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Artist: Sidewinder
Australian band Sidewinder formed in Canberra in 1991. One of a crop of new Australian bands playing alternative guitar pop at this time, Sidewinder never achieved the success of their contemporaries Pollyanna, Jebediah, or Something for Kate. Sidewinder released a number of EPs in the mid-'90s, including the T-Star EP and the Yoko Icepick EP in... [+] Read More
Artist: Sidewinders
Guitar rock mid-'80s to present. ~ Scott Bultman, All Music Guide [+] Read More
Artist: Sidewinder
Artist: Sidewinders
Artist: Sidewinder
Artist: Little Charles & the Sidewinders
Artist: Rich Hopkins
Known for his work in the '80s with the Sidewinders and in the '90s with the Sand Rubies, guitarist and songwriter Rich Hopkins formed his own band Rich Hopkins and the Luminarios in the early '90s. His former side project became his full-time passion, combining the talents of many of the musicians he had been working with in the Tuscon, AZ,... [+] Read More
Artist: rhondawatson
SongwritingRhonda began writing music at an early age, having her first song published at the age of 14. She enjoys writing in many styles including alternative, country, gospel, pop, soft rock, rock, rockabilly, americana, easy listening and more.Her music is loved around the world and aired on radio stations in Belgium, Germany, The... [+] Read More
Artist: Sand Rubies
The Sand Rubies evolved from an Arizona group called the Sidewinders, an outfit that had already put out three albums with Rich Hopkins on guitar and David Slutes as vocalist. The name change came about because of legal difficulties, but they went on to ink a deal with Mammoth Records in 1988. A showcase followed in New York, resulting in a deal... [+] Read More
Artist: Andy Paley
Producer Andy Paley lent his classic pop sensibility to albums from legends including Brian Wilson, Jerry Lee Lewis and Jonathan Richman. He first surfaced as the frontman of the Sidewinders, making his debut on their 1972 self-titled effort; after a few years of relative inactivity, Paley resurfaced in 1976, appearing on Elliott Murphy's Night... [+] Read More
Artist: The Mopes
Starting out for the sake of killing time while touring with the Queers, B-Face (bass) and Dan Vapid (guitar/vocals) never thought that writing a couple of silly songs in a van would be the building blocks for the eventual formation of the Mopes. Unfortunately, the occupation of Vapid's time in Screeching Weasel prevented him from getting... [+] Read More
Artist: Handsome Ned
Named after Batman's sidekick by his older brother, Robin Masyk (aka Handsome Ned) was born on June 4, 1957. After a childhood spent on Canadian Air Force bases in Europe and an adolescence spent hitchhiking across the U.S. and Canada, Robin Masyk made his way to Toronto in 1976. Along with some friends, Masyk and his brother started a... [+] Read More
Artist: Download
As industrial and industrial-metal made great inroads on the mainstream charts during the late '90s, many early pioneers continued to record with little fanfare but a large amount of creativity, even if the astounding leaps in technology had largely altered their sound since the heyday of the 1980s. Download was originally begun by Skinny... [+] Read More
Artist: Lee Morgan
A cornerstone of the Blue Note label roster prior to his tragic demise, Lee Morgan was one of hard bop's greatest trumpeters, and indeed one of the finest of the '60s. An all-around master of his instrument modeled after Clifford Brown, Morgan boasted an effortless, virtuosic technique and a full, supple, muscular tone that was just as powerful... [+] Read More
Artist: Joel Roberts
Joel Roberts writes about all kinds of music from jazz to blues to country for numerous online and print publications including All About Jazz, Jazz Now, CD Now, and No Depression. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Specialties: jazz, blues, alt.country.
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John Coltrane A Love Supreme... [+] Read More
Artist: Neil Diamond
In a career that began in the 1960s, Neil Diamond became a major recording artist, an internationally successful touring act, and a songwriter whose compositions produced hits for himself and others. His earliest recognition, in fact, came as a songwriter associated with the Brill Building era of Tin Pan Alley in the early '60s. But he soon... [+] Read More
Artist: The Drivin' Dynamics
Nebraska garage rock combo the Drivin' Dynamics formed in the state's Gering-Scottbluff area in late 1961. Singer/bassist Randy Meisner, guitarists Larry Soto and Richard Rohnke, and drummer John Ankeny (no relation to the author) made their debut at a private party and within weeks landed a gig in support of Bobby Vee. Throughout 1962 the... [+] Read More
Artist: Keith Methven
For whatever reason -- bad luck or lack of that one small break -- there are so many talented working musicians who never make it into the public eye because they never find the right situation in which to play their music. It looked for much of his musical career like Minnesota native Keith Methven might be one of those musicians. Methven... [+] Read More
Artist: Al Casey
Longtime session guitarist Al Casey is most noted for the records he made with producer Lee Hazlewood, with artists like Duane Eddy and Sanford Clark. He also has made numerous records on his own, reaching his commercial peak in the early 1960s, when a few of his instrumental (or mostly instrumental) surf and R&B-rock singles made the Top... [+] Read More
Artist: Billy Squier
Many point to Billy Squier as early-'80s rock personified -- an era when he and many of his peers tempered hard rock with pop melodicism -- and by adding just the right amount of posing and posturing for the newly constructed MTV set, he scored a string of arena rock anthems and power ballads. But Squier did not enjoy overnight success as it... [+] Read More
Artist: Morton Subotnick
Long at the vanguard of American electronic music, composer Morton Subnotnick also pioneered the rise of multi-media performance through his extensive work in connection with interactive computer systems. Born in Los Angeles on April 14, 1933, he attended the University of Denver before earning his master's at Mills College in Oakland,... [+] Read More
Artist: The Methadones
A good band name always gives the potential listener some idea what sort of music to expect. (Bad band names are ones that mess with those expectations: a certain artsy-jangly guitar pop band of the early '90s would have been much more successful had they not been called Vomit Launch, which sounds like the name of a scabrous hardcore act.)... [+] Read More
Artist: Cactus Patch
This rock trio from Washington, D.C., joined together in early 1999, took the name of Cactus Patch, and started playing up and down the East Coast. Vince Scheuerman (guitar), John Hutchins (bass), and Dennis Manuel (drums), exhibit a distinctive sense of humor yet produce lyrics that are thoughtful, make sense, and still rock. Scheuerman and... [+] Read More
Artist: Boz Burrell
King Crimson has produced enough alumni, amid its myriad membership changes, break-ups, and re-assemblies over the decades to fill a decent sized symphony orchestra. Robert Fripp may be the Crimson mastermind, and Greg Lake its most familiar ex-member as a singer, but singer bassist Boz Burrell is right up there with Lake as the most successful... [+] Read More
Artist: Denai Burbank
Denai Burbank is a music writer and aficionado who lives and works in the Sacramento area. Her first love is soul music and jazz of the 1960s in addition to an affinity for Brazilian music forms and Jamaican reggae. Favorite books include music biographies, discographies, and magazines. She professes to know Motown trivia perhaps better than... [+] Read More
