Octopus was a German symphonic-rock band fronted by Jennifer Hensel. On Sky Records, they made the 1977–79 albums The Boat of Thoughts, An Ocean of Rocks, and Rubber Angel. Post-Hansel, they cut the 1981 Rockport release Hart am Rand. Members: Claus D. Kniemeyer (bass), Pit Hensel (guitar, 1973-78), Werner Littau (keyboards, 1973-81), Jennifer Hensel (vocals, […]
Esther Satterfield (born 1946) is an American soul singer who released the 1974–76 A&M albums Once I Loved and The Need to Be. Background Esther Satterfield was born in 1946 in North Carolina. She studied at the Eastman School of Music in Rochester. In 1971, Satterfield received a Bachelor of Music degree from Eastman. She […]
Stern Meissen was a German symphonic-rock band that released seven albums between 1977 and 1987 on AMIGA. They evolved from Stern-Combo Meißen, a beat combo formed in the mid-Sixties. Members: Martin Schreier (drums, vocals), Norbert Jäger (keyboards, vocals), Bernd Fiedler (bass, 1964-80), Werner Bertram (saxophone, 1964-69), Günter Manicke (guitar, 1964-67), Gottfried Sieber (guitar, 1964-68), Dieter […]
John Entwistle (1944–2002) was an English rock bassist and songwriter, known as “the quiet one” in The Who, his band of four decades. Renown for his deep, fluid tones, he wrote the Who staples “Boris the Spider,” “My Wife,” and “Trick of the Light.” As a solo artist, Entwistle released the 1971–73 albums Smash Your […]
Interview was an English pop-rock band from Bath that released the 1979–80 albums Big Oceans and Snakes and Lovers on Virgin Records. Members: Jeff Starrs (lead vocals, backing vocals), Pete Allerhand (lead guitar, vocals, keyboards), Allan Brain (guitar, vocals), Phil Crowther (bass, vocals), Alfie Agius (bass, vocals), Manny Elias (drums) Formation Interview formed in 1977 […]
Indians in Moscow were an English electronic new wave group that placed three singles on the UK Independent Singles Chart and released a 1984 self-titled album on Kennick. Members: Pete Riches (synthesizer, keyboards, programming), Stuart Walton (bass, synthesizer, keyboards, guitar, programming), Adele Nozedar (vocals, 1981–85), David Page (drum machine), Martin Gosnold (synthesizer), Richard Hornby (drums), […]
Indian Summer was an English post-psych band from the industrial Midlands that released a self-titled album on RCA/Neon in 1971. Members: Bob Jackson (keyboards, vocals), Paul Hooper (drums, percussion), Roy Butterfield (guitar), Al Hatton (bass), Steve Cotteral (guitar), Colin Williams (guitar, vocals), Malcolm Harker (bass, vocals, 1969-71), Wez Price (bass, vocals, 1971-72) Background Indian Summer […]
I Drive was an English post-psych band, formed in Greater Manchester and based in Germany. They released the 1969 two-sided single “Classical Rigby” with (future Twenty Sixty Six and Then) singer Geff Harrison, followed by a 1972 eponymous album on the Krautrock label Metronome. After their breakup, guitarist–singer “Cheese” Hampson and bassist Leslie Graham carried […]
Dislocation Dance was an English post-punk/jazz-funk band from Manchester that cut two EPs and the 1981 album Music Music Music on New Hormones. Trumpeter Andy Diagram held dual membership in the Diagram Brothers. Singer Kathryn Way features on their stopgap singles “You’ll Never Never Know” and “Violet” and 1983 Rough Trade album Midnight Shift, a […]
Aquarelle was a Québécois chamber-jazz/rock octet that released the 1978 album Sous un Arbre on Atlantic, followed by a live album of unique material from the Montreux Jazz Festival. Members: Pierre Lescaut (keyboards), Stéphane Morency (guitar), Pierre Bournaki (violin), Jean-Philippe Gélinas (saxophone, flute), Michel De Lisle (bass), André Leclerc (drums), Anne-Marie Courtemanche (vocals), Sharon Ryan […]
