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Crowns　

Cathedral　

It’s universally agreed that the originators of the doom metal genre are Black Sabbath, but there were several bands of the ’80s/early ’90s that kept the style alive (during Sabbath’s lean y ..more

Camera Obscura　

The Scottish ensemble Camera Obscura formed in 1996, when vocalist Tracyanne Campbell, percussionist John Henderson, bassist Gavin Dunbar, and guitarist David Skirving began creating lu ..more

Culture Club　

Few new wave groups were as popular as Culture Club. During the early ’80s, the group racked up seven straight Top Ten hits in the U.K. and six Top Ten singles in the U.S. with their light, infe ..more

Caro Emerald　

Caro Emerald is a Dutch jazz singer who emerged in 2009 with the smash hit single Back It Up and made her chart-topping album debut in 2010 with Deleted Scenes from the Cutting Room Floor. ..more

Can　

Always at least three steps ahead of contemporary popular music, Can were the leading avant-garde rock group of the ’70s. From their very beginning, their music didn’t conform to any commonly ..more

Cannibal Corpse　

If vomit were a movie, this would be the soundtrack, wrote one critic of Cannibal Corpse’s music, some of the most extreme, violent death metal sounds and subject matter ever committed to tape ..more

Carcass　

Often considered one of grindcore’s founding fathers, Carcass were among the first bands of the extreme metal genre to try a different lyrical approach -- one that reflected a fascination wit ..more

Cars　

Blondie may have had a string of number one hits and Talking Heads may have won the hearts of the critics, but the Cars were the most successful American new wave band to emerge in the lat ..more

Carpenters　

The Carpenters are known for crystal voice and her brother Richard’s outstanding songwriting and arrangements full of lush harmonies and strings. Their music has long been loved, particularly in Japan ..more

Carly Rae Jepsen　

Cat Stevens　

Cat Stevens, born Steven Demetre Georgiou, was the son of a Swedish mother and a Greek father who ran a restaurant in London. He became interested in folk music and rock ＆ roll in his teen ..more

Captain Beyond　

Captain Beyond was a rock group formed in Los Angeles in 1972 by ex-members of other prominent groups. Singer Rod Evans (b. January 19, 1947, Slough, Berkshire, England) had been with Deep Pur ..more

Camel　

Camel never achieved the mass popularity of fellow British progressive rock bands like the Alan Parsons Project, but they cultivated a dedicated cult following. Over the course of their caree ..more

Carole King　

While the landmark Tapestry album earned her superstar status, singer/songwriter Carole King had already firmly established herself as one of pop music’s most gifted and successful composers, ..more

Candlemass　

Sweden’s Candlemass helped reintroduce the lumbering power chords of Black Sabbath to an entire generation of post-New Wave of British Heavy Metal and post-thrash metalheads, almost single ..more

Cure　

Out of all the bands that emerged in the immediate aftermath of punk rock in the late ’70s, few were as enduring and popular as the Cure. Led through numerous incarnations by guitarist/vocalist R ..more

Crown　

The Clash　

The Sex Pistols may have been the first British punk rock band, but the Clash were the definitive British punk rockers. Where the Pistols were nihilistic, the Clash were fiery and ideal ..more

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