Charlie Puth　

Momoe Yamaguchi　

Sex Pistols　

The Sex Pistols may have only been together for two years in the late ’70s, but they changed the face of popular music. Through their raw, nihilistic singles and violent performances, the band revo ..more

Al Stewart　

Glasgow-born Al Stewart has been an amazingly prolific and successful musician across 40 years and counting (as of 2009), working in a dizzying array of stylistic modes and musical genres -- in oth ..more

Sakurashimeji　

Wa Yo Set　

Kishidan　

Kula Shaker　

By reviving the swirling, guitar-heavy sounds of late-’60s psychedelia and infusing it with George Harrison’s Indian mysticism and spirituality, Kula Shaker became one of the most popular Britis ..more

Tower Of Power　

The renowned horn-driven funk outfit Tower of Power has been issuing albums and touring the world steadily since the early ’70s, in addition to backing up countless other musicians. The group’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

Manic Street Preachers　

Dressed in glam clothing, wearing heavy eyeliner, and shouting political rhetoric, the Manic Street Preachers emerged in 1991 from their hometown of Blackwood, Wales, as self-styled Generation ..more

Yufu　

Iggy Pop　

There’s a reason why many consider Iggy Pop the godfather of punk： every single punk band of the past and present has either knowingly or unknowingly borrowed a thing or two from Pop and his lat ..more

KAWAII LAB.　

Takako Okamura　

Ryuichi Sakamoto / Toshiyuki Tsuchitori　

Paul Simon　

Paul Simon is one of the most successful and respected songwriters of the rock era. Rising to fame in the mid-’60s, Simon’s songs were mature and literate, but also melodically engaging, and spo ..more

Takuro Yoshida　

Cannonball Adderley　

One of the great alto saxophonists, Cannonball Adderley had an exuberant and happy sound that communicated immediately to listeners. His intelligent presentation of his music (often explaining what ..more

Lush　

Meshing dreamy, effects-drenched guitars with airy, catchy melodies, Lush were one of the most prominent shoegaze/dream pop bands of the early ’90s. Led by guitarists Miki Berenyi and Emma And ..more