The Hook was an American psych-rock band from Los Angeles that released two albums in 1968 on Uni Records: The Hook Will Grab You and Hooked! Members: Bobby Arlin (guitar), Buddy Sklar (bass), Craig Boyd (drums, 1967-68), Dale Loyola (drums, 1968-69), Dennis Provisor (organ, 1968-69) Background The Hook formed in late 1967 as a powertrio […]
The Holy Mackerel was an American studio-assembled psych–pop group formed in 1968 by singer–songwriter Paul Williams as a vehicle for his emerging songwriting career. Their lone album blends sunshine pop, country rock, and light psychedelia with early contributions from several future notables. Members: Paul Williams (vocals), Mentor Williams (guitar, vocals), Bob Harvey (bass), George Hiller (guitar), […]
Haystacks Balboa was an American hard-rock/psych band from NYC that released a 1970 self-titled album on Polydor. Members: Bruce Scott (vocals), Mark Harrison Mayo (guitar), Lloyd Landesman (keyboards), Mark Polott (bass), Mark Babani (drums) Background Haystacks Balboa formed in 1969 when guitarist Mark Mayo and keyboardist Lloyd Landesman — both alumni of Forest Hills High […]
Goliath was an American hard-rock band from Louisville that released the album Hot Rock & Thunder on local-press Bridges in 1975. Earlier material, recorded circa 1970, was issued on CD nearly four decades after the fact by archivists Gear Fab. Members: Dave Wood (grand piano, Moog, clavinet, vocals), Paul Bays (lead guitar, vocals), Jim Kitchen […]
The Grodeck Whipperjenny was an American psych-rock/funk band that released a 1970 self-titled album on People Records, a label run by James Brown. In 1971, they backed the singer on his King release Sho Is Funky Down Here. Members: Mary Ellen Bell (vocals), Kenny Poole (guitar, vocals), David Matthews (piano, organ, trombone), Michael Moore (bass), […]
Guns & Butter was an American sax-rock/psych band from Boston that released a self-titled album on Cotillion in 1972. Members: Peter Cohen (bass), Lenny Federer (violin, viola), Jeff Lyons (vocals), Richard Ploss (flute, saxophone), Peter Tucker (drums), Paul Cohen (guitar) Background Guns & Butter had its roots in a musical partnership between singer Jeff Lyons […]
Gotham was an American brass-rock/soul band from NYC that released the album Pass the Butter on Motown-subsidiary Natural Resources in 1972. Members: Link Chamberlin [aka Linc Chamberland] (guitar), Schuylar “Sky” Ford (vocals, acoustic guitar), Chris Qualles (bass), Frank Vicari (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone), Alfred “Peewee” Ellis [aka Pee Wee Ellis] (alto saxophone, tenor saxophone, baritone […]
Genesis was an American psych-rock band from Los Angeles that released the 1968 Mercury album In the Beginning. Members: Kent Henry (guitar), Bob Metke (drums), Fred Rivera (bass), Jack Ttanna [aka John Kooken] (guitar), Sue Richman (vocals) Background Genesis formed in late 1967 when guitarist/singer Jack Ttanna (formerly Joe Kooken of The Sons of Adam) […]
Fantasy was an American psych-rock band from Miami that released the 1969/70 singles “Painted Horse,” “Stoned Cowboy,” and a self-titled album on Liberty. Members: Vincent James DeMeo [aka Jim DeMeo] (guitars, vocals), Gregory Scott Kimple [aka Greg Kimple] (drums), Lydia Janene Miller [aka Jamene Miller] (vocals, 1969-70), Billy Robbins (vocals, 1967-68), David Robert Robbins [aka […]
Quarteto 1111 was a Portuguese pop-psych band that released numerous shortplayers on Columbia/EMI during the late 1960s, followed by a 1970 self-titled album. Further singles preceded a switch to Decca, which issued the band’s 1975 symphonic album Onde, Quando, Como, Porquê Cantamos Pessoas Vivas. Between albums, keyboardist/vocalist José Cid launched a solo career. Members: Miguel […]
