Johnny Thunders (vocals, guitar) and Jerry Nolan (drums) had quit The New York Dolls and Richard Hell (vocals, bass) had been forced out of Television. The trio…
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Born in Jacksonville, Florida, on 20 April 1938, Johnny Tillotson was a teenage contributor on Radio W-WPF and on the television show The Toby Dowdy…
Frail Texan albino bluesman-turned-rock superstar-turned-mental hospital inmate Johnny Winter was born in Leland, Mississippi on 23 February 1944, but brought up in Beaumont, Texas. He…
Formed in 1982, and described as a cross between Marty Robbins and The Sex Pistols, Australian band The Johnnys dressed as cowboys – complete with Stetson…
Hailing from Wishaw and Shotts, two industrial towns on the edge of greater Glasgow, The Jolt’s first step on the road to world domination was…
Jon English emigrated to Australia from Essex, England, with his family in the 1960s. He launched his career with a garage band of schoolmates while…
Of all the artists who recorded for Stiff Records, Jona Lewie – born John G Lewis in Southampton – was probably the least well known,…
Now sadly perhaps best known for his extra-curricular activities with underage boys and his subsequent trial and prison term, former TV presenter and newspaper columnist…
Jonathan Richman was born in Boston on 16 May 1951. Raised in Needham, Massachusetts, he dropped out of school, whiled away some time in Andy Warhol’s formative…
Canterbury brothers Trevor and John Evan-Jones started playing music together at a very early age, and when their family emigrated to Australia in the early…
Joni James was born Giovanna Carmella Babbo to an Italian-American family in Chicago, Illinois, on 22 September 1930. Giovanna babysat and worked in a bakery…
Roberta Joan Anderson was born on 7 November 1943, in Fort Macleod in the prairie province of Alberta, Canada. She was the only child of William…
Formed in 1971, Jook were the brainchild of Sparks manager John Hewlett, who introduced guitarist Trevor White to singer-songwriter Ian Kimmett and recruited bassist Ian Hampton and…
By the release of 1981’s Escape, Journey had evolved into the ultimate American arena rock band, complete with clinical production and the finest collection of mullet…
Joy Division formed in Manchester, England, in January 1977 originally as The Stiff Kittens, then Warsaw. The name they finally settled on came from House of…
Joyce Harris was born in Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1939 and moved to New Orleans with her family when she was 13 years old. Harris…
Named after the Bob Dylan song The Ballad of Frankie Lee and Judas Priest and led by Tim Brooke-Taylor look-alike and openly gay biker dress-alike Rob…
Presented by David Geffen’s Asylum label as the archetypal singer-songstress of the period, Judee Sill’s background differed markedly from those of her self-absorbed peers. While…
As a former bouncer at Brixton’s Ram Jam club, Alexander Hughes met Prince Buster and Derrick Morgan. He also worked as a bodyguard and -…
Judy Collins was born in 1939 in Denver, Colorado, daughter of Chuck Collins, a blind, well-known radio personality in Denver and on the West Coast.…