Tag Archives: 1980s

Cleveland post-punk combo the Easter Monkeys was formed in 1981 by guitarist Jim Jones, a longtime community music picture fixture who previously tenured in the Electric powered Eels as well as the Styrenes. Ex-Kneecappers vocalist Chris Yarmock, bassist Charlie Ditto and drummer Linda Hudson finished the lineup, which dissolved in …

Based in LA, Open fire on Blonde was an obscure dance-pop/urban contemporary group that documented some noteworthy singles in the 1980s. Open fire on Blonde was created in 1985, when vocalist/celebrity Suzie Benson became a member of causes with keyboardist Jim Vukovich. Both had known one another since 1983 and …

An frequently overlooked participant in Brazil’s past due-’80s thrash metallic picture, Mutilator (also called Mutilator 666, and originally named Armagedom [sic]) played a complex design of blackened thrash which offered few albums within their period, but remains to be both influential popular by collectors even today. First founded by vocalist/bassist …

The hypnotic, undulating cadence from the Theremin has graced the soundtrack of several horror film soundtracks — with least one classic rock & roll tune, the Seaside Children’ “Great Vibrations”). However the device has not motivated a big contingent of full-time adherents; they have mostly been utilized as a way …

Roxanne Turcotte’s activities are diversified, to state the least. However, despite having a resumé which includes a keyboardist part in a rock and roll group, electro-acoustic composer, and children’s music composer, she hardly produced a dent in the music globe. Her first recording, Amore, premiered in 1994. Created in Montréal …

Vibraphonist Charlie Allen comes from New Orleans, where he recorded using the great clarinetist, composer, and bandleader Alvin Batiste. He ultimately relocated to Washington, D.C., and it is a member of this city’s popular golf swing revival band called Air Mail Particular. The band’s name is certainly adopted from a …

The strangely named Shows was an obscure hard rock/heavy metal band from São Paulo, Brazil featuring vocalist Robson Goulart, guitarists Davidson Monteiro and Luiz Carlos “Tutu”, bassist Reinaldo Moreno and drummer Ricardo Moreno. Produced in 1982, originally being a jazz-rock clothing, the quintet acquired adopted rock by enough time they …

Based in LA in the first to mid-’80s, Set Angel was an all female rock foursome that contains singer Terry O’Leary, guitarist Debbie Wolf, bassist Cathy Amanti, and drummer Krissi North. The Natural leather Angel members had been hardly the just female artists who have been embracing metallic or hard …

The songs of Malagasy vocalist and songwriter Levelo (born: Rakotoarivelo Jean De Britto Marie G) are best remembered through interpretations by Tarika Sammy, who recorded three of his tunes. Although Levelo performed a highly-acclaimd tour using a trio in 1981, an incapability to earn more than enough money to aid …

Passion was a fresh York-based disco clothing using a penchant for sensual, extended monitors flavored with funk and Latin rhythms. A short and unsuccessful stint on AVI — which created the one “Are You Totally free Tonight” — was accompanied by a more successful relationship with disco movers-and-shakers Prelude. Their …