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3 Melancholy Gypsies
3 Melancholy Gypsys is an American hip hop group from Los Angeles, California. It consists of Eligh, Scarub and Murs.
Eligh, Scarub and Murs met for the first time at Alexander Hamilton High School in 1992. After forming 3 Melancholy Gypsys, they...
14 Year Old Girls
14 Year Old Girls is a self-described Nintendocore band. It has released two full-length CDs on the Retard Disco label.
Media coverage includes an appearance playing live on G4TV .
30 Seconds to Mars
30 Seconds to Mars is an American rock band from Los Angeles, formed in 1998. Since 2007, the band has consisted of actor Jared Leto (lead vocals, rhythm guitar, songwriter), Shannon Leto (drums, percussion) and Tomo Miličević (lead guitar,...
+44
+44 was an alternative rock band formed by Blink-182 members Mark Hoppus (lead vocals, bass guitar) and Travis Barker (drums, electronics, keyboards). The band also included former Transplants touring guitarist Craig Fairbaugh and the lead guitarist...
45 Grave
45 Grave are an American gothic and punk rock band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1979. The original group broke up in 1985 but vocalist Dinah Cancer subsequently revived the band. 45 Grave are noted as one of the first bands to mix punk...
98 Degrees
98 Degrees (or 98°) is an American adult contemporary boy band consisting of four vocalists: brothers Nick and Drew Lachey, Justin Jeffre, and Jeff Timmons. The group was formed by Timmons in Los Angeles, California. Despite forming in Los Angeles,...
4th Avenue Jones
4th Avenue Jones (originally 4th Avenue Jones' and sometimes credited as 4th Ave. Jones') was an American alternative Hip-Hop band based in Los Angeles, California. The band was conceived by Ahmad Ali Lewis, popularly known as Ahmad. The band's name...
5signs
crosstalk from chicago: making it happen"5 Producers with many different styles. Foniks, Alcendor, Accrete, Abstract Butta Fingas and New Systems Of Knowledge, have set a high bar in the alternative L.A. hip hop movement with their debut compilation...
8mm
8mm is a trip-hop influenced pop-rock band from Los Angeles, California. 8mm was started by Sean Beavan (who formerly worked with bands such as Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails and God Lives Underwater), and his wife Juliette Beavan. The band...
A Cursive Memory
A Cursive Memory is an American rock band, from Rancho Palos Verdes, California.
A Cursive Memory is a Pop Rock band from Rancho Palos Verdes, California. The band originally formed as Sincerely Me in 2003 after members Colin Baylen and Shaun...
A Fine Frenzy
Alison Sudol (born December 23, 1984), known professionally as A Fine Frenzy, is an American alternative singer-songwriter and pianist. Her debut album, One Cell in the Sea, was released in 2007, followed in 2009 by Bomb in a Birdcage. Sudol's songs...
A Taste of Honey
A Taste of Honey was the name of an American recording act, formed in 1971 by associates Perry Kibble and Donald Ray Johnson. In 1978 they had one of the best known chart-toppers of the disco era, "Boogie Oogie Oogie". After their popularity waned...
Aaron North
Aaron Wright North (born March 22, 1979) is the co-founder and former guitarist of punk band The Icarus Line, the former lead guitarist of the industrial rock group Nine Inch Nails and currently the vocalist and guitarist of the band Jubilee. North...
Aaron Turner
Aaron Turner is a musician, singer, graphic artist, and founder of label Hydra Head Records. He is most widely known for his role as guitarist and vocalist for the post-metal band Isis, while also participating in several other bands and projects...
Abandoned Pools
Tommy Walter (born October 30, 1970 in Thousand Oaks, California) is an American musician and songwriter, best known for his Alternative rock band, Abandoned Pools, as well as being the former bassist and one of the founding members of Eels.
Tommy...
Abf
This LA DJ and Producer extraordinaire is hard to miss, laying down new insightful directions in sound. Raised with a strong influence of Hip Hop, Reggae, African Traditional and contemporary music, he insists on blurring the lines between...
Abysmal Dawn
Abysmal Dawn is an American death metal band from Los Angeles, California. Their latest album, Leveling The Plane Of Existence, was released in 2011.
Abysmal Dawn was formed by Charles Elliott (guitars/vocals), Jamie Boulanger (guitars), and Terry...
Accrete
Reigning from the City of Roses (Pasadena, CA ). Accrete has been putting down track credits for years. From his collaborative work with experimental artist T. Norton to rock/folk songwriter Joe Sneva, Accrete has broaden his sights on music with no...
Ace Young
Brett Asa "Ace" Young (born November 15, 1980 in Denver, Colorado) is an American singer, songwriter and actor. He came to national recognition upon appearing on the fifth season of the reality television talent show, American Idol, although he was...
Aceyalone
Aceyalone (born Eddie Hayes) is a rapper from Los Angeles, California. He is a member of Freestyle Fellowship, Haiku D'Etat and The A-Team. He is also a co-founder of Project Blowed.
