An organization whose distinctly ethereal and gossamer audio virtually defined the enigmatic picture of the record label 4AD, Cocteau Twins were founded in Grangemouth, Scotland, in 1979. Acquiring their name from an obscure tune from fellow Scots Basic Thoughts, the Cocteaus had been originally produced by guitarist Robin Guthrie and …

Signing up for Priestess, Wolfmother, and Eagles of Death Steel within the pack of new-millennium hard rock and roll rings are Wires burning, a LA foursome boasting affects like the PARTY, the Damned, and Dark Sabbath. Evan Weiss (vocals/electric guitar), Michael Shuman (bass/vocals), Jeff Lynn (electric guitar), and Darren Weiss …

Despite origins dating back so far as 1978, Crime & the town Solution didn’t truly emerge until 1984, arriving at life within the wake from the dissolution from the seminal PARTY. The group was led by evocative vocalist/songwriter Simon Bonney, a Melbourne, Australia indigenous who led some bands beneath the …

The Crazy 8’s were probably one of the most hard-working and energetic American ska organizations within the ’80s; nevertheless, they split up a couple of years before record brands most likely would’ve finally noticed their industrial potential. Created by Todd Duncan (vocals) in Corvallis, OR, in 1984, the Crazy 8’s …

Rough but clean male vocal quartet Jagged Edge shaped in Atlanta, Georgia, comprising similar twin brothers Brandon “Case Dinero” Casey and Brian “Brasco” Casey, who had moved using their indigenous Hartford, Connecticut; Kyle Norman (aka “Quick”), whom they’d fulfilled through church actions; and Richard Wingo (aka “Wingo Buck”), a past …

While groups like the Strokes as well as the White Stripes obtain a lot of the credit for spearheading the garage area rock revival motion of the first 21st century, there have been many similarly styled rings from the mid- to past due ’90s that preceded these acts (with much …

Following breakup from the seminal British post-punk dress Swell Maps, frontman Nikki Sudden embarked on a single job, then concurrently produced a new group known as the Jacobites. A lot more classicist than Swell Maps have been, the Jacobites provided Sudden an opportunity to workout his penchant for simple, elegantly …

The offspring of famous musicians frequently have trouble developing a career for themselves, yet Hank Williams, Jr. is among the few to build up a career that’s not just effective, but markedly not the same as his legendary dad. Originally, Hank Jr. just copied and performed his father’s music, but …

b. c. 1952, Memphis, Tennessee, USA. As a kid Johnson sang within the cathedral choir and during his times as a higher school pupil he started playing saxophones. Afterwards, he researched music as Tennessee Condition University. Sketching his musical curiosity from gospel and modern R&B, he was inspired by jazz …

Colin Thurston was one of the top producers of the brand new influx, helming era-defining strikes including Duran Duran’s “Hungry Just like the Wolf” and Kajagoogoo’s “Too Timid.” Delivered in Singapore in 1947, Thurston started his profession playing electric guitar in some little-known rings — in annoyance he considered jingle …