Mother Night was an American soul-funk band from NYC that released a self-titled album on Columbia in 1972, followed by a standalone single on Buddah in 1973. Members: Ronnie Pace (vocals, trumpet, piano, congas), Eddie Martinez (guitar, vocals), Val Burke (bass, vocals), Arnold Ramsey (drums, organ, guitar, bass, saxophone), Skip McPhee (organ, vocals), Sonny […]
Maxine Nightingale is an English soul-pop singer who released three albums between 1976 and 1978 on United Artists and charted with “Right Back Where We Started From,” “Love Hit Me,” and “Lead Me On,” a stateside AC chart-topper. Background Maxine Nightingale was born on November 2, 1952, in Wembley, Middlesex. Her father, Benny Nightingale, worked […]
Espíritu was an Argentine symphonic-rock band, active for three seperate periods between the early 1970s and mid-2000s. Formed in 1973, their first iteration produced two albums, Crisálida (1974) and Libre y Natural (1976). Two further albums appeared in the early 1980s. Twenty years later, frontman Osvaldo Favrot resurrected the nameplate for additional live and studio […]
Circus 2000 was an Italian pop-psych band that released four singles and the 1970–72 Rifi albums Circus 2000 and An Escape From a Box. Members: Silvana Aliotta (vocals, percussion), Marcello Quartarone (guitar, vocals), Gianni Bianco (bass), Roberto “Johnny” Betti (drums, 1970-71), Franco Lo Previte (drums, vocals, 1972-73) Background Circus 2000 formed in 1969 in Torino, […]
Jericho Jones was an Israeli hard-rock band that evolved from The Churchill’s, which made a 1968 pop-psych album in Tel Aviv with ex-Tornadoes guitarist Robb Huxley. They moved to London as Jericho Jones and signed with A&M for the 1971 album Junkies Monkeys & Donkeys, followed by a 1972 eponymous album as Jericho. Members: Robb […]
Dillinger — aka Lester Bullocks (born June 25, 1953) — is a Jamaican reggae artist and deejay who issued a string of singles on assorted Kingston small-press labels in 1973 and 1974, followed by the album Ready Natty Dreadie on Studio One in 1975. A pair of albums appeared on Island Records in 1976, followed […]
Madrugada was an Italian jazz-rock trio that made a 1974 self-titled album on Philips, followed by the 1977 release Incastro. Members: Gianfranco Pinto (keyboards, vocals), Alessandro “Billy” Zanelli (bass, vocals), Pietro Rapelli (drums, vocals) Background Madrugada formed in 1970 in Bergamo, Lombardia. The name, taken from the Spanish word for “dawn,” followed a sequence of […]
Gary Myrick is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter from Dallas who made the 1980/81 Epic albums Gary Myrick and the Figures and Living in a Movie. His best-known songs include “She Talks In Stereo,” “Living In a Movie,” and “Message is You.” After his 1985 Geffen release Stand for Love, he resurfaced in Havana […]
Acqua Fragile was an Italian symphonic/hard-rock band that released the 1973/74 albums Acqua Fragile and Mass-Media Stars. Singer Bernardo Lanzetti joined Premiata Forneria Marconi for a three-album stint. Members: Bernardo Lanzetti (vocals, guitar), Gino Campanini (guitar, vocals), Maurizio Mori (keyboards, vocals), Franz Dondi (bass), Piero Canavera (drums, acoustic guitar, vocals), Joe Vescovi (keyboards, 1975) Background […]
The Southside Movement was an American soul-funk band from Chicago that made a 1973 self-titled album on Wand Records, charting with “I’ Been Watchin’ You” and “Can You Get to That.” They followed with the 1974/75 albums Movin’ and Moving South on 20th Century Records. Members: Melvin Moore (vocals), Bobby Pointer (guitar), Morris Beeks (keyboards), Ronald […]
