Named after an 18th Century oil painting, this all-girl trio (consisting of the enigmatically named C-Bird, D-Bird and X-Bird) from London play lo-fi gothic post-rock. They have been compared with The Jesus And Mary Chain, Kim Gordon, the Ronettes, the Banshees, the Bad Seeds and The Shangri-Las
The Gravedigger V started as The Shamen by singer Leighton Koizumi, 16, and 15 yr old bassist Chris Gast, and included ace guitarist Ted Friedman, 16, punk-rock drummer, Matt, (last name and whereabouts unknown,) replaced by the spectacular drummer Dave Anderson. Rounding up this line-up of strange beings was enigmatic guitarist John Hanrattie. Informed at gig #1 that The Shamen was taken as a name, (by about a zillion bands worldwide), the group sat at Bob's Big Boy for hours coming up with a replacement name.
John Paul Hammond (born 13th November 1942), also known as "John Hammond Jr", is a blues singer and guitarist. He usually plays acoustic guitars and dobros and sings in a barrelhouse style. Since 1962, when he made his debut on Vanguard Records, Hammond has made 29 albums. In the 1990s he recorded for the Pointblank label. Hammond has earned one Grammy Award and been nominated for four others. He is the son of the legendary record producer John H. Hammond.
There are multiple bands with this name: 1) Monsters is a 3 piece instrumental band from West Palm Beach, Florida.
http://www.myspace.com/monstersband 2) Created in 2008, Monsters was a 5 piece Deathcore band from Chicago, Illinois. They broke up in april 2011.
http://www.myspace.com/monsterswarfare 3) Chiptune/Dubstep/Experimental artist from Nite Owl Records
Dragster is the name of two different bands. One the project of singer-songwriter Deborah Cavallero and Sleater-Kinney's Lora MacFarlane. The music is jangly pop, reminiscent of Jenny Toomey's older work. Dragster are also a Punk n Roll 5 Piece from Coventry, UK. With fast pounding drums, smooth guitar riffs and a growl from frontwoman Fi that'll blow you away (www.myspace.com/dragstersuicide)
Comanechi is a duo from London, UK featuring singer and drummer Akiko Matsuura and guitarist Simon Petrovitch. Akiko belting out train crash drumming while singing like an orgasmic out of control release, Petrovitch provides bowel loosening brutally heavy guitar riffs from behind his low slung fringe of hair. Shows with RTX, The Gossip, Coachwhips, Les Georges Leningrad, Hunches, Jackie -O Mother Fucker,
Multiple bands have used this name: 1. The Killjoys - a UK punk band (1977)
2. - The Killjoys - Australian
3. - The Killjoys - Canadian 1. The Killjoys were a British punk band which formed in 1977. The band released only one single, "Johnny Won't Get to Heaven". Their lead singer, Kevin Rowland, later formed Dexys Midnight Runners 2. Formed by Craig Pilkington and Anna Burley as a pop-folk group, from Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, received critical acclaim for their 1990 Album Ruby, include receiving an ARIA award for best independent release.
An onslaught of infectious garage-pop
