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Artist: Ceili Rain
Ceili Rain (pronounced Kay-lee) was formed in 1995 by veteran songwriter Bob Halligan, Jr. The Syracuse, N.Y native had been thinking conceptually about combining Celtic instrumentation within a pop-rock setting since 1989, and had received encouragement from his wife Linda to move forward with the idea. Formerly, he had written songs that had... [+] Read More
Artist: Ministry
Until Nine Inch Nails crossed over to the mainstream, Ministry did more than any other band to popularize industrial dance music, injecting large doses of punky, over-the-top aggression and roaring heavy metal guitar riffs that helped their music find favor with metal and alternative audiences outside of industrial's cult fan base. That's not to... [+] Read More
Artist: Steppenwolf
Led by John Kay (born Joachim Krauledat, April 12, 1944), Steppenwolf's blazing biker anthem "Born to Be Wild" roared out of speakers everywhere in the fiery summer of 1968, John Kay's threatening rasp sounding a mesmerizing call to arms to the counterculture movement rapidly sprouting up nationwide. German immigrant Kay got his professional... [+] Read More
Artist: Richard Bone
A founding member of N.Y.C.'s electronic music scene, Richard Bone started his career by writing music for off-Broadway theatre productions (using homemade processors), and has worked with neo-legendaries Lenny Kaye and Reeves Gabrels. In 1980, he joined Shox Lumania, but soon went solo and released a string of singles on Chrysalis Records. He... [+] Read More
Artist: Nellie McKay
Get Away from Me, the title of singer/songwriter Nellie McKay's debut album, was a play on two titles by romantic female vocalists who became popular in the early 2000s: Norah Jones' Come Away With Me and Jane Monheit's Come Dream With Me. But while McKay shares some of Jones and Monheit's influences -- vocal jazz, cabaret, pre-rock traditional... [+] Read More
Artist: No Good People
Even though No Good People wasnt officially formed until 2000, the foundation for the group was laid years before. NGP consists of 2 sets of brothers: Stress & Dr. Sean Strange; and Raida & O-Doub. Despite all being born and raised in the Richmond Hill section of Queens, they would not meet until the mid-to-late 90s, after all moving to Long... [+] Read More
Artist: Naughty By Nature
Naughty By Nature pulled off the neat trick of landing big, instantly catchy anthems on the pop charts while maintaining their street-level credibility among the hardcore rap faithful; one of the first groups to successfully perform such a balancing act. The group was formed in East Orange, NJ, in 1986, while all three members -- MCs Treach... [+] Read More
Artist: Patrick Adams
Producer/arranger/songwriter Patrick Adams' career spans more than 30 years. His plentiful resume includes work with Sister Sledge (their 1974 debut LP on Atco/Atlantic Circle of Love), Loleatta Holloway, Coolio, Herbie Mann ("Superman," number 26 pop, early 1979, from the 1978 Atlantic LP Super Mann), Bumblebee Unlimited (the 1979 RCA LP Sting... [+] Read More
Artist: Shade Sheist
From his flow to the beats that he rhymes over, everything about hardcore rapper Shade Sheist screams "West Coast" in no uncertain terms. Sheist has, on occasion, worked with some East Coast rappers -- including Ja Rule and Naughty by Nature member Kay Gee -- but even so, Sheist is very much a product of the Southern California rap scene.... [+] Read More
Artist: Chris True
A generally confused and melodramatic man, Chris True spent the first 30 tumultuous years of his life in Michigan. Born to a music-crazy mom, he was taken in by the musical charms of Paul McCartney, Keith Richards, and Lindsey Buckingham well before he knew the joys and amusements of Catholic elementary school. Over the years, many different... [+] Read More
Artist: Jane Russell
Actress/singer Jane Russell is best known as Marilyn Monroe's brunette sidekick in the 1953 movie adaptation of the 1949 musical Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and for her other appearances in films of the 1940s and '50s, notably her debut in the racy (for its time) The Outlaw. But her sexy screen image was belied by her devout Christian faith and... [+] Read More
