Just as The Jam wanted to emulate their heroes the Small Faces, Fleet Street wanted to emulate The Jam. The image, passion and power are the same but the personalities and song-writing give Fleet Street a status all of their very own.

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With their ringing, bagpipe-like guitars and the anthemic songs of frontman Stuart Adamson, Scotland's Big Country emerged as one of the most distinctive and promising new rock bands of the early '80s, scoring a major hit with their debut album, The Crossing; though the group's critical and commercial fortunes dimmed in the years to follow, they... [+] Read More

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Initially, Blur was one of the multitude of British bands who appeared in the wake of the Stone Roses, mining the same swirling, pseudo-psychedelic guitar pop, only with louder guitars. Following an image makeover in the mid-'90s, the group emerged as the most popular band in the U.K., establishing themselves as heir to the English guitar pop... [+] Read More

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Combining a love for British guitar pop songcraft with crunching power chords and a flair for the absurd, Cheap Trick provided the necessary links between '60s pop, heavy metal, and punk. Led by guitarist Rick Nielsen, the band's early albums were filled with highly melodic, well-written songs that drew equally from the crafted pop of the... [+] Read More

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Dexy's Midnight Runners are best known in America as one of new wave's ultimate one-hit wonders, thanks to their 1982 number-one smash "Come on Eileen," a distinctive fusion of '80s pop, Celtic folk, and blue-eyed soul. In the U.K., however, they earned a fair amount of critical acclaim, and made a greater impression on the public consciousness... [+] Read More

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Arriving during the waning days of pub rock, Eddie & the Hot Rods helped usher in punk rock in the United Kingdom. Working from the same bluesy, Stonesy three-chord foundation as contemporaries like Dr. Feelgood, the Hot Rods were faster, tougher, wilder and louder than any other pub-rock band. They also celebrated adolescent abandon, unlike... [+] Read More

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Rock & roll has always been populated by fringe figures, cult artists that managed to develop a fanatical following because of their outsized quirks, but few cult rockers have ever been quite as weird, or beloved, as Ian Dury. As the leader of the underappreciated and ill-fated pub-rockers Kilburn & the High Roads, Dury cut a striking figure --... [+] Read More

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The Jags are a fondly remembered one-hit wonder of the late-70s U.K. power pop explosion. The quartet was formed in 1978 by the Yorkshire-based songwriting team of Nick Watkins (vocals) and John "Twink" Adler (guitar), with Steve Prudence (bass) and Alex Baird (drums). In July of 1978, they signed to Island Records and released a promising... [+] Read More

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In his 1999 memoir, A Cure for Gravity: A Musical Pilgrimage, Joe Jackson writes approvingly of George Gershwin as a musician who kept one foot in the popular and one in the classical realms of music. Like Gershwin, Jackson possesses a restless musical imagination that has found him straddling musical genres unapologetically, disinclined to pick... [+] Read More

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Usually tossed into the mod bag, the Jolt defied such easy categorizations, and split up just as that movement emerged into the national spotlight. Fired by the fury of punk, the band formed in the summer of 1976 in the suburbs of Glasgow, Scotland. The initial quartet quickly slimmed to the trio of singer/guitarist Robbie Collins and bassist... [+] Read More

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After the Beatles, the Action were the most impressive band signed to EMI by George Martin during the mid-'60s. That they never managed to chart a single in the space of two years with the label, even as lesser bands sold tens of thousands of records with seemingly no effort, is one of those great ironies of mid-'60s English rock & roll. [+] Read More

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Stomping garage-pop from Brooklyn, NY, by way of Essex, England.

The Actual Facts offer you advice and information you can trust, such as how to end an abusive relationship, how to treat a black eye, or what to wear on your first day of prison. Their dedication to the task of rocking your insides cannot be underestimated.

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The Deadlines is singer/songwriter/one-man-band Daniel Cook.



Daniel has been writing songs for about 7 years, but a habit of putting things off until the last minute means he’s never recorded any of them. Last September he was told that the bone cancer he thought he had beaten has come back, and is incurable. Since then... [+] Read More

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Formed in early 2007. Released "Extraordinary Renditions" demo in June of 2007. Released "Épater Le Bourgeois" EP on Transnational Debate on September 11th, 2007.
First show on September 12th, 2007. Released "FORCALI" LP on March 11th, 2008. Released "Extraordinary Renditions" EP in June of 2008.
Released "Reductio Ad Asbsurdum" EP on... [+] Read More

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The Lambrettas, featuring Jez Bird (guitar/vocals/keyboards), Doug Saunders (guitar), Mark Ellis (bass), and Paul Wincer (drums), jumped on the Jam-inspired mod revival bandwagon of the late '70s, dressing in matching mohair suits and naming themselves after one of the mod-favored motor scooters. Although decidedly derivative, the Lambrettas... [+] Read More

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Dave Sue, Manchester Evening News 'Wowing Manchester crowds and getting us music jurnalists foaming at the mouth what further invitation do you need' Phill Beckett, 96.2 The Revolution
'They're a massive favourite with our listeners who request their songs on a daily basis. Their mix of... [+] Read More

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Few bands in the history of rock & roll were riddled with as many contradictions as the Who. All four members had wildly different personalities, as their notoriously intense live performances demonstrated. The group was a whirlwind of activity, as the wild Keith Moon fell over his drum kit and Pete Townshend leaped into the air with his guitar,... [+] Read More

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XTC was one of the smartest -- and catchiest -- British pop bands to emerge from the punk and new wave explosion of the late '70s. From the tense, jerky riffs of their early singles to the lushly arranged, meticulous pop of their later albums, XTC's music has always been driven by the hook-laden songwriting of guitarist Andy Partridge and... [+] Read More

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It’s not often you hear about a band like zerobridge. Lead singer/guitarist and songwriter Mubashir “Din” Mohi-ud-Din and drummer Mohsin “Mo” Mohi-ud-Din are two brothers, whose parents are from the disputed territory of Kashmir, nestled between northern India and Pakistan. Greg “The Quota,” seasoned NYC bass player, rounds out the trio who... [+] Read More

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