The Liberty Bros. were an American art-rock quartet that released No Time Lasts Forever in 1977 through Astro Records. Members: Tom Campbell (drums, vocals), Shannon Taylor (piano, Mellotron, percussion, vocals), Gordon Morris (bass, 12-string guitsr, piano, vocals), Mike Thompson (electric/acoustic guitar, bass, vocals) Background Liberty Bros. operated from Pasadena, Texas, in the mid-Seventies, when the […]
Frigidaire Tango was an Italian new wave band that released the album The Cock in 1982 on small-press Young Records. In 1983, the band released a self-titled EP on their own namesake label. Members: Charlie Cazale [Carlo Casale] (vocals), Steve Dal Col [Stefano Dal Col] (guitar, vocals), Mark Brenda (keyboards), JM le Baptiste (drums), Dave […]
Zoldar & Clark was the mystery band attributed to a 1977 symphonic-rock album on Dellwood, which issued further material by the same band under the name Arden House. Both names were Dellwood-assigned pseudonyms for the mid-Seventies lineup of Jasper Wrath, an earlier American post-psych band with future-Arc Angel frontman Jeff Cannata. Members: Jeff Cannata [aka […]
Trace was the Dutch symphonic-rock trio behind the 1974/75 Philips albums Trace and Birds and the 1976 Vertigo title The White Ladies. Keyboardist Rick van der Linden came from Ekseption. Drummer Pierre van der Linden (no relation) played with Brainbox and Focus. Members: Rick van der Linden (vocals, keyboards, Hammond organ, clavinet, pianet, synthesizer, harpsichord, […]
Roger Glover (born Nov. 30, 1945) is a Welsh bassist, composer, and producer with a six-decade musical career. He first emerged as part of the English sunshine-pop band Episode Six with singer Ian Gillan. The two joined Deep Purple in 1970, completing what became the band’s classic mark II lineup, which released four studio albums […]
Materia Gris was an Argentine psych-rock band that issued a concept album on Harvest in 1972. The band included future Pescado Rabioso/La Máquina de Hacer Pájaros keyboardist Carlos Cutaia and eventual Alas drummer Carlos Riganti. Members: Julio Presas (guitar, bass, percussion, vocals), Eduardo Rapetti (guitar, vocals), Omar Constanzo (bass, vocals), Carlos Cutaia (keyboards), Carlos Riganti […]
Ramon Morris is an American jazz-funk saxophonist who emerged in the 1970/71 lineup of Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. After credits with Reuben Wilson, Curtis Fuller, Shirley Scott, and Woody Shaw, Morris cut the 1973 album Sweet Sister Funk on Groove Merchant. Background Ramon Morris emerged from mystery origins in May 1967, when he […]
Live Wire was an English pub-rock band from London that released the 1979–81 A&M albums Pick It Up, No Fright, and Changes Made. Singer–guitarist Mike Edwards led all three lineups; guitarist–keyboardist Simon Boswell joined after the debut and produced the final two albums. Members: Simon Boswell (guitar, vocals, keyboards, 1980-81), Chris Cutler (guitar, 1979), Mike […]
Brett Smiley (Sept. 25, 1955 — Jan. 7, 2016) was an American singer, songwriter, and actor from Indiana who worked with ex-Stones producer Andrew Loog Oldham on a proposed 1974 album. Anchor issued “Va Va Va Voom” (b/w “Space Ace”) in the UK, but RPM first released the full project as Breathlessly Brett in August […]
The Breaks and Drama were sequential American rock bands led by Memphis musicians Pat Taylor and Susanne Jerome Taylor. RCA issued the self-titled Breaks album in 1983, then the couple reorganized as Drama for the 1985 album Scene from a Distance, noted for its hi-tech lead track “Paralyze.” Members: Suzanne Jerome Taylor (vocals), Pat Taylor […]
