At onetime probably the most successful female standup comic in the us — she continues to be the highest-charting comedienne in Billboard background — sociable satirist Jackie “Moms” Mabley is basically unknown to modern viewers, but her effect on successive decades of both feminine and African-American comics continues to be …

Called after a street within their native Detroit, the R&B group 7 Mile comprised Luther “Squeaky” Jackson, Glynis “Lil’ G” Martin, Seantezz “Tezz” Robinson and Deion “D” Lucas. Putting your signature on to Mariah Carey’s short-lived Sony subsidiary Crave Information, the quartet released their debut one “Only a Storage” in …

The post-hardcore/alternative rock outfit A Static Lullaby came together after an informal high-school jam session convinced its participants to give up their existing rings and launch a fresh group. Created in 2001 in Orange Region, CA, the band’s preliminary lineup comprised vocalist Joe Dark brown, bassist Phil Pirrone, drummer Brett …

The Irish guitar pop ironists A RESIDENCE formed in Dublin in 1985 through the remnants of the group Last Chance. Made up of the primary trio of vocalist Dave Couse, guitarist Fergal Bunbury and bassist Martin Healy and frequently aided by satellite television people Dave Dawson (drums), David Morrissey (keyboards) …

Among the longest-lived sets of the punk period, 999 formed in London in Dec 1976. Led by vocalist/guitarist Nick Money, a onetime college student in the Canterbury University of Art beneath the tutelage of Ian Dury and a previous person in the pub rock and roll units Kilburn as well …

Standup comedian Religious Finnegan came up through the happening NEW YORK “indie” comic picture, but his design is even more traditional and influenced with the humor albums of his youth. He stumbled in to the N.Con.C. picture while participating in NYU as an performing pupil. While he enjoyed performing, he …

Owen Hand’s profession in music was relatively short — he was energetic like a performer for over 4 years, and left out only two total albums, but during that little output and brief profession he became a much-loved physique on the British folk picture. He was created in Scotland by …

Synth pop’s initial worldwide superstars, the Individual Group were among the initial & most innovative rings to break right into the pop mainstream on the influx of synthesizers and digital rhythms, their marriage of infectious melodies and state-of-the-art technology proving enormously important in countless acts subsequent within their wake. The …

Merging jagged, roaring guitars and stop-start dynamics with melodic pop hooks, intertwining male-female harmonies, and evocative, cryptic lyrics, the Pixies had been one of the most influential American alternative rock and roll bands from the past due ’80s. They weren’t achieved musicians — Dark Francis wailed and bashed out chords …

By enough time the Rolling Stones began calling themselves the World’s Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the past due ’60s, that they had currently staked out an extraordinary claim around the title. As the self-consciously harmful option to the bouncy Merseybeat from the Beatles in the English Invasion, the …