Mike Oldfield　

Composer Mike Oldfield rose to fame on the success of Tubular Bells, an eerie, album-length conceptual piece employed to stunning effect in the film The Exorcist. Born May 15, 1953, in Readin ..more

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Mick Abrahams　

Mick Abraham’s was one of the more unfortunate hard-luck stories in rock music. Best known for his work on Jethro Tull’s debut album, This Was, where he played blues licks that had crit ..more

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Michael Schenker Group　

Michael Schenker　

Along with Gary Moore, Michael Schenker never quite reached the same level of acclaim stateside as he did in Europe (and other parts of the world), despite possessing exceptional, and quite infl ..more

Michael Monroe　

In a perfect world, Michael Monroe would have been one of the leading frontmen of the ・0s glam metal movement -- leaving most of his unbearable contemporaries in the dust. Born Matti Fagerholm ..more

Michael Jackson　

Michael Jackson was unquestionably the biggest pop star of the ’80s, and certainly one of the most popular recording artists of all time. In his prime, Jackson was an unstoppable juggernaut, possessed ..more

Michael Garrick　

English pianist, organist, and composer Michael Garrick studied literature at London University before leading a trio and quartet in the late ’50s. He mixed music and literature in the early ’60s, ..more

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Metallica　

American quartet Metallica were one of the most influential heavy metal bands of the ’80s and ’90s, inspiring generations of rockers with their early thrash and later hard rock sounds before settli ..more

Metal Church　

Formed in Seattle in 1982, Metal Church consisted of vocalist David Wayne, guitarists Kurdt Vanderhoof and Craig Wells, bassist Duke Erickson, and drummer Kirk Arrington. Their 1985 ..more

Melody Gardot　

The story of vocalist Melody Gardot is as remarkable as any who perseveres against abject adversity. Born in New Jersey in 1985, she took up piano and played as a youngster on the nightclub scene o ..more

Melissa Aldana　

Melissa Aldana is an award-winning jazz tenor saxophonist and leader of the Crash Trio, also featuring bassist Pablo Menares and drummer Francisco Mela. Born in Santiago, Chile in 1988, ..more

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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 attack ..more

McCoy Tyner　

It is to McCoy Tyner’s great credit that his career after John Coltrane has been far from anti-climatic. Along with Bill Evans, Tyner has been the most influential pianist in jazz of th ..more

McAuley-Schenker Group　

Also known as MSG and originally known as the Michael Schenker Group, this hard-rock band was formed by the influential ex-Scorpions and UFO guitarist Michael Schenker in the very early ..more

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MAYHEM　

Formed around 1985 by Necrobutcher and guitarist Euronymous (born Oystein Aarseth), Mayhem was the first black metal band from Norway to make a serious impact in their homeland, which in t ..more