Max’s Kansas City was a New York bar, restaurant, club and trendy hangout where such acts as the Velvet Underground and the New York Dolls got their start. It…
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Dubbed “the girl who invented soul” this South Carolina-born singer with the heart-stopping voice scored from the off with her 1960’s self-penned debut All In…
From 1984 to 1987, songwriter/guitarist David Roback – already known for his work in Rain Parade – and Kendra Smith, the former bass player for the…
The release of Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em, the second album by an ex-Navy officer from California, proved to be a touchstone moment. Born Stanley Kirk…
Formed in Lincoln Park, Michigan, in 1965, The MC5 (Motor City Five) rode to fame on a wave of revolutionary hysteria. The band never failed…
Rick D Zehringer started a group called The McCoys in Union City, Indiana, but later changed their name to The Rick Z Combo. When they…
McGuinness Flint was formed in 1969 by Tom McGuinness (ex-Manfred Mann) and Hughie Flint (ex-John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers). Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle from Largs in…
Who would expect a Canadian actor to be working with a British South Coast rock band, a country blues guitarist and a Scottish soul singer?…
Born Marvin Lee Aday in Dallas, Texas in 1951, Meat Loaf has provided various explanations for his unusual stage name – most commonly that it…
Curt Kirkwood was born on 10 January 1959, his brother Cris less than two years later, on 22 October 1960. The brothers were born in…
Medicine Head (ostensibly a duo comprising John Fiddler and Peter Hope Evans) formed in Stafford in 1968 and came to prominence when championed by influential…
This English indie band formed in Farnborough, Hampshire, in 1987 and initially consisted of guitarist and vocalist Darren “Wiz” Brown, his brother and rhythm guitarist…
With a childhood spent moving from place to place, dodging his estranged father, living in his own apartment and selling drugs at the age of…
The Mekons formed in late 1976 around a core of fine art students from Leeds University including Jon Langford and Tom Greenhalgh. Fired up by…
Melanie Safka was born on 3 February 1947 in Astoria, Long Island, New York, of Ukrainian/Italian parentage. Her rise to stardom reads like a modern-day…
Irish folk-rock group Mellow Candle originally came together as three singing teenage girlfriends from a Dublin convent school – Alison Bools, Clodagh Simonds and Mariah…
The Members formed in London’s commuter suburb of Camberley, Surrey, in the winter of 1976. Nicky Tesco (born Nicholas Lightowlers), a political science graduate working…
Formed in 1977, this UK punk group was based in the seaside town of Blackpool – later immortalised as Tatty Seaside Town. Founder and bassist John…
Singer/songwriter Colin Hay grew up in a town on the west coast of Scotland called Saltcoats, where his father owned a music store. In 1967,…
Busking in Shepherd’s Bush, Welsh singer Stefan Cush met up with bassist Shanne Hasler (who had been in The Nips (Nipple Erectors) with The Pogues’…