John McLaughlin　

One of fusion’s most virtuosic guitar soloists, John McLaughlin placed his blazing speed in the service of a searching spiritual passion that has kept his music evolving and open to new influences. ..more

Aile The Shota　

The Bluebells　

During their brief time together in the early ’80s, the Bluebells (songwriter Robert Bobby Bluebell Hodgens [born on June 6, 1959] [guitar], Kenneth McClusky [born on February 8, 1962] [voc ..more

Kohei Fukuda　

Hiroko Shimabukuro (hiro)ヒロ　

石若駿 / 市野元彦 / Kanoa Mendenhall　

Sigh　

Japan’s best-known black metal band Sigh has, over the years, also progressed into one of the genre’s most experimental and simply unusual bands regardless of whereabouts. Led by bassist/vocalis ..more

Grupo Um　

Hanoi Rocks　

Finland’s major export to the world of heavy metal, Hanoi Rocks, drew much of their sound and inspiration from ’70s glam rock and were thought by some to have fused the two styles more successfully ..more

Toshihide Baba　

POiSON GiRL FRiEND　

山本サトシ　

Thomas Morgan　

Tool　

Tool’s greatest breakthrough was to meld dark underground metal with the ambition of art rock. Although Metallica wrote their multi-sectioned, layered songs as if they were composers, they kept ..more

China Crisis　

A bit fiery for most in the new romantic camp during the early ’80s, China Crisis were inspired by similar sources but injected their pop songs with occasional political commentary and bluesy regga ..more

MIKA　

Temple Balls　

Andrew Gold　

Best remembered for his mid-’70s smashes Lonely Boy and Thank You for Being a Friend, pop singer/songwriter Andrew Gold was born in Burbank, CA on August 2, 1951. The son of composer { ..more

くるみゆめ　

Blackmore's Night　

Legendary Deep Purple and Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore (b. April 14, 1945, Weston-super-Mare, England) shifted his musical focus away from hard rock in the late ’90s and started concen ..more