Artists - I
I Spit On Your Gravy
I Spit on Your Gravy formed in 1983 in Melbourne, Australia.
In February 1985 the group issued their debut six-track EP, St Kilda's Alright, which included a ten-page booklet entitled "Suck This Fred Nile" (the founder...
I’m Talking
Vocalist Kate Ceberano left school at 14 determined to become a professional singer and, within two years, her tenacity and talent saw her established as a much sought-after session singer.
In 1983, her growing reputation brought...
Ian ‘Molly’ Meldrum
Ian Meldrum was born on a ship outside the port of Aden, South Yemen.
During 1966 and 1967, Meldrum worked as a mimer on the Australian television programme Kommotion.
He then worked as a journalist for Aussie rock...
Ian & The Zodiacs
Relatively few Britons had heard of a place called Crosby, eight miles from the centre of Liverpool, before the 1981 by-election that swept Shirley Williams to victory, but twenty years earlier it was a base...
Ian Dury (& The Blockheads)
With or without his backing band The Blockheads, Ian Dury was a formidable performer in the early days of punk's metamorphosis into New Wave.
A pub rock veteran who started out as a member of the much-loved but barely...
Ian Gillan Band, The/Gillan
The Ian Gillan Band formed in London in the mid-70s after Ian Gillan left Deep Purple, a band he fronted between July 1969 and mid-1973. Gillan spent a year out of the rock business after...
Ian Gomm
Ian Robert Gomm was born on 28 March 1947 in Chiswick, West London.
Beginning his musical career in the early 60s in a band called Unit 4, Gomm joined Pub Rock superstars Brinsley Schwarz in 1971.
After...
Icehouse
Icehouse came into being when Australian group Flowers signed a global recording deal with Chrysalis Records and were compelled to change their name in 1981 for legal reasons - a number of bands called 'Flowers' already...
Icicle Works, The
The Icicle Works formed in Liverpool in 1980 when bassist Chris Layhe answered an advertisement for a musical collaborator placed by 20-year-old Ian McNabb. The two got together and started writing and in 1981 recorded...
Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop was born James Newell Osterberg in 1947. He adopted the name 'Iggy' after drumming with a Detroit punk band called The Iguanas.
In 1966 Iggy Pop saw The Doors at his local Detroit bar. "I loved...
Ike & Tina Turner
Born in 1931 in Clarksdale, Mississippi, Ike Turner played as a session guitarist and pianist with many renowned musicians including BB King, Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters and Willie Dixon.
In 1951, at the age of 19, he wrote what some music...
Impalas, The
The Impalas formed in 1958 in Brooklyn, New York, with Tony Carlucci singing first tenor, Lenny Renda singing second tenor, and Richard Wagner singing baritone.
They began practising in the back room of a candy store and...
Incredible String Band, The
Born in the folk clubs of Edinburgh, the unique duo of Robin Williamson and Mike Heron appeared to inhabit a parallel universe in which Tennyson's The Lady Of Shalott was a Top 20 single in 1967.
Williamson and...
Indigo Girls
The rise of the Indigo Girls in 1989 was a happy reaffirmation of the enduring appeal - and commercial viability - of intelligent acoustic-based music.
It didn't hurt the Indigo Girls - Atlanta natives Amy Ray and...
Infa-Riot
Infa-Riot was originally formed in late 1979 by vocalist Lee Wilson and his bass playing brother Floyd together with guitarist Barry Damery and drummer Mark Reynolds.
Their first gig was supporting The Angelic Upstarts in a North London...
Ink Spots, The
The Ink Spots were the inspiration for many black vocal groups of the 1950s - for The Ink Spots were black but had hits in the white charts.
They sang in close harmony with a light...
Inmates, The
This British R&B-band was formed in London in 1979 by Peter Staines (guitar, vocals), Bill Hurley (vocals), Tony Oliver (guitar), Jim Russell (drums) and Ben Donelly (bass).
The Inmates were part of the British pub rock scene and...
Innocents, The
When Tasmanian group Beathoven, relocated to Melbourne in 1977 they were "discovered" by American rock svengali Kim Fowley, who was so impressed with the group that he produced some tracks and made them change their name...
Inspiral Carpets
Formed initially as The Furs in Manchester, England, by schoolboy Graham Lambert. He was joined in the mid-80s by Stephen Holt, Tony Welsh and Chris Goodwin.
In 1986, now called The Inspiral Carpets, they replaced Goodwin...
Introverts, The
Originally formed from the ashes of an outfit called The Fine Tuners - around a line-up of Greg Noyes (vocals), Chris Vaughan (guitar), Trevor Conomy (bass) and Kris Svendsen (drums) - The Introverts held a...
