The crystal-toned original vocalist from Fairport Convention and the keyboard player from Them (perhaps Britain’s toughest R&B band) certainly made for an unconventional pairing. But…
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Traffic formed in 1967 (after Steve Winwood left The Spencer Davis Group) and were the first act signed to the new Island Records label (label boss…
Disco’s most soulful vocal group began in the 60s as The Volcanoes and were also called The Moods. A snappy revival of Judy Garland’s 1940s tune Zing…
Based not in some rural retreat, but in the hippie hothouse of Notting Hill, Fairport-wannabes Trees squeezed out a pair of albums in a single…
Taking their cue from Frank Zappa’s Mothers of Invention, American rock satirists The Tubes were one of the first groups to bring performance art to arena rock…
British band Tucky Buzzard evolved from a band called The End, who performed in the late 60’s. The group’s 1971 debut gig at the Whisky…
Tuff Darts were among the first of the New York punk/new wave bands to make their mark. Playing tough-minded rock with pop hooks, hard rock riffs,…
Formed in New Jersey in 1973 (and originally called Silverstar) Twisted Sister signed to an unknown German label in the 70s, and following a one-off…
Following the breakup of Ducks Deluxe, Sean Tyla formed The Tyla Gang with guitarist Bruce Irvine, bassist Brian “Kid” Turrington and drummer Mike Desmarais, Turrington and…
Hard-rocking Australian band U-Turn formed in Sydney in 1976, comprising vocalist Chris Fitzgibbon (who was clearly influenced in the coiffure department by Rod Stewart), guitarists…
During the 1970s, UFO was one of the most popular heavy metal bands in the world, thanks in no small part to the blistering guitar work of…
This London-based rowdy, boozy punk band was formed in 1976 by former R&B singer and hairdresser-by-day Charlie Harper, with Nicky Garratt (guitar), Paul Slack (bass)…
No other band in the select coterie of the New Romantics expanded beyond its initial frontiers as radically as the London-based Ultravox, whose early work bore all…
The Undisputed Truth came into being after Bobby Taylor brought Billie Rae Calvin and Brenda Joyce to Motown as part of The Delicates. When The Delicates…
If Unicorn had come from California rather than Surrey their entry in the musical history books would have been substantially fatter. Chiefly remembered now through…
Uriah Heep formed in 1970 with keyboard player Ken Hensley, guitarist Mick Box, and vocalist David Byron. Byron and Box had previously been with the…
After releasing five solo albums between 1970 and 1974, Todd Rundgren formed the band Utopia. The band was originally, in effect, Rundgren’s version of Wings and the first two albums…
One of the most intense and extreme groups of the 70s Prog Rock era, Van Der Graaf Generator were ever on the verge of collapse. Constant tensions…
Van Halen was one of the most popular American hard rock/heavy metal bands to emerge in the 70’s, primarily distinguished by the fleet fingers of…
Van Morrison was born in Belfast, Ireland. At sixteen he began playing tenor sax and started touring with a rock band called The Monarchs. He…