Sarah Brightman　

In 1978, Sarah Brightman, then 18, made a UK Top 10 hit with the disco-pop single ＆quot;I Lost My Heart To A Starship Trooper＆quo ..more

Grant Green　

A severely underrated player during his lifetime, Grant Green is one of the great unsung heroes of jazz guitar. He combined an extensive foundation in R＆B with a mastery of bebop and simplicity tha ..more

Donald Fagen　

Donald Fagen was one of the two masterminds behind Steely Dan, the seminal jazz-pop band of the ’70s. Fagen’s solo work has been a continuation of the band’s work of the early ’80s -- careful ..more

MR.BIG　

Mr. Big were one of the few shredder pop metal bands (translation： the bandmembers were highly proficient at their instruments) that prized songcraft as highly as virtuosity. The seeds for the gr ..more

Jamiroquai　

Active since the early ’90s, Jamiroquai have amassed a steady stream of hits in their native U.K. and experienced chart success in just about every other area of the world, with an irresistible ble ..more

Joy Division　

Formed in the wake of the punk explosion in England, Joy Division became the first band in the post-punk movement by later emphasizing not anger and energy but mood and expression, pointing a ..more

Humble Pie　

A showcase for former Small Faces’ frontman Steve Marriott and one-time Herd guitar virtuoso Peter Frampton, the hard rock outfit Humble Pie formed in Essex, England in 1969. Also fe ..more

LOVE PSYCHEDELICO　

Hiroji Miyamoto　

THE DAMNED　

With punk’s history having entered a new millennium, the impact of the band initially judged the least likely to seems to grow ever more each day. The Ramones hold deserved pride of place for kic ..more

Europe　

Originally a progressive rock group, Europe didn’t achieve success until they reworked their sound into bombastic yet melodic pop-metal. In their first incarnation, the Swedish band was called Forc ..more

Keith Richards　

He’s acknowledged as perhaps the greatest rhythm guitarist in rock ＆ roll, but Keith Richards is even more legendary for his near-miraculous ability to survive the most debauched excesses of the ro ..more

Neil Young & Crazy Horse　

MY FIRST STORY　

Robert Johnson　

If the blues has a truly mythic figure, one whose story hangs over the music the way a Charlie Parker does over jazz or a Hank Williams does over country, it’s Robert Johnson, certai ..more

Jaco Pastorius　

Jaco Pastorius was a meteor who blazed on to the scene in the 1970s, only to flame out tragically in the 1980s. With a brilliantly fleet technique and fertile melodic imagination, Pastorius made ..more

WANIMA　

KIRINJI　

SF9　

Sonic Youth　

Sonic Youth were one of the most unlikely success stories of underground American rock in the ’80s. Where contemporaries R.E.M. and Husker Du were fairly conventional in terms of song structu ..more