After releasing To Whom It May Concern... and Innercity Griots...
Aesthetic Perfection
Aesthetic Perfection is an American electronic-industrial musical project created by Daniel Graves in 2000. As of Fall 2011, Aesthetic Perfection is signed directly to Metropolis Records in the USA and Out of Line Records in Europe. Additionally,...
Agent Steel
Agent Steel is an American speed metal band from Los Angeles, California that was formed in 1984 by singer John Cyriis (birth name disputed, possibly João Campos or Jean Pierre), and drummer Chuck Profus. The band released two full length albums,...
Ahmad
Ahmad Ali Lewis, (born October 12, 1975 in Los Angeles, California), is an American music artist, songwriter, motivational speaker and author. Credited simply as AHMAD, he is best known for the 1994 single "Back in the Day," a nostalgic song that...
Albert Hammond
Albert Hammond OBE (born 18 May 1944) is an English singer, songwriter and record producer from Gibraltar.
Hammond was born in London, England, where his family had been evacuated to from Gibraltar during World War II. His family returned to...
Alcatrazz
Alcatrazz is an American heavy metal band formed in 1983 by Graham Bonnet, Jimmy Waldo and Gary Shea.
The band's initial line-up consisted of former Rainbow frontman Graham Bonnet, young Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen who had recently left...
Alcendor
Recently making the move from his studio "The 126" and relocating to "The Hills" of Los Angeles, Producer Alcendor has forged all of the right relationships. Since the move he as collaborated with MC's Deca, Wisefool, and N8che; Singers Shaden,...
Alex Greenwald
Alexander Greenwald (born 9 October 1979) is an American musician, actor, and more recently a record producer. He is best known as the lead singer of the Californian rock band, Phantom Planet, which is on indefinite hiatus according to a blog...
ALL
All is an American punk band originally from Los Angeles, currently residing in Fort Collins, Colorado, formed by Descendents members Bill Stevenson, Karl Alvarez, and Stephen Egerton.
All formed in suburban Los Angeles in 1987 when Milo Aukerman,...
All Night Radio
All Night Radio was an American indie rock band formed in Los Angeles, California.
Dave Scher and Jimi Hey, hail from Los Angeles, California, and have known each other since 1995, when a 16 year-old Hey would call Scher's late-night radio program...
Ambrosia
Ambrosia is an American rock band formed in southern California in 1970. Ambrosia had five Top Forty hit singles between 1975 and 1980.
The members of Ambrosia decided on the moniker in 1970 to represent a vision of their music: all shades, textures...
Amen
Amen is a hardcore punk-influenced band formed in 1994.
The band has an almost constantly rotating lineup, with founder Casey Chaos remaining as the only constant member throughout. Chaos writes all the music and lyrics, and performs all vocals and...
American Juniors
American Juniors is the name of the short-lived pop band that emerged from the TV Show American Juniors. It's members were Lucy Hale, Taylor Thompson, Tori Thompson, Chauncey Matthews & Danielle White. Their first single was One Step Closer. They...
Angel City Outcasts
Angel City Outcasts is a band that originated in Los Angeles, California in 2002. Their music consists of a style somewhere between punk rock and rock n' roll. The band consists of 4 members that all live in Los Angeles.
Their music is characterized...
Angry Samoans
The Angry Samoans are an American punk rock band in the first wave of American punk. Formed in August 1978 in Los Angeles, California by early 1970s rock writer "Metal" Mike Saunders and his sibling lead guitarist bonze blayk, along with Gregg...
Ankla
Ankla (correctly: "Ancla" meaning anchor in Spanish) is a metal band with Latin influences such as flamenco from Los Angeles, California.
Ankla was formed in 2001 by Puya guitarist Ramón Ortiz. The band independently released a self titled 7-track...
Anthym
What Is This? (known prior to 1980 as Anthym) was a rock band that originated in Fairfax High School in California and would play numerous shows along the coast of California. Originally named Chain Reaction when the band members were in junior high...
apl.de.ap
Allan Pineda Lindo, Jr. (born November 28, 1974) better known as apl.de.ap (pronounced "Apple D Ap"), is a Filipino-American rapper, record producer, and occasional drummer who is best known as a member of the Grammy Award-winning group The Black...
Armored Saint
Armored Saint is a heavy metal band originating from Los Angeles, California.
Armored Saint was formed in 1982 by brothers Phil Sandoval (guitar) and Gonzo Sandoval (drums), and guitarist David Prichard, while attending South Pasadena High School....
Army of Anyone
Army of Anyone was a supergroup formed by Filter frontman Richard Patrick with two of the then-former members of rock band Stone Temple Pilots. In addition to Patrick on vocals, the band featured Dean DeLeo and Robert DeLeo on guitars and bass,...
Arturo Molina, Jr.
Arturo Molina Jr. (born May 31, 1964), better known as Frost (Originally Kid Frost), is a Mexican American hip hop artist.
Molina was born and raised in East Los Angeles, California and occasionally lived with his family in military bases in Guam...
