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Live (/laɪv/, often typeset as LĪVE or +LĪVE+) is an American rock band formed in York, Pennsylvania in 1984, consisting of Ed Kowalczyk (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Chad Taylor (lead guitar, backing vocals), Patrick Dahlheimer (bass), and Chad Gracey (drums).

The band started to gain attention following their single “Operation Spirit (The Tyranny of Tradition)”, the video of which was getting regular airplay on MTV, and the moderate success of their second album Mental Jewelry. Their biggest success came in 1994 with their third album, Throwing Copper, which sold eight million copies in the U.S.

The band had a string of hit singles in the mid-1990s including “Lightning Crashes”, which stayed at the top of the Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart for 10 consecutive weeks and the Modern Rock Tracks (now Alternative Songs) chart for nine weeks from February 25 to April 22, 1995. The band has sold over 20 million albums worldwide.

When touring, Live has used additional musicians, including Ed Kowalczyk’s younger brother Adam, British keyboardist Michael “Railo” Railton, rhythm guitarist Christopher Thorn of Blind Melon, and guitarist Zak Loy of Alpha Rev, Dames Violent and Mothers Anthem.

In 2009, Ed Kowalczyk left the band; he was replaced by singer Chris Shinn and the band released the album The Turn in October 2014. Kowalczyk rejoined the band in December 2016 and in 2018 they released a new EP, Local 717.

+Live+ guitar tabs

• Freaks
• I Alone
• Lightning Crashes
• Runtothewater
• Selling The Drama

Journey

Journey is an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1973 by former members of Santana, Steve Miller Band, and Frumious Bandersnatch.

Journey had their biggest commercial success between 1978 and 1987, when Steve Perry was lead vocalist; they released a series of hit songs, including “Don’t Stop Believin'” (1981), which in 2009 became the top-selling track in iTunes history among songs not released in the 21st century.

Escape, Journey’s seventh and most successful album, reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and yielded another of their most popular singles, “Open Arms”. The 1983 follow-up album, Frontiers, was almost as successful in the United States, reaching No. 2 and spawning several successful singles; it broadened the band’s appeal in the United Kingdom, where it reached No. 6 on the UK Albums Chart.

Journey enjoyed a successful reunion in the mid-1990s and have since regrouped twice; first with Steve Augeri from 1998-2006, then with Arnel Pineda from 2007 to the present.

Sales have resulted in twenty five gold and platinum albums, in addition to the fifteen-time platinum RIAA Diamond Certified, 1988’s Greatest Hits album. They have had nineteen Top 40 singles in the U.S. (the second most without a Billboard Hot 100 number one single behind Electric Light Orchestra with 20), six of which reached the Top 10 of the US chart and two of which reached No. 1 on other Billboard charts, and a No. 6 hit on the UK Singles Chart in “Don’t Stop Believin'”.

In 2005, “Don’t Stop Believin'” reached No. 3 on iTunes downloads. Originally a progressive rock band, Journey was described by AllMusic as having cemented a reputation as “one of America’s most beloved (and sometimes hated) commercial rock/pop bands” by 1978, when they redefined their sound by embracing pop arrangements on their fourth album, Infinity.

According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Journey has sold 48 million albums in the U.S., making them the 25th best-selling band. Their worldwide sales have reached over 80 million records globally, making them one of the world’s best-selling bands of all time.

A 2005 USA Today opinion poll named Journey the fifth-best U.S. rock band in history. Their songs have become arena rock staples and are still played on rock radio stations across the world. Journey ranks No. 96 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Journey was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the class of 2017. Inductees included lead singer Steve Perry, guitarist Neal Schon, keyboardists Jonathan Cain and Gregg Rolie, bassist Ross Valory, and drummers Aynsley Dunbar and Steve Smith.

Journey guitar tabs

• Any Way You Want It
• Any Way You Want It2
• Dont Be Down On Me Baby
• Dont Stop Believin
• Dont Stop Believing
• Faithfully
• Its Just The Rain
• Lights
• Message Of Love
• Open Arms
• Remember Me
• Send Her My Love
• When I Think Of You
• When You Love A Woman
• Whos Crying Now

Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris.

