Category: Music
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The Blue Van
In the 1960s, after the Beatles and the Rolling Stones began to take the world by storm, there was a term in Denmark used to describe this new loud and ragged brand of rock and roll: pigtraad. Loosely translated, it means barbed wire, barbed wire music. Some four decades later, the term works as good…
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The Breeders
C U R R I C U L A V I T A R U M .Rock group from Dayton, OH. . Formed in 1989. .Before that, sisters Kim and Kelley played as an acoustic duo at truckstops and saloons. .Josephine, who is supposedly English, used to play in some band over there. . Jim…
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The Braids
Is this the real life? Or is it just fantasy? Its for real, alright. The Braids Bohemian Rhapsody was one of 1996s biggest hit singles and now the time has arrived for the Bay Area duos highly anticipated Atlantic/Big Beat debut, HERE WE COME. The saga of the Braids began back in 1995 in the…
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Bumblebeez 81
The spawn of mad musical scientist Chris Colonna, Bumblebeez 81 is a true wonder, a mutated freak child of bloozy punk noise, hip-hop attitude, and sleazy electronica loops and rhythms. Modular Recordings’ The Printz album combines Bumblebeez 81’s two acclaimed Australian and English releases – White Printz and Red Printz – into one full-length collection…
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Emma Bunton
Spice Girl Emma Bunton wasn’t the first to venture off from her dance-pop band the Spice Girls for a solo career. Melanie C. was most triumphant with her 1999 debut A Northern Star while Melanie B. and ex-Spice Geri Halliwell earned mild reviews. But like her fellow musical mates, Baby Spice aimed for solo success…
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Lori Burton
Together with Pam Sawyer, Lori Burton formed one of the better New York pop/rock songwriting teams of the 1960s, although not too many of their songs were widely known hits. Their “I Ain’t Gonna Eat Out My Heart Anymore” gave the Rascals their first chart entry; “Baby Let’s Wait,” also done by the Rascals, gave…
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Bush
BUSH’S fourth all-new studio recording and Atlantic Records debut, “GOLDEN STATE” is the band’s boldest, most combustible collection to date – a dozen full-throttle tracks fit to burst with aggro guitars, relentless rhythms, and vocalist/guitarist Gavin Rossdale’s raw, plaintive vocals. The British quartet has returned to its hard-edged roots with high-velocity cuts like the cathartic…
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Bushwick Bill
BUSHWICK BILL AKA DR. WOLFGANG VON BUSHWICKIN THE BARBARIAN MOTHER-FUNKY STAY HIGH DOLLAR BILLSTIR…My last name was Bushwick Motherf**king Bill, so I had to upgrade it to show some expansion and to show everybody who the biggest Geto Boy of all is. My new name is Dr. Wolfgang Von Bushwickin the Barbarian Mother Funky Stay…
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Kate Bush
There is no other recording artist in the world today quite like Kate Bush. In the course of her twenty-seven year career, since her dramatic arrival at nineteen years of age in 1978 with the hauntingly beautiful and instantly classic ‘Wuthering Heights’, Bush has built a reputation that remains unrivalled in terms of musical ambition,…
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Busta Rhymes
Busta Rhymes is more than aware that there are plenty of vipers out there who want his game. For example, a recent article put forth the notion that his tremendous underground appeal might wane under the weight of his ever-expanding hold on mainstream audiences. But Busta never flinches. For the man who had the courage…