This surf music girl-group trio included Brian Wilson’s wife-to-be Marilyn, her sister Diane Rovell, and their cousin Ginger Blake. None of their three 1963 released…
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I first saw Le Hoodoo Gurus at some shitty little pub in Surry Hills – an inner-city suburb of Sydney – in 1982. There were…
With Phil Lynott and Rory Gallagher seeking their fortune in London, Horslips were the beginning and end of 1970s Irish rock. Indeed, they were virtually…
This highly commercial UK pop act was formed in Brixton, London, by percussionist Patrick Olive, guitarist Franklyn De Allie and drummer Ian King. Jamaican-born songwriter/vocalist…
Jefferson Airplane’s ferocious guitar/bass pairing Jorma Kaukonen and Jack Casady formed Hot Tuna as a sideline in 1969 to syphon off their musical excesses. They…
Throughout the 80s, the members of the Irish band Hothouse Flowers made their living busking on the streets of Dublin (Liam O’Maonlai and Fiachna O’Braonain performed…
The House Of Love were a strange union between thirtysomething Guy Chadwick – a seen-it-all bedsit poet-cum-songwriter who’d already spent a decade in failed groups…
Paul Heaton (vocals, guitar) formed The Housemartins in Hull (Yorkshire) with Ted Key (bass), Stan Cullimore (guitar), and Hugh Whitaker (drums) in 1984. The group…
High Wycombe School music teacher and part-time rock band member (he was briefly in a Canadian prog rock band called Warrior) Howard Jones paid for his…
Saxophonist Howie Casey formed The Seniors in Liverpool in 1959, and they started gigging as Derry & The Seniors, with frontman Derry Wilkie. The group…
Chester Arthur Burnett was born in Mississippi on 10 June 1910 and began singing the blues while working on a plantation, after being thrown out…
Drummer John Ford and Bassist Richard Hudson left The Strawbs in 1973 to form their own band, with Hud moving to guitar. The pair -…
Brothers Pat and Greg Kane formed pop duo Hue & Cry in Coatbridge, Scotland, in 1983. Their first single Here Comes Everybody was released on…
It makes sense that San Francisco sextet Huey Lewis & The News were one of the most popular American bands of the 80’s. Huey (real name…
The Hullaballoos formed in Hull (hence their name) in August 1964 after working for several years under the name of Ricky Knight and The Crusaders.…
A lead singer with pierced nipples and half a head of hair, and two bits of Sheffield totty, discovered dancing in a disco. The band…
Hard-rock combo Humble Pie formed in London in 1969 when Peter Frampton left The Herd and Steve Marriott quit The Small Faces. Having met in Paris while doing…
Formed in Sydney, Australia, in 1986, The Hummingbirds comprised singer/guitarist (and principal songwriter) Simon Holmes, singer/guitarist Alannah Russack, singer/bassist Robyn St Clare and drummer Mark…
Hunters and Collectors formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1981, fronted by singer-songwriter and guitarist Mark Seymour and taking their name from a song by the…
One of the defining moments of Australia’s 1970s pop legacy was undoubtedly Hush performing Bony Moronie on Countdown. This updated version of the old Larry Williams rocker was…