The Walkmen feature three members from Jonathan Fireplace*Eater and two in the Recoys. When Jonathan Fireplace*Eater disbanded in 1998, the group had taken the remainder of the Dreamworks financing and set up an uptown rehearsal space in NEW YORK that doubled being a 24-monitor recording studio room where they work …

Appearing out of Oakland through the mid-’90s, the WhoRidas symbolized a fresh generation of hip-hop: hard but intelligent, musical but nonetheless deeply funky. Cousins Ruler Saan (Hasaan Mahmoud) and Mr. Taylor (Meikeo Taylor) started freestyling jointly, and after Ruler Saan came out on his old sibling Saafir’s 1994 debut record, …

The Area of expertise label’s most prolific gospel act, the Pilgrim Travelers were being among the most successful and influential sets of gospel’s golden era; famed because of their distinctive “strolling rhythm” audio, they also gained renown because of their riotous live shows and breathless showmanship. The Pilgrim Travelers had …

Chances & Ends were a family group affair, comprising siblings Wanda (Dec 29, 1952) and Larry Butler (January 31, 1951), and Jim Offer (August 26, 1955); Offer acquired a different dad however the same mom. Originally from Dorchester, GA, the children sang in college and cathedral before shifting to Philadelphia …

Classifying their appear as “hood rock and roll,” the Store Boyz tried to split up themselves in the Atlanta crunk scene, but as their 2007 breakout solo, “Party Such as a Rockstar,” demonstrated, the trio suit right in using its heavy bass and drums complemented by pop experienced and edgy …

Among the founding people from the Wu-Tang Clan, who have recorded a few of the most influential hip-hop from the ’90s, Ol’ Dirty Bastard was the loose cannon of the group, both on record and off. Delivering his outrageously profane, free-associative rhymes in a unique half-rapped, half-sung design, ODB found …

Cousins Tony and Matt Lovato was raised next door from one another within the Blue Isle portion of the south aspect of Chicago and began using together in seven, borrowing equipment from Tony’s dad, with Tony picking right up guitar and performing and Matt using bass. In senior high school, …

In her teens, Virgínia Rosa and her cousins formed Grupo Lógica and participated in a few student festivals. Acquiring acoustic guitar classes with Luís Rondó (who experienced just documented with Itamar Assumpção for the recording Beleléu Via Embratel), Rosa was launched to Assumpção by Rondó, having been the very first …

The eerie, hysterical “Martian Hop” was the temporary Ran-Dells sole Pop Top 40 entry, it hit #16, Sept 28, 1963 two more singles followed however the collegians by no means scored again, so they counted their blessings, and got out the business enterprise. Steven Rappaport, Robert Rappaport, and John Spirt …

Even though Pips never really had any commercial success independently, these were well-known for the distinctive background harmonies which they supplied for Gladys Knight for quite some time. From 1961’s “Every Defeat of My Center” to 1973’s “Midnight Teach to Georgia” to 1988’s “Like Overboard,” the Pips supported Knight using …