Mark Adams
Singer song writer & multi-instrumentalist Mark Adams aka Duke was born & bred in the West End on Newcastle, in his teens Mark let rip with a passion for the golden age of rock n
Singer song writer & multi-instrumentalist Mark Adams aka Duke was born & bred in the West End on Newcastle, in his teens Mark let rip with a passion for the golden age of rock n
Thomas Dolby is one of the great legends of electronic music. His career as a solo artist includes two of the most unique and recognizable hits of the genre, She Blinded Me With Science and Hyperactive!. Dolby promoted himself as a kind of mad scientist, an egghead that had successfully harnessed the power of synthesizers and samplers, using them to make catchy pop and electro-funk. Before he launched his solo career...
The Postal Service is an indie electropop band based in Seattle, Washington, United States, which started life as a side project for singer Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and producer Jimmy Tamborello of Dntel, Headset and Figurine. The group formed, in 2001, after Gibbard contributed vocals for a song on Dntel's album Life Is Full of Possibilities called (This Is) The Dream of Evan and Chan.
There are 7 artists with this name: 1) King was a British new wave pop band of the mid-80s.
2) King is a Canadian black metal band.
3) King is a symphonic death metal band of Slovakia.
4) King is a Japanese all-female hip-hop group.
5) King is a Japanese rock band.
6) King is an American metal band.
7) King was an English punk rock band in 1978. 1) King was an England-based band which was formed in 1983 after the break-up of ska revivalists the Reluctant Stereotypes of which Paul King (vocals) was a member.
There are at least 4 artists called "Din."
1. The original "DIN" is the brainchild of "Pupka Frey," formerly of the groups Digital Poodle, Kinder Atom and Rational Youth.
Throughout the 1990s he released three albums and one vinyl 12" on labels such as DOVe, Ninja Tune, Cleopatra and Hypnobeat/Hyperium. The music on these albums is difficult to pigeonhole, but is generally an eclectic mix of spacey, synthesized, often up-beat, frequently all-instrumental music. Copies of his out-of-print 12" sell for as high as 180 Euros.
Sam Brown (born 7 October 1964, in Stratford, London, UK) is an English Jazz and R&B singer. Her father was pop guitarist Joe Brown and her mother was a popular backing singer Vicki Brown. She appeared as singer with the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, and in 1977 she was a backing singer on the Small Faces' final album in the shade. Later, together with her mother as The Lillettes, she was a backing singer on Steve Marriott's Packet of Three: Live.
Read more about Sam Brown on Last.fm.
Y&T (originally known as Yesterday & Today) is an American hard rock/heavy metal formed in 1974, Oakland. They hail from the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. The band released two studio albums on London Records as Yesterday & Today in the 1970s, before shortening their name to Y&T and releasing several albums on A&M Records beginning in 1981, as well as albums on Geffen Records, Avex Records, and others. The band was originally co-managed by Herbie Herbert (who also managed Journey) and Louis "Lou" Bramy. The band has sold over 4 million albums worldwide to date.
-- Not to be confused with the Spanish band The Gurus Hoodoo Gurus (sometimes just shortened to 'Gurus') are an Australian rock band which used influences from seventies power pop, bubblegum pop, Beatle-esque harmonies, psychedelia and grungy garage rock. They formed in Sydney in 1981. Dave Faulkner, Rod Radalj and James Baker were originally from Perth. Baker and Radalj were original members of The Scientists, Faulkner and Baker were also members of The Victims in 1977-79.
Shrinking Violets were a band from Sydney, Australia, active from 1987 to 1991. Influenced by 60s psychedelic pop and 80s jangle, they recorded for Phantom Records. Members * Marcus Clement: Vocals, Guitar
* Julian Knowles: Guitars, Vocals, Keyboards (see Even as We Speak, Big Heavy Stuff)
* Barry 'Fuzz' Hayes: Bass, Vocals
* Andrew Clement: Drums (See Other Voices) Discography * 7" Vinyl Single (Purple Vinyl): Everything b/w She Said - Phantom Records 1988
* 12" Vinyl Album (Yellow Vinyl): Mask - Phantom Records 1989
No Use for a Name (often abbreviated NUFAN) is a punk rock band from San Jose, California. They were formed in 1987 by Tony Sly and Rory Koff. The band is highly praised in the skate punk and hardcore scenes, though their sound has evolved considerably through the years, taking on a much lighter and poppier brand of melodic punk. NUFAN's debut album, Incognito, was released in 1990 through New Red Archives.