Simple Minds　

Best known in the U.S. for their 1985 number one hit Don’t You (Forget About Me) from the film The Breakfast Club, Scotland’s Simple Minds evolved from a post-punk art rock band influenced ..more

Ned Doheny　

A native of Beverly Hills, Doheny took his first musical strides as a songwriter. His tune On and On was recorded by Dave Mason and Mama Cass Elliot in 1971, while the Average White Ba ..more

Lucas Arruda　

Badfinger　

There are few bands in the annals of rock music as star-crossed in their history as Badfinger. Pegged as one of the most promising British groups of the late ’60s and the one world-class talent ..more

Lake Street Dive　

Boston’s Lake Street Dive are a fascinating blend of influences and complexity： jazz at heart, with an alternative D.I.Y. sensibility and a passion for classic rock and garage aesthetics. The band, ..more

INXS　

INXS hailed from the pubs of Australia, which is part of the reason the band never comfortably fit in with new wave. Even when they branched out into synth pop on their early recordings, they ..more

Peter Hammill　

Peter Hammill is a prolific songwriter, singer, and co-founder of Van Der Graaf Generator; he has also released dozens of solo recordings on a series of labels and later on his own Fie! Record ..more

Budgie　

Often thought of as a cross between Black Sabbath (due to their plodding, molten-heavy riffs) and Rush (due to their singer’s high-pitched, Geddy Lee-esque wail), the somewhat obscure {\Briti ..more

Aoife O'donovan　

Aoife O’Donovan is an American singer and songwriter based in Brooklyn. While she is best known as the founder and frontwoman of the string band Crooked Still, she is also one-third of the femal ..more

Gino Vannelli　

Ranging from soul to soft rock, singer and songwriter Gino Vannelli earned several hits during the 1970s, including People Gotta Move and I Just Wanna Stop. Vannelli learned to play the drum ..more

Phil Manzanera　

The longtime guitarist for legendary British art pop sophisticates Roxy Music, Phil Manzanera was born Philip Targett-Adams in London on January 31, 1951. The child of an English father and C ..more

Unleash The Archers　

Roy Buchanan　

Roy Buchanan has long been considered one of the finest, yet criminally overlooked guitarists of the blues rock genre whose lyrical leads and use of harmonics would later influence such guita ..more

Tim Bogert / Carmine Appice　

The Zombies　

Aside from the Beatles and perhaps the Beach Boys, no mid-’60s rock group wrote melodies as gorgeous as those of the Zombies. Dominated by Colin Blunstone’s breathy vocals, choral backup h ..more

Anette Olzon　

Six By Six　

It Bites FD　

Hassles　

The Hassles found their place in music history as Billy Joel’s first recorded moment, but musically they deserve more. Though they only released two albums, the Hassles were a pretty proficie ..more

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