Archimedes Badkar was a Swedish ethno/jazz-rock big band that was active for eight years, starting in 1972. The band self-released a 20-minute 7″ in 1973, followed by four albums on MNW between 1975 and 1978. Members: Per Tjernberg [Per Cussion] (percussion, drums, keyboards), Jörgen Adolfsson (alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, violin, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, mandola, […]
The Bible was an English sophisti-pop band that charted with “Graceland” and “Mahalia” from their 1986 indie album Walking the Ghost Back Home. Steve Earle produced their acclaimed 1988 Chrysalis release Eureka, including the UK hit “Crystal Palace.” Members: Boo Hewerdine (vocals, guitar), Dave Larcombe (drums), Neill MacColl (guitar, mandolin), Tony Shepherd (keyboards, percussion), Leroy […]
The Belle Stars were an English new wave septet on Stiff Records that released eleven singles between 1981 and 1984, including the hits “Iko Iko,” “The Clapping Song,” “Sign of the Times,” and “Sweet Memory.” In 1986, a three-woman lineup scored the club hit “World Domination.” They featured five ex-members of The Bodysnatchers, another all-female […]
Benoît Widemann (born 1957) is a French pianist and composer who emerged at age 18 in a mid-1970s lineup of Magma, serving two stints with the band between 1975 and 1981. Under his own name, he released two albums between 1977 and 1979 on Ballon Noir, followed by a third title in 1984 on CY […]
Asia Minor was a French-Turkish symphonic-rock band that released the 1979 album Crossing the Line, followed in 1980 with Between Flesh and Divine, both on self-press W.A.M. Members: Setrak Bakirel (lead vocals, guitar, bass), Eril Tekeli (flute, guitar, bass), Can Kozlu (drums, 1976-77), Jean-Philippe Bottier (bass, 1976-77), Lionel Beltrami (drums, percussion, 1977-82), Paul Levy (bass, […]
Sir Lord Baltimore was an American hard-rock/psych band from Brooklyn that released two albums in 1970/71 on Mercury. Members: John Garner (lead vocals, drums, percussion), Louis Dambra (guitar, vocals, 1968-2007), Gary Justin (bass, vocals, acoustic guitar, 1968-76), Stephen Capuano (keyboards, 1968-69), Joey Dambra (guitar, organ, vocals, 1970-72) Background Sir Lord Baltimore formed in 1968 in […]
The Koobas — initially spelled “Kubas” — were an English pop-psych band that released a pair of Pye singles circa 1965/66, followed by six singles on Columbia (EMI) between 1966 and 1968. After the band’s breakup, their self-titled album appeared on Columbia in 1969. Bassist Keith Ellis played on the first album by Van Der […]
The Korgis were an English pop-rock band that charted with “If I Had You,” “Everybody’s Got to Learn Sometime,” and “If It’s Alright with You Baby.” Between 1979 and 1981, they released three albums: The Korgis, Dumb Waiters, and Sticky George. They formed as the duo of Stackridge veterans James Warren and Andy Davis, backed […]
The Legendary Pink Dots are an English-Dutch goth-psych band that issued two cassette-albums on self-press Mirrordot in 1981, followed by three proper studio albums on In Phaze Records between 1982 and 1984. A lengthy round of albums appeared during the subsequent 10-year period on Play It Again Sam Records amid side releases on Jarmusic and […]
The Gods were an English psych-rock band that released the 1968–69 Columbia albums Genesis and To Samuel a Son. They morphed into Head Machine for the 1970 album Orgasm on Major Minor. Frontman Ken Hensley and drummer Lee Kerslake played briefly with Toe Fat and landed lengthy memberships in Uriah Heep. John Glascock went onto […]
