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Artist: David Bowie
Genre: Rock/PopThe cliché about David Bowie says he's a musical chameleon, adapting himself according to fashion and trends. While such a criticism is too glib, there's no denying that Bowie demonstrated remarkable skill for perceiving musical trends at his peak in the '70s. After spending several years in the late '60s as a mod and as an all-around music-hall... [+] Read More
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Artist: Dead Can Dance
Genre: Rock/PopDead Can Dance combine elements of European folk music -- particularly music from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance -- with ambient pop and worldbeat flourishes. Their songs are of lost beauty, regret and sorrow, inspiration and nobility, and of the everlasting human goal of attaining a meaningful existence.
Over the course of their career,... [+] Read More
Tagged by 1 person, last on November 15, 2007
Artist: Delerium
Genre: Rock/PopA joint effort by Rhys Fulber and former Front Line Assembly bandmate Bill Leeb, Delerium has produced some of the most unusual sounds to emanate from Vancouver, Canada. With Leeb responsible for finding samples, writing lyrics, creating bass lines, sequencing, and overseeing the project and Fulber handling the sampling and programming, and... [+] Read More
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Artist: Jean Michel Jarre
Genre: Electronic-DanceCelebrated as the European electronic music community's premier ambassador, composer Jean-Michel Jarre elevated the synthesizer to new peaks of popularity during the 1970s, in the process emerging as an international superstar renowned for his dazzling concert spectacles. The son of the famed film composer Maurice Jarre, he was born August 24,... [+] Read More
Tagged by 1 person, last on June 14, 2007
Story: MP3.com Live: The Police
Jun 14, 2007 Despite reworked songs and some age-induced deceleration, reunited trio delights nearly 50,000 at the Oakland Coliseum.Artist: The Cure
Genre: Rock/PopOut of all the bands that emerged in the immediate aftermath of punk rock in the late '70s, the Cure was one of the most enduring and popular. Led through numerous incarnations by guitarist/vocalist Robert Smith (born April 21, 1959), the band became notorious for their slow, gloomy dirges and Smith's ghoulish appearance. But the public image... [+] Read More
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