John Edwards (December 25, 1944 — May 9, 2025) was an American soul singer from St. Louis who released two solo albums before joining the Spinners as a full-time lead singer. He fronted the group’s 1980 hits “Working My Way Back to You” and “Cupid.” Background John Edwards was born on December 25, 1944, in […]
Ticket was a New Zealander post-psych band that released the albums Awake and Let Sleeping Dogs Lie on small-press Down Under Records in 1972. Members: Eddie Hansen (guitar), Ricky Ball (drums, 1970-73), Paul Woolright (bass, 1970-73), Trevor Tombleson (vocals, 1970-72), Glen Absolum (drums, 1974), Billy Williams (bass, 1974) Background Ticket formed in Auckland in 1970 […]
Capitolo 6 was an Italian symphonic-rock band that released three singles and the 1972 album Frutti per Kagua on it/RCA Italiana. Members: Riccardo Bartolotti (vocals, guitar, flute), Jimmy Santerini (keyboards, vocals), Mauro Romani (bass), Lorenzo Donati (drums, vocals), Luciano Casa (drums, acoustic guitar, vocals, 1969-71), Loriano “Fischio” Berti (saxophone, flute, 1971-72) Background Capitolo 6 formed […]
Stone the Crows were a Scottish soul-rock band that released four albums between 1970 and 1972 on Polydor. Their guitarist and songwriter Leslie Harvey (brother of Alex Harvey) was electrocuted on stage in 1972. Early bassist James Dewar subsequently fronted the Robin Trower band. Singer Maggie Bell cut two solo albums and later fronted Midnight […]
June Wallack is a Québécois singer, songwriter, pianist, and flutist who issued a 1974 single on Vibrations and a 1976 self-titled album on RCA Victor. Profile June Wallack emerged on the Montreal folk circuit in the early Seventies. In 1974, she issued two originals on Vibrations, a DIY one-press. A. “A Partir d’a Matin” [Starting […]
Jack Ashford (born May 18, 1934) is an American jazz-funk percussionist, vibraphonist, songwriter, arranger, and producer from Philadelphia. He joined the Funk Brothers house band at Motown in 1963 and supplied tambourine, vibraphone, marimba, bells, and auxiliary percussion across recordings from the Detroit studio. Ashford also co-founded Pied Piper Productions, operated Just Productions, released the […]
Michael Bass is an American avant-jazz/rock musician and composer who released the 1978/79 albums Parchesi Pie and Painting by Numbers on Random Radar. Background Michael Bass emerged in 1975 on the Maryland/Washington D.C., avant-jazz/rock circuit. He played drums, xylophone, and acoustic piano with The Muffins during an early lineup with keyboard–reedist Dave Newhouse, reedist Tom […]
GQ was an American soul-funk band from the Bronx that released three albums on Arista between 1979 and 1981. The band evolved out of The Rhythm Makers, which issued a small-press album in 1976. Members: Emanuel “Rahiem” LeBlanc (guitar, vocals), Herb Lane (keyboards, vocals), Keith “Sabu” Crier (bass, vocals), Paul Service (drums, vocals, 1978-79), Kenny […]
Gloria Scott is an American soul singer from Houston who released the 1974 Casablanca album What Am I Gonna Do. She first recorded with The Tonettes, a precursor to Sly & The Family Stone. Background Gloria Scott was born on February 26, 1946, in Port Arthur, Texas. Her family moved to Houston before her first […]
Road was an English-American hard-rock trio from Los Angeles that released a self-titled album in July 1972 on Motown subsidiary Natural Resources. Members: Noel Redding (bass, vocals), Rod Richards (guitar, vocals), Leslie Sampson (drums, vocals, percussion) Background Road formed in Los Angeles, where Experience bassist–singer Noel Redding teamed with drummer–singer Leslie Sampson and former Rare Earth […]