The band’s discography has grown to 41 albums, including 17 studio albums, 13 live albums, four EPs, and seven compilations. They have also released 47 singles and 20 video albums. Two electronic games have been released with Iron Maiden soundtracks, and the band’s music is featured in a number of other video games.

As pioneers of the new wave of British heavy metal movement, Iron Maiden achieved initial success during the early 1980s. After several line-up changes, the band went on to release a series of UK and US platinum and gold albums, including 1980’s eponymous debut, 1981’s Killers, 1982’s The Number of the Beast, 1983’s Piece of Mind, 1984’s Powerslave, 1985’s live release Live After Death, 1986’s Somewhere in Time, 1988’s Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, 1990’s No Prayer for the Dying, and 1992’s Fear of the Dark.

In 1982 the band released its album The Number of the Beast, the first with Bruce Dickinson, who replaced Paul Di’Anno as lead singer. This was a turning point in their career, helping establish Iron Maiden as one of the most important heavy metal artists in history.

By 2010, more than 14 million copies of the album had been sold worldwide. Since the return of lead vocalist Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith in 1999, the band has undergone a resurgence in popularity, with a series of new albums and highly successful tours.

Their 2010 album, The Final Frontier, peaked at No. 1 in 28 countries and received widespread critical acclaim. The sixteenth studio album, The Book of Souls, was released on 4 September 2015 to similar success, debuting at number one in the album charts of 24 countries with physical sales and summary in 43 territories with physical and digital sales. The seventeenth studio album Senjutsu was released on 3 September 2021 and eventually reached No. 1 in 23 countries.

By 2017, Iron Maiden had sold well over 100 million copies of their albums worldwide, despite little radio or television support. According to MD Daily Record by 2021 all audio-visual releases of the band have sold in over 200 million copies worldwide, including regular albums, singles, VHS’, DVDs and all compilations.

Iron Maiden have become one of the most influential and revered rock bands of all time and helped spawn an entire genre of music. According to many critics the band elevated heavy metal to an art form, proving that academic and musical inspirations can coexist.

The band and its musicians have received multiple nominations, honours and awards including Grammy Awards and equivalents awards in many countries, Brit Awards, Silver Clef Award, ECHO Awards, Juno Awards, Emma-Gaala Awards, Nordoff-Robbins Award (International Achievement 2002), Ivor Novello Awards, Guinness Book of World Records, Public Choice International, Online Music Awards Germany, The Rocks Awards, Metal Hammer Awards, Kerrang! Awards, Burrn! Awards, Classic Rock Roll of Honour Awards, Honorary Doctorates, State Prizes and sales recognition awards. Iron Maiden were inducted into the Hollywood RockWalk, BPI Hall of Fame and Kerrang! Hall of Fame.

The Band was hailed as the most successful British metal group on British Channel 4. In 2012 The Number of the Beast was voted as Best British Album Ever in the public poll related to Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. I

n April 2021, the ex-members of the band were inducted into the Metal Hall of Fame. The band is also a part of permanent exhibitions of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the British Music Experience.

Iron Maiden’s lyrics cover such topics as history, literature, war, mythology, society and religion. Many of their songs are based on history, classic literature and film. As of October 2019, the band have played circa 2500 live shows, performing for tens of millions of fans.

For over 40 years, the musicians have been supported by their famous mascot, “Eddie”, who has appeared on almost all of their album and single covers, videos and merchandise. Originally designed by Derek Riggs, Eddie became the main attraction of Iron Maiden live shows, which feature theatrical elements like coloured backdrops, inflatables, pyrotechnics, elaborate lighting rigs, props and stage sets.