Blacksmoke was an American soul-funk band from Compton, California, that released a self-titled album on Chocolate City in 1976. The band was originally called Smoke but modified their name for the album’s release, presumably to avoid confusion with the Kansas City soul group named Smoke. Members: Michael Fisher (guitar, vocals), Anthony Fisher (bass, vocals), Arnold […]
Silberbart was a German Krautrock trio behind the 1971 Philips album 4 Times Sound Razing. Members: Hans Joachim “Hajo” Teschner (guitar, vocals), Werner Klug (bass), Peter Behrens (drums) Background Silberbart (German for “Silver Beard”) formed in 1969 in Varel, Niedersachsen, when guitarist/singer Hans Joachim “Hajo” Teschner teamed with bassist Werner Klug and drummer Peter Behrens. […]
Duncan Browne (March 25, 1947 — May 28, 1993) was an English singer/songwriter who released the album Give Me Take You on Immediate in 1968, followed by a self-titled album on RAK in 1973. After a one-album stint in the symphonic/art-pop trio Metro, he released the 1978/79 albums The Wild Places and Streets of Fire […]
Nigel Mazlyn Jones (born June 26, 1950) is an English singer/songwriter and guitarist from Dudley, West Midlands, who issued five albums on self-press Isle of Light between 1976 and 1991. As a producer, he oversaw the recording of the 1984 album Silent Dance by symphonic-folksters Solstice. Background Nigel Mazlyn Jones was born on June 26, […]
The Dynamic Superiors were an American soul group from Washington, D.C., that released four albums on Tamla/Motown between 1975 and 1977. Members: George Spann (first tenor vocals), Tony Washington (lead vocals, 1963-80), Maurice Washington (bass vocals, 1963-80), George Wesley Peterback, Jr. (second tenor vocals, 1963-80), Michael McCalpin (baritone vocals, 1963-80) Background The Dynamic Superiors formed […]
The Vibrators were an English punk-pop band that debuted as the backing act for Chris Spedding on a 1976 one-off single on RAK. Signed to Epic, the band released the album Pure Mania in 1977, followed by V2 with bassist Gary Tibbs in 1978. Tibbs followed the gig with stints in Roxy Music, Code Blue, […]
Logic System is a Japanese electronic music project led by synthesizer programmer and composer Hideki Matsutake (松武秀樹, b. August 12, 1951, Yokohama). The project launched in 1981 and released three studio albums on Toshiba-EMI’s Express sublabel over eighteen months. Each album adopted a distinct concept and approach, with the first built from sequenced machine rhythms, the […]
Rosetta Hightower (June 23, 1944 — Aug. 2, 2014) was an American soul singer from Philadelphia who sang in The Orlons and Zip & The Zippers during the early 1960s. In 1968, she reemerged as a solo artist with two singles on Toast, followed by a surnamesake album on CBS and a second longplayer on […]
Night Sun was a German hard-rock band that released the 1972 album Mournin’ on Zebra Records. Members: Edmund Seiboth (trumpet, 1970-71), Knut Rössler (organ, piano, trumpet, bassoon, saxophone), Freddie Münster (saxophone, vocals, 1970-71), Hans Brandeis (guitar, vocals), Ulrich “Uli” Staudt (drums, 1970-73), Wolfgang Vornlocker (bass, vocals), Bruno Schaab (vocals, bass, 1971-73), Walter “Jimi” Kirchgässner (guitar, […]
The Crazy World of Arthur Brown was an English psych-rock band that released the single “Devil’s Grip” on Track Record in 1967, followed by a self-titled album (co-produced by Pete Townshend) and the single “Nightmare” in 1968. The band is best known for the shock theatrics of vocalist Arthur Brown, whose hair-lighting antics ignited performances […]
The Colourfield was an English sophisti-pop band that released the 1985–87 Chrysalis albums Virgins and Philistines and Deception. They featured ex-Specials and Fun Boy Three singer Terry Hall and onetime Swinging Cats guitarist–keyboardist Toby Lyons. Members: Terry Hall (vocals, guitar), Karl Shale (bass), Toby Lyons (guitar, keyboards), Gary Dwyer (drums, 1986-87) Formation Terry Hall formed […]