Nytro was an American soul-funk band that released two albums on producer Norman Whitfield’s namesake Warner-subsidiary Whitfield Records between 1977 and 1979. Members: Benjamin Wilber, Chris Powell, Daniel Smithson, Earnest Reed, John Jackson, Kenneth Scott, LaMorris Payne, Robert Justice, Theodore Willingham Background Nytro evolved from The Soul Superbs, a Columbus, Ohio, soul group formed in […]
Syrius was a Hungarian jazz-rock band that was active through numerous lineups for 16 years, starting in 1962. The band appeared as Syrius Együttes on a string of split-singles released by Qualiton during the late 1960s. Between 1972 and 1976, the band released two albums on Pepita. Keyboardist Jackie Orszáczky departed for Australia after the […]
Snakes Alive was an Australian jazz-rock band from Sydney that self-released a 1975 limited-edition album, twice reissued with bonus material. Members: Colin Campbell (trumpet), Alex Ditrich (keyboards), Peter Nykyruj (drums, percussion), Boris Peric (guitar), Jonas Thomas (saxophone, flute, vocals), Michael Vidale (bass) Background Snakes Alive formed in 1973 in Sydney when keyboardist Oleg “Alex” Ditrich […]
Midnight Sun was a Danish art-rock band that released three albums on Sonet between 1971 and 1974. The band’s first album is a rerecording of the singular full-length issued under their earlier incarnation as Rainbow Band. Members: Peer Frost (guitar), Niels Brøndsted (piano), Bent Hesselman (saxophone, flute), Carsten Smedegaard (drums), Allan Mortensen (vocals, 1971-72), Bo […]
Clive Langer & The Boxes were an English new wave band that released the 1979 EP I Want the Whole World on Radar, followed by the 1980 album Splash on F-Beat. Langer served beforehand as the guitarist–songwriter of Liverpool legends Deaf School. He produced subsequent albums by Madness, Elvis Costello, and former bandmate Bette Bright. […]
Lea Roberts is an American soul singer who cut five singles between 1969 and 1972, followed by the 1973–75 UA albums Excuse Me, I Want to Talk to You and Lady Lea. In 1982, she reappeared on Skies Unlimited with My Silent Place. Profile Lea Roberts was born Leatha Roberta Hicks on April 15, 1946, […]
The Four Levels of Existence (Τα 4 Επίπεδα Της Ύπαρξης) were a Greek hard-rock/psych band that made a 1976 self-titled album. The thrice-reissued album has gained international cult renown and been the subject of hip-hop sampling in the 21st century. Members: Χρήστος Βλαχάκης [Christos Vlahakis] (drums, percussion), Αθανάσιος Αλατάς [Athanasios Alatas] (rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar), […]
Gordon Giltrap (born April 6, 1948) is an English classical guitarist and composer who released two 1968/69 albums on Transatlantic Records, followed by a one-album stint with Accolade and the 1971 MCA release A Testament of Time. He achieved UK fame with “Heartsong” and the 1976–78 classical-pop albums Visionary, Perilous Journey, and Fear of the […]
Flamengo was a Czech psychedelic jazz-rock band that was active for six years, starting in 1966. In 1972, the band released the popular album Kuře v Hodinkách on Supraphon. Members: Přemysl Černý (drums, 1966-68), František Francl (lead guitar, 1966-70), Pavel Fořt (bass, guitar), Eduard Vršek (keyboards, 1966), Jiří Čížek (bass, keyboards, 1966-67), Petr Novák (vocals, […]
Teddy Pendergrass (March 26, 1950 — Jan. 13, 2010) was an American soul singer from Philadelphia who rose to fame during the first half of the 1970s as the lead singer of Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes. Between 1977 and 1983, he released seven albums and a live disc on PIR, followed by a […]
