Detroit sisters Patti and Suzi Quatro decided to form The Pleasure Seekers after seeing The Beatles on American television in 1964. Their other sisters, Arlene and Nancy, also eventually…
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The Pleazers were a wild long-haired Australian R&B act, who evolved out of Brisbane’s Johnny & The G Men, then picked up a Kiwi vocal…
The Plimsouls, formed by singer/guitarist Peter Case in Los Angeles after ending The Nerves, were one of many groups sucked up by record-label power pop…
Poco was formed in 1968 by ex-Buffalo Springfield members Jim Messina and Richie Furay. They were joined by multi-instrumentalist Rusty Young, bassist Randy Meisner, and…
The Poets began life in 1962 when George Gallacher (vocals) joined forces with Hume Paton (lead & 12-string guitar), Tony Myles (rhythm guitar), John Dawson…
Shane MacGowan (pictured below right) conceived The Pogues as a two-fingered rejoinder to the prevailing synth-pop moods of the early 80s underground. It was to…
The Pointer Sisters began when sisters June and Bonnie Pointer, from Oakland, California, began performing in clubs in 1969. The line-up grew to a trio…
These Philly-born Nerf bangers (they hailed from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) – whose first two albums showcased a blissfully carefree marriage of Sixties bubblegum to Seventies glam…
Essex-based quartet Poison Girls formed during 1976 but – fronted by husky-voiced 40-something mother of two Vi Subversa (real name Francis Sokolov) – they were…
Originally known as Strontium 90, The Police was formed by American drummer Stewart Copeland in January 1977. Copeland (who had previously been in Curved Air) remembered Sting,…
Mark, Bruce and Gareth (band members were invariably referred to by their Christian names alone) formed The Pop Group in Bristol in 1977. They’d known…
This irreverent quartet from Stourbridge in the West Midlands, with a style best described as hardcore pop with psychedelic and metal overtones, began gigging around…
This Canadian psychedelic pop group initially comprised Susan Pesklevits and Terry Jacks (who married in 1967) and guitarist Craig McCaw. Satwant Singh was later introduced…
Porcelain Bus began in 1980 in Sydney (Australia) when guitarist Rob McKiernan, vocalist Ian James and bassist Paul Patrick got together while still in school.…
Pop star provocateur and entrepreneur Perry Farrell (real name Bernstein) started Jane’s Addiction in Los Angeles in 1986, dissolving the band shortly after 1990s Ritual de…
Formed around the nucleus of Ken Stringfellow and Jon Auer, The Posies emerged from Seattle in the late 1980s. Often compared to both The Hollies and Big Star, The…
San Mateo anglophiles Rich and Tom Martin pursued a different musical path to many after the Beatles epiphany they shared with millions of other American…
Feeling Duran Duran was becoming “a machine” the group agreed to take a year’s break in 1985. Members John (bass) and Andy (guitar) Taylor decided to create…
PP Arnold was born Patricia Ann Cole on 3 October 1946 in the South Central area of Los Angeles (then known as Watts). She joined…
After reading English at Newcastle, minister’s son Paddy McAloon formed Prefab Sprout with his girlfriend Wendy (“Smithy”) and his bass-playing younger brother Martin. The trio produced…