The Peddlers were an English jazz-rock/soul trio from Manchester that issued a clutch of singles on Philips during the mid-1960s, followed by three albums and further singles on CBS between 1967 and 1969. In 1972, the band teamed with the London Philharmonic Orchestra for the album Suite London on Philips. A live album of mostly […]
The End was an English pop-psych band from Surrey that released six 1965–68 singles on Philips, Sonoplay, and Sonet, followed by the 1969 album Introspection on Decca–London. Rolling Stones bassist Bill Wyman produced and managed the band, which masqueraded under the names Polos Opuestos and Timothy Grass. In early 1970, The End’s final lineup morphed […]
The Dog That Bit People was an English four-piece that released a self-titled album on Parlophone in 1971. The band was formed by bassist Mick Hincks and drummer Bob Lamb after the breakup of their prior outfit Locomotive. Members: John Caswell (guitar, vocals), Mick Hincks (bass, vocals), Keith Millar (guitar, keyboards, Mellotron, vocals), Bob Lamb […]
The Bliss Band was an English–American adult-oriented rock band based in Los Angeles. They made two albums for Columbia: the Steely Dan-inspired Dinner With Raoul (1978) and the West Coast-styled Neon Smiles (1979). Members: Paul Bliss (vocals, piano, keyboards), Nigel Elliott (drums, percussion), Phil Palmer (guitar), Andy Brown (bass, vocals), Alan Park (organ, piano, keyboards) […]
John Kongos (b. 1945) is a South African pop/rock musician, vocalist, and songwriter who was active during the 1960s and early ’70s. He first emerged at age 15 in 1961 as a member of Johannesburg rock ‘n’ roll sensation the G-Men. Within a year, he assumed featured billing in the band’s nameplate. The band scored […]
Paris was an American post-psych hard rock trio that released two albums on Capitol in 1976. The band was formed by singer and guitarist Bob Welch after his five-album run with Fleetwood Mac. Members: Bob Welch (guitar, vocals), Glenn Cornick (bass), Thom Mooney (drums, 1975-76), Hunt Sales (drums, 1976) Background Paris formed in 1975 when […]
Carmen was an English-American flamenco-rock band, formed in Los Angeles by guitarist–keyboardist David Allen. They relocated to London and released the 1973–74 albums Fandangos in Space and Dancing on a Cold Wind on Regal Zonophone. After opening the 1975 US Jethro Tull tour, Carmen recorded The Gypsies for Mercury. Members: David Allen (vocals, guitar, piano, […]
Home was an English rustic art-rock band from London, best remembered for the 1972 epic “Lady of the Birds” and the 1973 concept album The Alchemist. They released three albums on CBS. Members: Mick Stubbs (vocals, guitar, piano), Laurie Wisefield (acoustic guitar, steel guitar, vocals), Cliff Williams (bass, vocals), Mick Cook (drums, percussion), Clive John […]
Heads Hands & Feet were an English rustic-rock band that released three albums between 1971 and 1973. Their first, recorded as a six-piece, appeared as a double-album on Capitol (US) and a single album on Island (UK). They trimmed to five members for the 1972 release Tracks and the following Old Soldiers Never Die, released […]
Hardin & York were the English blues-rock-soul duo of drummer Pete York and keyboardist–singer Eddie Hardin. York co-founded the Spencer Davis Group, which Hardin joined as Steve Winwood‘s replacement. Hardin & York released the 1969–70 albums Tomorrow Today and World’s Smallest Big Band on Bell Records, followed by the 1971 Decca title For the World. […]