Lyn Collins (June 12, 1948 — March 13, 2005) was an American soul singer from Texas. She emerged as a backing vocalist for James Brown, who produced her 1972 album Think (About It) and the 1975 followup Check Me Out If You Don’t Know Me by Now. Background Lyn Collins was born Gloria Lavern Collins […]
Jimmy Owens is an American jazz-funk trumpeter, composer, and arranger who emerged as a mid-Sixties sideman of Herbie Mann and Eric Kloss. In 1967, Atlantic Records issued You Had Better Listen, billed to the Jimmy Owens/Kenny Barron Quintet. Owens played on 1968/69 albums by Gary Bartz, George Benson, Joe Zawinul, and Yusef Lateef. He also […]
The Snake Corps were an English goth-rock band from Watford that made the 1985 album Flesh on Flesh, followed by multiple singles and the 1990 release Smother Earth. Members: Tristan Garel-Funk (guitar), Marc Lewis (vocals), Liam McGuinness (bass, 1983-?), Nigel Pollard (drums, 1983-84), Jon Greville (drums, 1984-?), David Wood (keyboards, ?-1991), Jim Blanchard (bass, ?-1993) […]
Yvonne Fair (Oct. 21, 1942 — March 6, 1994) was an American soul singer who emerged in the James Brown Revue. She released thirteen singles between 1962 and 1976 and scored R&B hits with “Funky Music Sho’ ‘Nuff Turns Me On,” “Walk Out the Door If You Wanna,” and “Love Ain’t No Toy,” all included […]
Claire Hamill is an English singer–songwriter who debuted at seventeen with the 1971 Island release One House Left Standing, followed in 1973 by October. She signed with Ray Davies’ Konk label for the 1974–75 albums Stage Door Johnnies and Abracadabra. Between 1979 and 1981, she sang for Yes guitarist Steve Howe and hard-rockers Wishbone Ash. […]
Metropolis was a German symphonic-rock band that released a self-titled album in 1974 on PAN. Members: Ute Kannenberg (vocals, percussion), Thomas Hildebrand (drums, percussion, backing vocals), Helmut Binzer (guitar, backing vocals), Manfred Opitz (keyboards, vocals, acoustic guitar), Michael Westphal (bass, backing vocals), Michael Duwe (vocals, guitar) Background Metropolis formed in early 1973 in West Berlin, […]
Kultivator was a Swedish Zeuhl band from Linköping, formed in 1978. The band’s singular album, Barndomens Stigar, was released in 1981 on Bauta. Members: Stefan Carlsson (bass, bass pedals), Johan Hedrén (Rhodes, organ, synthesizer), Jonas Linge (guitar, vocals), Ingemo Rylander (vocals, recorder, Rhodes), Johan Svärd (drums, percussion) Background Kultivator formed in Linköping in 1978 from […]
Kin Ping Meh was a German rock band that released six studio albums between 1971 and 1977, plus a live double-LP in 1976. Their debut appeared on Polydor, followed by No. 2 (1972), Kin Ping Meh 3 (1973), Virtues & Sins (1974), Concrete (1976), and Kin Ping Meh 6 (1977). Founding members included keyboardist Frieder […]
Legs Diamond was an American hard-rock band from San Francisco that made the 1977 Mercury albums Legs Diamond and A Diamond Is a Hard Rock, followed by the 1979 Cream Records release Fire Power. They returned with the 1984–86 Target/Metronome titles Out on Bail and Land of the Gun. Members: Michael Prince (keyboards, guitar, vocals), […]
Bangor Flying Circus was an American psych-rock trio from Chicago that released a self-titled album on Dunhill in 1969. The band morphed into the jazz-rock trio Madura for two further albums during the early 1970s. Members: David “Hawk” Wolinski (bass, keyboards, vocals), Alan De Carlo (guitar, vocals), Tom Schiffour (drums, 1967-68), Michael Tegza (drums, percussion, […]
New England was an American hard-rock band from Boston that released a 1979 self-titled album on Infinity, followed by the 1980/81 Elektra albums Explorer Suite and Walking Wild. Members: John Fannon (guitar, vocals), Hirsh Gardner (drums, vocals), Jimmy Waldo (keyboards, vocals), Gary Shea (bass) Background New England formed in the Boston music scene during the […]
