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Artist: Alastair Greene
Santa Barbara-native Alastair Greene is a blues-rocker that has been a Southern California regular for years. Working with countless independent artists, he finally wrote and recorded his own solo effort in 2001, A Little Wiser. ~ Bradley Torreano, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Alastair Galbraith
New Zealand-based singer/songwriter Alastair Galbraith first emerged during the mid-1980s, playing in Dunedin-area bands including the Rip and Plagal Grind. Making his solo debut with 1992's Morse, he became known for his signature abbreviated songwriting style, with most of his compositions clocking in under two minutes. After 1995's Talisman,... [+] Read More
Artist: Alastair Moock
Artist: Chris Alastair
Artist: Alastair Black
Artist: Alastair McDonald
Artist: Frente!
Guitarist Simon Austin formed the Melbourne, Australian folk-pop band Frente! in 1991, bringing in Angie Hart, Simon Austin (guitar), Tim O'Connor, and Mark Picton (replaced by Alastair Barden) to round out the lineup. Frente! entered the international spotlight in the summer of 1994 with their quirky acoustic version of New Order's "Bizarre... [+] Read More
Artist: Johnny & the Self Abusers
Johnny & the Self Abusers were one of Glasgow, Scotland's few punk bands, albeit a rather bizarrely entertaining one. Hailing from the city's south side, their gigs featured their own light show, replete with DayGlo skulls. They also looked the part, wearing generous amounts of makeup; one of the singers, who often went by the name Pripton... [+] Read More
Artist: Handful of Dust
Besides founding notable avant-garde New Zealand label Xpressway, not to mention his even more extreme company Corpus Hermeticum (which between them have released efforts from such musical innovators as Peter Jefferies, Wreck Small Speakers on Expensive Stereos, and Flying Saucer Attack), Bruce Russell has pursued a musical career in a variety... [+] Read More
Artist: King's Singers
The King's Singers is a six-man vocal ensemble which tours the world singing a variety of repertory.
The group was formed in 1965 by Alastair Hume, Simon Carrington, and Brian Kay. all, at that time, Choral Scholars of the Choir of King's College, Cambridge. Together with other Choral Scholars.
Choral Scholars (there are fourteen at any one... [+] Read More
Artist: Neck
A band that started out with one name and morphed into another -- that's the story of Neck, now known as Christiana. Neck began as a trio with guitarist/vocalist Dave Rodgers, bassist/vocalist Alastair Macleod, and drummer Paul Boddum. That lineup released one 7", two LPs, and one single. As Macleod departed, Rodgers' friend Andrew McAllister... [+] Read More
Artist: Birchville Cat Motel
From a bedroom in a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand, Birchville Cat Motel issues forth a steady stream of albums of alternately ghostly and aggressive drone-heavy noise rock. The alter ego of guitarist, songwriter, and producer Campbell Kneale, Birchville Cat Motel is akin to fellow D.I.Y. space rock luminaries like Alastair Galbraith, Roy... [+] Read More
Artist: Pip Proud
Mistakenly and overenthusiastically heralded by the '60s Australian press as the Aussie response to Bob Dylan, Pip Proud was in fact much more akin, musically and otherwise, to such fractured poets as Syd Barrett, Alexander Spence, and Roky Erickson. His music can also be seen as a precursor to the lo-fi indie folk that began flourishing in the... [+] Read More
