Founded by the only constant mainstay, Kim Simmonds, Savoy Brown (originally The Savoy Brown Blues Band) saw some great players pass through their ranks, including…
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Saxon vocalist Peter “Biff” Byford is a Yorkshireman with strictly old-school values. Once photographed enjoying a cup of tea while his wife washed his car…
The Scaffold – the name comes from a Miles Davis LP, Lift To The Scaffold (Ascenseur pour l’échafaud) – were formed in 1965 by Liverpool poet Roger…
Australian band Scandal formed in Adelaide in February 1976 and by the end of the year had signed a deal with the Mushroom label. Comprising…
In May 1978, following the split of The Victims, James Baker formed The Scientists with singer-guitarist Kim Salmon, who had previously founded Perth’s first punk…
The Scorpions formed in Hanover, Germany, in 1971, and recorded their first album, Lonesome Crow, in Hamburg a little later. The band embarked on a gruelling…
Jalacy J. Hawkins was born in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1929. He spent his early years in an orphanage before enrolling at high school to study piano,…
The Screaming Blue Messiahs came preachin’ out of London in 1983 with a bible full of blues, rock ‘n’ roll, punk and pop, and a…
David Edward Sutch (formerly a plumber’s mate from Harrow) based his act on Screaming Jay Hawkins and presented his musical horror show around British clubs in the…
Formed in the Pacific Northwest in the mid-1980s before a musical movement even existed there, Screaming Trees embodied the post-punk and psychedelic elements that later…
The Screaming Tribesmen emerged from Brisbane (Australia) in 1981, from the remnants of two bands, The Fun Things and The 31st (these bands also provided…
After a conspicuous absence from the Australian music scene for two years, vocalist Johanna Pigott re-emerged in 1984 with Scribble. Apart from a brief stint…
Formed by Green Gartside and Tom Morley in the artsy, politicised milieu of Leeds University (Yorkshire) in 1977, with a name that combined Marxist namedrop…
Hailing from Memphis, Tennessee, The Scruffs’ easily filled the void left by The Raspberries and Big Star with their debut album, Wanna Meet The Scruffs? (1977). Their…
Jim Seals and Dash Crofts formed their musical partnership in the late 50s when, as teenagers, they went out on the road with The Champs…
One of the premier groups from the mid-60s Merseybeat explosion. Having previously backed Liverpool singer Johnny Sandon, they broke away and took their new name from the 1956 John…
Secret Affair formed in East London in 1978 and were one of the stars of the late 70’s Mod Revival movement, receiving early exposure by supporting The Jam in…
Blackpool-based experimental electronic rockers, Section 25 centred around brothers Vince and Larry Cassidy, who often supported Factory label-mates Joy Division on live dates during 1980. With Paul…
The Seeds formed in 1965 and comprised vocalist Sky Saxon, guitarist Jan Savage, keyboard player Daryl Hooper (who also played the bass parts on his…
This Australian quartet began life in 1963 with Keith Potger singing and playing the guitar and Athol Guy performing on bass. They toured the Melbourne coffee…
