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Artist: Cooly's Hot Box
Artist: Janet Jackson
Few celebrity siblings can emerge from the shadows of their already famous relations to become superstars in their own right and with their own distinct personalities. That's exactly what Janet Jackson did in becoming one of the biggest female pop and R&B stars of the '80s and '90s. Since her breakthrough in 1986 with the album Control,... [+] Read More
Artist: Magnapop
This Athens, GA, band creates high-energy punk-pop with catchy hooks and literate lyrics. What makes Magnapop interesting (and different from many of the punk-pop bands out there) is the combination of Hopper's smooth, unhurried vocals and the furious lashings of Morris' guitar -- it creates a tension that makes the songs of this intelligent,... [+] Read More
Artist: Easy Star All-Stars
New York City's Michael G. (born Michael Goldwasser) and Ticklah (born Victor Axelrod) are the two longtime friends who form the Easy Star All-Stars. Goldwasser had been playing guitar with the R&B band Special Request, but after five active years the band broke up. Around this time, the guitarist turned his attention to reggae and formed the... [+] Read More
Artist: Trackmaster Lou
Under a series of guises, Detroit artist Lou Robinson -- primarily known as Trackmaster Lou -- has released a plethora of influential techno records for prestigious labels such as Underground Resistance and Tresor. His recording career began in the mid-'80s with a group called the Preps and was highlighted by the song "Hot Box," recorded with... [+] Read More
Artist: Smiley Wilson
"Smiley" Wilson was born Hamilton K. Wilson in Etowah County, Alabama, and attended school near Gadsden, Alabama. At 17, he was a member of Tex Bynum's Rogers County Cowboys, and later worked for two years with Gene Durnel's Rio Grande Rangers. In 1947, Wilson was appearing on WBXL radio in Peoria, Illinois, and cutting records for the Apollo... [+] Read More
Artist: Safety in Numbers
Similar to Blink 182's side project Box Car Racer, this group is the side project of Hot Rod Circuit's frontman Andy Jackson. Teaming up with former New Amsterdams drummer Jake Cardwell, the group joined forces during downtime from primary groups. In 2002, Safety In Numbers released its debut album, Build and Structure on Triple Crown Records.... [+] Read More
Artist: Luke Haines
Well regarded as one of the finest and most prolific songwriters in Britain, ex-Servant Luke Haines has helmed the glam noir of the Auteurs, the broken funk of Baader Meinhof, and the downbeat atmospherics of Black Box Recorder, in addition to releasing material under his own name. During the last seven years of the '90s, Haines issued six... [+] Read More
Artist: the ill box pros featuring SQMC and Various Indiscretions
ill box music presents TWO NEWS to the ill box line up!
NOW APPEARING:
Rap - Hoodsta Bandit SQMC. Lyrical Dynamite! Better than your man! Better than all you motherf@#$ers!! Watch yourself!!
Rock - 4 Man Electric Band from the northeast named Various Indiscretions that flat ROCKS OUT! Imaginary Rock Stars? Yeah. American Idols? HELL No!
These... [+] Read More
Artist: Charlie Dixon
The banjo does not receive much credit as an important instrument in early jazz music, despite its presence in many ensembles. Part of the problem lies in sound recordings that survive from this era, as the already quick-to-decay sound of the banjo being plunked usually didn't make it onto the pressing with any kind of substantial sonic... [+] Read More
Artist: David Cook
American Idol winner David Cook has been signed to 19 Recordings / RCA Records and is preparing to start recording his debut album which is due for release in fall 2008."David Cook is an extraordinarily versatile and talented artist with an impressive sense of musicality," says Tom Corson, Executive Vice President and General Manager, RCA Music... [+] Read More
Artist: Russell DaShiell
Journeyman rock musician Russell DaShiell was born July 23, 1947, in Philadelphia, PA, the son of Daniel Harrison DaShiell, a radio electronics engineer, and Francis (Wolfe) DaShiell. The family moved to the island of Oahu, HI, when DaShiell was three years old, and he lived there until he was 15. His first musical instrument was the ukulele,... [+] Read More
Artist: Chubby Carrier
The traditional two-steps and blues-inspired rhythms of Zydeco are transformed into the modern dance-inspiring music of Roy "Chubby" Carrier and his group, The Bayou Swamp Band. While The Chicago Tribune referred to Carrier as "one of the finer s ndard bearers of the classic Zydeco sound among the new generation of Louisiana bands", The... [+] Read More
