Tag Archives: 1970s – 1980s

Considered by simply on the subject of everyone to become the first Latino punk loan company, the Plugz arrived together in 1978 in Southern California. Area of the family of rings which was influenced from the Bacteria and performed at legendary night clubs like Madame Wong’s as well as the …

Produced by Phil Morris (vocals), Paul Adam Berry (guitar) and Alan Davis (bass), this Leeds, Yorkshire, England-based group found the fore pursuing heavy airplay from BBC disc jockey John Peel off. Their debut one, ‘L.A. Rainfall’, finished saturated in his 1985 ‘Festive Fifty’, though it was released prior to the …

Even simply by Jamaican standards, the Meditations’ early career is convoluted, and both Ansel Cridland and Danny Clarke’s careers were currently well underway prior to the set connected up. Cridland, created in 1951, shifted to Kingston as a kid, and apprenticed like a jockey. Nevertheless, he finished up operating odd …

NY City-based new influx outfit Nervus Rex was founded in 1976 by singers/guitarists Shawn Brighton and Lauren Agnelli, the last mentioned a respected rock and roll critic who wrote for Creem magazine beneath the punk alias Trixie A. Balm. Agnelli’s friend, and previous Cramps drummer, Miriam Linna, alongside bassist Lew …

As the most dominating and influential rock guitarist from the ’80s would need to be Eddie Van Halen, Ozzy Osbourne’s original guitarist, Randy Rhoads, was mostly of the guitarists from the era to generate his own signature design. While almost every additional guitarist was simply copying Vehicle Halen’s unorthodox two-hand …

A Philadelphia songwriting, creation, and executing duo who have been prominent at Philadelphia International through the ’70s, Gene McFadden and John Whitehead also scored lots one R&B hit as vocalists. Their one “Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Today” was number 1 R&B in 1979 and peaked at amount 13 pop. Both …

Hawaiian comedian Rap Reiplinger might have just lived to find out his 33rd year, but his witty comedy even now lives to today, especially in his indigenous tropical state. Blessed Adam Kawika Piimauna “Rap” Reiplinger on July 16, 1950, he found out humor via such important artists as Crimson Skelton, …

b. Winston Dark brown, Kingston, Jamaica, Western world Indies. Rank Dread set up his reputation being a live DJ for Lloyd Coxsone’s London-based audio system up to now another within the long type of eccentric, idiosyncratic mike men connected with reggae music. His particular design of delivery was structured around …

McGuinn, Clark & Hillman (afterwards McGuinn-Hillman) came into being in 1977, when 3 former associates of the initial Byrds — Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, and Chris Hillman — made a decision to try and revise their audio in a fresh framework. The impetus for the reunion had taken shape in …

Maker/songwriter/arranger/keyboardist Randy Muller was the first choice of ’70s disco/funk/pop music group Brass Building, whose “Movin’,” that was made by Jeff Street, became lots one R&B solitary in 1976. Muller also created strikes on Salsoul Information works Skyy and Cameron. He organized B.T. Express’ million-selling 1975 number 1 R&B/quantity four …