The Lemon Twigs　

Channeling the Baroque rock of the ’60s, Long Island brothers Brian and Michael D’Addario started the Lemon Twigs while they were still teenagers. Like their father, Ronnie D’Addario, the ..more

The Rascals　

The Rascals, along with the Righteous Brothers, Mitch Ryder, and precious few others, were the pinnacle of ’60s blue-eyed soul. The Rascals’ talents, however, would have to rate above t ..more

Todd Rundgren　

Todd Rundgren’s best-known songs -- the Carole King pastiche I Saw the Light, the ballads Hello, It’s Me and Can We Still Be Friends, and the goofy novelty Bang on the Drum All Day -- su ..more

The 1975　

Britain’s the 1975 are a sophisticated pop outfit who mix swaggering, ’80s-style dance rock and new wave angularity with darkly poetic alt-rock lyricism. Centered on lead singer/guitarist Matt He ..more

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

Thom Yorke　

Few rock singers of the alternative era were as original or as instantly unforgettable as Thom Yorke, and his band, Radiohead, became one of the biggest acts of the 1990s and 2000s for their cha ..more

The Velvet Underground　

Few rock groups can claim to have broken so much new territory, and maintain such consistent brilliance on record, as the Velvet Underground during their brief lifespan. It was the group’s lot to b ..more

Tate McRae　

Tears For Fears　

Tears for Fears were always more ambitious than the average synth pop group. From the beginning, the duo of Roland Orzabal and Curt Smith were tackling big subjects -- their very name deri ..more

Travis　

Along with Cast, Ocean Colour Scene, Kula Shaker, and Embrace, Travis were one of the most prominent British trad rock bands in the mid- to late ’90s. Following Oasis’ lead of crafti ..more

The Strokes　

Equally inspired by classic tunesmiths like Buddy Holly and John Lennon and the street-smart attitude and angular riffs of fellow New Yorkers Television and the Velvet Underground, the S ..more

The Waterboys　

Led by the literate singer/songwriter Mike Scott, the group’s sole constant member, the mercurial Waterboys formed in London in 1981. Born December 14, 1958, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Scott fir ..more

Teddy Swims　

Tom Petty　

Upon the release of their first album in the late ’70s, Tom Petty ＆ the Heartbreakers were shoehorned into the punk/new wave movement by some observers who picked up on the tough, vibrant energy of ..more

Tygers of Pan Tang　

Hailing from the tiny town of Whitley Bay in North-East England, the Tygers of Pan Tang (whose name originated from the Michael Moorcock novel Stormbringer) formed when aspiring vocalist Je ..more

The Moody Blues　

Although they’re best known today for their lush, lyrically and musically profound (some would say bombastic) psychedelic-era albums, the Moody Blues started out as one of the better R＆B-based comb ..more

The Pineapple Thief　

British prog rock band the Pineapple Thief began as the passion project of frontman Bruce Soord in Yeovil, Somerset in 1999. Initially, Soord worked alone. He thought the venture would only l ..more

twenty one pilots　

Twenty One Pilots were formed in 2009 by high-school friends Tyler Joseph, Nick Thomas, and Chris Salih. The pop trio built an enormous regional following across Ohio and the Midwest, spur ..more

The Snuts　

The Alan Parsons Project　

Engineer/producer Alan Parsons and his colleague, songwriter and lyricist Eric Woolfson, formed the Alan Parsons Project in 1975. Throughout their career, the Alan Parsons Project recorded concept alb ..more