There are at least 7 bands called The Models The Models
1. One is a girl group from the 1960s, who relased a cover of "Bend Me, Shape Me" in 1966 2. The Models are Canadian group formed 1975. 3. The Models (credited also as Models) was a short-lived punk band formed in Harrow, London, England. It consisted in Cliff Fox on vocals and guitar, Marco Pirroni on guitar, Mick Allen on bass and Terry Day on drums.
1) Loop was a South London band founded in 1986 by Robert Hampson and his then wife, Bex. Loop's sound was characterized by strong krautrock and avant-garde influences in addition to the minimalist mayhem of The Stooges and MC5. Their songs were almost uniformly harsh and repetitive, with indecipherable vocals buried under layers of noisy guitar riffs and metronomic drumming. Some of the records featured covers of Suicide, The Pop Group and Can as bonus tracks.
FOLLOWING ON FROM THE RUTS
Ruts DC was the follow up name used by the surviving three members of The Ruts following the death of singer Malcolm Owen in 1980. They released two albums: Animal Now (a rock record on Virgin in 1981), and Rhythm Collision (a dub reggae record on their own imprint, Bohemian, in 1982, engineered by Mad Professor).
The band came to a halt in 1984 only once reforming to perform one now legendary gig at The Academy Islington on July 16th 2007.
The Volt are an indie/folk rock/pop four piece band from Bath. The current line-up, formed in the summer of 2007 is: Sam Brookes: Vocals/Ryhthm Guitar/Harmonica
Jack Kendrew: Lead Guitar/Bvox
Phoebe Phillips: Bass Guitar/Bvox
Domenico Bartolo: Drums Their influences include: Foals, Maximo Park, KT Tunstall, The Police, Paul Weller and Bloc Party The Volt won MTV's 'get seen, get heard' unsigned competition in 2008, recieving national air-play and recognition from Futureheads guitarist Ross Millards and The Subways frontman Billy Lunn.
John Joseph Travolta (born February 18, 1954) is an Academy Award-nominated American actor, singer, entertainer and aviator. He became known during the late 1970s, establishing a career as a leading Hollywood actor, and has subsequently continued appearing in major films, including his 1990s roles in Pulp Fiction and Get Shorty. Early life Travolta, the youngest of six children, was born in Englewood, New Jersey to Salvatore Travolta...
John Charles Waite, born on July 4, 1955, in Lancaster, Lancashire, England, is a rock singer. Waite has been a solo artist for most of his career but was first known as lead singer of The Babys a group which had moderate chart success but enjoyed a solid following for their concert tours. Shortly after the release of the Babys' fifth album "On the Edge" in October 1980 the group broke up. Waite launched his solo career with his 1982 album titled Ignition, which produced the hit single "Change" written by Holly Knight and included on the Vision Quest soundtrack.
Last Dance were one of six acts who featured on 4AD's first-ever compilation 12" Presage(s), released in September 1980. They promptly vanished into obscurity, though their track "Malignant Love" was resurrected for a full-length label compilation titled Natures Mortes – Still Lives, which was initially released on vinyl only in Japan, then eventually reissued as a mail-order CD. They are different from the more recent band The Last Dance.
There are three bands by the name of the Floor. One is a band based in Dundee, Scotland. Another is from Edmonton, Alberta foursome The Floor released a series of LP's and EP's culminating with Personnel, an extension of the band's flirtation with noise rock like Ride and the dance rock of Interpol and bands of that ilk. The band are on again off again, although they are opening for Trans Am in a few weeks, indicating the shoegazers are indeed on again. Floor is a sludge metal band from florida on no idea records and now has members in Torche
Formed in 1977 by Jim Kerr and Charlie Burchill, Simple Minds (hailing from Glasgow, Scotland) were previously known as Johnny And The Self Abusers. Under that name they released one single (Saints And Sinners) and played various live shows between February and November 1977 before they changed their name to Simple Minds. Simple Minds initially signed to Arista who recorded and released their first three albums.