Scottish singer/songwriter Mike Scott started his own punk fanzine, called Jungleland, in Edinburgh in 1977. Two years later he formed a group called Another Pretty…
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Following the break-up of The Crickets, Jennings played bass for Buddy Holly. During a particularly harsh winter in February 1958 while touring with Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big…
Georgia-born Wayne County first appeared in the New York club scene in the early 1970s though with little success. He dressed in full drag and sang…
Wayne Fontana was born Glynn Ellis in Manchester, England, on 28 October 1945. He started his musical career at school with a skiffle group called…
The Weather Girls, Martha Wash and Izora Armstead, started out in the gospel group NOW (News of the World) before becoming backup singers with Sylvester…
This Velvet Underground-inflected London band formed in 1985 around Pete Astor (vocals & guitar) and Dave Morgan (drums) following the dramatic (and very public) breakup…
Weather Report was among the earliest and most influential of all jazz-rock bands. The original unit was co-founded by Wayne Shorter (saxophone) and Josef Zawinul…
This rapid-fire band of jangly punk/poppers was formed in Leeds in 1984 by guitarist, vocalist and songwriter David Gedge and bass player Keith Gregory who’d…
Formed in Melbourne, Australia, in 1985, Weddings Parties Anything were a gritty folk-rock band with distinct Pogues leanings and a very strong Australian colloquial flavour. Fronted…
For a fleeting moment in the late 1950s, Wee Willie Harris – born Charles William Harris in 1933 – was one of Britain’s hottest homegrown performers in a still-evolving rock ‘n’…
Formed in Los Angeles in 1992, Weezer signed to Geffen Records in 1993. In the early 1990s, singer Rivers Cuomo had an awkward girlfriend who…
Alfred Matthew Yankovic was born in Downey, California, on 23 October 1959. He graduated in 1975 from Lynwood High School as valedictorian of his senior…
One of the strongest bands to emerge from the Los Angeles punk explosion, The Weirdos formed in 1976 following a short spell as The Barbies…
Westworld (named after the 1973 film in which androids go on a rampage at a futuristic theme park) was founded in 1986 by former Generation X guitarist…
Sydney (Australia) band The Wet Taxis was formed in 1977 and issued an album-length cassette called Taxidermy in 1980, featuring Louis Tillett on vocals and keyboards,…
Fronted by Marti Pellow (born Mark McLaughlin), Scottish band Wet Wet Wet had three Top 10 hits in 1987, and a #1 debut album (Popped…
Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael (real name Georgios Panayiotou) met at school in Bushey, Hertfordshire, in the 1970s and played together in a ska band…
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…
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,…