List of Famous Bands from Riverside

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List of Riverside bands, listed by their level of fame. This Riverside musicians list includes both bands and solo artists. All famous Riverside bands are included, as well as many Riverside musicians of underground status. This list of Riverside musical artists includes information like what genre the artist falls under, what albums they've put out and more. If you want to know more about these famous Riverside bands you can click on their names to learn more about them. Bands from every genre are listed here, including rock, pop, hip-hop/rap, jazz, and more.

List ranges from Suicide Silence to Alien Ant Farm, plus much more.

If you're wondering, "What bands are from Riverside?" or "What is a list of Riverside bands?" then this list will answer your questions. {#nodes}
  • Suicide Silence

    Suicide Silence

    Deathcore, Heavy metal
    • Albums: The Cleansing, The Black Crown, Suicide Silence, Ending Is the Beginning: The Mitch Lucker Memorial Show, No Time to Bleed
    Suicide Silence is an American deathcore band from Riverside, California. Formed in 2002, the band has released four full-length studio albums, one EP and eleven music videos. They have received a fair amount of praise, being awarded the Revolver Golden God award for "Best New Talent" in 2009. The group currently consists of vocalist Hernan "Eddie" Hermida, guitarists Chris Garza and Mark Heylmun, bassist Dan Kenny and drummer Alex Lopez.
  • Alien Ant Farm

    Alien Ant Farm

    Nu metal, Rock music, Rapcore
    • Albums: Movies, ANThology, Up in the Attic, truANT, Greatest Hits
    Alien Ant Farm is an American rock band that formed in Riverside, California, United States, in 1996. They have released five studio albums, and have sold over 5 million units worldwide. The band is best known for their cover of Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal", which topped the Billboard alternative songs charts in 2001.They released their debut album Greatest Hits independently in 1999, then signed to DreamWorks Records in 2000. Their second album ANThology was released in 2001 and has been certified platinum by the RIAA, selling over one million copies and reaching 11th on the Billboard 200. Following up that was their third album, TruANT, released in 2003. The album was produced by brothers Robert and Dean DeLeo of Stone Temple Pilots, and made it to 42 on the Billboard 200. In 2005 the band recorded the next album 3rd Draft, however the album's release was denied by the label after Geffen bought out DreamWorks. It was eventually released in 2006 as Up in the Attic, charting at 114th on the Billboard 200. After several years of sporadic touring, the band's fifth studio album Always and Forever was released in February 2015.
  • Jennifer Holliday

    Jennifer Holliday

    Pop music, House music, Contemporary R&B
    • Albums: The Best of Jennifer Holliday, Say You Love Me, A Woman's Got the Power, Feel My Soul, On & On
    Jennifer Yvette Holliday (born October 19, 1960) is an American singer and actress. She started her career on Broadway in musicals such as Dreamgirls (1981–83), Your Arms Too Short to Box with God (1980–81) and later became a successful recording artist. She is best known for her debut single, the Dreamgirls number and rhythm-and-blues/pop hit, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going", for which she won a Grammy in 1983. She also won a 1982 Tony Award for Dreamgirls.
  • Impending Doom

    Impending Doom

    Deathcore, Goregrind, Brutal death metal
    • Albums: The Serpent Servant, Nailed. Dead. Risen., There Will Be Violence, Baptized in Filth, Death Will Reign
    Impending Doom is an American Christian deathcore band from Riverside, California. The group has released five full-length studio albums and are currently a five piece with vocalist Brook Reeves as one of the two original remaining members along with Manny Contreras who left the band in 2010 but returned in 2012. The band refers to their style of music as "Gorship", which is described by Reeves as "Worshiping God through our gore-sounding music".
  • Lighter Shade of Brown

    Lighter Shade of Brown

    Hip hop music, Latin hip hop
    • Albums: Greatest Hits, Layin' in the Cut, If You Could See Inside Me, Brown & Proud, A Lighter Shade of Brown
    A Lighter Shade of Brown was a Mexican American hip hop duo from Riverside, California best known for their 1990 hit single "On a Sunday Afternoon", a success in the U.S., written by songwriters/musicians David Dunson & Micah Carson.
  • Starflyer 59

    Starflyer 59

    Shoegazing, Dream pop, Alternative rock
    • Albums: She's the Queen, Leave Here a Stranger, My Island, Gold, The Fashion Focus
    Starflyer 59 is an alternative rock band from Riverside, California that was founded in 1993 by Jason Martin, brother of Ronnie Martin of Joy Electric. While Jason Martin has written nearly all of Starflyer 59's songs, the band has included a number of different musicians over the years, including Jeff Cloud, Frank Lenz, and Richard Swift. The band's sound was initially identified as an outgrowth of the shoegaze movement of the early 1990s, but the band's music has gradually evolved to the point of little resemblance to that of its early days.