Although these Massachusetts guitar-squallers were initially presented as a punkish proposition, they turned out to be a throwback – long-haired rockists who existed to showcase…
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San Francisco Bay Area supergroup The Dinosaurs formed in 1982. The band originally consisted of Peter Albin of Big Brother and the Holding Company, John Cipollina…
Formed after Ronnie James Dio’s departure from Black Sabbath, Dio’s first self-titled outfit featured the considerable talents of fellow Sabbath absconder Vinny Appice on drums,…
When punk first broke in 1976, Canadian band The Diodes (Paul Robinson, John Catto, Ian Mackay, John Hamilton and, later, Michael Lengyell) were in the…
Born in the Bronx area of New York on 18 July 1939, Dion Dimucci was hailed as one of the the finest singers of the…
Marie Dionne Warwick was born in East Orange, New Jersey in December 1941 (she is Whitney Houston’s cousin) and after going to music school and working…
In 1977, Mark Knopfler (who had been teaching English at Loughton in Essex) hooked up with his brother David and sociology student John Illsley (who…
Colin Swan and Geno Buckmaster had started out in a new wave band called The Exits. Influenced by Elvis Costello, they released just one single,…
This hard-rocking power pop trio from Staten Island, NY, (not to be confused with the 1980s hair metal band of the same name) formed in…
First published in 1958, Disc (renamed Disc and Music Echo in 1966) focussed on the music charts and was the first British music newspaper to feature…
The Discharge album Hear Nothing See Nothing Say Nothing (1982) contained the fiercest music ever heard when it was first released. Formed in 1977, their brutal assault…
Led by provocative singer Christina Amphlett, whose songwriting with guitarist Mark McEntee formed the basis of the band, the Australian band Divinyls recorded a wealth…
Sydney brothers Kieren and Brad Fitzpatrick were playing in a local punk band in 1979 when they placed an ad looking for a drummer on…
The Dixie Cups were three girls from New Orleans – sisters Rosa Lee and Barbara Ann Hawkins, and their cousin, Joan Marie Johnson. The girls…
One of the more respected Australian post-punk bands, Do-Ré-Mi formed in Sydney in 1981 and achieved a degree of success both at home in Australia…
Dobie Gray was born Lawrence Victor Ainsworth although this has been disputed and his name has also been listed as Leonard Victor Ainsworth and also…
London band Doctors of Madness were discovered and championed by Justin de Villeneuve, the man who discovered, managed and escorted Twiggy. Between 1975 and 1977,…
There was never a better time to be a big-haired hard rock band from Los Angeles than in 1987. Mötley Crüe were riding high with the…
Even by the standards of London punk in the mid-70s, Doll By Doll were a uniquely abrasive band – feared, loathed, and, by a few, fiercely…
Under the aegis of producer Trevor Horn, this UK singing duo were designed to appeal to much the same market as Guys ‘n’ Dolls (their old group) before,…