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Artist: Fly
Fly is a post-grunge outfit formed circa 1994 by vocalist/guitarist/lyricist Johnny and drummer Scott Marcus; their current lineup includes guitarist Chris Jacks, who joined in 1996, and bassist Lev Paramonov, who joined shortly after their self-produced debut album, Bombthreat: Before She Blows, was recorded in 1997. Bombthreat was re-released... [+] Read More
Artist: Gloritone
Originally known as Vitamin, Gloritone are a guitar-based pop/rock trio based in Tempe, Arizona. Vocalist/guitarist Tim Anthonise, bassist Nick Scropos, and drummer Dan Lancelot were all veterans of the local club scene and formed the band in September 1996. Vitamin had not yet performed 20 shows when a demo tape caught the interest of an RCA... [+] Read More
Artist: Doseone
Born in Napa, ID, Adam Drucker, or Doseone, one of the founders of the group Themselves (Jel was the other) and a main player in Subtle and cLOUDDEAD, spent much of his youth in Philadelphia and New Jersey perfecting his battle raps. However, after he moved to Cincinnati to attend college, he began focusing more on his poetry and how it could be... [+] Read More
Artist: Amateur Night
San Francisco power pop quartet Amateur Night came together in mid-1996 the way most bands tend to: mutual friendships and the fortuitous placement of an ad seeking a drummer. Guitarists/vocalists Greg Heller and Tim McGoey grew up together in Laguna Beach, CA, at one point co-fronting the Orange County subterranean metal outfit Tubesteak.... [+] Read More
Artist: Snakefarm
The folky, funky, bluesy trip-hop of Snakefarm truly did come out of thin air. In this case, the air whirling around at the corner of Houston and Crosby Streets in New York City, circa summer 1995. Anna Domino was the lucky recipient of the brainstorm and the rest is history, though still in the making. From her childhood of movement from Tokyo... [+] Read More
Artist: Sole
The man who would later be known as Sole, one of the founders of the avant-garde indie rap label/collective Anticon, was born in 1977 in Portland, ME, as Tim Holland. By 1992, he had made his first demo, attracting interest from EMI, whose deal Sole declined when he was told he could have Jermaine Dupri as his producer, and not DJ Premier. In... [+] Read More
Artist: Whiplash
Perhaps best remembered for consisting of three guys named Tony: Tony Portaro (vocals, guitar), Tony Bono (bass), and Tony Scaglione, as well as the fact that the latter temporarily replaced drummer Dave Lombardo in Slayer during his first, fleeting split from the group in 1987, New Jersey thrashers Whiplash never achieved more than local cult... [+] Read More
Artist: Lee Kernaghan
In Australian country music, Lee Kernaghan was as dominant in the '90s as Garth Brooks in America. He's also famous for the cowboy hat he wears. But there the similarity ends. Australian country music has held onto its romance with the land, small towns, and farm folk, and although Kernaghan, in his 30s, is the spearhead of the new generation of... [+] Read More
Artist: Blowfly
Blowfly is the X-rated alter ego of Clarence Reid, a songwriter/producer who had quite a bit of success under his own name in the '70s, writing and producing hits for Gwen MacRae, KC & the Sunshine Band, Betty Wright, and others while on the staff at the preeminent Florida disco label of the era, TK Records. It's as Blowfly that Reid is best... [+] Read More
Artist: Toyah Wilcox
Pop diva and actress Toyah Wilcox has had an extraordinary career in the British music scene, moving between post- '77 English punk opportunism, the new wave underground, pop stardom, mature experimentalism and post-pop music and theater. Her earliest, dramatic look -- wild hairstyles, theatrical make-up and extravagant costuming -- was the... [+] Read More
