A Scottish progressive rock singer, lyric writer and occasional actor. After a patchy career as a gardener and forestry worker, he came to public attention in 1981 with the British group Marillion, which he left in 1988 following top ten hits in 1985 with Kayleigh and Lavender and in 1987 with Incommunicado. Fish's introspective lyrics, often dealing with his own personal problems and addictions, have often been said to be able to stand on their own as poetry without music. Many of his later works contain lengthy spoken word passages with the music simply acting as background.

A Finnish symphonic power metal band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee. Nightwish is considered one of the bands responsible for the rise in popularity of symphonic metal at the end of the 1990s.

The former lead singer of Nightwish, Tarja Turunen, now devotes her time to a solo career. See Tarja's official website.

A Finnish power metal band from the town of Kemi, originally assembled in 1996. Their later albums (particularly Unia) are also often cited as part of the progressive metal genre.

An American rock singer, songwriter and musician whose career spans four decades. With a stage show that featured guillotines, electric chairs, fake blood and boa constrictors, Cooper drew equally from heavy metal, garage rock, horror movies and vaudeville to create a theatrical brand of rock music that would come to be known as shock rock.

Mark (Christian Slater) runs a pirate radio station and causes an uproar when he speaks his mind and enthralls fellow teens. Plus the beautiful and energetic Samantha Mathis.

Amelie (Audrey Tautou), an innocent and naive girl in Paris, with her own sense of justice, decides to help those around her and along the way, discovers love.