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Mae is an American rock band that formed in Norfolk Virginia[3][4] in 2001. The band's name is an acronym for Multi-sensory Aesthetic Experience, based on a course taken by drummer Jacob Marshall while a student at Old Dominion University.
Jacob Marshall and Dave Elkins began what would become Mae by writing their first song, "Embers and Envelopes," in Marshall's living room. The band signed with Tooth and Nail Records and released their first album, 'Destination: Beautiful,' in 2003. They released their second full-length album,
'The Everglow,' in 2005. The band toured extensively to promote it, and also performed on the Vans Warped Tour. Mae re-released
'The Everglow in 2006, adding three new songs and a 2-hour DVD.
According to Elkins in a 2003 interview, while the band members are Christians, Mae is not a "Christian band"

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Halestorm is a rock band from Pennsylvania (US) that signed a recording contract with Atlantic Records, a major recording label, on June 28, 2005. The group has been consistently active, writing and performing original music since the mid-1990's and becoming increasingly successful. They have achieved international airplay, having been featured on the Lord Litter show in Germany. The band has been the featured artist, appearing on the covers of Origivation Magazine (October 2006) and Pennsylvania Musician magazine three times (August 1999, March 2000, and February 2003).

The band toured nationally across the United States from January to March 2006 on the Winterfresh Sno-Core Tour with Seether, Shinedown, and Flyleaf. There were about 23 shows in that tour. After that tour the band hit the road again, this time on the Equinox Tour with Shinedown, Trapt, Evans Blue, and Mercy Fall. This lasted until Mid-July 2006.
The band has been writing since and will start recording their debut album in July '07.

On September 5, 2007, the band appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno as part of the Jaywalking segment.

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Umphrey's McGee is a progressive rock / jam band from South Bend, Indiana whose music is often referred to as "progressive improvisation." In July 2004 , the band was declared by Rolling Stone Magazine to "have become odds-on favorites in the next-Phish sweepstakes."[1]

Though the band's approach to their live performances has much in common with Phish and the Grateful Dead (ever-changing setlists, constant improvisation, two sets per night, open-taping policy), they are much more influenced musically by progressive rock bands such as King Crimson, Yes, Pink Floyd, Dream Theater, Frank Zappa, and Genesis, as well as heavy metal bands such as Iron Maiden. The band also "identifies The Police, The Beatles, The Monkees, Nick D'Virgilio, and Led Zeppelin as primary influences with a reverence the members describe as 'Biblical.'" [2] However, there really isn't a style of popular music that Umphrey's does not cover. Artists covered in concert by Umphrey's range from Lionel Richie to Metallica to Toto to Snoop Dogg to James Taylor to Radiohead.

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The group was initially formed in 1992. Signed to American Recordings/Ventrue, their first album, entitled All In The Family, released in 1995, was a pure Hip Hop effort. It contained the underground hit single "Saturday Nite Fever," based on a sample of The Guess Who's "American Woman."

While touring with House of Pain in mid 90s, the group befriended Everlast with whom they recorded "Gravesend (Lake Of Fire)" and some exclusive songs on their own for the 1997 indie film Gravesend. The song was also remixed by Marshall Goodman from Sublime/Long Beach Dub Allstars fame, for Marshall Arts Music (MVP Version) and by Lord Finesse who added verses by himself and O.C., but cut Everlast's verse. A second Lord Finesse remix was made and added new verses by Everlast and Lordz Of Brooklyn, both versions, however, were only available on a promotional single.
The Lord Finesse short remix was not released to the public until the Lordz Of Brooklyn next release, the 2000 Vinyl EP The Lordz Of Brooklyn Meet Bumpy Knuckles, released on their own and distributed through Landspeed since Island Records purchased American Recordings and Venture got closed. The three track EP also featured a song with Ozzy Osbourne sampled in the chorus and a song with Freddie Foxxx aka Bumpy Knuckles and IP aka Ice Pirate.

2000 also saw the release of the Lordz Of Brooklyn cover version of Run DMC's Hip Hop classic "Sucker MCs" on the tribute album Take A Bite Outta Rhyme: A Rock Tribute To Rap. Their version featured Stoned Soul and Everlast and is reportedly Run's most favorite Run DMC cover.

The group's next album release, Graffiti Roc, was rather a compilation of various previously recorded tracks than a proper studio album, and followed in 2003. It featured Busta Rhymes, Korn, Rampage of the Flipmode Squad, and others. Now, the groups' style leaned towards a crossover sound of both Hip Hop and Rock influences. By that time, Scotty Edge, Dino Bottz and Paulie 2Times have already left, and the McLeer brothers added live musicians on guitar, bass and drums to tour festivals such as Vans Warped Tour in 2003, 2004 and 2005.

In 2006 the group shortened their name for the release of the third album The Brooklyn Way. Featured artists are long time collaborator Everlast, Bedouin Soundclash, Jaret Reddick of Bowling for Soup and Tim Armstrong of Rancid. But not only the name has changed, the group's sound changed as well, there are only very few, if any, Hip Hop references. The majority of the songs is now rock-driven.

In 2007, Scotty Edge has rejoined the group for their spring tour with Fishbone. Mr. Kaves also became a "Capo" member of the rap group La Coka Nostra.

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The Offspring are a popular American band from Garden Grove, California which formed in 1984. The band currently consists of Dexter Holland (lead vocals, guitar), Noodles (guitar), Greg K. (bass), and Pete Parada (drums).

Since their 1994 album 'Smash,' which is often considered the best-selling independent label album of all time, the band has achieved commercial success over five albums, with singles such as "Come Out and Play," "Self Esteem," and "Pretty Fly (For a White Guy)." In addition to Smash, their next three albums, 'Ixnay on the Hombre', 'Americana,' and 'Conspiracy of One,' have each received platinum certification.

To date, The Offspring have released seven studio albums, one compilation, three EPs and one DVD, selling over 32 million albums worldwide and making them one of the best-selling punk acts of all time. The band is credited, along with fellow California punk bands Green Day and Rancid, with reviving popular interest in punk rock in the United States during the mid 1990s