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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
The rise of the Indigo Girls in 1989 was a happy reaffirmation of the enduring appeal – and commercial viability – of intelligent acoustic-based music.…
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…
The Ink Spots were the inspiration for many black vocal groups of the 1950s – for The Ink Spots were black but had hits in…
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…
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…
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…
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…
