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This Midwestern power pop quintet (keyboardist Dave Hearn, guitarists Dave Steen, and Kirk Kaufman, bassist Frank Wiewel, and drummer Larry Adams) came built with four strong songwriters/vocalists fighting for room on each of their two long players (only drummer Adams sat from the songwriting duties). Through the span of two …

Very few people remember Splinter, which really is a shame on several counts. To begin with, their audio — an amalgam of mainstream electrical rock and roll with pop and folk components, surprisingly comparable to Badfinger — was intrinsically satisfying and produced them one of the most pleasing and appealing …

Israeli singer/songwriter/keyboardist Timid Nobleman plays varied psychedelic-style music with solid echoes of varied ’60s psychedelic subgenres, using strings and brass furthermore to standard rock and roll instrumentation. His debut recording, How to Become Shy, arrived in 2001.

English guitarist and singer/songwriter Dave Mason produced his preliminary splash as an integral member, alongside Steve Winwood, from the beloved ’60s rock-band Visitors, penning among their biggest tunes, “Feelin’ FINE.” After a short stint using the music group, he grew restless and still left to go after his own eyesight. …

Todd Rundgren’s best-known music — the Carole Ruler pastiche “We Found the Light,” the ballads “Hi there, It’s Me personally” and “May We BE Friends,” as well as the goofy novelty “Bang for the Drum ALL DAY LONG” — claim that he’s a talented pop craftsman, but only that. Using …

American singer/songwriter Brian Christinzio — better referred to as BC Camplight — received popular acclaim for his one-man band undertake traditional pop songwriting. He was located in Philadelphia, where he composed a lot of his 2005 debut record, Hide, TRY TO ESCAPE, despite coming near abandoning his musical task when …

Stardom was handed to him with Something/Anything?, but Todd Rundgren turned down it. He wished to explore brand-new musical territory rather, and his travels led him to create Utopia in 1974. Originally, Utopia was a prog rock and roll septet offering three keyboardists, but as the ’70s advanced, the group …

Not only is it a long-standing person in Todd Rundgren’s progressive/fresh wave outfit Utopia, keyboardist/synthesizer participant Roger Powell has issued many single albums by himself, and lent his skills for some of the largest titles of ’70s rock and roll. Powell debuted in 1973 with an overlooked single launch, Cosmic …

Guitarist Les Dudek offers played with a few of rock and roll and pop’s biggest brands (Stevie Nicks, Steve Miller, Dave Mason, Cher, Boz Scaggs, as well as the Allman Brothers Music group, amongst others), furthermore to issuing single albums by himself. Created on August 2, 1952, in Rhode Isle, …

An eclectic singer, songwriter, and performer, Lee Michaels produced music that had the physical impact of hard rock and roll, the creative ambition of psychedelia and progressive rock and roll, and the interest and grit of tempo & blues, the last mentioned facet reinforced by Michaels’ vocals, that could golf …