Tag Archives: 1970s – 1980s

The Records are most likely best remembered for his or her cult classic and small hit “Starry Eye” — a near-perfect song that defined Uk power play the ’70s. Even though they by no means quite matched up the success of this record, their high-quality result from 1979 to 1982 …

Millie Scott sang in gospel organizations through the entire South before she switched to jazz. Scott was created in Savannah, Georgia and was an associate from the Pilgrim Gospel Performers as well as the Sermonettes. Scott sang with Bobby Dilworth AS WELL AS THE Blazers, then relocated to NEW YORK. …

Among Southern California’s earliest punk rings, the Weirdos released two EPs through the later ’70s before splitting up; constant reunion gigs through the ’80s held their name alive, as well as the group came back to the studio room in 1988 for Condor, released 2 yrs afterwards. The backbone — …

Equally bequiffed yet more seriously made-up than their contemporaries, the Polecats were one of the most successful bands mixed up in early 80s UK rockabilly revival. Martin ‘Boz’ Boorer (electric guitar) and Tim ‘Polecat’ Worman (electric guitar/vocals) first performed jointly while still at college in the middle-70s. These were became …

A trumpeter and one-time person in Joe Henderson’s group within the ’70s, Lawrence was featured on a recently available Optimism release.

Led by vocalist/guitarist Dave Fenton, the Vapors had been a short-lived fresh wave guitar group that’s most widely known for the spiky pop solitary “Turning Japan.” Fenton created the first edition from the Vapors in 1978, however he was the only real member to survive that lineup; in 1979, previous …

LA punks the Urinals formed inside a UCLA dormitory in 1978. The group’s initial five-piece lineup contains vocalist Delia Frankel, guitarist Steve Willard, bassist John Talley-Jones, organist Kjehl Johansen, and drummer Kevin Barrett, but after producing their general public debut in a campus skill display, Frankel and Willard exited over …

The leaders from the Scottish neo-pop uprising Orange Juice formed in Glasgow in past due 1976. Originally dubbed the Nu-Sonics, the group comprised vocalist/guitarist Edwyn Collins, guitarist Adam Kirk, bassist David McClymont, and drummer Steven Daly; following formation from the Postcard label by Collins protégé Alan Horne, the quartet renamed …

A post-punk music group whose music blended stripped-down rock and roll & roll using the trim rhythms of dub, the Mo-Dettes were formed in London in 1979 by American-born guitarist Kate Korris (she also used the spellings Kate Korus and Kate Corris), who previously had performed briefly using the Slits …

b. 23 Might 1939, Lyon, Rhône, France, d. 14 November 2004, Santa Monica, California, USA. From age six, Colombier was taught piano, tranquility, counterpoint and performing by his dad. Before he reached his teenagers he had started to improvise and was shortly playing in jazz groupings that he wrote agreements. …