Formed in Montreal, Canada in 1980, Men Without Hats was the brainchild of American-born vocalist Ivan Doroschuk and Jérémie Arrobas, who created all the accompaniment…
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Daydreamer (1995) was the only song this short-lived band had in their arsenal when they started. It turned out to be the only one they would…
Utilising elements of rockabilly, rock and R&B combined with an energetic live act, Australian band Mental As Anything proved a lasting, popular live and recording…
MEO 245 (the name referred to the catalogue number of an obscure French pressing of a Beatles EP) formed in Tasmania (Australia) in the late…
This six-piece band from Buffalo, New York, burst onto the music scene in 1991 to critical acclaim for their enterprising mix of Pink Floyd and…
Merle Haggard and Johnny Cash both learned the value of prison at around the same time. For Cash it was the release of the two prison albums…
Merlin formed in late 1973 and released a self-titled album on CBS in 1974. The group also released a handful of singles – Put My…
The Merseybeats formed in 1961 as The Mavericks. After a short period as The Pacifics, they finally settled on The Merseybeats (at the suggestion of…
If the Merton Parkas had called their debut LP Just Another Face in the Neo-Mod Crowd, no further explanation would have been needed. This unmemorable group…
Born Merv Bonson in Preston, Victoria (Australia) on 12 August 1942, Merv grew up listening to the radio and became enraptured by the music of…
Formed by Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield in Los Angeles in 1981 and initially inspired by the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM), Metallica’s…
The Meteors were the first UK band to combine punk’s energy with raw 50s rockabilly and invent a new musical form – psychobilly. In the…
Though The Meters were never superstars, recording sessions with Dr John, Paul McCartney and Robert Palmer attested to the appreciation they were later afforded by…
Big on the Northern Soul scene but little-known outside of it, The Metros from Detroit honed their exquisite harmonies in their school’s bathroom and made…
Mi-Sex formed in New Zealand as a long-haired hippie pub band known as The Fragments Of Time. They moved to Australia in 1978 to try…
Michael Holliday was born Norman Alexander Milne in the Kirkdale district of Liverpool in November 1924 and began his singing career after winning an amateur…
The King of Pop is a lofty title for any person to live up to, but there’s no doubt that Michael Jackson was qualified. He had…
Michael Schenker joined his brother’s band, Scorpions in 1971. The group opened for UFO on one of their early German tours and UFO were impressed enough that they asked…
Michelle Shocked was born Karen Michelle Johnson in Dallas, Texas. She came to prominence in the 1980s as a rootsy, folk-influenced singer/songwriter who collaborated prolifically with musicians…
Mickey Baker was a music instructor and Sylvia Vanderpool one of his pupils when Baker was inspired to form the group by the success of…