Hard-rocking Australian band U-Turn formed in Sydney in 1976, comprising vocalist Chris Fitzgibbon (who was clearly influenced in the coiffure department by Rod Stewart), guitarists…
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In 1976, in response to a postcard on a notice board at Mount Temple High School in Dublin, Paul Hewson, David Evans, Adam Clayton and…
Making their live debut in a pub in Birmingham in 1979, UB40 was made up of reggae fans who had known each other since childhood.…
During the 1970s, UFO was one of the most popular heavy metal bands in the world, thanks in no small part to the blistering guitar work of…
Formed in the Scarborough district of Toronto, Canada, in 1965 and being big fans of The Rolling Stones, they called themselves The Strolling Bones but…
UK Decay were a gothic punk band from Luton, Bedfordshire, who had formerly been known as The Resistors. Singer/guitarist Steve ‘Abbo” Abbott, bassist Martyn ‘Segovia’ Smith and…
This London-based rowdy, boozy punk band was formed in 1976 by former R&B singer and hairdresser-by-day Charlie Harper, with Nicky Garratt (guitar), Paul Slack (bass)…
No other band in the select coterie of the New Romantics expanded beyond its initial frontiers as radically as the London-based Ultravox, whose early work bore all…
Taking their name from the Marvel comic of the same name, Uncanny X-Men was formed in 1981 in Melbourne (Australia), fronted by charismatic lead singer…
The Undertakers were one of the hardest-rocking Liverpool groups, although they were handicapped by the lack of songwriting ambition that hampered most Merseybeat outfits. More than any…
In 1975, five Londonderry friends began playing in local pubs as The Undertones. Remarkably, the line-up of Feargal Sharkey, Mickey Bradley, Billy Doherty and the…
One of the most popular intelligent techno acts to emerge during the genre’s ascendance during the 1990s, Underworld began life in the late 80s as…
The Undisputed Truth came into being after Bobby Taylor brought Billie Rae Calvin and Brenda Joyce to Motown as part of The Delicates. When The Delicates…
If Unicorn had come from California rather than Surrey their entry in the musical history books would have been substantially fatter. Chiefly remembered now through…
With his wholesome good looks and thick dark hair, Hertfordshire-lad Tommy Moeller had been a rival local attraction to another Cheshunt rock ‘n’ roller, Harry…
A registered Communist starts a band called The United States of America and lands a major label record deal before playing a single live gig?…
Formed in the downtown late 80s New York scene which threw up the likes of Pussy Galore, Cop Shoot Cop and Boss Hog, Unsane underwent…
Before California was swamped by a glut of ska-punk, The Untouchables ruled the roost. Emerging from Los Angeles suburb Silver Lake in 1981, they covered tracks…
Brisbane band Ups and Downs played a brand of ethereal, well-crafted, jangly guitar pop that called to mind Australian post-punk icons The Church. The bands’ influences…
Urge Overkill formed in Chicago in 1985 and made their full-length debut four years later with Jesus Urge Superstar, a heavy and riffcentric effort produced by…