The Buggles was ostensibly bass-playing production titan Trevor Horn, joined by keyboardist Geoff Downes and Bruce Woolley. The three began recording a selection of demos…
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Schism and sackings in the Dexys Midnight Runners camp in 1980 led to the formation of The Bureau and their brilliant debut single, Only For Sheep. Keyboard player…
Winston Rodney was born in St Ann’s Parish, Jamaica, where civil rights leader Marcus Garvey was born in 1887, some 58 years previously. The experience…
The Business hailed from Lewisham in South London and along with Sham 69, Cockney Rejects, and Angelic Upstarts became one of the prime movers in the post-Pistols British…
Teenagers Peter Leay (guitar/vocals), Kevin Roberts (bass) and Les Brians (drums) met at comprehensive school in Wallasey, Liverpool, and formed a band called The New Attraction with…
Singer and harmonica player Paul Butterfield headed up his Chicago-based Blues Band, accompanied by ace guitarist Mike Bloomfield. They recorded their first album for Elektra…
Given they spent the last few decades plumbing new depths of musical blandness embracing the corporate dollar, it’s hard to imagine drug-crazed Texans Butthole Surfers…
Buzzcocks was formed in Manchester in 1975 by guitarist/singer Pete Shelley (real name Peter McNeish) and singer Howard Devoto (real name Howard Trafford). They shared…
In 1964, Jim (later Roger) McGuinn, David Crosby and Gene Clark began playing folk music in coffee houses around Los Angeles, calling themselves The Jet…