Showing 1 - 14 of 14
Artist: Pink Floyd
Pink Floyd is the premier space rock band. Since the mid-'60s, their music relentlessly tinkered with electronics and all manner of special effects to push pop formats to their outer limits. At the same time they wrestled with lyrical themes and concepts of such massive scale that their music has taken on almost classical, operatic quality, in... [+] Read More
Artist: Aborted
With a name like Aborted, it doesn't take a genius to file a band into the realm of grindcore; but since being formed in 1995 by vocalist Sven de Caluwé (aka Gurgloroth Sven), these Belgians have broken through stylistic limitations to also meddle in straightforward death metal and other metallic forms. So many musicians have moved through... [+] Read More
Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails were the most popular industrial group ever and was largely responsible for bringing the music to a mass audience. It isn't really accurate to call NIN a group; the only official member is singer/producer/multi-instrumentalist Trent Reznor, who always remained solely responsible for NIN's musical direction (he was, however,... [+] Read More
Artist: Duraluxe
Duraluxe was formed when former Hoi Polloi member Troy Daugherty joined forces in 1997 with Chris Colbert, a Los Angeles native who had experience working as an engineer and producer. The two men began co-writing with the aid of a digital recorder and a drum machine that was more than three decades old. Daugherty and Colbert soon put together a... [+] Read More
Artist: Julius Caleb Ginyard
With one of the most distinguished sounding names in the annals of recorded music, this artist left behind terrific recordings in both the rhythm and blues and gospel genres. Traditionally a choice between these styles has represented a "sin or be saved" proposition, but in terms of the record business J.C. Ginyard could do wrong. He was a... [+] Read More
Artist: Paul Collins
When he's not freelancing in reviewing, advertising, and technical writing, PAUL COLLINS works a day job as an English instructor at Dominican College. He has degrees in English from the University of California at Davis and the College of William & Mary, and is completing his doctorate at City University of NY Graduate Center.
His first... [+] Read More
Artist: Ric Stewart
Ric Stewart has been collecting and studying music since the age of 5. He began programming radio in 1986 at WAIF (Cincinnati) with a show called "It's a Mod, Mod, Mod World" later continuing to dj at KALX (Berkeley) 1987-91 with a roots rock show under the moniker Rusty "Ice House" Grunion, following this with an on-air stint in New Orleans... [+] Read More
Artist: Roger Waters
Roger Waters was a primary creative force in Pink Floyd from 1965 to 1983. He first met Syd Barrett, who would become the band's lead singer and guitarist, during his school days when both attended a Saturday art class. He moved to London to study architecture at Regent Street Polytechnic and there formed a band with drummer Nick Mason and... [+] Read More
Artist: Minnie Driver
With the 2004 release of her debut LP, Everything I've Got in My Pocket, Minnie Driver became the latest feature film star to pursue a career as a pop singer. Born Amelia Driver in London on January 31, 1970, she was raised in Barbados until the age of seven, when her parents split and sent her to boarding school in Hampshire, England.... [+] Read More
Artist: Lisa Marie Presley
As the only child of rock & roll's first and most celebrated star, Lisa Marie Presley had to work extremely hard to establish herself, far away from her famous Father. It was a rough road, but Lisa Marie had the spark and rawness to do it, and to do it on her own terms.
Born to Elvis and Priscilla Presley on February 1, 1968, Elvis's only... [+] Read More
Artist: Miatta Fahnbulleh
Liberian born singer Miatta Fahnbullen remains one Africa's finest voices. She always wanted to sing, but the bug really hit her at 16. A desire that caused problems with her father, the Liberian Ambassador to Sierra Leone. Liberia was not very progressive and women, especially ambassadors' daughters, didn't sing in dance halls and clubs, so... [+] Read More
Artist: Basil Kirchin
Experimental composer Basil Kirchin was born in Great Britain in 1927. He made his professional debut in December 1941 at London's Paramount, playing drums in his father Ivor's jazz band, and remained a fixture of the group throughout the remainder of World War II, playing 14 shows per week. After the war ended, Kirchin joined Harry Roy's... [+] Read More
Artist: Ike & Tina Turner
As husband and wife, Ike & Tina Turner headed up one of the most potent live acts on the R&B circuit during the '60s and early '70s. Guitarist and bandleader Ike kept his ensemble tight and well-drilled while throwing in his own distinctively twangy plucking; lead vocalist Tina was a ferocious whirlwind of power and energy, a raw sexual dynamo... [+] Read More
Artist: Ike Turner
Ike Turner is certainly one of the most dehumanized figures in rock history. Mention his name and the first association that comes to most anyone's mind is "abusive husband," not "soul star" or "rock & roll pioneer." According to legend, Turner was a tyrannical ogre who used physical violence and psychological intimidation to control his... [+] Read More
