Three Days Grace

On the self-titled Jive debut from Three Days Grace, the Toronto-based trio originally from Norwood, Ontario, Canada, has produced a rock album, filled with melodic choruses and lyrics that explore the darker side of human behavior. After signing to Jive Records, Three Days Grace released two studio albums, Three Days Grace in 2003 and One-X in 2006, both of which have been certified platinum and double platinum in the United States and Canada, respectively. In 2007, the band was declared number one rock artist of the year by Billboard and was the number four artist in airplay in Canada that same year. The band continues to tour today and has made a third album.


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Blink-182

Blink-182 was started in 1992. They are a punk-rock band from San Diego. They were forced to add the purely random number 182 to avoid a lawsuit by an Irish band also called Blink. Some fans believe 182 was the first number that popped in the bands head. Travis Barker joined the group in 1999. The album was titled Enema of the State, which went multi platinum world wide; and won them the 2000 MTV best group video for 'All the Small Things'. The album Enema of the State has sold over 400 million copies.
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The Offspring

The band, originally called Manic Subsidal, changes its name to The Offspring. They press up 1,000 copies of the debut vinyl single, “I‘ll Be Waiting“ b/w “Blackball,” on their own Black Label.The Offspring sign with Columbia Records, and release the Dave Jerden-produced Ixnay on the Hombre in February of 1997. The album sells more than 3 million worldwide and peaks at #9 on the Billboard 200, with singles “All I Want,“ “Gone Away,“ and “I Choose“ all hitting the Modern Rock charts. "Pretty Fly For A White Guy," landed the number one spot on Rolling Stones top internet pirated songs in 1998. Americana being there most famous album released in November of 1998. It sold over 10 million copies.

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Metallica

Metallica is a heavy metal band from Los Angeles. The band formed in 1981. Metallica is best known for their "Black Album" which sold around 25 million copies. This album has Metallica's best hits such as "Enter Sandman","Nothing Else Matters", and "Wherever I May Roam." In 2000 Metallica filed a lawsuit against Napster for sharing the bands copyright-protected material for free without the bands consent. A settlement was reached and Napster became a pay to use service. As of 2009 Metallica is the fourth highest-selling music artist selling 52,160,000 in the United States alone.


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