Tag Archives: 1970s – 1980s

The Rumour are most widely known as Graham Parker’s backing music group during his heyday, however the music group also took a stab at their very own recording career. And although these were overshadowed by their association with Parker rather than received much interest for their initiatives, they did have …

Jamaican vocal group the Royals were founded in 1964 by singer and writer Roy Cousins, and the initial lineup contains Cousins, Errol Wilson, Keith Smith, and Berthram Johnson, even though Royals were completely Cousins’ baby, and he remains the only real constant through the entire group’s history. Their personal song, …

Among the initial American-bred hard rock and roll groups to problem Uk supremacy in the first ’70s, Montrose are remembered seeing that, otherwise probably the most successful, then one among probably the most influential rings from the era. Actually, lots of the personalities in charge of the group’s renowned, self-titled …

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 …