House Music

Oi! Music By the end of the 1970s, punk in Britain was splintering into several distinct strains, most of them quite "arty". Oi! music…
Madchester Madchester (so named because it originated in Manchester in the north of England) was the dominant force in British rock…
Garage Rock Garage rock, garage punk, garage psychedelia . . . call it what you will, but the operative word was 'garage'.…
Girl Groups The story of the 'girl group' sound, which reached its commercial and artistic peak in the early and mid-60s, is…
Punk In 1977, merely suggesting that the Queen was a moron (or a potential H Bomb) would get you banned from…
Goth "Bela Lugosi's dead, undead, undead..." intoned Peter Murphy on the single that released a new genre - not to mention…
Ska Revival September 1979. England. The Prince by Madness had entered the British charts on 1 September. The Specials (pictured above) were riding…
Doo-wop 1955 saw the rise to prominence of several black vocal groups in the USA. Amongst them were; The Orioles (their…