White Sister formed in Burbank (California) in 1980 and comprised Garry Brandon (vocals and keyboards), Rick Chadock (guitar), Dennis Churchill-Dries (vocals and bass) and Gus…
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Jack and Meg White formed The White Stripes in Detroit, Michigan, in 1997. Their raw, minimalist, low-fidelity sound blended punk, folk, country, and explosive Mississippi Delta…
After recording two solo albums, former Deep Purple vocalist David Coverdale formed Whitesnake around 1977. In the glut of hard rock and heavy metal bands of the late 70s,…
The Detours formed in Shepherd’s Bush in 1964 as a local youth club band. Pete Townshend, Roger Daltrey, and John Entwistle (who originally called himself…
After Australian band The Lighthouse Keepers disbanded in early 1986, Greg Appel and Juliet Ward went on to form The Rainlovers which became Widdershins in…
The Wild Cherries were formed in 1964 by Melbourne University students John Bastow (vocals), Rob Lovett (guitar and vocals), and Les Gilbert (bass). Local bluesman…
In a classic case of pop reincarnation, John Cave (born in 1950) became Johnny Cabe, then William Shakespeare. He then scored two Australian #1 hit…
Willie Dixon, one of 14 children, was born on 1 July 1915 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. After stints as a gospel singer and boxer, he settled…
Born in rural poverty in 1933, Willie Nelson’s mother ran off when he was a baby, leaving him and big sister Bobbie to their father,…
Wilson Pickett was born in the small town of Prattville, Alabama, where he lived with his mother, grandfather, and ten brothers and sisters. Home life…
This Mississippi-based power pop group was primarily comprised of the duo of singer/guitarists Tim Lee and Bobby Sutliff. The group debuted in 1982 with a…
Mario Milo and Toivo Pilt formed Windchase when their earlier band, Sebastian Hardie (who had released the albums Four Moments and Windchase on Phonogram), broke…
A little over a year after The Beatles broke up, Paul McCartney and his wife Linda formed Wings, a group created very much to be a touring as well…
Unashamedly middle-class and older than most of their contemporaries, Colin Newman, Graham Lewis, Bruce Gilbert and Robert Gotobed (born Mark Field) – who weren’t mates…
Wishbone Ash formed in London in 1969 and released their self-titled debut album in 1970. By 1971 they were Melody Maker’s brightest hopes for the coming…
Witchfynde were formed in Derbyshire, England in 1974, by bass guitarist and vocalist Neil Harvey. They discovered “Montalo” (real name Trevor Taylor) in a band…
Wizzard was formed in 1972 by Roy Wood after he split from ELO – which then fell under the leadership of Jeff Lynne – taking…
Formed in Stourbridge, West Midlands, in 1986, The Wonder Stuff amassed a sizeable local following and released an EP, It’s A Wonderful Day, in 1987. Along…
Taking punk’s DIY ideal and applying it to stripped-down acoustic pop, South London five-piece The Woodentops achieved a great deal of critical success in the…
It remains the defining assembly of rock music – an unprecedented gathering of at least 300,000 young, long-haired, raggedy-clad Americans “going up the country” in…