Takako Shirai / Crazy Boys　

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

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

GOOD BYE APRIL　

GRANRODEO　

Rosy Chronicle　

Les Rallizes Denudes　

Though Les Rallizes Denudes, also known as Hadaka no Rallizes, were one of the earliest and most revolutionary Japanese psychedelic rock bands, and have existed off and on through four decades, ..more

Reira Ushio　

TRUE (Miho Karasawa)　

Machiko Watanabe　

Kmfdm　

Such industrial alt-metal outfits as Nine Inch Nails and Ministry received the lion’s share of press and commercial success during the ’90s, but a handful of other bands slugged it out for just ..more

Ami Ozaki　

ONE LOVE ONE HEART　

Hilary Duff　

Hilary Duff first made a name for herself on the enormously successful Disney Channel/ABC Kids show Lizzie McGuire, which she parlayed into dual careers as a pop singer and film actress. Lik ..more

Kimiko Kasai / Kosuke Mine　

Terri Lyne Carrington & Christie Dashiell　

Dangerous Toys　

When Dangerous Toys released their self-titled debut album on Columbia records in 1989, their raw southern rock and metal served as an immediate attack on glam metal’s reign on MTV and rock radi ..more

Chiaki Ishikawa　

muque　

Queensryche　

Although they were initially grouped with the legions of pop-metal bands that dominated the American heavy metal scene of the ’80s, Queensryche were one of the most distinctive bands of the era. Wh ..more