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The all-Pinay group String Gang is renowned because of its bold eclecticism and unyielding independent spirit. Comprising Naomi Villa (vocals), Mae Reyes (guitars), Dorcas Mallare (drums), and Aye Ubaldo (bass), String Gang produced in Manila, Philippines. When Mallare’s university pals opened up the club Crimson Rocks (afterwards called Membership Dredd), …

The NORTH PARK, CA, rock group referred to as the nice China formed in 1997. People are vocalist and guitarist Ren Zenner, drummer Jeff Graves, keyboardist and percussionist Moises Ortiz, guitarist Gilbert Koury, and bassist Ted Mabbatt. Each member includes a full-time day time job to aid their up-and-coming musical …

Nick Piunti is a Detroit-based singer/songwriter with origins in classic rock and roll and the first power pop motion. Elevated in Riverview, Michigan simply beyond Detroit, he shaped his first music group, Dwarf, in 1972 with two of his sixth-grade classmates to try out at their school’s skill display. Dwarf …

The brilliant juxtaposition of Sarah Tanat Jones’ vocals with brash post-punk guitar riffs and solid backbeat are what defines Edinburgh, Scotland’s Seriously Gang. Channeling the organic pop sensibility of such feminine rock and roll legends as Karen O or Chrissie Hynde, Tanat Jones, who, incredibly enough, also has drums, joins …

The moody, indie rock troupe Dame Destiny came jointly in 1999. Yalan Papillion (vocals/bass) acquired still left her Ohio-based rings — Shanghai Lily, Avec des Papillions, Miss Might 66 — behind for the town of Washington D.C. She fulfilled up with ex-Tuscadero guitarist Melissa Farris and a camaraderie was born. …

Chris Thomas was being among the most acclaimed and versatile makers of the rock and roll era, weathering a variety of adjustments in musical behaviour and tastes to stay in the forefront of modern pop for many years. Created in Britain’s Middlesex region on January 13, 1947, Thomas was launched …

Jane Aire followed Chrissie Hynde’s footsteps to Britain. Just like the Pretenders vocalist shifted to the U.K. therefore she could possibly be area of the punk picture, Aire can be another Akron, OH, indigenous who got the same path. The results, nevertheless, had been quite different. Created Jane Ashley, Aire …

The rock trio Wilma includes singer/bassist Amy Marshall, guitarist Johnny Marshall, and drummer Paul Lobel and includes a sound not unlike such ’80s female-fronted alternative bands as the B-52’s, Blondie, the Pretenders, as well as the Divinyls. The band’s origins place in the obscure Dallas, TX, music group Butch, including …

While groupings like Bikini Eliminate and Bratmobile were leading the riot grrrl charge in the us, over the Atlantic, Huggy Bear were spearheading their very own trend, girl-style. A multi-gender device made up of vocalist Chris, vocalist/bassist Niki, guitarists Jo and Jon, and drummer Karen — furthermore with their refusal …

Raised within the Pretenders, Electric Light Orchestra, Neil Young, and additional musicians from his parents’ record collection and influenced with a 10cc song, Cleveland-born, California-based singer/songwriter WAZ started playing guitar in the tender age group of eight. It had been only after university, however, the youthful musician parlayed his enthusiasm …