Hanson was a London-based funk band that released the 1973–74 albums Now Hear This and Magic Dragon on ELP‘s Manticore label. They featured a multinational lineup of players, mostly from the Greater and Lesser Antilles. Members: Junior Hanson [aka Junior Marvin] (vocals, guitar), Bobby Tench (guitar, backing vocals), DeLisle Harper (bass), Rebop Kwaku Baah (percussion), […]
Jigsaw was an English pop-rock band from Coventry that released a trio of singles on MGM/Music Factory in 1968, followed by two albums on Philips between 1970 and 1972, a second pair of albums on BASF in 1973/74, and a further trio of longplayers on Chelsea and Splash between 1975 and 1978. They are best […]
Dust was an American northeast power trio that released two albums, Dust and Hard Attack, on Kama Sutra in 1971/72. Members: Richie Wise (electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals), Marc Bell [Marky Ramone] (drums), Kenny Aaronson (bass, steel guitar, Dobro, bottleneck guitar) Background Dust formed in 1969 in New York City when guitarist Richie Wise teamed […]
Dragonwyck was an American heavy-psych band from the Cleveland suburb of North Olmsted that recorded two privately circulated albums between 1970 and 1973, followed by additional sessions under alternate names through the mid-1970s. Their moody, organ-laden sound drew frequent comparisons to The Doors, though their music incorporated heavier fuzz guitar, tempo shifts, and Gothic overtones […]
Courtial was an American jazz-funk band that released the album Don’t You Think It’s Time on Pipeline Records Inc. in 1976. Members: Bill Courtial (guitar), Errol Knowles (vocals), David “Dasher” Kempton (keyboards), Ed Williams III (bass), Geoff Whyte (drums), Jose Najera (percussion) Background Courtial was a Bay Area jazz-funk group centered on guitarist Bill Courtial […]
Alamo was an American hard-rock band from Memphis that released a 1971 album on Atlantic. Members: Larry Raspberry (guitar), Richard Rosebrough (drums), Larry Davis [aka Larry Changes] (bass), Ken Woodley (keyboards, vocals) Background Alamo formed in Memphis, Tennessee in late 1970 when ex-Gentry guitarist Larry Raspberry teamed with bassist Larry Davis, ex-Jokers drummer Richard Rosebrough, […]
The Bronin Hogman Band was an American symphonic/art-rock octet from New Hampshire that released a privately pressed self-titled album in 1975 on Gamut. Members: Delrio (vocals, percussion), Frank Barnes (vocals, bass guitar), Peter Baron (vocals, electric and acoustic guitars), Bill Arvantis (lead and classical guitars), Brian Poor (grand piano, string synthesizer, Pro-Duo Farfisa organ), John Schunemann […]
David Essex (born July 23, 1947) is an English vocalist, songwriter, and actor who first recorded a string of pop singles during the mid-to-late 1960s. In 1973, he commenced a working partnership with producer/composer Jeff Wayne that yielded a string of lavishly orchestrated rock albums, including the singer’s melodramatic opus Out on the Street (1976) […]
Blancmange was an English synthpop duo that released three albums between 1982 and 1985 on London Records. Composed of Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe, they became a prominent fixture of the early 80s electronic music scene. Across their three albums—Happy Families (1982), Mange Tout (1984), and Believe You Me (1985)—they delivered popular hits such as […]
Electric Sandwich was a German Krautrock band that released a 1972 album on Brain. Members: Jochen Carthaus (vocals, saxophone, harp), Jörg Ohlert (guitar, organ, Mellotron), Klaus Lormann (bass, vocals), Wolfgang Fabian (drums) Background Electric Sandwich formed in late 1969 in Bonn from a rotating pool of session players who favored spontaneous composition over rehearsed material. […]
