Adverts, The
With their raw, enthusiastic immaturity, The Adverts were a bright but short-lived light of the punk era, and their bass player Gaye Advert (pictured...
Aerosmith
Aerosmith was one of the most popular hard rock bands of the 1970s, setting the style and sound of American hard rock for the...
Affections, The
The story of Australian power pop band The Affections began in Sydney in the mid 70's when school friends Rob Smith, Rob Risio and George Ellis...
Afghan Whigs
Formed in 1987 in Cincinnati, these neomope rockers released their first album, Big Top Halloween, on their own Ultrasuede label in 1988.
Their major label debut, Gentlemen...
Age Of Chance
Age Of Chance were most notable for their cover of Prince's Kiss, but there was a plank-like quality to their version that served as an adequate...
Agent Orange
This trio from Fullerton in Orange County, California, specialised in the unlikely combination of punk and surf music. Led by vocalist/guitarist Mike Palm, the...
Agitation Free
Formed in 1967 as Agitation, this Berlin group was integral to the scene that also birthed Tangerine Dream. But unlike Tangerine Dream, they had to...
Air Supply
Formed in Australia around the partnership of Russell Hitchcock and Graham Russell, soft-rockers Air Supply turned out a solid string of seven US Top...
Al Green
If Otis Redding dominated 60s soul, Al Green bestrode the 70's thanks to a voice that glided and levitated, spiralling into a delicate falsetto just as...
Al Martino
Jasper Cini was born in 1927 and became a friend and disciple of Mario Lanza. Changing his name to Al Martino in the late...
Al Stewart
Al Stewart began his songwriting career during his school days in Bournemouth. He was writing skiffle songs when he was 13 but also writing...
Al Wilson
Al Wilson was born in Meridian, Mississippi, in June 1939 and sang in a church choir and his own gospel quartet before moving to...
Alabama
Before Alabama, bands were usually relegated to a supporting role in country music - nearly every popular recording country artist was a vocalist, not...
Alan Dale & The Houserockers
Australian singer Alan Dale had been a big band singer before moving over to the new Rock 'n' Roll in 1957. His popularity rose...
Alan Freed
The Disc Jockey widely believed to have first coined the phrase "rock 'n' roll" began life as a jazz trombonist with a band called...
Alan Price Set, The
Alan Price was born on 19 April 1941 in County Durham, England. From the age of eight, he taught himself to play the piano...
Alanis Morissette
A former child actress (You Can't Do That On Television), Canadian Alanis Morissette transformed herself into a confessional alternative singer/songwriter
Flea and Dave Navarro from...
Alarm, The
After playing together for four years in Rhyl, Wales, first as a punk band called The Toilets, and then as a mod group called...
Albert King
Born in 1923, Albert King had recorded a series of influential blues records for a variety of labels dating back to 1953, before he achieved...
Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias
Comedy rock band Alberto y Lost Trios Paranoias formed in Manchester in 1972.
A lot of the humour from the Albertos' was hit and miss, though...
