Bring Me the Horizon

Bring Me the Horizon
Bring Me the Horizon in Germany in 2014. From left to right: Oliver Sykes, Matt Kean and touring member Brendan MacDonald.
Background information
Origin	Sheffield, England,United Kingdom
Genres	Metalcore, deathcore (early)
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Thirty Days of Night (2004) Earache (2004–2006) Shock (2004–2008) Visible Noise (2004–2010) Epitaph (2008–present) RCA (2013–present)
Website	www.bringmethehorizon.co.uk
Members	Oliver Sykes Lee Malia Matt Kean Matt Nicholls Jordan Fish
Past members	Curtis Ward Jona Weinhofen

Bring Me the Horizon (sometimes abbreviated as BMTH) are a British metalcore band from Sheffield, Yorkshire. Formed in 2004, the group currently consists of lead vocalist Oliver Sykes, lead guitarist Lee Malia, bassist Matt Kean, drummer Matt Nicholls and keyboardist Jordan Fish. They are currently signed to RCA Records globally and Epitaph Records exclusively in the US. The style of their early work has primarily been described as deathcore, but they started to adopt a more eclectic style of metalcore on later releases. Furthermore, their latest singles ("Drown" and "Don't Look Down") marked a shift in their sound to less aggressive rock music styles.^[1]

Bring Me the Horizon released their debut album Count Your Blessings in 2006. Upon release, the album was met with great polarisation amongst the public and critical disdain. The band began to break away from their controversial sound with Suicide Season (2008), which proved to be a creative, critical and commercial turning point for the band. Bring Me the Horizon then released their third album There Is a Hell, Believe Me I've Seen It. There Is a Heaven, Let's Keep It a Secret. in 2010, propelling them to greater international fame, whilst incorporating influences from classical, electronicaand pop. Their major label debut, Sempiternal has been their most significant commercial achievement, achieving GOLD certification in Australia (35,000) and Silver in the United Kingdom (60,000). Aside from these four albums, they have also released two extended plays.

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The Beatles

The Beatles
The "Fab Four" Beatles lineup in 1964 Top: Lennon, McCartney Bottom: Harrison, Starr
Background information
Origin	Liverpool, England,United Kingdom
Genres	Rock pop
Years active	1960–70
Labels	Parlophone Swan Vee-Jay Capitol United Artists Apple
Associated acts	The Quarrymen Billy Preston Badfinger Jackie Lomax Plastic Ono Band
Website	thebeatles.com
Past members	John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison Ringo Starr See members section for others

The Beatles were an English rock band that formed in Liverpool in 1960. With members John Lennon, Paul McCartney,George Harrison and Ringo Starr, they became widely regarded as the greatest and most influential act of the rock era.^[1] Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock and roll, the Beatles later experimented with several genres, ranging frompop ballads and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock, often incorporating classical elements in innovative ways. In the early 1960s, their enormous popularity first emerged as "Beatlemania", but as the group's music grew in sophistication, led by primary songwriters Lennon and McCartney, they came to be perceived as an embodiment of the ideals shared by the era's sociocultural revolutions.

The Beatles built their reputation playing clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg over a three-year period from 1960. ManagerBrian Epstein moulded them into a professional act and producer George Martin enhanced their musical potential. They gained popularity in the United Kingdom after their first hit, "Love Me Do", in late 1962. They acquired the nickname "the Fab Four" as Beatlemania grew in Britain over the following year, and by early 1964 they had become international stars, leading the "British Invasion" of the United States pop market. From 1965 onwards, the Beatles produced what many consider their finest material, including the innovative and widely influential albums Rubber Soul (1965), Revolver(1966), Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967), The Beatles (commonly known as the White Album, 1968) andAbbey Road (1969). After their break-up in 1970, they each enjoyed successful musical careers. Lennon was shot and killed in December 1980, and Harrison died of lung cancer in November 2001. McCartney and Starr, the surviving members, remain musically active.

According to the RIAA, the Beatles are the best-selling music artists in the United States, with 178 million certified units. They have had more number-one albums on the British charts and sold more singles in the UK than any other act. In 2008, the group topped Billboard magazine's list of the all-time most successful "Hot 100" artists; as of 2015, they hold the record for most number-one hits on the Hot 100 chart with twenty. They have received ten Grammy Awards, anAcademy Award for Best Original Song Score and fifteen Ivor Novello Awards. Collectively included in Time magazine's compilation of the twentieth century's 100 most influential people, they are the best-selling band in history, with estimated sales of over 600 million records worldwide.^[2][3] The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Famein 1988.

