There are multiple artists with this name (none of which are to be confused with the group Classic): 1. The Classics was a British power pop/new wave group that was under Elton John's private label Rocket Records.
There are three artists with this name: 1 - The Jacks were a 1960s Japanese psychedelic rock group who released their most well known album Vacant World in 1968. Though internationally obscure, they were successful in Japan. Vacant World is widely seen as one of the most important Japanese rock albums of the era. Their song 'Karappo no Sekai' (Vacant World) was famously banned from Japanese airwaves due to lyrical content. Though the Jacks' musical legacy carried on in Japan, their career was quite short, disbanding shortly after the release of their 1969 album No Kiseki (Super Session).
Since forming in Los Angeles in 2005, Shields have created a uniquely vivid offshoot of the 1990s’ ‘Shoegaze’ sound (My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver, Ride etc.,) focusing on accessible melody and song craft rather than burying themselves beneath swirling effects. Always dynamic, Shields juxtapose crystalline lead lines and introspective melodic vocals with vast guitar-drenched barrages of sound fueled by adrenalized drumming.
The Drifters are a long-lived american doo wop r&b Pop(tag) band, originally formed by Clyde McPhatter (of Billy Ward & The Dominoes) in 1953. There have been over 60 members since 1953. www.theofficialdrifters.com shows the current lineup and tour dates. The original Drifters Ahmet Ertegün of Atlantic Records approached Clyde McPhatter after he left The Dominoes and signed him. McPhatter first recruited several members of his former group...