Bad Manners was an English ska band from Stoke Newington that released four albums on Magnet between 1980 and 1982, followed by a string of titles on assorted labels from 1985 onward. Members: Buster Bloodvessel [Doug Trendle] (vocals), Louis “Alphonso” Cook (guitar), David Farren (bass), Brian Tuitt (drums), Winston Bazoomies [Alan Sayagg] (harmonica), Paul Hyman […]
John Howard is an English pianist, singer, and songwriter who released the 1975 album Kid in a Big World on CBS, which vaulted his two subsequent albums, Technicolour Biography and Can You Hear Me OK? He cut five single between 1978 and 1984, but didn’t return as an album artist until the 2005 discs The Dangerous […]
New York City was an American soul quartet from NYC that released the 1973/74 albums I’m Doin’ Fine Now and Soulful Road on Chelsea Records. Members: John Brown, Claude Johnson, Tim McQueen, Edward Schell Background New York City formed in 1972 in New York under the initial name Tri-Boro Exchange, a reference to the city […]
Syd Barrett (1946–2006) was an English singer, songwriter, and guitarist who co-founded Pink Floyd. He fronted the band on their first three singles and 1967 debut album The Piper at the Gates of Dawn. Midway through the sessions for their second album, Floyd terminated Barrett due to his drug addiction and mental illness. With the […]
Frogmorton was an English folk-rock band that released the 1976 album At Last on Philips. Members: Bill Lynn (electric/standup bass), Chris Tulloch (keyboards, mandolin, vocals), Dave Hardy (accordion, whistle, psaltery, kazoo, tambourine, vocals), Lucy Sharpe (guitar, whistle, spoons, mandolin, vocals), Terry Newbury (drums) Background Frogmorton formed in London in the early 1970s when Dave Hardy, […]
Pete Fine is an American is an American guitarist, singer, composer, and orchestrator from New York City. He recorded with The Flow before self-releasing On a Day of Crystaline Thought in a 1974 handmade 100-copy edition, then moved to Tucson and joined the group that supplied the 1976 archival album Northstar. His later work includes […]
Stonehouse was an English hard-rock band that released the album Stonehouse Creek on RCA Victor in 1971. Two members moved to the folk-psych combo Asgærd for a further one-off in 1972. Members: Pete Spearing (guitar, vocals), James Smith (vocals), Ian Snow (drums), Terry Parker (bass) Origin Stonehouse hailed from Plymouth, Devon, where guitar/singer Pete Spearing […]
Bloodstone was an American soul-psych group from Kansas City that released eight albums on Decca/London between 1972 and 1976, followed by a ninth on Motown and two more on the Isley‘s T-Neck label. The London run produced Unreal, Natural High, I Need Time, and Riddle of the Sphinx, with producer Mike Vernon and arranger–conductor Pip […]
Flame Dream is the Swiss symphonic-rock band behind the 1978/79 Philips albums Calatea and Elements and the 1981/82 Vertigo titles Out in the Dark and Supervision. Members: Urs Waldispühl (guitar, vocals), Peter Wolf (woodwinds, vocals), Peter Furrer (drums, percussion), Urs Hochuli (bass, vocals), Roland Ruckstuhl (keyboards, sequencer, vocoder), Dale Hauskins (guitar) Inception Flame Dream formed […]
Puppenhaus was a German jazz-rock band that recorded a 52-minute SWF session in 1973. The session was ultimately combined with 25 minutes of 1974-era live material on the CD Jazz macht Spazz, released in 2009 by archivists Long Hair. Members: Bea Maier [Berthold Maier] (drums), Frank Fischer (bass), Büdi Siebert (flute, saxophone), Thomas Rabenschlag (keyboards, […]