As Blood Runs Black
As Blood Runs Black is an American metal band from Los Angeles, California. They have released two albums. Their first album, Allegiance, was released on June 6, 2006. Their second album, Instinct, was released on March 15, 2011. Instinct reached...
Asesino
Asesino is an American extreme metal supergroup and a side project of Fear Factory guitarist Dino Cazares. The band has featured members of Brujeria, Fear Factory, Sepultura, Sadistic Intent and Static-X. As of March 2011, Asesino are writing their...
Astrovamps
Astrovamps were an American deathrock group. It was formed in the early 1990s by Daniel Ian and Eyajo Joseph.
Astrovamps released their first two records on cassette from 1991–1993, "Savage Garden" and "Blood And Flowers." In 1992, the band wrote...
At Last
At Last was a hip hop a cappella (also known as hiphopapella) group from Los Angeles, California. They first gained national recognition as finalists on the first season of America's Got Talent, having won their spot through viewer votes. The...
Atban Klann
The Atban Klann (A Tribe Beyond a Nation) was a hip hop group whose members were Will 1X, apl.de.ap, Mookie Mook, DJ Motiv8 (aka Monroe Walker) & Dante Santiago. The Atban Klann were signed to Eazy-E's Ruthless Records. Will 1X and apl.de.ap of the...
Audioslave
Audioslave was an American rock supergroup formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2001 and disbanded in 2007. The four-piece band consisted of then-former Soundgarden lead singer/rhythm guitarist, Chris Cornell, and then-former Rage Against the...
Autograph
Autograph was an American hard rock/heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California. They released several albums throughout the 1980s and are perhaps best-remembered today for their mid-1980s hit, "Turn Up the Radio."
Autograph began in late 1983...
Autolux
Autolux is an avant-garde rock group consisting of Eugene Goreshter (lead vocals/bass), Greg Edwards (guitar/vocals) and Carla Azar (drums/vocals). The trio formed in 2000 and although initially lumped into the Silverlake alternative rock scene,...
Avant Garde
Avant Garde (later renamed Zoom) was a progressive metal band most notable as an early musical project of Rivers Cuomo, who would later gain worldwide fame as the frontman of the alternative rock band Weezer. At the time, Cuomo performed under the...
Aztlan Underground
Aztlan Underground’s music reveals the unrestrained voices of global indigenous peoples combining hypnotic Native rhythms with modern industrial sounds. For 20 years, they have cultivated a grassroots audience across the world from Europe to...
B. Bumble & The Stingers
B. Bumble and the Stingers were an American instrumental ensemble in the early 1960s, who specialized in making rock and roll arrangements of classical melodies. Their biggest hits were "Bumble Boogie" and "Nut Rocker", which reached number 1 in the...
B2K
B2K was an American R&B; music group. The group met in 1998, established in 2001, and managed by music producer Chris Stokes with Lil' Fizz, J-Boog, Raz-B, and Omarion as members. The group disbanded in 2004 due to disagreements.
The group's debut...
Bad English
Bad English was an American/British hard rock supergroup formed in 1988, reuniting keyboardist Jonathan Cain with singer John Waite and bassist Ricky Phillips, his former bandmates in The Babys.
The members decided on a name for the band while...
Badlands
Badlands was a short-lived rock band founded by former Ozzy Osbourne guitarist Jake E. Lee and former Black Sabbath members Ray Gillen and Eric Singer. Badlands also featured bassist Greg Chaisson. After the first Badlands album, Eric Singer was...
Bang Tango
Bang Tango is an American funk-infused hard rock and glam metal band.
The band formed in 1987 in Los Angeles, California and were signed to MCA Records that same year. The band's line-up has fluctuated since its inception, with the one mainstay of...
Barren Cross
Barren Cross is a Christian metal band that was formed in Los Angeles, California in 1983 by highschool friends Ray Parris (guitar) and Steve Whitaker (drums). The band released six albums from 1986 to 1994. They reunited for a few shows in recent...
Beautiful Creatures
Beautiful Creatures (sometimes abbreviated as BC) are a hard rock band formed in 1999 by guitarist DJ Ashba, formerly of BulletBoys, and singer Joe Lesté of Bang Tango. The group's current lineup (as of 2009) is composed of Lesté (lead vocals),...
Benevolent Tomorrow
Benevolent Tomorrow is a progressive indie-rock band whose musical range starts with classic rock and ends somewhere between salsa and funk. Based in Los Angeles you can experience benevolent tomorrow at one of the world-famous clubs on the sunset...
Berlin
Berlin is an American New Wave/Synthpop band. The group was formed in Los Angeles in 1978 by John Crawford (bass guitar). Bandmembers included Crawford, Terri Nunn (vocals), David Diamond (keyboards), Ric Olsen (guitar), Matt Reid (keyboards) and...
Beth Hart
Beth Hart (born January 24, 1972) is an American singer who became famous with the hit "LA Song (Out of This Town)", which aired during Episode 17 of the 10th and final season of Beverly Hills, 90210.
Her musical influences include rock, blues,...
