Original Mirrors formed in Liverpool in 1980, following the demise of vocalist Steve Allen’s art rock group, Deaf School, where he performed under the more exotic…
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The experimental psych rock of Os Mutantes was an anomaly in late 60s Brazil – this was, after all, a country entering a brutal military…
Osibisa (the name is Akan dialect for criss-cross rhythms) were from the real heart. Four were from Africa, three from the West Indies. On the…
The singing Osmond siblings from Utah – Alan, Wayne, Merrill, Jay and Donny – had been performing together for nearly 10 years before they caught…
Hailing from Macon, Georgia, Otis Redding began his singing career when he won fifteen straight Sunday night talent shows in Macon. He joined Stax in 1962 and…
Seminal blues guitarist Otis Rush was born near Philadelphia and learned his instrument from listening to blues on the radio. Whilst visiting his sister in…
Born and raised In Liverpool, England, Our Kid was discovered by Francis Davis, who first saw them singing individually in talent shows. He teamed up…
The Outcasts place in Northern Irish punk history was immortalised in the 2012 film Good Vibrations, about the infamous Belfast record label that was in the…
The Outfield formed in East London and began recording during the mid-1980s. In 1986, their single Your Love went into heavy rotation on MTV, sending…
Southern country rock guitar band The Outlaws hailed from Tampa, Florida and were born in seedy bars where the patrons cared more about the beer than…
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The Ozark Mountain Daredevils were an almost confusing cross between commercial rock of the slickest variety and a genuine down-home rustic mixture of soft-country and…
Born on 3 December 1948, John Michael Osbourne grew up in a large family. At 16 he became a mod. Not because of any deep…