b. 5 August 1954, Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo, Eire. Pop promoter and supervisor Walsh increased to popularity in the 90s as the guiding drive behind the extremely successful Irish guy rings, Boyzone and Westlife. In the brand new millennium he appreciated further media publicity being a judge over the strike UK …

This short-lived UK heavy rock supergroup project was assembled in 1987. Offering Tony MacAlpine (acoustic guitar), Tommy Aldridge (drums), Robert Rock and roll (vocals) and Rudi Sarzo (bass), their collective pedigrees guaranteed a lot more than they shipped. Made by Mike Varney, their only album could have been indistinguishable from …

Produced in Eire during 1961, the Miami comprised Jimmy Harte (vocals), Murty Quinn (trombone), Clem Quinn (lead guitar), Martin Phelan (saxophone), Tommy O’ Rourke (trumpet), Denis Murray (bass guitar) and Tony Bogan (drums). After a calendar year on the highway, Harte emigrated to America and was changed by Dickie Rock …

To many people, Kjell Höglund could be known generally for his somewhat funny hits “En Stor Stark” and “Jag Hör Hur Dom Ligger Med Varandra På Våningen Ovanför,” but since his debut in 1971, he has nurtured an extremely personal design with few, if any, various other practitioners. Mixing components …

Swiss thrash steel music group Drifter was shaped in 1984 and recorded 3 demos before launching a set of albums, Truth Turns to Dirt and Nowhere to cover up, in 1988 and 1989, respectively — both of these featuring vocalist Tommy Lion, lead guitarist Peter Wolff, rhythm guitarist Ivano Marcon, …

The brainchild of Los Angeles-based multi-instrumentalist Nick Van Dyk (guitars, bass, keyboards), Redemption proudly unfurl the flag of American progressive metal, as proven by their impressively rendered eponymous debut of 2003, also featuring vocalist Rick Mythiasin (ex-Steel Prophet and New Eden), bassist Jason Rullo (of Symphony X), and guitarist Bernie …

As the West and East Coasts got even more attention, the Midwest was a significant hotbed for hardcore punk through the early to mid-’80s, and Michigan’s Violent Apathy certainly added their share of sound towards the proceedings. Violent Apathy had been shaped in the springtime of 1981 by guitarist Richard …

The teenage music group Landscape split in Basel in-may 1975. Landscape’s Bernie Krauer (business lead vocals, body organ, E-piano, mellotron, synthesizer) and Tommy Stebel (drums, percussion, classical guitar, vocals) continued like a duo. Regardless of their uncommon instrumental variety, they made a decision to look for support, and, after an …

In Brand-new Orleans, a city that’s as keen on its blues music since it is of its partying, Rockin’ Jake has produced a grand impression along with his sizzling harmonica playing. Offbeat Newspaper double honored him using its Greatest of the Defeat Award for Greatest Blues Harmonica, the very first …

Adam Scott Skinner had a profound influence on the advancement of Scottish music. A get better at fiddler, Skinner had written a lot more than 600 compositions including “The Laird of Drumblair,” which fiddler Tommy Individuals covered for the Bothy Band’s self-titled debut record in 1975. Although been trained in …