Sometime in the mid-70s, Erick Lee Purkhiser of Stow, Ohio exchanged his given name for words he found in an automobile catalogue. Taking on the…
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Formed in 1990 in Limerick, Ireland, The Cranberries rose to fame with their first (and best) album when their earnest, Celtic-tinged shimmer struck the ear…
Somewhere between the morbid poundings of Bauhaus and film director Peter Greenaway at his most baroque lay a chilly quartet called Cranes. Jim Shaw (drummer and composer)…
This Canadian band evolved from a Winnipeg bar band called Bad Brad Roberts and the St. James Rhythm Pigs. Possessed of a highly-distinctive bass-baritone voice, vocalist/guitarist…
Crass was formed in 1978 by Steve Ignorant and Penny Rimbaud, who lived a commune-type life in a farmhouse called Dial House at North Weald near…
With his flaming headdress, pre-KISS facial makeup and wild dervish dancing, Arthur Brown was one of the most exotic characters on the 60s London underground scene.…
Garage punk band Crazyhead formed in 1986 in Leicester, England, and the music press almost immediately lumped them under the banner of ‘grebo rock’. The…
Having had successful stints in The Yardbirds and John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers, Eric Clapton (Born Eric Clapp) formed Cream with Jack Bruce (ex-Manfred Mann) and Ginger Baker (who had played…
Formed in 1966, The Creation were the innovative wild men of rock onstage. Guitarist Eddie Phillips pummelled his guitar with a violin bow way before…
John Fogerty was only 14 years old when he formed The Blue Velvets, a mostly instrumental band, with two Portola Junior High school friends -…
American doo-wop group The Crests was formed by bass vocalist Jay Carter in the mid-1950s. The group included Talmadge “Tommy” Gough, Harold “Chico” Torres and…
The Cretones were a Los Angeles-based new wave and power pop group in the early 1980s. Led by singer/guitarist Mark Goldenberg (who also wrote the…
The song Sh-Boom was originally recorded early in 1954 by The Chords. But it was the version by Canadian quartet The Crew Cuts (released later the same…
Despite roots dating back as far as 1978, Australia’s Crime & the City Solution did not truly emerge until 1984, coming to life in the…
Crispian St Peters was born Robin Peter Smith in Swanley, Kent. After his National Service, he formed a band called The Beat Formula Three and met manager…
The Critters formed in Plainfield, New Jersey, in 1964 when singer-guitarist Don Ciccone joined a local group named The Vibratones, and the band renamed themselves…
Hailing from Stoke Newington in London, The Crooks had a lengthy residency at The Pegasus in Green Lanes – and wore mainly rugby shirts and…
In 1969, while Neil Young was laying the foundation for a solo career, his Buffalo Springfield partner Steven Stills was playing and recording with former Byrd David Crosby and Graham…
Neil Finn – a native of Te Awamutu, a small town in the volcanic region of New Zealand – decided to form what would become…
This American garage rock and sunshine pop band formed in Hinsdale, Illinois (a western suburb of Chicago) in 1966. They were the first Chicago rock group…