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Paramore

Paramore
Paramore in 2010. From left to right: Jeremy Davis,Hayley Williams and Taylor York
Background information
Origin	Franklin, Tennessee, U.S.
Genres	Alternative rock, pop punk, emo, power pop, pop rock
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Fueled by Ramen, Atlantic
Associated acts	Novel American, Half Noise, Fall Out Boy,Joy Williams
Website	paramore.net
Members	Hayley Williams Taylor York Jeremy Davis
Past members	Josh Farro Jason Bynum Hunter Lamb John Hembree Zac Farro

Paramore is an American rock band from Franklin, Tennessee, formed in 2004. The band currently consists of lead vocalist Hayley Williams, bassist Jeremy Davis, and guitarist Taylor York. The group released its debut album All We Know Is Falling in 2005, and its second album Riot! in 2007, which was certified Platinum in the US and Ireland and GOLD in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the UK. Brand New Eyes, Paramore's third album, was released in 2009 and is the band's second-highest charting album to date, going platinum in Ireland and the UK, and GOLD in the US, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.^[1] Paramore's 2013 self-titled fourth album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard charts in the United States. It was also the No. 1 album in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Brazil, Argentina and Mexico.^[2]

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Born of Osiris

Born of Osiris
Born of Osiris live in Minnesota at Warped Tour 2012
Background information
Origin	Palatine, Illinois, United States
Genres	Deathcore
Years active	2003–present
Labels	Sumerian
Website	Born of Osiris on Facebook
Members	Ronnie Canizaro Joe Buras David Darocha Lee McKinney Cameron Losch
Past members	Matt Pantelis Joel Negus Dan Laabs Mike Shanahan Jason Richardson

Born of Osiris is an American deathcore band, formed in 2003 in Palatine, a suburb of Chicago. The group underwent several name changes, including Diminished (2003–2004), Your Heart Engraved (2004–2006), and Rosecrance (2006–2007), before finally settling on Born of Osiris in 2007,^[1] basing the name on the Egyptian deity Osiris, and the tale of his son Horus.

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Guns N' Roses

Guns N' Roses
Guns N' Roses onstage in Sofia, Bulgaria, in July 2012
Background information
Also known as	G N' R, GnR
Origin	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Genres	Hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock[1][2][3]
Years active	1985–present
Labels	Geffen, UZI Suicide
Associated acts	Colonel Claypool's Bucket of Bernie Brains, The Dead Daisies,Hollywood Rose, Johnny Crash,Kings of Chaos, L.A. Guns, Love Spit Love, Metallica, Neurotic Outsiders, Pieces, Praxis, Road Crew, Science Faxtion, Slash's Snakepit, Velvet Revolver
Website	gunsnroses.com
Members	Axl Rose Dizzy Reed Tommy Stinson Chris Pitman Richard Fortus Frank Ferrer Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal DJ Ashba
Past members	Izzy Stradlin Tracii Guns Ole Beich Rob Gardner Duff "Rose" McKagan Slash Steven Adler Matt Sorum Gilby Clarke Paul Tobias Robin Finck Josh Freese Buckethead Bryan "Brain" Mantia

Guns N' Roses is an American hard rock band formed in Los Angeles, in 1985. The classic lineup as signed to Geffen Records in 1986 consisted of vocalist Axl Rose, lead guitarist Slash, rhythm guitarist Izzy Stradlin, bassist Duff McKagan, and drummer Steven Adler. Today, Axl Rose is the only remaining original member, in a lineup that comprises Use Your Illusion–era keyboardist Dizzy Reed, lead guitarists DJ Ashba and Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal, rhythm guitarist Richard Fortus, bassist Tommy Stinson, drummer Frank Ferrer, and keyboardist Chris Pitman. The band has released six studio albums to date, accumulating sales of more than 100 million records worldwide,^[4] including shipments of 45 million in the United States,^[5] making them one of the world's best-selling bands of all time.

A year after its release, Guns N' Roses' debut album Appetite for Destruction (1987) reached No. 1 on the Billboard200, on the strength of the hit "Sweet Child o' Mine", their only single to reach No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[6] The album has sold in excess of 28 million copies worldwide,^[7] including 18 million units sold in the United States, making it the best-selling debut album of all time in the U.S.^[8] The success of their debut was followed by the eight-song album G N' R Lies (1988) which reached No. 2 on the Billboard 200. The twin albums Use Your Illusion I and Use Your Illusion II(1991) debuted at No. 2 and No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and have sold a combined 35 million copies worldwide,^[9]including 14 million units sold in the United States alone.^[8] The cover album "The Spaghetti Incident?" (1993) was the band's last studio album to feature Slash and McKagan. After more than a decade of work and many lineup changes, Guns N' Roses released the long-awaited album Chinese Democracy (2008) which, at an estimated $14 million in production costs, made it the most expensive album to ever be produced in music history.^[10][11][12] It debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 but undersold industry expectations, despite mostly positive critical reception.^[13]

Guns N' Roses have been credited with reviving the mainstream popularity of rock music, at a time when popular music was dominated by dance music and pop metal.^[13] Their late 1980s and early 1990s years have been described as the period in which they brought forth a "hedonistic rebelliousness" reminiscent of the early Rolling Stones,^[14] a reputation that had earned them the nickname "The World's Most Dangerous Band".^[15] The band's classic lineup, along with later members Reed and drummer Matt Sorum, were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012, their first year of 

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