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Zach Bryan　

Kei Ogura　

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

YonYon　

Flying Lotus　

Experimental electronic music producer Flying Lotus, born Steven Ellison, is a grandson of songwriter Marilyn McLeod (the co-writer of Diana Ross’ Love Hangover), as well as a great-neph ..more

Iron Savior　

Power metal -- a forceful, hard-driving, and aggressive yet melodic style of heavy metal associated with headbangers like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Queensryche, and King Diamond -- got st ..more

Jellyfish　

San Francisco-based power pop outfit Jellyfish only released two full-length albums during their early-’90s heydays, but the group’s immaculately crafted pop/rock songs and unapologetic pench ..more

Grover Washington Jr.　

One of the most popular saxophonists of all time, Grover Washington, Jr. was long the pacesetter in his field. His roots were in R＆B and soul-jazz organ combos, but he also fared very well on ..more

DA PUMP　

Triumph　

Late-’70s/early-’80s prog metallists Triumph endured countless comparisons to Rush throughout their career, and with good reason; they were both quite similar musically and lyrically, comprised ..more

Blue　

This UK four-piece made an immediate impact on the English charts during 2001 with a string of well-crafted pop/R＆B singles. Duncan James and Antony Costa, who first met on the audition circuit, ..more

Meitei　

Harumi Tsuyuzaki　

Badlands　

Led by former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Jake E. Lee and one-time Black Sabbath vocalist Ray Gillen, Badlands was one of the most talented bands to spring from the fertile hair band sce ..more

Eddie Vedder　

Along with Kurt Cobain, Eddie Vedder reluctantly became a celebrity and an alt-rock spokesman when his band, Pearl Jam, hit the big time in the early ’90s. But things didn’t come easy for V ..more

Ken Yokoyama　

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. R ..more

Craig Taborn　

Jazz pianist and keyboard player Craig Taborn began working professionally in the 1990s in a variety of musical contexts, ranging from more straight-ahead jazz to more outside music, with young jaz ..more

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