Iron Maiden guitar tabs

• Brave New World
• Bring Your Daughter
• Burning Ambition
• Can I Play With Madness
• Caught Somewhere In Time
• Children Of The Damned
• Clairvoyant
• Como Estais Amigos
• Dance Of Death
• Deja Vu
• Face In The Sand
• Fear Of The Dark
• Flash Of The Blade
• Flight Of Icarus
• From Here To Eternity
• Futureal
• Hallowed Be Thy Name
• Heaven Can Wait
• Holy Smoke
• Hooks In You
• Infinite Dreams
• Invaders
• Iron Maiden
• Ive Got The Fire
• Killers Solo
• Lightning Strikes Twice
• Losfer Words
• Man On The Edge
• Moonchild
• Mother Russia
• No More Lies
• Number Of The Beast
• Paschendale
• Phantom Of The Opera
• Phantom Of The Opera2
• Powerslave
• Prodigal Son
• Prowler
• Rainmaker
• Remember Tomorrow
• Revelations
• Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
• Run Silent Run Deep
• Run To The Hills
• Running Free
• Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
• Still Life
• Strange World Solo
• Strange World
• Stranger In A Strange Land
• Sun And Steel
• The Aftermath
• The Edge Of Darkness
• The Educated Fool
• The Evil That Men Do
• The Fallen Angel
• The Ghost Of The Navigator
• The Prisoner
• The Sign Of The Cross
• The Thin Line Between Love And Hate
• The Trooper Solo
• The Trooper
• The Unbeliever
• The Wickerman
• The Wickerman2
• The Wickerman3
• Total Eclipse
• Transylvania
• Twilight Zone
• Two Am
• Two Minutes To Midnight
• Virus
• Wasted Years
• Wasting Love
• Weekend Warrior
• When Two Worlds Collide
• Where Eagles Dare
• Wrathchild
• Wrathchild2

Frank Black

Charles Thompson IV (born April 6, 1965) is an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is best known as the frontman of the alternative rock band Pixies, with whom he performs under the stage name Black Francis.

Following the band’s breakup in 1993, he embarked on a solo career under the name Frank Black. After releasing two albums with record label 4AD and one with American Recordings, he left the label and formed a new band, Frank Black and the Catholics. He re-adopted the name Black Francis in 2007.

His vocal style has varied from a screaming, yowling delivery as lead vocalist of the Pixies to a more measured and melodic style in his solo career. His cryptic lyrics mostly explore unconventional subjects, such as surrealism, incest, and biblical violence, along with science fiction and surf culture.

His use of atypical meter signatures, loud–quiet dynamics, and distinct preference for live-to-two-track recording during his time with the Catholics, give him a distinct style within alternative rock.

Thompson regrouped the Pixies in early 2004, but continued to release solo records and tour as a solo artist until 2013, when he declared his solo career to be over.

Frank Black guitar tabs

• Abstract Plain
• Big Red
• Braekish Boy
• Calistan
• Can I Get A Witness
• Czar
• Freedom Rock
• Hang On To Your Ego
• Headache
• I Heard Ramona Sing
• Los Angeles
• Old Black Dawning
• Parry The Wind High Low
• Pie In The Sky
• Places Named After Numbers
• Sir
• Speedy Marie
• Superabound
• Thalassocracy
• Thats How You Know Its Love
• The Sky Road
• The Vanishing Spies
• Two Reelers
• What Ever Happened To Pong
• White Noise Maker

Everlast

Erik Francis Schrody (born August 18, 1969), known by his stage name Everlast, is an American musician, singer, rapper, and songwriter, known for his solo work and as the frontman for hip hop group House of Pain.

He was also part of the hip hop supergroup La Coka Nostra, which consists of members of House of Pain and other rappers.

In 2000, he received a Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal with Latin rock band Santana for “Put Your Lights On”.

Everlast guitar tabs

• Babylon Feeling
• Black Coffee
• Black Jesus
• Childrens Story
• Ends
• Graves To Dig
• Love For Real
• Only Love Can Break Your Heart
• Put Your Lights On
• Put Your Lights On2
• Some Nights Are Better Than Others
• Were All Gonna Die
• What Its Like

The Cult

The Cult are an English rock band formed in 1983 in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Before settling on their current name in January 1984, the band performed under the name Death Cult, which was an evolution of the name of lead singer Ian Astbury’s previous band Southern Death Cult.

