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The band goes by the name of Silent Theory, but in theory that is really quite the opposite of what the band excels at. In fact, the Moscow, Idaho based modern hard rock quintet consisting of brothers Mitch Swanger (drums), Scott Swanger (guitar), George Swanger (bass), along with Nick Osborn (vocals) and Bob James (guitar) would rather you turn it up to 11 and scream your lungs out to the ten songs found on its Turkey Vulture Records debut Black Tie Affair.

Every aspiring musician in the world has dreamed about touring with bands as big as KISS and Motley Crue—The Treatment is living it.

The UK rockers’ classic rock style and video for “Drink, Rock, Fight” caught the attention of Crue bassist Nikki Sixx who very formally invited The Treatment to The Tour…via Twitter.

I caught up with vocalist Matt Jones while on tour with KISS and Motley Crue to talk about that infamous Tweet from Nikki Sixx, their first run in the states and what it was like landing one of the biggest gigs on the planet.

The Democratic National Convention got a whole lot cooler tonight, as the Foo Fighters took the stage and played a three-song set to delegates from across that Nation in Charlotte, North Carolina. The band began with a very mellow version of their 1998 hit, "My Hero" of which lead singer/guitarist Dave Grohl started out by commenting, "It's an honor to be here and I think this song makes perfect sense tonight." The band followed with "Walk" then "Wasting Light" which is off of their latest album. The almost ten minutes of playing was met with thunderous applause. Let's hope some Foo greatness was bestowed on some of the politicians there tonight.

Every signed band has a story. But not every band makes history… Otherwise can claim both.

Like the Phoenix that inspired their logo, Otherwise virtually arose from nowhere. The unsigned Las Vegas band made their mark on their hometown as the city’s go-to opener for big national acts and as the resident at the Stations Casinos—they were Sin City’s best kept secret. But apparently not everything stays in Vegas. After catching the eye of young-gun LA music manager Clay Busch, who was ironically in Vegas to sign another band, Otherwise was plucked from their hometown and taken to Los Angeles to showcase for major labels.

The rest is history—literally. In addition to claiming the title as the first rock band to have a residency in Las Vegas, Otherwise is the first unsigned band to reach No. 1 on satellite radio.

Now signed to Century Media Records, Otherwise has appeared on some of the biggest bills in the country including 48 Hours Fest, Rock on the Range, Rock Allegiance and on tours with Buckcherry, Lacuna Coil, My Darkest Days and Pop Evil, to name a few. And thanks to success on terrestrial radio with their debut single “Soldiers”, they’re selling out their own headlining shows across the country. They are arguably the biggest buzzing band in rock and they’ve done it ALL in less than a year.