Plain White T's

Plain White T's began their life as emo-tinged pop-punkers but it was a ballad that brought them stardom. Featured on 2007's Every Second Counts, "Hey There Delilah" turned into a smash hit, rocketing to the top of Billboard's charts and defining the band as a melodic mainstream group. Yet, their earliest records and subsequent albums showed how Plain White T's spent as much time playing highly charged punk-influenced rock as they did anthemic ballads. It was a potent combination that put 2008's Big Bad World and 2010's Wonders of the Younger on the Billboard 200; they spawned...