Artist: Don Sebesky
Don Sebesky is best known as house arranger for many of producer Creed Taylor's Verve, A&M, and CTI productions; the man whose orchestral backgrounds helped make artists like Wes Montgomery, Paul Desmond, Freddie Hubbard, and George Benson acceptable to audiences outside of jazz. He has taken critical heat for this, but Sebesky's arrangements... [+] Read More
Artist: Israel Vibration
A living lesson in fortitude, the vocal trio of Cecil "Skeleton" Spence, Albert "Apple Gabriel" Craig, and Lascelle "Wiss" Bulgin overcame adversity, illness, and poverty to become one of the finest roots groups in Jamaica's history. All three had been afflicted by polio and first became acquainted, albeit briefly, at Kingston's Mona... [+] Read More
Artist: Crime
Proclaiming themselves as "San Francisco's first and only rock & roll band," Crime was a forerunner in America's do-it-yourself punk history, releasing their first single in late 1976. Though they never referred to themselves as punk (a term they felt was a media concoction), Crime had all the elements of a classic punk band, with their snotty... [+] Read More
Artist: Cleveland Crochet
The fiddle player and bandleader of The Hillbilly Ramblers, a Cajun band whose 1961 song, "Sugar Bee," became the first Cajun song to reach the "Billboard Hot 100", Cleveland Crochet has never been financially compensated for the tune. "I didn't get anything out of it," Crochet said by telephone from his home in Iowa, Louisiana. "Eddie Schuler... [+] Read More
Artist: The Tender Box
The Los Angeles-based alt-rock band the Tender Box features Joey Medina (vocals/guitar), Steve Mungarro (bass/vocals), Chuck Gill (drums), and Ric Moon (guitar/synths). The four childhood friends grew up in the Mexican-American neighborhood of South Gate and listening to bands such as the Smiths, the Cure, and Depeche Mode was a regular part of... [+] Read More
Artist: B-Hi
You are looking at one of Raleigh NC FINEST! I have been making beats for about seven years, in four of those years I have been trying to get my skills up in Production. But in 2006 I started to take Making Beats more serious. So I started to learn how to use more Hardware gear and software gear. Also in 2006 I started attending Audio School,... [+] Read More
Artist: The Wallace Brothers
Cleveland Warnock gave the Wallace Brothers their start but can't remember all the members' names. But that's understandable: Warnock is 71 years old and still works in building and construction while caring for a brother afflicted with Alzheimer. It didn't help that his house caught fire some years ago, destroying master recordings, pictures,... [+] Read More
Artist: Frank Hunter
During the '50s and '60s, part of the pop music kingdom was ruled by lavishly produced and carefully arranged musical showcases for singers such as Frankie Avalon. The arrangers and conductors behind the scenes often had more creative agendas of their own, and Frank Hunter was definitely a good example. He was fortunate enough to work not only... [+] Read More
Artist: Terry Blaine
Graduating summa cum laude from the State University of New York (Buffalo) with a degree in classical flute and music and where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, Terry Blaine has taken a roundabout route to jazz. The 1970s saw her performing with Top 40 bands and doing studio work in and around New York City before she went off on a world tour... [+] Read More
Artist: T42
Originally a Dallas area duo, with members Jay Gillian and Jimron Goff. Vocalist Will Loconto replaced Goff in 1989. The band released a cassette EP, Hot on Top, to local acclaim and airplay on local station The Edge 94.5, which also included a version of the song "Ecstasy" on the first Tales From the Edge compilation. Oak Lawn Records picked up... [+] Read More
Artist: Zweistein
A decade before the musically unskilled Half Japanese audaciously released their debut full-length as a three-record box set, the equally musically unskilled German group Zweistein pulled off the same stunt, and even topped Half Japanese by having their three-LP set issued by Philips, a major label. Zweistein and their album are one of the... [+] Read More
Artist: Eve
Eve was one of a new breed of tough, talented, commercially viable female MCs to hit the rap scene during the late '90s. Though she could be sexy when she chose, she wasn't as over the top as Lil' Kim or Foxy Brown, and as part of the Ruff Ryders posse, her production was harder than Da Brat's early work with Jermaine Dupri. In the end, Eve came... [+] Read More
