Justin Currie formed Del Amitri in Glasgow at the dawn of the 1980s. The band meandered directionless until the autumn of 1982 when 17-year old…
Browsing: Music – 1990s
The Dentists formed in the Medway (Kent) town of Chatham in 1983. Their first single, Strawberries are Growing in My Garden (and It’s Wintertime), was…
The Donnas formed in May 1993, when all four members were still in the eighth grade together in Palo Alto, California. Calling themselves Ragady Anne…
English indie pop band East Village was formed in the mid-1980s by brothers Martin and Paul Kelly. Their music drew heavily on 1960s bands such…
Elfin-faced and built like a sparrow (although she used to be a kickboxer), Sonya Aurora Madan first met Swedish guitarist Glenn Johansson in a pub,…
Formed in London in 1992, Elastica were the most crush-inspiring gang of the 90s Britpop set. Their DM’s, eyeliner, jeans and leather jackets non-look set a…
Electronic was a perennially resurgent joint project between Bernard Sumner of New Order and ex-Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr. Marr’s instinct for infectious, melodic pop guitar…
Forest of Dean natives James Atkin, Derry Brownson and Zac Foley formed EMF in 1989, picking up guitarist Ian Dench from Gloucester. The group attracted…
The major label debut by neo-Nirvana trio Everclear, Sparkle and Fade, caught the authentic note of vacant ennui that haunts adolescent America. But the songs on So…
Extreme formed in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1985 around Gary Cherone (vocals), Nuno Bettencourt (guitars and keyboards), Paul Geary (drums and percussion), and Pat Badger (bass…
Formed in San Francisco in 1982, Faith No More were among the first bands to experiment with the fusion of funk, thrash and hardcore styles…
The band formed in Liverpool in 1983 and initially comprised singer Peter Hooton, guitarists Steve Grimes and John Melvin and Andrew John “Andy” McVann on…
This Irish art rock group was formed in August 1989 by Cork singer Cathal Coughlan, fresh from his stint with Microdisney. The inspiration for the…
Felt leader Lawrence (no surname was ever listed in press releases, interviews or on their album covers) was once described by fellow eccentric Momus as…
Formed in Surrey, England, in 1987 by principal songwriter Robert Wratten (guitar and vocals) and Michael Hiscock (bass) and a drum machine, The Field Mice…
From their obscure acid punk beginnings in Oklahoma City in 1983, through to critical acclaim in the 90s and mainstream success in the new millennium,…
Kurt Cobain’s suicide in 1994 left the rock world in shock. To his eternal credit, Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl pulled himself together smartly to create…
Adam Schlesinger and Chris Collingwood first met as freshmen at Williams College in Massachusetts, where they played in various college bands together. In 1995, they…
One day producers Butch Vig, Steve Marker and Duke Erikson were in a studio remixing a track for Nine Inch Nails when a visiting friend…
At the hedonistic peak of Britpop, Gene’s more melancholic, Smiths-influenced strains were a lad-free anomaly. The obviousness of their influences would ultimately be their downfall, but their…