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Berlin-based weisenheimers the Bosshoss reinterpreted modern pop and hip-hop strikes in the design of traditional nation music. Vocalist/washboardist Boss Melts away (created Alec Völkel), vocalist/guitarist Hoss Power (Sascha Vollmer), business lead guitarist Russ T. Toenail (Dean Micetech), bassist Gus Brooks (André Neumann), mandolinist Hank Doodle (Mathias Fauvet), and drummers Frank …

16 Hp were a Denver-based alternative country band that revolved around the initial songwriting and singing of David Eugene Edwards. The music group produced its name with music that mixed rural backwoods kitsch with edgy, off-kilter country-rock. Teaming up with drummer Jean-Yves Tola and bassist Pascal Humbert in the band’s …

While Johnny Depp is rolling out an enormous international enthusiast following as an professional (especially because the release from the blockbuster Pirates from the Caribbean: Curse from the Black Pearl), he’s been a musician and a separate music fan the majority of his lifestyle, and one of is own best-known …

Melding pop, folk-rock, and alt-country sounds with quirky wit and an enthusiastic intelligence, the Schramms were the brainchild of gifted guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter Dave Schramm, who debuted the group in 1987. Schramm, who acquired previously used Individual Switchboard and Jon Klages, still left Yo La Tengo in 1986, following …

Husband-and-wife gothic nation duo Carey Kemper and Kelly Bell released albums for a lot of the first ’90s beneath the Shivers moniker. Since Kemper and Bell had been essentially nomads — they resided within an RV and home-schooled their two kids — their albums will be documented during brief halts …

The Shiners came together when Wes Freed and Jyl Freed found their previous music group, the Virginia-based country outfit Dirtball, had fallen aside after two albums. The few made a decision to enlist upright bassist Greg Harrup, drummer Brian Larson, fiddler Erin Snyder, and another husband-and-wife group — guitarists Steve …

Radio Sweethearts is a Glasgow-based alternate country-rock band made up of Frank Macdonald (who have drums for BMX Bandit), vocalist/guitarist John Miller, fiddler John McCusker and pedal metal guitarist Malcolm McMaster. The group released their Kim Fowley-produced debut New Recollections in early 1997.

In some recoverable format it’s a fantasy stoner rock and roll lineup, however in practice Orquesta del Desierto is actually the alternative rock and roll side task of many stoner rock and roll practitioners. Featuring Alfredo Hernandez of Kyuss and Queens from the Rock Age group, Pete Stahl of Wool, …

The Tempe, Arizona-based roots-rockers the Pistoleros comprised frontman Lawrence Zubia, his guitarist sibling Tag, guitarist Thomas Laufenberg, bassist Scott Andrews and drummer Gary Smith. The sons of the mariachi musican, the Zubias first surfaced as members from the Chimeras, which also included the ill-fated future Gin Blossoms guitarist Douglas Hopkins; …

The Picketts were Seattle’s only “grange rock” combo. Led by vocalist Christy McWilson, the music group also included drummer “Blackie” Rest, McWilson’s guitarist-husband Scott McCaughey, and tempo guitarist Jim Sangster. McWilson and McCaughey experienced met at SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA State. They relocated to Seattle in 1980, where McWilson began …