senses (US), Sammy Adams, Hoobastank, et Kevin Lyman

His musical life began at just aged 7 when he started playing piano, but many moons later Sammy has ditched the classical Beethoven symphony and entered the underworld of rap music.

2010 was Sammy's ground-breaking year. His debut album, fittingly titled 'Boston's Boy' nearly sent iTunes into a breakdown as it smashed the Hip-Hop charts. This was down to the fundamental success of the single 'Driving Me Crazy.' But Sammy also remixed plenty of covers and this all tallied up and sent Sammy number 1 in the iTunes chart. His lyrics were fun and his beats were catchy, simple but affective. It worked, fans were loving Sammy's tunes but it did take the Boston boy some time to follow up his debut album with a scorching second record.

Homecoming, slightly stolen from Kanye possibly was released in 2013 and didn't do as well as his debut album. However hard-core fans are still turning up to live shows and watching him rap night after night.

His music is more poppy then other rap music. It sounds a lot like a more Boston produced Macklemore, more light hearted. Dappy could even be linked to Sammy Adams, don't know if he would be happy with that but the music is there to suggest it.

Hoobstank, came together when Doug Robb, Dan Estrin and Chris Hesse decided to start a band. In the early stages of their career, they landed local support slots supporting bands such as Incubus. They released their debut album on their own in 1998, entitled “They Sure Don’t Make Basketball Shorts Like They Used To”. Their reputation was growing slowly but surely, especially in the Southern California area, which caught the attention of Island Records, who signed Hoobastank in 2000.

Hoobastank released their eponymous official album on November 20th 2001, lead by the single “Crawling in the Dark”, which set the tone for the record and charted in the US, UK and Australia. This was followed by “Running Away”, which went to number 2 in the US Alternative chart.

Following international chart success and an international tour, Hoobastank made a comeback with their brand new album called “The Reason”, released on December 9th 2003. “Out of Control” was the first single to be released on the label, which went to number 9 in the Alternative chart. It was the title track of the album that became an international hit and the band’s trademark making it to number 2 in the Billboard Hot 100 Chart charting in Australia, Germany, Japan, Switzerland, Austria and UK. The single went Gold whilst the album went 2x Platinum, peaking at number 3 in the Billboard 200.

The band’s third full-length album, “Every Man for Himself” released on May 16th 2006, made it to number 12 in the Billboard 200 and was certified Gold. The sequential album “For(N)ever” made it to number 26 on the Billboard 200.

On December 8th 2009, the band released a live album “Live from the Wiltern”.