drummer Joey Zehr, who recommended childhood friend Eric Dill to fill the band's front man slot, after signing Guese, Mentzer, and Romans.

Click Five began sharpening their chops on the Boston nightclub circuit in the spring of 2004, and cut their first two-song demo session upon receiving their Sharp-issued matching mod-influenced suits and salon-styled haircuts. A four-song tape quickly followed, and within a month the group signed to Lava Records. Soon after touring the U.S. in support of Ashlee Simpson and releasing an EP, Angel to You (Devil to Me), The Click Five's debut LP, Greetings from Imrie House, followed in the summer of 2005 amid a flurry of licensed lunchboxes, trading cards, and hair products. The album was also supported via tour dates in support of the Backstreet Boys. After replacing Dill with singer/guitarist (and fellow Berklee alum) Kyle Patrick, Modern Minds and Pastimes followed in 2007.

Albums:

Modern Minds and Pastimes
1. Flipside
2. Jenny
3. Happy Birthday
4. Addicted to Me
5. I'm Getting Over You
6. When I'm Gone
7. Headlight Disco
8. The Reason Why
9. All I Need Is You
10. Long Way to Go
11. Mayy Jane
12. Empty

OneRepublic is an American pop/rock band formed in Colorado. The group consists of Ryan Tedder as their lead vocalist, guitarist and pianist. Zach Filkins in guitar and vocals, Eddie Fisher in drums, Brent Kutzle in bass, cello and vocal, and Drew Brown in guitar. They drew attention since the release of the hit single, Apologize, which remix is featured on Timbaland’s Timbalands Presents: Shock Value. Apologize is the most legally downloaded song in US digital history with sales of over 4.3 million digital downloads in the US alone. Their debut album was released in the United States on November 20, 2007, with international release dates staggered throughout early 2008.

As of November 1, 2008, Dreaming Out Loud had sold 805,691 copies in the US, with the bands total album sales reaching over 1.5 million worldwide. The band's second single, "Stop and Stare," has also crossed the two million mark in terms of worldwide single sales. Their third single, "Say (All I Need)," has been released in the UK and the US. In September, 2008 the band released their fourth single, "Mercy".

OneRepublic's varied style has made it difficult for the public to place the band in one particular genre of music. Although Ryan describes many of the songs on their album as, 'safe, radio-friendly pop-rock songs with big choruses', they present themselves in the genre of Alternative Rock.

Last September 24, 2008, the band stated during a concert at the London Forum in England, they were working on new material for a new album to be released in the summer of 2009. The band played one of the newly recorded songs titled, "All The Right Moves” which was also stated on 28th September at the Carling Academy in Newcastle.

Albums:

Dreaming Out Loud
1. Mercy
2.Apologize
3.Stop & Stare
4.Tyrant
5.Sleep
6.Goodbye Apathy
7.All We Are
8.Someone to Save You
9.Dreamin out Loud
10.Too Easy
11.Prodigal
12.Mercy [DVD]
13.Apologize [DVD]
14.Sleep [DVD]

OneRepublic

My Chemical Romance is an alternative pop/rock and punk-pop band. They are in New Jersey. Their name was inspired by author Irvine Welsh (of Trainspotting fame), and while many of their songs are loud, fast, hyper, and aggressive, My Chemical Romance's work also tends to be melodic and pop-minded.

My Chemical Romance got started in the early 2000s, when lead singer Gerard Way and drummer Matt Pelissier decided to try writing some songs together. The first tune that Gerard and Matt, who also had been friends since high school, came up with was called "Skylines and Turnstiles" (a post-9/11 song written after Gerard witnessed the Twin Towers fall while working at his animation job in New York City. Both felt good about the song, and Gerard asked guitarist Ray Toro if he would be interested in working with them. My Chemical Romance's five-man lineup was complete when Gerard, Matt and Ray joined forces with bassist Mikey Way (Gerad's little brother) and guitarist Frank Iero. With that lineup in place, the band started playing all around the Northeast Corridor and made plans to begin working on their first album.

In 2002, the band signed to Eyeball Records and released their debut album I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love. In 2003, My Chemical Romance signed with Reprise/Warner Bros. and released the aggressively slick Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge one year later. Proving to be hugely popular, the album boasted several successful singles on commercial radio and MTV, including "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)," "Helena," and "The Ghost of You," as the album climbed the Billboard charts. On the next year, they signed with Reprise Records and released their major label debut Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge. The album was a commercial success, selling over one million copies. The band followed this success with 2006's The Black Parade, featuring their hit singles, "Welcome to the Black Parade", "Famous Last Words", "I Don't Love You", and "Teenagers". The band also filmed a live DVD in Mexico City, which was released on July 1, 2008.



Albums:

1. I Brought You My Bullets You Brought Me Your Love










2. Life On The Murder Scene









3. The Black Parade










4. Three Cheers For Sweet Revenge

Robert Kelly “Rob” Thomas is an American pop-rock recording artist, and songwriter. He is the primary songwriter and lead singer of the band Matchbox Twenty and formerly of the band Tabitha’s Secret. Rob also records and performs as a solo artist. He earned three Grammy awards for co-writing and singing on the Carlos Santana triple-platinum hit "Smooth" on the album Supernatural in 1999.

He has also lent his songwriting talents to such artists as Willie Nelson, Mick Jagger, Marc Anthony, Pat Green, Taylor Hicks, Travis Tritt and Daughtry.

Since 1996, his band, Matchbox Twenty, has released a string of hit singles to radio including "Push", "3 A.M", "Real World", "Back 2 Good", "Bent", "If You’re Gone", "Mad Season", "Disease", "Unwell", "Bright Lights", and "How Far We’ve Come". In 2004, the Songwriters Hall of Fame awarded Thomas its first Starlight Award, recognizing young songwriters who have already made a lasting impact in the music industry.

