Live
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Live rose to chart success on the strength of its anthemic music and idealistic, overtly spiritual songwriting, two hallmarks which earned the group frequent comparisons to U2. Live first formed in the early '80s in their hometown of York, Pennsylvania, when future members Chad Taylor (guitar), Patrick Dahlheimer (bass) and Chad Gracey (drums)... [+] Read More
Peter Murphy
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 80s, 90s, 00s
Despite having a successful solo career as a cult artist, vocalist Peter Murphy remains best known as the lead vocalist for Bauhaus, the pioneering post-punk goth rock band of the early '80s.
After disbanding Bauhaus in 1983, Murphy formed Dali's Car with former Japan member Mick Karn. Dali's Car only released one album, The Waking...
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Straitjacket Fits
Genre: Rock/Pop
Decades Active: 80s, 90s
Noisy New Zealand guitar-pop band Straitjacket Fits was led by singer/guitarist Shayne Carter and rounded out by his former Doublehappys mate John Collie on drums and bassist David Wood; a second guitarist, Andrew Brough, signed on shortly after the group's 1986 formation. The 1987 EP Life in One Chord was Straitjacket Fits' debut, scoring a... [+] Read More
