On 15 August 1990, an unnamed band played its first gig at the Honeysuckle pub in Poolstock, Wigan. It would be six months before they…
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One of the great myths in rock & roll is that only serious, dedicated musicians can make great records; a philosophical tract dictating that great…
This Bristol punk band formed in late 1978 and was fronted by blonde vocalist Beki Bondage (real name Rebecca Louise Bond), who became for a…
Part clever concept, part exaggerated camp act, the Village People were worldwide sensations during disco’s heyday and seemed to keep reviving like the phoenix. French disco…
Vince Eager (born Roy Taylor on 4 June 1940 in Grantham, Lincolnshire) was a self-confessed “turnip wrangler from the Redneck Riviera” until he was inflamed…
Born on 16 April 1934 in Holbrooks, Coventry, Vince Hill worked as an apprentice baker, a truck driver, and a coal miner at Coventry Colliery…
There was a time when I thought I hated Jazz. I hadn’t listened to anything worth a second listen and Dixieland really got up my…
Vince Taylor was born Brian Maurice Holden on 14 July 1939 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England. With few post-war prospects on offer, the family moved to…
Vinegar Joe formed in late 1971 out of the ashes of jazz-fusion combo Dada, who had released a single album for Atlantic Records the previous…
The Vines formed in Sydney, Australia, in 1994 when co-founders Craig Nicholls (vocals/guitar) and Patrick Matthews (bass) met while working together at a local McDonald’s.…
With their geeky, nervous folk-pop, Violent Femmes became one of the biggest cult bands of the 1980s. They formed in the early 80s in Milwaukee,…
The Vipers Skiffle Group, featuring a young singer called Wally Whyton, became the first group to earn a residency at the famous 2i’s coffee bar in London’s…
The Prunes’ arty experimental approach to their Irish proto-goth rock was alternately funny (albeit unintentionally) and harrowing. Not as aggressive as they were melodic, Virgin…
Poster boys for the New Romantic movement until Spandau Ballet and Duran Duran came along, took their ball and ran off with it, Steve Strange’s Visage had more of a career…
Three members of Morton Fraser’s Harmonica Gang – Gordon Mills, Don Paul (born Donald Paul Fountain) and Ronnie Wells (born Ronald Cresswell) – decided to…
Discovered in Los Angeles in 1979 by Peter Gabriel, Vivabeat were the first American signing to the British Charisma label. The band came and went,…
The only 1980s hair metal crew who could truly be forgiven for all that blow-drying, Vixen were briefly the female alternative to Bon Jovi. Founded in…
This Pittsburgh group formed in 1960 and produced a series of wholesome lite-garage/pop hits with You’re The One (#4), Five O’Clock World (#4), Magic Town (#21) and The Land Of Milk…
This jaunty British pop band with 60s girl group overtones was fronted by Californian sisters Tracey Bryn and Melissa Brooke Belland, with backup from Mike…
Established in Brisbane (Australia) in 1985, Voodoo Lust issued the singles Shake Shake, Hey Yey (1986), Stop Breakin’ My Heart (1987), and Cathy’s On Heat…