Variations
Variations were a French hard rock outfit of the early 70s, initially taking their cues mostly from Led Zeppelin. They later became Les Variations and
adopted a more mainstream/pop approach.
The Volunteers
There is more than one artist with this name. 1. Hardcore punk band from Bury, UK. 1. A Celtic-American rock band from Miami, Florida. 2. An indie rock band based in Brooklyn, New York. 3. A trance project by Stevie Be Zet & Dag Lerner (also known as DJ Dag).
Alex Taylor
There are several artists with this name: 1) An American singer-songwriter.
2) A British journalist and radio presenter who works in France.
3) An UK based singer/songwriter. 1) Alex Taylor was an American singer-songwriter. Taylor was the child of Dr. Isaac Taylor and Gertrude Taylor. Taylor was a member of a family which produced a number of singers, the most famous of whom being James, but also includes Livingston, Hugh and Kate. Taylor had two sons, Edward and James. His son James is the namesake of his brother and inspired his brother James' 1970 hit "Sweet Baby James.
Pauline Henry
Pauline Henry was born on 29th January 1961, in Edinburgh. Pauline was part of The Chimes who were a successful dance music trio from Scotland, along with Mike Peden and James Locke. They are best known for their hits "Heaven" and a remake of U2's "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For," which became a UK Top Ten hit. Bono from U2 famously commented that the Chimes' cover of their hit "I Still Haven't Found What Im Looking For" was the "only cover version he had heard that he enjoyed and did the original justice".
Syke
Cracked Actor
Shane Alexander
L.A.-based solo artist Shane Alexander is back with Stargazer, the follow up album to his critically acclaimed 2005 independent release, The Middle Way.
The new album, produced by Heroes & Villains, features some of Los Angeles' most respected musicians
Disaster Area
Disaster Area were a skate punk band from Berlin, Germany. Disaster Area is also an up-and-coming power metal band from Melbourne, Australia. Disaster Area are a glam rock/metal band from Scotland, featuring members of Common Gods and Whyte Tiger. Likely named for the "plutonium rock" band of the same name in Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, which was described as "not only the loudest rock band in the Universe, but in fact the loudest noise of any kind at all".
Black Math
With their drum-machine-powered, infectious fuzzed-out goth, Black Math bring to mind the Jesus and Mary Chain (or, if you ask them, Siouxsie and the Banshees), but with more layers to pick apart. Xina’s vocals float like the open sky above dark clouds, and she plays the cello! Jimmy’s synth and sharp drum patterns bring a shadowy dark-wave element, while Andrew’s wall-of-sound guitar harkens back to the aforementioned 1980s shoegazers.