They gained a dedicated following in the United Kingdom in the mid-1980s as a post-punk/gothic rock band, with singles such as “She Sells Sanctuary”, before breaking into the mainstream in the United States in the late 1980s establishing themselves as a hard rock band with singles such as “Love Removal Machine”. Since its initial formation in 1983, the band have had various line-ups; the longest-serving members are Astbury and guitarist Billy Duffy, who are also the band’s two songwriters.

The Cult’s debut album Dreamtime was released in 1984 to moderate success, with its lead single “Spiritwalker” reaching No. 1 on the UK Indie Chart. Their second album, Love (1985), was also successful, charting at No. 4 in the UK and including singles such as “She Sells Sanctuary” and “Rain”.

The band’s third album, Electric (1987), launched them new heights of success, also peaking at No. 4 in the UK and charting highly in other territories, and spawned the hit singles “Love Removal Machine”, “Lil’ Devil” and “Wild Flower”. On that album, The Cult supplemented their post-punk sound with hard rock; the polish on this new sound was facilitated by producer Rick Rubin.

After moving to Los Angeles, California, where the band has been based throughout the duration of its career, The Cult continued the musical experimentation of Electric with its follow-up album Sonic Temple (1989), which marked their first collaboration with Bob Rock, who would produce several of the band’s subsequent albums. Sonic Temple was their most successful album to that point, entering the Top 10 on the UK and US charts, and included one of the band’s most popular songs “Fire Woman”.

By the time of their fifth album Ceremony (1991), tensions began to surface among the band members and creative differences. This resulted in the recording sessions for Ceremony being held without a stable lineup, leaving Astbury and Duffy as the only two official members left, and featuring support from session musicians on bass and drums. The ongoing tension had carried over within the next four years, during which they released one more studio album, The Cult (1994), and called it quits in 1995.

The Cult reformed in 1999 and released their seventh album Beyond Good and Evil two years later. The commercial failure of the album and resurfaced tensions led to the band going back on hiatus in 2002. They resumed activity in 2006, and have since released three more studio albums: Born into This (2007), Choice of Weapon (2012) and Hidden City (2016).

The Cult guitar tabs

• Edie
• Fire Woman
• Indian
• Lil Devil
• Love Removal Machine
• Peace Dog
• Rain1
• Rain2
• She Sells Sanctuary
• Soul Asylum
• Spiritwalker
• Wild Flower
• Wild Hearted Son

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Creedence Clearwater Revival, also referred to as Creedence and CCR, was an American rock band that recorded and performed from 1959 to 1972 under various names before settling on the Creedence Clearwater Revival name in 1967.

The band initially consisted of lead vocalist, lead guitarist, and primary songwriter John Fogerty; his brother, rhythm guitarist Tom Fogerty; bassist Stu Cook; and drummer Doug Clifford. These members had played together since 1959, first as the Blue Velvets and later as the Golliwogs.

CCR’s musical style encompassed roots rock, swamp rock, blues rock, Southern rock, country rock, rock and roll,[8] and blue-eyed soul. Belying their origins in the East Bay subregion of the San Francisco Bay Area, the band often played in a Southern rock style, with lyrics about bayous, catfish, the Mississippi River and other elements of Southern United States iconography.

The band’s songs rarely dealt with romantic love, concentrating instead on political and socially conscious lyrics about topics such as the Vietnam War. The band performed at the 1969 Woodstock festival in Upstate New York, and was the first major act signed to appear there.

CCR disbanded acrimoniously in late 1972 after four years of chart-topping success. Tom Fogerty had officially left the previous year, and John was at odds with the remaining members over matters of business and artistic control, all of which resulted in subsequent lawsuits among the former bandmates.

Fogerty’s ongoing disagreements with Fantasy Records owner Saul Zaentz created further protracted court battles, and John Fogerty refused to perform with the two other surviving members at Creedence’s 1993 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Though the band has never officially reunited, John Fogerty continues to perform CCR songs as part of his solo act, while Cook and Clifford have performed as Creedence Clearwater Revisited since the 1990s.

CCR’s music is still a staple of U.S. classic rock radio airplay; 28 million CCR records have been sold in the U.S. alone. The compilation album Chronicle The 20 Greatest Hits, originally released in 1976, is still on the Billboard 200 album chart and reached the 500-weeks mark in December 2020. It has been awarded 10x platinum, indicating it has sold over 10 million copies. Rolling Stone ranked them 82nd on its 100 Greatest Artists of All Time.

