b. 9 Dec 1932, Whitesville, Western world Virginia, USA. Wheeler was raised in coalmining camps and his song ‘Coal Tattoo’, that was documented by Judy Collins, is dependant on what he noticed around him. He gathered folk music himself and components of both folk and nation music could be noticed …

Despite a big success single within the mid-’70s (“The Boys Are Back Town”) and learning to be a well-known act with hard rock and roll/heavy metallic fans, Thin Lizzy remain, within the pantheon of ’70s rock and roll bands, underappreciated. Created in the past due ’60s by Irish vocalist/songwriter/bassist Phil …

North Californian hardcore punk revivalists AFI shaped in 1991 once the band’s 4 founding users — vocalist Davey Havok, guitarist Markus Stopholese, bassist Vic Chalker, and drummer Adam Carson — were going to senior high school in Ukiah. Chalker was changed by Geoff Kresge after eight weeks, as well as …

3rd Bass was among a still-small amount of white hip-hop performers to attain wide approval in the bigger community. Combined with the Beastie Guys, 3rd Bass demonstrated that white hip-hop wasn’t always going to turn into a watered-down, commercially exploitative rip-off of the original article, as a lot of white …

Equally inspired simply by classic tunesmiths like Buddy Holly and John Lennon as well as the street-smart attitude and angular riffs of fellow Fresh Yorkers Television as well as the Velvet Underground, the Strokes were also similarly blessed and cursed with a massive quantity of hype — especially from your …

With a feeling of humor as large as their bass drops, Swedish duo Dada Life separated themselves in the EDM competition because they increased to fame through the 2010-2011 season. Stockholm-based DJs/companies Olle Corneer and Stefan Engblom emerged jointly in 2006, merging pop-leaning electro noises (the “Lifestyle” little bit) with …

The Vancouver indie rock supergroup the brand new Pornographers feature the talents of Zumpano’s Carl Newman, the Evaporators’ John Collins, Destroyer’s Dan Bejar, cartoonist/filmmaker Blaine Thurier, drummer Fisher Rose, and guest vocalist Neko Case. Newman began the music group in 1996 like a lark after liberating Zumpano’s Goin’ Through Adjustments; …

Hillsong United began because the youth ministry music group of Sydney, Australia’s Hillsong Church. Originally dubbed United Live, the group was initially led by performers/songwriters Reuben Morgan and Marty Sampson. Their 1999 debut, Everyday, founded their innovative template: each recording was documented live in the annual Oct youth meeting Encounterfest …

Once the Polyphonic Spree first appeared in 2000, the Dallas symphonic pop group was just as much a band like a “happening,” in the 1960s feeling of the term. The Spree’s two dozen users required the stage in moving robes of snowy white, a proper backdrop for his or her …

A multi-instrumentalist from Glasgow, Richard Youngs began releasing albums in the first ’90s on various indie brands. His music runs from genuine experimental, instrumental, minimal, and avant-garde to folk-inspired songwriting and intensifying rock and roll. In songwriting setting, he is much like Robert Wyatt, Anthony Moore, and specifically, other fine …