The Pop Task was born within the suburbs of Detroit in 1998 as several senior high school kids gathered to generate music to excite both them, family, friends, and their growing group of fans. They quickly constructed a pursuing in Detroit and throughout different Michigan college cities. Right from the …

The Bushwackers are evidence that music in Australia is a lot a lot more than the hook-laden pop tunes from the Bee Gees as well as the quasi-new wave of Guys at Work. Something of early-’70s jam periods at La Trobe University’s campus folk membership, the Bushwackers continue steadily to …

Founded in 2001 by Adam Neal, former leader of Hookers, the drummer of Nine Pound Hammer, and something from the founding members of Nashville Pussy, the Brothers of Conquest united the efforts of four additional experienced musicians. Becoming a member of Neal had been two additional former Hookers components, Rodney …

Eternal Tears of Sorrow started in the north Finnish town of Pudasjärvi, where musicians Altti Veteläinen (vocals, bass), Jarmo Puolakanaho (guitar, keyboards), and Olli-Pekka Törrö (guitars, keyboards) began formulating the band (initially named Andromeda) as soon as 1991, later on demoing materials, entering and exiting the army, and finally arriving …

Making use of their first independent single — the brilliant, hook-filled, and cynical “Money Changes Everything” — this new wave quartet from Atlanta produced some waves in the first ’80s and got a major-label cope with Mercury. The Brains’ two information for the label got solid songwriting that constructed on …

The brainchild of producer/guitarist Jim O’Rourke, Brise-Glace took O’Rourke’s avant-garde leanings and melded them with the post-hardcore of bassist Darin Gray’s Dazzling Killmen. The extremities of the combination were shown well on Brise-Glace’s initial tour in 1994, where it drove the group Support Shasta to the idea of unplugging Brise-Glace’s …

The idea behind massed US gospel group Bridge originated by director and arranger Jim Van Hook. Offering eight musicians in addition to six performers and an intrinsic sound specialist and road supervisor, Truck Hook pooled this (all-white) skill from over the USA to be able to tour around churches performing …

b. Alexa Anastasia, Switzerland. Uncovered by Paul Sabu (Just Kid; Sabu), this LA, California-based vocalist Alexa mixed hard rock and roll overtures with pop hooks. Sabu created her debut record, which invited evaluations to Lita Ford and Lee Aaron, but was struggling to sell in enough amounts to attract wider …

Hoboken’s Bongos — founded like a trio comprising Richard Barone (acoustic guitar, vocals), Rob Norris (bass), and Frank Giannini (drums, vocals) — produced no pretense to be anything apart from a pop music group; fortunately, these were an excellent pop music group, covering electric guitar pop in the Byrds to …

Toni Basil was among new wave’s best one-hit miracles, falling completely from the music radar display after topping the graphs using the ubiquitous cheerleader-chant solitary “Mickey.” Chiefly a choreographer, Basil was created Antonia Christina Basilotta in Philadelphia (resources listing her delivery date range between 1943 to 1950) and went to …