Creedence Clearwater Revival guitar tabs

• As Long As I Can See The Light
• Bad Moon Rising
• Born On The Bayou Lead
• Born On The Bayou Rhythm
• Born On The Bayou
• Centerfield
• Chameleon
• Commotion
• Cotton Fields Back Home
• Dont Look Now
• Down On The Corner
• Effigy
• Fortunate Son
• Good Golly Miss Molly
• Green River
• Have You Ever Seen The Rain
• Hello Mary Lou
• Hey Tonight
• Hideaway
• I Heard It Through The Grapevine
• I Put A Spell On You
• Its Just A Thought
• Lodi
• Looking Out My Back Door
• Midnight Special
• Pagan Baby
• Proud Mary
• Run Through The Jungle
• Side O The Road
• Someday Never Comes
• Susie Q
• Sweet Hitch Hiker
• The Night Time Is The Right Time
• Tombstone Shadow
• Travelin Band
• Up Around The Bend
• Up Around The Bend2
• Wholl Stop The Rain
• Wrote A Song For Everyone

Creed

Creed is an American rock band from Tallahassee, Florida, formed in 1994. For most of its existence, the band consisted of lead vocalist Scott Stapp, guitarist and vocalist Mark Tremonti, bassist Brian Marshall, and drummer Scott Phillips.

Creed released two studio albums, My Own Prison in 1997 and Human Clay in 1999, before Marshall left the band in 2000. The band’s third album, Weathered, was released in 2001, with Tremonti on bass guitar. Creed disbanded in 2004; Stapp pursued a solo career while Tremonti, Marshall, and Phillips founded the band Alter Bridge with Myles Kennedy.

In 2009, Creed reunited for a fourth album, Full Circle, then toured until 2012. Since then, Creed has been on hiatus while the instrumental members have remained active with Alter Bridge; Stapp has continued his solo career and joined the band Art of Anarchy in 2016. Tremonti also formed his own band, Tremonti, in 2011.

Creed is one of the prominent acts of the post-grunge movement that began in the mid-1990s. Becoming popular in the late 1990s and early 2000s, Creed released three consecutive multi-platinum albums, with their album Human Clay being certified diamond.

Creed has sold over 28 million records in the United States, has sold over 53 million albums worldwide, and was the ninth best-selling artist of the 2000s. However, Creed has been negatively received by some critics and listeners; readers of Rolling Stone magazine ranked the band the worst artist of the 1990s.

Creed guitar tabs

• Are You Ready
• Beautiful
• Faceless Man
• Higher
• Illusion
• In America
• Inside Us All
• My Own Prison
• Never Die
• Ode
• One
• Pity For A Dime
• Say I
• Sister
• Torn
• Unforgiven
• Wash Away Those Years
• What If
• Whats This Life For
• With Arms Wide Open
• Wrong Way

Cracker

Cracker is an American rock band, from Bakersfield, California formed in 1990 by lead singer David Lowery and guitarist Johnny Hickman. The band’s first album Cracker was released in 1992 on Virgin Records; it included the single “Teen Angst,” which went to #1 on the U.S. Modern Rock chart.

The band’s follow-up, the 1993 album Kerosene Hat included the hit songs “Low” and “Euro-Trash Girl.” Cracker has released nine studio albums and several compilations, collaborations, solo projects, and live albums.

Cracker mix influences and sounds from rock, punk, grunge, psychedelia, country, blues and folk.

Cracker guitar tabs

• 100 Flowers Maximum
• Another Song About The Rain
• Bicycle Spaniard
• Big Dipper
• Dixie Babylon
• Eurotrash Girl Angel In Black
• Get Off This
• I Hate My Generation
• I Want Everything
• Kerosene Hat
• Low
• Mister Wrong
• Movie Star
• Someday
• St Cajetan
• Sunday Train
• Take Me Down To The Infirmary
• Teen Angst What The World Needs Now
• Whole Lotta Trouble