...Henry Russell was an English pianist, baritone singer, and composer. The year of his birth remains unconfirmed, but he was born on December 24th in either 1812 or 1813 in Sheerness, England. Russell started his music career as a child...
...Initially associated with punk rock, but later considered post-punk, Siouxsie and the Banshees is an English rock band, formed in London by Siouxsie Sioux (vocals) and Steven Severin (bass) in 1976. Siouxsie and Severin came together when...
...The British dubstep producer Benga emerged from the country’s pirate radio scene to become one of the genre’s first innovators. Born in east London in 1986, Benga and his family relocated to the suburb of Croydon, where he would spend...
...The British rapper and producer Ms. Dynamite emerged from the country’s underground electronic music scene to become an award-winning musician. Born in London in 1981, Niomi Arleen Daley’s father came from Jamaica and introduced her...
...Richard and Linda Thompson were a British husband and wife duo performing in the folk rock genre. Though they met in 1969, they only formed as a musical duo after their marriage in 1972. Richard (b. April 3, 1949) performed as a guitarist...
...The Stone Roses were an English alternative rock band formed in Manchester, UK, in 1983. The Stone Roses led the wave of British alternative rock music during their time. John Squire (guitar) and Ian Brown (vocals) originally came from...
...Luminary in the history of industrial music, Cabaret Voltaire was formed in 1973 in Sheffield, England by Richard H. Kirk, Stephen Mallinder, and Chris Watson. The band borrowed its name from the historic club in Zurich, Switzerland...
...Known for his unique performance style and gritty-voiced takes on pop material, Joe Cocker was recognized across the globe as one of the best singers of the 1960s and 1970s. Born in Sheffield, England in 1944, Cocker was influenced...
...Like many others in the late 1970s, Joy Division’s members were inspired to become a band after seeing the Sex Pistols. Bernard Sumner and Peter Hook saw the Pistols in July 1976 and began planning a band the next day. They added Ian Curtis...
...Pink Floyd was a British psychedelic rock group, and probably the frontrunner band in its genre. Despite the band being rooted in blues (the name is derived from blues artists Pink Anderson and Floyd Council), Pink Floyd is known for its...
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