On April 19, 2005, after nearly 10 years with Matchbox Twenty, Thomas began his solo career with the release of …Something to Be which shot to #1 on the album chart. This marked the first time a male artist from a rock and/or pop group had debuted at number one with his first solo album since the Billboard Top 200 was introduced 50 years ago. His first single off this album, "Lonely No More", reached number six on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.

In January 2007, Thomas released a single entitled "Little Wonders" from the soundtrack to the Disney animated feature, Meet the Robinsons. As of April 22, 2007, "Little Wonders" has reached #5 on the Media base Hot Adult Contemporary chart. Thomas was featured on the June 14, 2007, episode of the long-running PBS series Soundstage. He is expected to release his second studio album sometime in 2008. Thomas and his recently reunited band Matchbox Twenty released another album entitled Exile on Mainstream. According to Billboard Magazine, Thomas second studio album will be released in early 2009. It is tentatively titled "Cradle Songs".

Dishwalla is an alternative rock band. The band's name comes from an Indian term for a person providing cable television to a neighborhood. The band members consists of Scot Alexander, Pete Maloney, J.R Richards, George Pendergest, Rodney Browning and Jim Wood. Rodney claimed the band took the name out of a Wired magazine article, according in a Vox interview.

Dishwalla made a big splash in 1996 with their catchy pop single "Counting Blue Cars." With the gritty heart and soul of those who came before them, Dishwalla's hard rock sound was enough for fans to make Counting Blue Cars one of the most-requested songs of that year. The song also garnered the band a Billboard award for Rock Song of the Year and allowed their debut album, Pet Your Friends, to sell more than a million copies.

Their 1998 follow-up album, And You Think You Know What Life's About, failed to sustain the level of popularity achieved by "Counting Blue Cars". (Partially responsible for the situation was Universal's 1998 purchase and dissolution of A&M/Polygram, the label that produced the two albums.) The group is remembered for their creative compositions and the smooth yet powerful vocals of J.R. Richards. Their unique style and musical talent landed them many movie and TV series ventures.The band have since made a handful of other ventures into the limelight. In 1999, the song "Stay Awake" was featured in the movie Stir of Echoes. In 2002 the song "Home" was in the movie The Banger Sisters, and the The WB series Charmed spotlighted Dishwalla as musical guests in one episode. Other TV shows that have used their songs include Smallville, The OC and Cold Case. The band, which has a loyal fan following, has gone on to release two more studio albums, Opaline and the self-titled Dishwalla, as well as a live album, Live…Greetings From The Flow State.

In 2006, the band decided to take a break from recording. And in 2008, Dishwalla returned to touring with a modified lineup. The band's original drummer George Pendergast and the lead singer of Tripdavon, Justin Fox, as "Special Guest Vocalist" will be playing shows.

Former American Idol season 5 fourth-place finisher Chris Daughtry stated that he would form a new band after turning down Fuel's offer to make him their lead singer named Daughtry. Chris is a singer-songwriter himself and has collaborated with several other songwriters, such as Live's Ed Kowalczyk, Fuel's Carl Bell, 3 Doors Down's Brad Arnold, Matchbox Twenty's Rob Thomas, SR-71's Mitch Allan, Shinedown’s Brent Smith, and Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger.

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

The band's self-titled debut album was produced by Howard Benson and was released by 19 Entertainment and RCA Records on November 21, 2006. Chris played a big part in the album, particularly in songwriting. He had a part in writing/cowriting all but two songs on the album (Feels Like Tonight and What About Now). Chris fully wrote Home, Breakdown and Gone. Hit writers Dr. Luke and Max Martin contributed to the album. Session drummer Josh Freese played drums on all the tracks for the album. The album's first single, "It's Not Over", debuted on the radio on December 6, 2006, after being delayed from a planned September release. The song was an instant success, shooting up the Billboard Hot 100 reaching #4 and hitting the top 3 in several other charts.

Album:

Daughtry
1. It's Not Over
2. Used To
3. Home
4. What I Want
5. Over You
6. Crashed
7. Feels Like Tonight
8. What I Want
9. Breakdown
10. Gone
11. There and Back Again
12. All These Lives
13. What About Now

The Script are an Irish trio rock band from Dublin, Ireland. The new sensational alternative, pop band are currently based in London after signing to RCA Label Group imprint Phonogenic, and their debut album "The Script" was released in August 2008.

This is a whole new brand of Celtic Soul, blending hip hop lyrical flow with pop melodiousness, state-of-the-art R'n'B production with anthemic rock dynamics, classic song construction with gritty contemporary narratives.

Mark and Danny are former producers who worked with Rodney Jerkins the Neptunes, Teddy Reilly and Dallas Austin. They were based in the US, but moved back to Dublin where they recruited Glen for their new band.

Their debut single "We Cry" received 'Single of the Week on RTE 2FM, Today FM, and by Jo Whiley on BBC Radio, and was Kevin Hughes' tune of the week on GCap Media's The One Network show Music Control. Their second single which I enjoyed most and one of my favorite is the "The Man Who Can't Be Moved" was also Kevin Hughes Tune Of The Week on Music Control Radio, as well as Jo Wiley's pet sound. Their debut album The Script reached number 1 in the UK and Ireland the week it came out.

The Script
We Cry
Before The Worst
Talk You Down
The Man Who Can't Be Moved
Break Even
Rusty Halo
The End Where I Begin
Fall For Anything
If You See Kay
I'm Yours
Anybody There