...Based in Wales, UK, the Young Marble Giants was a post-punk band that, because of their sound’s clear contrast to the punk genre, can arguably be considered to have inspired the later new wave and indie music movements. Guitarist...
...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...
...When Tom Jones won the Best New Artist Grammy in 1965, it ignited a career that would see over 100 million albums sold and thirty-six Top 40 hits in the UK. Born in Wales in 1940, Jones began singing at a young age but suffered from...
...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 indie group Belle and Sebastian emerged from relative obscurity in Scotland to become critically acclaimed and a staple of dorm room listening parties on either side of the Atlantic. Stuart Murdoch and Stuart David formed the group...
...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...
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