Svanfríður was an Icelandic art-rock/psych band that existed for 17 months between 1972 and 1973, releasing an album and single on self-press Swan. Members: Birgir Hrafnsson (guitars, backing vocals), Gunnar Hermannsson (bass, backing vocals), Sigurður Karlsson (drums, percussion), Pétur Wigelund Kristjánsson (vocals, Moog), Björgvin Gíslason (guitar, 1973) Background Svanfríður formed in early 1972 when vocalist […]
Green on Red was an American rock band that released two 1981–82 small-press EPs and the 1983 Slash album Gravity Talks. They expanded with guitarist Chuck Prophet for the 1985 Enigma release Gas Food Lodging and the Mercury titles No Free Lunch and The Killer Inside Me. Prophet and singer Dan Stuart retained the name […]
Kensington Market was a Canadian psychedelic rock band from Toronto that released five singles and the 1968–69 Warner albums Avenue Road and Aardvark. Members: Luke Gibson (vocals), Keith McKie (guitar, vocals), Alex Darou (bass), Eugene Martynec (piano, guitar), John Mills-Cockell (keyboards, 1969), Jimmy Watson (drums) Background Kensington Market formed in May 1967 when singer–guitarist Keith […]
The Vibrations were an American soul group from Los Angeles. They formed in 1955 as The Jayhawks and scored a 1956 doo-wop hit with “Stranded in the Jungle.” Between 1961 and 1965, they landed R&B hits with “The Watusi,” “My Girl Sloopy,” “Misty,” and (as The Marathons) “Peanut Butter.” They linked with Gamble and Huff […]
Walter Egan (born July 12, 1948) is an American guitarist, vocalist, songwriter, and visual artist from Queens, New York, who released the 1977–80 Columbia albums Fundamental Roll, Not Shy, Hi-Fi, and The Last Stroll, followed by the 1983 Backstreet release Wild Exhibitions. He reached the Billboard Top 10 with “Magnet and Steel” and wrote “Hearts […]
Point Blank are an American Southern rock band from Texas that released the 1976/77 Arista albums Point Blank and Second Season, followed by the 1979–82 MCA titles Airplay, The Hard Way, American Exce$$, and On a Roll. The last two spawned Billboard Rock hits with “Let Me Stay with You Tonight,” “Nicole,” “Let Her Go,” […]
Parlet was an American soul-funk vocal trio comprised of P-Funk backing singers. They released the 1978–80 Casablanca albums Pleasure Principle, Invasion of the Booty Snatchers, Play Me or Trade Me and scored R&B hits with “Ridin’ High” and “Wolf Tickets.” Members: Mallia Franklin (1978-79), Debbie Wright (1978), Janice Evans (1979-80), Shirley Hayden, Jeanette Washington Background George […]
Eider Stellaire was a French Zeuhl/jazz-rock band that self-released two eponymous albums between 1981 and 1986, followed by a third album on Musea in 1987. Members: Michel Le Bars (drums), Jean-Claude Delachat (guitar), Patrick Singery (bass), Pierre Gérard-Hirne (piano, organ), Véronique Perrault (vocals), Pierre Minvielle-Sébastia (synthesizer), Ann Stewart (vocals), Marie-Anne Le Bars (flute), Michel Moindron […]
Sindelfingen was an English symphonic/folk-rock band that released the 1973 album ‘Odgipig, now a high-priced collectible. Members: Richard Manktelow (vocals, guitar), Mark Letley (bass, guitar), Roger Thorn (drums, percussion), Roger Woods (glockenspiel, oscillators), Matt Letley (drums) Background Sindelfingen evolved from a jam session by a group of teenagers in Rochester in Kent, England, called together […]
Shiva was an English hard-rock band that released the 1982 album Firedance on Heavy Metal Records. They recorded songs for a second album that ultimately surfaced on a 2004 CD by archivists Majestic Rock. Members: John Hall (guitar, vocals, keyboards), Andy Skuse (bass, vocals, keyboards), Chris D’Avoigne (guitar, vocals, 1979-80), Simon “Jack” Carver (drums, percussion, […]