Warehouse was a Dutch brass-rock septet that released the 1972 album Powerhouse and the 1973 standalone single “Tallahassee Lassie” on Imperial. Members: Quido Hereman (vocals, percussion, guitar), Harry Zijlstra (guitar, vocals), Jan de Jong (bass), Jan de Lang (drums, percussion), Klaas Bootsma (organ), Jaap van der Veer (saxophone), Andries Zijlstra (trumpet, vocals) Background Warehouse evolved […]
Graffiti was an American psychedelic rock band that released a 1968 self-titled album and the standalone single “He’s Got the Knack” on ABC Records. Members: Tony Taylor (vocals), George Strunz (guitar), John St. John (guitar), Steve Benderoth (bass, keyboards), Richie Blakin (drums, percussion) Background Graffiti had its roots in The Hangmen, a Washington DC garage […]
Gene Loves Jezebel were a Welsh goth-rock band that released five albums between 1983 and 1990 on Beggars Banquet, three of which appeared stateside on Geffen. The band featured twin brothers Jay and Michael Aston, who later combusted and litigated over the nameplate, resulting in a split franchise by the 21st century. Members: Jay Aston […]
Rasputin’s Stash was an American soul-funk band from Chicago that released a self-titled album on Cotillion in 1971, followed by The Devil Made Me Do It on Gemigo in 1974. Guitarist Martin Dumas Jr. and keyboardist Paul Coleman resurfaced in Crystal Winds. Members: Paul Coleman (keyboards, vocals), Bruce Butler (bass, vocals), Ernest Frank Donaldson (drums, […]
RAMP was an American soul-funk band from Cincinnati that released the album Come Into Knowledge on ABC Blue Thumb in 1977. Their name was an acronym for Roy Ayers Music Productions. Members: John Manuel (drums), Landy Shores (guitar), Nate White (bass), Sharon Matthews (vocals), Sibel Thrasher (vocals), Kia Bennett (vocals), Desiree Jordan (vocals) Background RAMP […]
24-Carat Black was an American soul-funk band from Cincinnati, Ohio, that released the album Ghetto: Misfortune’s Wealth on Stax-subsidiary Enterprise in 1973. The following year, the band recorded a second album that was ultimately released in 2009 by archivists Numero. Members: Dale Warren, Ernest Latimore, Billy Talbert, Larry Austin, Tyrone Steels, Leslie Carter, Richard Sebastian, […]
Dzyan was a German Krautrock band that made a 1972 album on arOnda, followed by the 1973/74 Bacillus albums Time Machine and Electric Silence. Members: Reinhard Karwatky (bass, synthesizer), Jochen Leuschner (vocals, percussion, 1971-72), Gerd Bock-Ehrmann (tenor saxophone, 1971-72), Harry Krämer (guitar, 1971-72), Ludwig Braum (drums, percussion, 1971-72), Eddy Marron (guitar, saz, vocals, 1972-74), Lothar […]
Harmonia was a German Krautrock trio that released the 1974–75 albums Musik von Harmonia and Deluxe on Brain. They were a merger of Cluster and NEU! guitarist Michael Rother. In 1976, Brian Eno joined them on sessions that later appeared on the archival disc Tracks & Traces. Members: Dieter Moebius (synthesizer, guitar, electronic percussion, nagoya […]
Gina X Performance was a German electronic project led by Gina Kikoine and producer Zeus B. Held, known for merging vocoder textures, sequencer architecture, and performance art into a distinctive synthetic language. Their early tracks “No G.D.M.” and “Nice Mover” became underground club staples across Europe for their clipped rhythms and stylized vocal presence. Between […]
Python Lee Jackson was an Australian blues-rock/soul band from Sydney that released four singles on CBS and Parlophone circa 1966/67. In 1969, the band cut the single “In a Broken Dream” with guest vocals by Rod Stewart. Three years later, renewed interest in the song prompted a namesake album on GNP Crescendo. Members: Frank Kennington […]
