Torture, from Un Paso, TX, was formed in 1986 by senior high school buddies Tom Hicks (electric guitar, vocals), Jerry Norland (drums, vocals), Deric Gunter (bass), and J.D. Robins (acoustic guitar) — most of whom distributed a enthusiasm for the Western thrash of Kreator and early Celtic Frost, aswell as …

Not much appears to be known on the subject of the trombonist Charley Johnson, who performed with various rings led simply by Benny Carter through the ’40s. His profession is a secret story where you will find way too many suspects called Johnson and trombones appear to be stashed hither …

Trio Sonnerie is a most exclusive outfit: originally founded like a trio, it enlarged to execute orchestral functions and renamed itself Sonnerie, then in ’09 2009 reverted to the initial form, using the core band of music artists: Monica Huggett, movie director and violinist; Emilia Benjamin, viola da gamba, violin, …

Zero stranger to controversy, Singaporean vocalist Maia Lee gained some renown being a finalist for the initial period of Singapore Idol before getting into a solo saving career. Delivered in Singapore on January 31, 1983, she got her initial taste of present business being a vocalist in the digital dance …

The Deserters started lifestyle in 1979 in Toronto, Canada, being a rock group first called the Suspects. Primary members had been bassist and vocalist Chris Gibb, percussionist and drummer Henry Diclemente, and guitarist and vocalist Kenny MacLean. The brand new wave threesome been successful in piecing together a unitary, “Raining …

Bobby Graham may possibly not be as well-known as Ringo Starr, or as familiar a name among program men as, say, Jimmy Web page or Big Jim Sullivan — but between 1960 and 1965, he was among the busiest program drummers in Britain, was on a whole lot of information …

Italian avant-prog ensemble Yugen came together by the end of 2004 beneath the impetus of guitarist Francesco Zago and music festival organizer and AltrOck label head Marcello Marinone. Zago envisioned an organization uniting prog rock and roll and chamber music components, and began composing compositions for Yugen, whose account by …

Among Spain’s most accomplished entries in to the melodic loss of life steel subgenre, Deathless was formed in 1995 and features vocalist Emilio Cañseeing that, guitarists Michael Fidalgo and José Contreras, bassist Antonio J. Cantos and drummer José Luis González. Their just album, ENOUGH TIME to become Immortal, surfaced in …

Beni Arashiro is one of the bicultural pop idols around the roster of Japan record organization Avex. But unlike a few of her labelmates, Arashiro is usually completely bilingual. That, and PR stunts like registering to become the ambassador for the NFL in Tokyo, recommend she’s one eye set tightly …

Similar to the obscure provenance from the name — Mox Nix — that they chose for themselves (produced from the American spelling of the German expression, “macht nichts,” meaning, “it creates simply no difference”), this rock quartet through the Houston, TX, suburb of Pasadena led a secret existence during its …