Shape of the Rain was an English rustic-rock band that released the 1971 album Riley, Riley, Wood and Waggett on RCA/Neon. Members: Keith Riley (vocals, guitar), Len Riley (bass), Brian Wood (guitar, vocals), Tag Waggett (drums, percussion) Background Singer/guitarist Keith Riley and guitarist/vocalist Brian Wood, cousins from the mining village of Eckington near Chesterfield, England, […]
Seventh Wave was an English electro–psych duo that released the 1974–75 Gull albums Things to Come and Psi-Fi. Keyboardist–singer Ken Elliott and percussionist Kieran O’Connor hailed from Second Hand and Chillum. Elliot also cut a 1972 instrumental album as part of the studio–library project Vulcans. Before Seventh Wave, they demoed the Things to Come material […]
Samurai was an English symphonic/jazz-rock band that released a self-titled album on the Greenwich Gramophone Company label in 1971. They first appeared as Deram recording artists The Web and made the 1970 Polydor album I Spider as Web. Singer, composer, and keyboardist Dave Lawson subsequently co-founded Greenslade with members of Colosseum and Fields. (For the […]
Sad Lovers & Giants were an English post-punk band that released the 1981 DIY singles “Imagination” and “Colourless Dream,” followed by the 1982–83 albums Epic Garden Music and Feeding the Flame, both on Midnight Music. Drummer Nigel Pollard and guitarist Tristan Garel-Funk formed the break-off band Snake Corps. Members: Garce (vocals), Nigel Pollard (drums, percussion), […]
The Swinging Soul Machine was a Dutch brass-rock-soul band that released the 1969 Polydor album Through The Eye. After a change of singers, the band became Machine and made a 1970 self-titled album. Several members carried on in Tantalus and others surfaced in Limousine. Members: Iwan Groeneveld (vocals, 1969), John Caljouw (vocals), Willem Warby (flute, […]
Mr. Albert Show was a Dutch sax-rock band that released a self-titled album on Philips in 1970, followed by Warm Motor in 1971. Members: Bertus Borgers (saxophone, flute, vocals), Roeland “Broer” Boogaart (drums), Tom Fautu Bun (bass), Eric Lintermans (guitar, vocals), Bonkie Bongaerts (organ), Floortje Klomp [Fleur Colombe] (vocals) Background Mr. Albert Show formed after […]
Robert Wood is an English vibraphonist and singer who also worked as a guitarist and producer. He recorded in France during the 1970s with the early Lard Free lineup and under his own name. Edici issued Tarot and Sonabular before Wood moved to Polydor for Vibrarock and Tombac Vibe. Background Robert Wood was born in […]
Lewis Furey is a Québécois cabaret/art-pop singer/songwriter who released the 1975–79 Aquarius albums Lewis Furey, The Humours Of, and The Sky Is Falling. His subsequent work includes film scores, musical theatre, recordings with Carole Laure, and the 2017 solo release Haunted by Brahms. Background Furey was born Lewis Greenblatt on June 7, 1949, in Montréal […]
Face to Face was an American modern-rock band from Boston that made the 1984/85 Epic albums Face to Face and Confrontation, followed by the 1988 Mercury release One Big Day. Their first album spawned the video hits “10-9-8” and “Under the Gun.” Members: Laurie Sargent (vocals), Stuart Kimball (guitar, keyboards), Angelo Petraglia (guitar, keyboards), John […]
Kaleidoscope was a Mexico-based garage-psych band from the Puerto Rico that released a self-titled album on Orfeon in 1969. Members: Frank Tirado (vocals, bass), Rafi Cruz (drums), Orlando “Orly” Vázquez (bass, vocals, guitar, 1967-68), Pedrín García (guitar, 1967-68), Julio Arturo Fernández (organ, 1967-68), Pol Tirado (vocals, 1968-70), Héctor Gutiérrez (guitar, 1968-70), Jorge René González (organ, […]
