The Polyphonic Spree are a psychedelic pop group which formed in 2000 in Dallas, Texas, United States. The band's core members are Tim DeLaughter (lead vocals, guitar), Mark Pirro (bass) and Bryan Wakeland (drums), all former members of the alternative rock band Tripping Daisy. The band also contains 5 backing vocalists and 12 musicians. The band's lineup has generally been stable since their formation.
There are at least four artists named Erika. 1) Erika De Bonis is an Italian dance singer better known for her popular song I Don't Know. Erika's first releases were under the label of Rossano Prini A&R SPY records. The young Italian artist became famous when she released the song Relations. This track jumped to No. 1 on all Italian charts in the first half of 2001. Erika released some other tracks that became very popular in dance clubs: Right or Wrong and Ditto. She is the sister of Magic Box. Erika's Official Myspace is myspace.com/erikapop
The Jets is the name shared by an American dancepop band and a Dutch band that started as an instrumental rock 'n rollband in the early '60s.
American: Biography by Greg Prato & Steve Huey Eighties teenyboppers the Jets came from an extremely large family (17 children overall) and were comprised of eight of the family's brothers and sisters Leroy, Eddie, Eugene, Haini, Rudy, Kathi, Elizabeth, and Moana Wolfgramm (their parents originally emigrated to the U.S. from the South Pacific nation of Tonga, in 1965, but their offspring were raised in Minneapolis).
Close II You was een Nederlandse meidengroep. De groep werd in 1996 bij elkaar gezocht door de producers Eeg van Kruysdijk en Ed van Otterdijk door middel van audities. In augustus van dat jaar scoren Natascha Scheffers, Sascha Koninkx, Nadja Nooijen, Sally Flissinger en Marsha van de Berg hun eerste hit met Nice & nasty. De groep wordt al gauw gezien als de Nederlandse tegenhanger van de Spice Girls.
Vito Lucente, better known as Junior Jack, is a house music producer and DJ, born in Italy, but resident in Belgium. He is better known for the singles "My Feeling", "Thrill Me (Such A Thrill)", "E Samba", "Stupidisco" and "Da Hype", the latter featuring vocals by Robert Smith from The Cure. Lucente has also worked with disco artist Oliver Cheatham under the name Room 5, achieving the #1 in the UK's Top 40 charts and the European Dance Charts with the single "Make Luv", a remake of Cheatham's "(Get Down) Saturday Night".
Gordon had several entries on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart in the 1990s, including three that reached #1. She also had major hits UK pop with the song "Happenin' All Over Again" written and produced by Stock Aitken Waterman, which reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart in 1990, and had originally been written for Donna Summer. Subsequent singles did less well there (although two reached the Top 40.
Chik Budo are a 5 piece band from South London created in 2005 by Producer Dan Hahn and Saxophonist Colin Webster. They are nearly 4 years old. Chik Budo are:
Aki Fujimoto: Drums
Chris Williams: Alto Sax & Keys
Colin Webster: Tenor Sax & Keys
Dan Hahn: Bass, Keys, Synths, Voices & Machines
Hiroko Ohashi: Synths, Keys & Voices Chik Budo make a loud jubilant sound that pulls in a range of influences from Punk to Disco and House, laced with a dose of dissonant squalling Saxophones and all meters firmly in the red.
The year was 1978 - The hands of America were glued to an Atari joystick, Olivia Newton-John became every boy's fantasy in Grease, and rock n' roll got kissed by seductive synth beats. For music, it was an era of contradiction in the best possible way. New wave, punk and disco may have had their own fervent -and very separate- followings, but they had more in common than each cared to admit. “People weren't afraid to have bad haircuts, or wear day glow or sing about ants invading," says singer/songwriter Susan Hyatt - the steamy yet strong female presence of Stimulator.