Formed in Melbourne in 1994, initially as a cover band called Runaway Boys (named after a song from the Stray Cats’ debut album), this Australian trio…
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Formed in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, in 1985, Living in a Box named themselves after the first song they recorded together in the studio. Marcus Vere…
LL Cool J (the rap name apparently means “Ladies Love Cool James”) was born James Todd Smith in Bay Shore, New York, in 1968. He…
Formed in 1983 in the famous Tennants Bar in Glasgow, Lloyd Cole & The Commotions built a reputation for studenty, jangly and thoughtful guitar pop.…
By the time this raucous rocker from New Orleans was 19 he had become part of rock ‘n’ roll history when the first song he ever…
Loaded Dice were a hard-working power pop band that were touted as being the next big thing from Western Australia. Formed in 1974, they started out…
Cosmic R&B combo The Loading Zone formed in Oakland, California, in 1967. Following the dissolution of his jazz combo, The Tom Paul Trio, Paul Fauerso…
After signing to Alan McGee’s fledgling Creation Records label, the band’s debut single Why Does the Rain? was issued in 1984. Up the Hill and…
John Baldry – born 12 January 1941 in London – was a giant on the early 60s British blues scene in more than one sense…
Hailing from Los Angeles, The Long Ryders formed in November 1981 and based their sound on a blend of psychedelia, country and garage rock. Original…
A London band originally known as The Indicators, Long Tall Shorty were immensely popular on the mod revival club circuit. Fronted by Keith Mono, they recorded By Your…
Formed in Sweden in 1965, originally under the name Steampacket, this group combined soul music with their take on the British Invasion to produce a…
Formed in Sheffield, Yorkshire, indie rock band Longpigs rose to fame on the fringe of Britpop in the 1990s. The original lineup comprised Crispin Hunt…
Lonnie Donegan rose to international fame as one of the founding fathers of a new wave of music called Skiffle that swept the world during the 1950s.…
In February 1957 Lonnie Lee entered an Elvis Presley impersonation contest at the Trocadero nightclub in Sydney, Australia. He won and greatly impressed the compere, Johnny O’Keefe who…
Lonnie Mack’s music is amongst the most direct and unadorned of the 1960s. His ballads are especially moving, and the instrumentals and his guitar solos…
The Look formed in the Cambridgeshire cathedral city of Ely, gigging locally – originally as an organ-driven prog rock-style band called The Kreed – and…
Formed in 1982, Lords Of The New Church comprised punk pioneers Stiv Bators (The Dead Boys), Brian James (The Damned), Dave Tregunna (Sham 69) and…
German band The Lords formed in 1959 as a Berlin skiffle band. When the British Invasion hit in 1964, they turned into Germany’s first beat…
Thanks in no small part to the biopic Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980), the arc of Loretta Lynn’s singing career is well known. It resembles that of many…