Charge was an English punk-rock/goth band from London that debuted with a live album on Trikont in 1980, followed by singles on YCAFO and Test Pressings. In 1982, the band released two shortplayers and the album Perfection on Kamera Records. Members: Stu P Didiot [Stuart Lunn] (guitar, vocals, 1977-83), Iain MacLaughlan (vocals, 1977-80), Dave Griffiths […]
Thundermug was a Canadian hard-rock band that released the 1972–74 albums Strikes, Orbit, and Ta-Daa! on Axe Records. Members: Joe de Angelis (guitar, vocals), Bill Durst (keyboards, guitar), James Corbet (bass), Ed Pranskus (drums) Background Thundermug formed in 1970 in London, Ontario, when guitarist–singer Joe de Angelis and keyboardist–guitarist Bill Durst began garage rehearsals as […]
Gene Dunlap (born June 19, 1954) is an American R&B-funk vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer from Detroit who released two albums on Capitol in 1981, followed by a third in 1985 with backing from his namesake band. Background Gene Dunlap was born June 19, 1954, in Detroit, Michigan. From age four, he took drum lessons […]
Iron Office was a Danish jazz-rock band that made a 1976 album on Metronome, followed by the 1978 Sonet release Ambience. Members: Allan Botschinsky (trumpet), Palle Mikkelborg (trumpet), Benny Rosenfeld (trumpet), Erik Tschentscher (trumpet), Niels-Henning Ørsted Pedersen (bass), Ole Kock Hansen (electric piano), Nils Tuxen (guitar), Kurt Riedel (drums), Bent Clausen (congas, percussion), Gert Rostock […]
Wazmo Nariz is an American new wave singer and bandleader from Chicago, noted for the I.R.S. compilation tracks “Lips” and “Checking Out the Checkout Girl.” He made two 1978/79 indie shortplayers, followed by the 1979–81 albums Things Aren’t Right and Tell Me How to Live. Members: Wazmo Nariz [Larry Grennan] (vocals), Jeff Hill (guitar), James […]
Madder Lake was an Australian rock band that released the 1973–74 albums Still Point and Butterfly Farm and charted with “Goodbye Lollipop” and “12lb Toothbrush.” As one of the earliest clients of Aussie music mogul Michael Gudinski, they played at three Sunbury Pop Festivals and cut the first studio titles on Mushroom Records. Members: Mick […]
Chou Pahrot was a Scottish folk-rock/hard-rock band that released the 1978 EP Buzgo Tram Chorus and 1979 album Live on Klub Records. Members: Eggy Beard (violin), Monica Zarb (bass, vocals), Mama Voot (guitar, saxophone, vocals), Fish Feathers McTeeth (drums), The Amphibian (drums) Background Chou Pahrot formed in Paisley, near Glasgow, during the mid-seventies. The group […]
Crooked Oak was an English folk-rock band that released the 1976 album From Little Acorns Grow on Folkland Records, followed in 1979 by The Foot O’wor Stairs on Eron Enterprises. Members: Steve Evans (guitar, mandolin, vocals), Paul Rogley (whistle, mandolin, cittern), Barry Walker (fiddle), Keith Davidson (Northumbrian smallpipes, Uilleann pipes, whistle), Alan Green (whistle, cittern, […]
Sun Treader was an English jazz-rock trio that released the 1973 album Zin Zin on Island. Keyboardist Peter Robinson played beforehand in the hard-rock/psych trio Quatermass. He later surfaced with drummer Morris Pert in the jazz-rock supergroup Brand X. Members: Morris Pert (drums, percussion), Peter Robinson (piano), Alyn Ross (bass) Background Sun Treader formed in […]
The Bonaparte’s were a French post-punk band that issued the 1985 mini-album Shiny Battles and the 1986 full-length Welcome to the Isle of Dogs. Guitarist–singer Ruben Azca formed the group with former Baroque Bordello rhythm partners Gilles Bourgues and Gilles Pradinas; saxophonist Laszlo Kovacks completed the quartet. Members: Ruben Azca (vocals, guitar), Gilles Bourgues aka […]
