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The ’90s music group Violet Scene appeared towards the ’80s for inspiration. Produced in 1995 in Oslo, Norway, Violet Picture championed the Cure’s shimmering, interlocking guitars, the Smiths’ sun-drenched jangle, and the home of Love’s brooding British rock and roll. Featuring brothers Kjetil Bergseth (vocals, guitars, keyboards) and Jo Espen …

The shimmery guitars of Terry Bickers stirred critics when the home of Like released their first album in 1988. THE HOME of Love had been touted as upcoming superstars, as well as the interlocking guitars of Bickers and vocalist Man Chadwick mixed the Jesus & Mary Chain’s ominous din using …

Following the fall of the home of Like, Guy Chadwick formed the short-lived Madonnas, who sporadically gigged through the entire last half of 1994, including a brief stint starting for the Cranberries (who once opened up for the home of Like, ironically). With out a label, the music group documented …

LA indie pop quintet Fonda was shaped in 1994 by singer/keyboardist Emily Make and singer/guitarist David Klotz; with the help of drummer Aaron Ryder, the group performed its first live times at area night clubs like Spaceland and Cafe Bleu, and in 1998 released their debut EP Music for Newbies …

Noise-pop music group Amusement Parks burning was produced in Nottingham, Britain, and led by Michael Feerick, who wrote and performed APOF’s initial record prior to the age of 20. The self-titled debut record was released within the U.K. in 2005 on Invada Information, operate by Portishead’s Geoff Barrow. After beneficial …

Carrying out a well-publicized fall-out with frontman Man Chadwick, guitarist Terry Bickers still left the home of Appreciate in 1990 to create Levitation with bassist Laurence O’Keefe, keyboardist Robert White, guitarist Christian Hayes and drummer Dave Francollini. Some outstanding live gigs quickly cemented the fledgling group’s position one of the …

Scottish indie pop stalwarts the Garbage Can Sinatras were founded beyond Glasgow in 1987 by singer/guitarist Frank Reader (the sibling of ex-Fairground Attraction singer Eddi Reader), guitarists John Douglas and Paul Livingston, bassist George McDaid, and drummer Stephen Douglas. Primarily formed like a cover music group, they were carrying out …

Most known to be among the first rings in Alan McGee’s Creation label, the Jasmine Minks were formed in early-’80s London. Originally a trio focused around vocalist Jim Shepard, the music group went through many lineup shuffles throughout their extended, bumpy, and eventually resilient background. The band’s different musical passions, …

Making use of their first documents, Ride created a distinctive wall of sound that relied on massive, trembling distortion within the vein of My Bloody Valentine but with an easier, more direct melodic approach. The shatteringly noisy, droning neo-psychedelia the music group performed was dubbed shoegazing from the English press …

A stridently political music group that came up in the mid-’80s and didn’t continue on high goals, Easterhouse’s early audio wasn’t unlike a combination between your Chameleons as well as the Smiths. In early stages, they gained the vocal adoration from the last mentioned group’s Morrissey, who without doubt discovered …