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Artist: NoIQ Productions
NoIQ Production is an underground music independent label with high fan and street creditbility rank. Well known in the streets of Modesto & for blowing up decks and woofers with massive beats and at times complicated drum lines... NoIQ Brixs Sik Afilliated & Phantom Ent..... Just the begining! With artist like C-Sik, Stress, J-Namic, C-Lee &... [+] Read More
Artist: Dink Roberts
The titles of tunes this historic North Carolina banjo man recorded evoke the rowdy milieu he came out of : "High Sheriff," "Old Corn Liquor," "Black Annie," "Roustabout," "Fox Chase," and so forth. But his importance as a link to Afro-American traditions as well as Appalachian styles means his music has been the subject of intense study by... [+] Read More
Artist: Nine Inch Nails
Nine Inch Nails were the most popular industrial group ever and was largely responsible for bringing the music to a mass audience. It isn't really accurate to call NIN a group; the only official member is singer/producer/multi-instrumentalist Trent Reznor, who always remained solely responsible for NIN's musical direction (he was, however,... [+] Read More
Artist: Society Gone Madd
SOCIETY GONE MADD!, is from Southern California, and is Rob on Bass & Vocals, Dennis on Guitar and vocals, Walter on Guitar and vocals, & John on Drums.HistoryWe started around late 1986 or early 1987, with Steve on vocals, Rob on bass, Walter on guitar, and Nick (from Conflict from Arizona) on Drums. Sometime late 1987, we wanted another... [+] Read More
Artist: Nas
Heralded instantly as one of New York's leading rap voices, Nas expressed an outspoken, self-empowered swagger that rallied the streets of his city and elsewhere. Whether proclaiming himself "Nasty Nas" or "Nas Escobar" or "Nastradamus" or "God's Son," the self-appointed King of New York battled numerous adversaries for his position atop the... [+] Read More
Artist: TQ
Singer/songwriter/producer TQ hit the music scene in 1998 with a style that made him different than any other R&B singer on the market. A native of Compton, California, his swagger and delivery made some fans regard him with the same appeal as a rapper. In fact, he has been told that he reminds many of a singing Tupac with his realistic... [+] Read More
Artist: Roddy Radiation
The son of a soul band trumpeter, Roddy "Radiation" Byers' first instrument was trombone, before he switched to guitar at 13 and began the traditional apprenticeship through the local, Coventry, England, youth club circuit. By 1977, Radiation was a member of the regional punk band the Wild Boys, a group that he remembers as being heavily... [+] Read More
Artist: Chaka Khan
Best known for her superb 1984 cover of Prince's "I Feel for You," R&B singer Chaka Khan enjoyed solo success as well as popularity as a member of the group Rufus. Born Yvette Marie Stevens in Great Lakes, IL, on March 23, 1953, she was raised on Chicago's South Side, and at the age of 11 formed her first group, the Crystalettes. While still in... [+] Read More
Artist: Extended F@mm
Decrying the lack of solid rap groups, Extended F@mm came together around a foursome of New York-based battle MCs -- Tonedeff, Session, PackFM, and Substantial. Each member of the quartet spent much time trying to make their own way in the rap underground; Tonedeff released a few solo singles and backed KRS-One on his Nelly dis track "Clear Em... [+] Read More
Artist: Mark Nauseef
Although there are many more widely known session drummers than Mark Nauseef, few have lent their talents to as wide a variety of musical styles as Nauseef has over the years. Nauseef has studied numerous percussive styles during his long and winding career, including Javanese gamelan with K.R.T. Wasitodiningrat; Balinese gamelan with I. Nyoman... [+] Read More
Artist: David Briggs
Primarily known for his work with Neil Young & Crazy Horse, David Briggs will go down in history as one of the great non-technical producers in the rock & roll idiom. Eschewing technical chops for raw feel and spontaneity, Briggs' contributed to what are admittedly Young's greatest recorded works, from his first solo album (Neil Young in 1968)... [+] Read More
Artist: The Dragons
So Cal punk & rollers the Dragons were fronted by Mario Escovedo, the youngest sibling of musicians Alejandro and Javier Escovedo. Javier, of L.A. punk legends the Zeros ( and later with Alejandro in the True Believers), bought his teenage kid brother his first guitar on Sunset Strip, paving the way for Mario's rock 'n' roll future.
Mario and... [+] Read More
Artist: Main Source
Extremely significant for 1991's Breaking Atoms alone, Main Source's effect on hip-hop is nearly impossible to gauge, especially when considering Large Professor and K-Cut's contributions outside of the group. Consisting of MC/producer Large Professor (born Paul Mitchell) and twin DJs/producers K-Cut (born Kevin McKenzie) and Sir Scratch, the... [+] Read More
Artist: Be Your Own Pet
Some straight-edge band somewhere a long time ago had the cry, "Yr only young once DONT F*CK IT UP!!" It made a lot of sense to the legions who back-flipped off local stages in agreement. Some kids just got a creative inner coil switched to blast furnace temps and the only thing they can do is dedicate their youth to rock n roll. Be Your Own... [+] Read More
Artist: Joyce Cooling
One of the Bay Area's premier guitarists and most popular performers for over a decade, Joyce Cooling's Playing It Cool is a dazzling showcase of her eclectic approach to music. Drawing upon a wide palette of influences ranging from acclaimed Brazilian guitarist/singer/songwriter João Bosco to outstanding Texas bluesman Stevie Ray Vaughan, a... [+] Read More
Artist: Greedy Bastards
By 1977, Thin Lizzy were on a roll. Johnny the Fox, their last album, had consolidated their emergence from the cult confines in which they had hitherto spent their time; work on their next record, set to emerge as Bad Reputation, was already underway; and the band's last British tour had thrust them into venues they had once merely driven past.... [+] Read More
Artist: The Blenders
With a name that sounds like a section of an appliance store, the vocal group the Blenders made their debut at Harlem's important Apollo Theater in 1949 and snagged an exclusive recording contract with Decca shortly thereafter. As to how the situation stood at the termination of said contract, there seems to be several different stories. In one... [+] Read More
Artist: Chris Jasper
Any serious list of highly influential keyboardists in the soul/pop/funk field would have to include the Isley Brothers' Chris Jasper. Jasper can be heard laying down adept acoustic piano, organ, funky clavinet, and Moog/Arp synthesizer lines on such seminal '70s hits as "Who's That Lady," "Fight the Power," "For the Love of You" (covered by... [+] Read More
Artist: The Replacements
The Replacements initially formed in 1979, when Paul Westerberg joined a garage punk band formed by brothers Bob (guitar) and Tommy Stinson (bass) and drummer Chris Mars. Originally, the band was called the Impediments, but they changed their name to the Replacements after being banned from a local club for disorderly behavior. In their early... [+] Read More
Artist: Country Joe & the Fish
If you mention the name Country Joe & the Fish to Americans born in 1955 or earlier, chances are that they'll know the band you're talking about, at least to the degree that they know their most widely played and quoted song, "I Feel Like I'm Fixin' to Die Rag." The problem is, that particular song captured only the smallest sliver of who... [+] Read More
