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A German institution, the rock-band Bap were shaped in 1976 from the Cologne-based singer/songwriter/activist Wolfgang Niedecken. Niedecken had been well-known as Cologne’s response to Bob Dylan before he started Bap, partly due to his classical guitar and harmonica, but mainly due to his poignant, socially conscious lyrics. Hearing the Rolling …

Most widely known for his tenure fronting the J. Geils Music group, vocalist Peter Wolf was created and raised within the Bronx, and originated from a family energetic in display business. His dad was a dancer, track plugger, disk jockey, and vocalist of light opera; his mom, an organizer for …

The gritty, back-to-basics rock & roll of New York’s the Brandos has roots within the Seattle scene, however, not one that become famous. Brandos frontman Dave Kincaid once led the Allies, an early-’80s power pop music group that earned an MTV competition using the video for “Emma Peel off.” However, …