A punk outfit formed in London in 1977 by vocalist Gene October. Original members Bill Broad (better known as Billy Idol) and Tony James swiftly…
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Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons first met at Manchester University, bonding over a shared love of old-school Hip Hop and My Bloody Valentine. The duo…
All Cherilyn Sarkisian wanted as a child was to be famous. Her mother, Georgia Holt – a sometime model and actress – encouraged her daughter’s…
The Cherokees formed in 1962 in Leeds, and, like many British bands at the time, they made several trips to Hamburg to play at clubs…
Brothers Leonard and Phil Chess immigrated to America in 1928 from Poland. In 1947 they bought out Aristocrat Records in Chicago, which they renamed Chess.…
Hailing from Rochester, New York, The Chesterfield Kings (named after a brand of unfiltered cigarette) began as a retro 1960s-inspired garage band evoking the sounds…
For a while, The Chesterfields’ charming, jolly guitar pop was very much in vogue. They were formed in Yeovil, Somerset, in the summer of 1984…
Chet Atkins was born Chester Burton Atkins in Luttrell, Tennessee, on 20 June 1924. His father was a music teacher who specialised in piano. He…
In the late 50s, Eugene Record and Robert ‘Squirrel’ Lester were performing in a singing group called The Chanteurs, while Creadel “Red” Jones and Marshall…
Chic formed in New York in 1977, primarily as a working unit for guitarist Nile Rodgers and bassist Bernard Edwards who had started out working…
The band originally played across the USA as Chicago Transit Authority, until legal action from the city’s transport company resulted in the shortened name. With…
Chicken Shack formed in Kidderminster, Worcestershire in 1967. They were a heavily blues-based rock band featuring Stan Webb, who has often been compared to Freddie…
As The Chicks, New Zealand sisters Judy Donaldson (born 1950) and Suzanne “Sue” Donaldson (born 1952) became a teenage pop sensation and one of the…
Chicory Tip formed at school in Maidstone, Kent, in 1969. They were originally called The Sonics but bass guitarist Barry Mayger saw a bottle of…
Doo-lang doo-lang! Four black teenagers from the Bronx, New York, took He’s So Fine to #1 early in 1963. Their sound was a haunting mixture of mid-50s vocalising…
Hailing from Yorkshire, Child was discovered in a village garage by businessman Michael Devere, who became the band’s manager. The group enjoyed their first chart…
In Chilli Willi and the Red Hot Peppers, Pub Rock revealed its hippie roots. Martin Stone, once the guitar lynchpin in much-touted London bands The Action and Mighty Baby, and…
Chilliwack formed in Vancouver, British Columbia (Canada) in 1970 from the ashes of a band called The Collectors. Named after a city east of Vancouver,…
This New Zealand guitar-pop band was formed in 1980 by singer, guitarist and songwriter Martin Phillipps from the remains of a school punk group. For…
Gary Daly and Eddie Lundon formed China Crisis in Liverpool after leaving school in 1979. Their first releases, African and White (1981) and Scream Down At…