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Machine Head　

Influential West Coast heavy metal quartet Machine Head formed in 1992 around the talents of ex-Vio-Lence guitar players Robert Flynn and Phil Demmel, bass player Adam Duce, and drummer ..more

Madeleine Peyroux　

Vocalist Madeleine Peyroux can best be thought of as a Billie Holiday for the 1990s. Like Holiday, Peyroux was marketed as a jazz singer, when what she seems to do best is sing blues ..more

Madonna　

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Magazine　

After leaving the Buzzcocks in 1977, vocalist Howard Devoto formed Magazine with guitarist John McGeoch, bassist Barry Adamson, keyboardist Bob Dickinson, and drummer Martin Jackso ..more

Magic Sam　

No blues guitarist better represented the adventurous modern sound of Chicago’s West side more proudly than Sam Maghett. He died tragically young (at age 32 of a heart attack), just as he was on ..more

Magnum　

Hard rockers Magnum got their start in Birmingham, England, in the mid-’70s. The band’s first album, Kingdom of Madness, came out in 1978, right in the midst of the punk rock musical revoluti ..more

Mando Diao　

Mixing garage rock sneer and Brit-pop sass -- along with a truckload of other influences -- Borlange, Sweden’s Mando Diao formed when its members were all still in their teens. The band’s ger ..more

Manic Street Preachers　

Dressed in glam clothing, wearing heavy eyeliner, and shouting political rhetoric, the Manic Street Preachers emerged in 1991 from their hometown of Blackwood, Wales, as self-styled Generation ..more

Manowar　

Manowar was formed by ex-Dictators and Shakin’ Street guitarist Ross the Boss. The original lineup included vocalist Eric Adams, bassist Joey DeMaio, and drummer Donnie Hamzik. The group’s kitschy app ..more

Marduk　

An unswerving commitment to blasphemy and extremity combined with a relentless touring schedule and a steady stream of recordings has helped establish Sweden’s Marduk as one of the better-known ban ..more

Marianne Faithfull　

Few stars of the ’60s have reinvented themselves as successfully as Marianne Faithfull. Coaxed into a singing career by Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham in 1964, she had a big hit in ..more

Marillion　

Marillion emerged from the short-lived progressive rock revival of the early ’80s to become one of the most enduring cult acts of the era. The group formed in Aylesbury, England, in 1979, and ad ..more

Mark Knopfler　

Mark Knopfler is a guitarist, singer, songwriter, and bandleader. His group, Dire Straits, was formed in London in 1977 and went on to become an international success after the release of its de ..more

Mark Stewart　

An enduring figure on the edgy frontiers of the British music scene, Mark Stewart first came to prominence as a member of the punk/dub noisemaking squad the Pop Group, and has been storming musi ..more

Maroon 5　

A mix of polished pop/rock and neo-soul made Maroon 5 one of the most popular bands of the 2000s, with songs like This Love, She Will Be Loved, and Makes Me Wonder all topping ..more

Marty Balin　

While remaining best known for his contributions to the pioneering San Francisco psychedelic band Jefferson Airplane, Marty Balin also enjoyed a successful solo career, scoring a Top Ten hit in ..more

Matthew Sweet / Susanna Hoffs　

Mattias IA Eklundh　

Swedish guitarist Mattias IA Eklunch was originally a drummer when he saw Frank Zappa at the tender age of 11. Immediately changing his outlook on music, he dove head first into playing the gu ..more

Megadeth　

After he left Metallica in 1983, guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine formed the thrash metal quartet Megadeth. Though Megadeth followed the basic blueprint of Metallica’s relentless att ..more

Mekong Delta　

A riddle wrapped in an enigma dressed up in leather and studs, Germany’s Mekong Delta perplexed the heavy metal world both by playing an unconventional brand of progressive thrash and by keeping th ..more