Rockers vie for sexiest vegetarian

Joss Stone, too sexy for meat. PETA unveiled its nominees for its third annual sexiest vegetarian this week, and the list is chock-full of musicians, including big stars like Eddie Vedder, Thom Yorke, Prince, Paul McCartney, Pete Wentz, Morrissey, Carrie Underwood, Shania Twain, and of course, Moby. There are plenty of other rockers on this year's list of nominees, including Larry Mullen Jr.

of U2, Perry Farrell, Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman Anthony Keidis, Andy Hurley of Fall Out Boy, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez and Cedric Bixler-Zavala of The Mars Volta, Benji Madden of Good Charlotte, Brian Bell of Weezer, Chris Walla of Death Cab For Cutie, Doug Martsch of Built to Spill, Rob Zombie, Travis Barker of +44, Serj Tankian of System of a Down, superproducer Rick Rubin, 30 Seconds to Mars singer Jared Leto, Ted Leo, and Fugazi's Ian MacKaye. But hip-hop is well represented on the list of nominees as well. Outkast's Andre 3000, KRS-One, Common, Mos Def, Q-Tip, ?

uestlove, Black Thought, and Hub of the Roots, The Wu-Tang Clan's RZA, GZA, and Masta Killa, Michael Franti, M-1 and Stic.man of Dead Prez, and Prodigy of Mobb Deep all made the list. Underwood and Twain were joined among female singers by Chrissie Hynde of The Pretenders, Emmylou Harris, Erykah Badu, Fiona Apple, India.

Arie, and Joss Stone. Pearl Jam rose from the ashes of Mother Love Bone to become the most popular American rock roll band of the '90s. After vocalist Andrew Wood overdosed on heroin in 1990, guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament assembled a new band, bringing in Mike McCready on lead guitar and recording a demo with Soundgarden's Matt Cameron on drums.

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Out of all the former Beatles, Paul McCartney by far had the most successful solo career, maintaining a constant presence in the British and American charts during the '70s and '80s. In America alone, he had nine number one singles and seven number one albums during the first 12 years of his solo career. Although he sold records, McCartney never.

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Radiohead was one of the few alternative bands of the early '90s to draw heavily from the grandiose arena rock that characterized U2's early albums.

But the band internalized that epic sweep, turning it inside out to tell tortured, twisted tales of angst and alienation. Vocalist Thom Yorke's pained lyrics were brought to life by the group's..

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The four members of Chicago's Fall Out Boy came together in suburban Wilmette around 2000. Vocalist/guitarist Patrick Stump, bassist/lyricist Pete Wentz, drummer Andrew Hurley, and guitarist Joe Trohman had all been in and out of various units connected to Chicago's underground hardcore scene.

Most notably, Hurley drummed for Racetraitor, the...

The first country American Idol, Carrie Underwood grew up in the small town of Checotah, OK, and began singing with her church at the tender age of three. Throughout her childhood, she also performed at functions for the Lion's Club and Old Settlers Day, and eventually at festivals in several states. Along with developing her singing, Underwood.

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Emerging in the mid-'90s, Shania Twain became the most popular country music artist since Garth Brooks.

Skillfully fusing mainstream, AOR rock production with country-pop, Twain and her producer/husband Robert John "Mutt" Lange created a commercial juggernaut with her second album, The Woman in Me. The record became a multi-platinum phenomenon,..

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Few artists have created a body of work as rich and varied as Prince. During the '80s, he emerged as one of the most singular talents of the rock roll era, capable of seamlessly tying together pop, funk, folk, and rock.

Not only did he release a series of groundbreaking albums; he toured frequently, produced albums and wrote songs for many...

Musicology was a self-conscious comeback, a record designed to return Prince to the spotlight and the charts, and it worked: even if it spawned no big hits, the 2004 LP became his first album to crack the Billboard Top Ten since 1995's The Gold Experience, get a fair amount of radio play, and get a bunch of positive press, along with a...