Hailing from Chicago, Illinois, Material Issue formed in 1985, led by frontman Jim Ellison, who sang, played guitar, and wrote most of the band’s songs.…
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Matt Finish’s inaugural album Short Note (1981) is widely regarded as an all-time Australian classic and continues to sell to this day. The title track has appeared…
Born on 1 December 1930 in Finsbury, north London, former Shoreditch bus driver Terry Parsons recorded his first album clad in his driver’s jacket and…
Former Fairport Convention vocalist Iain Matthews formed Matthews Southern Comfort in 1970. The band’s country-tinged sound proved to be an excellent forum for Matthews’ songwriting…
Born in Cardiff, Wales, on 23 March 1940, Maureen Evans began her stage career as a young teenager, sharing the stage with Dickie Valentine. She…
Maurice Williams was born in Lancaster, South Carolina at the beginning of World War II. He wrote Stay while he was performing in a band as The…
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Max’s Kansas City was a New York bar, restaurant, club and trendy hangout where such acts as the Velvet Underground and the New York Dolls got their start. It…
Dubbed “the girl who invented soul” this South Carolina-born singer with the heart-stopping voice scored from the off with her 1960’s self-penned debut All In…
From 1984 to 1987, songwriter/guitarist David Roback – already known for his work in Rain Parade – and Kendra Smith, the former bass player for the…
The release of Please Hammer Don’t Hurt ‘Em, the second album by an ex-Navy officer from California, proved to be a touchstone moment. Born Stanley Kirk…
Formed in Lincoln Park, Michigan, in 1965, The MC5 (Motor City Five) rode to fame on a wave of revolutionary hysteria. The band never failed…
Rick D Zehringer started a group called The McCoys in Union City, Indiana, but later changed their name to The Rick Z Combo. When they…
McGuinness Flint was formed in 1969 by Tom McGuinness (ex-Manfred Mann) and Hughie Flint (ex-John Mayall’s Bluesbreakers). Benny Gallagher and Graham Lyle from Largs in…
Who would expect a Canadian actor to be working with a British South Coast rock band, a country blues guitarist and a Scottish soul singer?…
Born Marvin Lee Aday in Dallas, Texas in 1951, Meat Loaf has provided various explanations for his unusual stage name – most commonly that it…
Curt Kirkwood was born on 10 January 1959, his brother Cris less than two years later, on 22 October 1960. The brothers were born in…
Medicine Head (ostensibly a duo comprising John Fiddler and Peter Hope Evans) formed in Stafford in 1968 and came to prominence when championed by influential…
This English indie band formed in Farnborough, Hampshire, in 1987 and initially consisted of guitarist and vocalist Darren “Wiz” Brown, his brother and rhythm guitarist…
With a childhood spent moving from place to place, dodging his estranged father, living in his own apartment and selling drugs at the age of…