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No One is a hardcore quintet from Chicago similar to Korn and Incubus -- both musically and because they share a home label, Immortal Records. The band includes singer Murk, guitarist B-Larz, bassist Flare, and drummer Billy K. Their debut CD was released in June of 2001, and the band set out to win new fans as the opening band on the Slaves on Dope and Hinge national tours. Summer 2001 also found No One playing on several dates of the Ozzfest tour. No One's dark and hard-driving sound has been compared to Alice in Chains, Metallica, and Pantera. Their self-titled debut was produced, engineered, and mixed by Johnny K, who is best known for his work with Disturbed. Johnny K also helped No One shop their demos around the record industry.

No One comes from the generation of bands that burst on the scene after the rebirth of hard-edged heavy metal. Bands like Limp Bizkit and Korn have achieved success with a multi-genre attack of hardcore metal and hip-hop. Bands like No One are more old-school in their affection for sounds similar to Slayer and Machine Head -- less rap, more rock. Like Metallica, No One is a guitar/vocals-based outfit that combines brute force riffs with intense, screaming vocals. Their album also combines other influences like the Red Hot Chili Peppers' funk, Ozzy Osbourne's satanic vocal style, and Megadeth's blistering guitar pyrotechnics. ~ JT Griffith

The emo-tinged pop punk of Notches first made a splash with the release of 2016's High Speed Crimes before the group channeled the power pop of the likes of Teenage Fanclub and the Lemonheads on their 2019 release New Kinda Love.

The New Hampshire-based three-piece -- Zac Mayeux (bass), Ezra Cohen (vocals, guitar), and Dante Guzzardi (drums) -- first got together in 2013 and quickly started to make a name for themselves with their scraggly pop-punk that initially took inspiration from the underground D.I.Y. scene as well as the Region Rock sound. A demo appeared that same year before Notches started to build a loyal following with live shows. Their debut single, Huge EP, appeared at the beginning of 2015 and a year later they delivered their more emo-tinged, Superchunk-esque debut album High Speed Crimes. With bassist Mayeux moving away for a while, the group released just a handful of EPs -- Change My Mind and No Wonder Why -- over the next couple of years before returning in 2018 with their sophomore album, the Salinas Records issued Almost Ruined Everything. Tour dates followed with the likes of Swearin', Empath, and Washer before the band headed out on a national headline tour. The following year Notches returned to the studio to record their third album. Moving away from the scratchy punk of their early singles, 2019's New Kinda Love, channeled early-'90s power pop and indie rock. ~ Rich Wilson