Promises comprised three Canadian-born siblings, Leslie Knauer (vocals), Jed Knauer (guitar and keyboards) and Benjamin Knauer (keyboards and vocals). Their father Peter was originally from…
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The Proteens were a young Sydney band inspired by Sixties girl groups like The Ronettes and The Crystals. Their line-up featured three female lead singers…
Pseudo Echo was the first unrecorded band to appear on the influential Australian national music TV show, Countdown. They performed Listening in late 1983 and the song was…
The birth of the Psychedelic Furs came in 1977 when London art college student Richard Butler grew tired of silk-screening, persuaded his younger brother, Tim, to…
Psychic TV was formed by former Throbbing Gristle members Genesis P-Orridge and Peter ‘Sleazy’ Christopherson. Silver-tongued weavers of wonderful tales about their ‘Temple ov Psychick Youth’ and…
With early ties to The Hard-Ons (rhythm guitarist Jay ‘El Sicodelico’ Younie had been The Hard-Ons’ original lead singer; lead guitarist Vince ‘Grand Wizard’ Cuscuna had…
Replacing Run-DMC’s proto-bling with Afrocentric articulateness, Nation of Islam references, and anti-racist ire, Long Island’s hip-hop revolutionaries Public Enemy turned rap from a novelty into “CNN…
This Sheffield (Yorkshire) band formed in 1978 at The City School and played their first public gig at Rotherham Arts Centre in July 1980. In…
These country rock musicians from Ohio River Valley/Kentucky stock (named after the women’s temperance union in the Errol Flynn classic, Dodge City) released two albums – the…
A jug band put together by a bunch of Stockport art students and discovered by UFO Club owner Joe Boyd, their washboards, kazoos and harmonicas…
Dropping their shady punk past as The Sockets (not ‘Jack Plug & The Sockets’, contrary to popular belief) after honing their craft playing youth clubs…
Canadian band The Pursuit of Happiness was formed in 1985 by frontman Moe Berg and drummer Dave Gilby, who were soon joined by bassist Johnny…
Pussy Galore was an American garage rock band that formed in Washington, DC in 1985 and included the former drummer from Sonic Youth, Bob Bert.…
Dutch country and pop music group Pussycat featured the three Kowalczyk sisters – Toni, Betty and Marianne – two former telephone operators and a typist…
Mick Flinn had been a member of the Australian band The Mixtures from 1967 to 1972. The group scored consecutive #1 songs in Australia in…
Bonafide Long Beach surfers and Poly High students, The Pyramids, formed in 1961 The band scored a hit in 1964 with the single Penetration which…