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Vertigo Records
Vertigo Records today is a UK-based record label operated by Mercury Music Group (UK).
Vertigo Records was the name Philips Records chose in the sixties for its record sub-label to counter the progressive labels of its rivals EMI with Harvest Records and Decca Records with Deram Records.
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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1968 by Ozzy Osbourne (lead vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Terry "Geezer" Butler (bass), and Bill Ward (drums and percussion). The band has since experienced multiple lineup changes,...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1969
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Kirk Hammett
Kirk Lee Hammett (born November 18, 1962) is the lead guitarist and a songwriter in the band Metallica and has been a member of the band since 1983. Before joining Metallica he formed and named the band Exodus. In 2003 Kirk Hammett was ranked 11th...
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- Nov 18, 1962 (age 47 years)
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Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk ("power plant" or "power station", German pronunciation: [ˈkʁaftvɛɐk]) is a pioneer and a highly influential electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The signature Kraftwerk sound combines driving, repetitive rhythms with catchy...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1970
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Metallica
Metallica /məˈtælɨkə/ is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1981. Founded when drummer Lars Ulrich posted an advertisement in a local newspaper, Metallica's line-up has primarily consisted of Ulrich, rhythm...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- Oct 28, 1981
Yello
Yello is a Swiss electronica band consisting of Dieter Meier and Boris Blank. They are probably best known for their singles "The Race" and "Oh Yeah", which feature a mix of electronic music and manipulated vocals, as does most of their music.
The...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1979
Rod Stewart
Roderick David "Rod" Stewart, CBE (born 10 January 1945) is a British singer-songwriter born and raised in London, England and currently residing in Epping. He is of Scottish and English lineage.
With his distinctive raspy singing voice, Stewart...
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- Jan 10, 1945 (age 64 years)
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The Crickets
The Crickets are a rock & roll band from Lubbock, Texas, formed by singer/songwriter Buddy Holly in the 1950s. Their first hit record was "That'll Be the Day," released in 1957.
Holly had been making demo recordings with local musician friends since...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- Feb 1957
Van der Graaf Generator
Van der Graaf Generator, sometimes known by the shorter Van der Graaf, are an English progressive rock band. They were the first act signed to Charisma Records. The band achieved considerable success in Italy during the 1970s. In 2005 they embarked...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1967
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Dio
Dio is an American heavy metal band led by vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who formed it in 1982 after leaving Black Sabbath. In an interview, available on the special edition re-release of Holy Diver, Dio states that he never intended to begin a solo...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1982
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Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy are an Irish hard rock band who formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1969. The band were led throughout their recording career by bassist, songwriter and singer Phil Lynott, and are best known for their songs "Whiskey in the Jar", "Jailbreak" and...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1969
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1983
Uriah Heep
Uriah Heep are a British progressive heavy metal band that was "one of the most popular groups of the early '70s."
The band released several commercially successful albums in the 1970s such as Uriah Heep Live (1973), but their audience declined by...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1969
Dire Straits
Dire Straits were a British rock band, formed by Mark Knopfler (vocals and lead guitar), his younger brother David Knopfler (rhythm guitar and vocals), John Illsley (bass guitar and vocals), and Pick Withers (drums and percussion), and managed by Ed...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1977
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1995
Soft Cell
Soft Cell are an English synthpop duo who came to prominence in the early 1980s. They consist of vocalist Marc Almond and David Ball on synthesizers. The duo is well known for their huge 1981 worldwide hit - a significantly reworked cover version of...
Place Musical Career Began:
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1980
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1984
The Mission
The Mission (known as The Mission UK in the United States) were a gothic rock band formed in 1986 from the splinters of the freshly-dissolved rock band The Sisters of Mercy.
The band was started by frontman Wayne Hussey and bassist Craig Adams (both...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- Dec 1985
Def Leppard
Def Leppard are an English rock band from Sheffield, who formed in 1977 as part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. Largely on the strength of their albums Pyromania and Hysteria, Def Leppard became one of the top-selling rock bands...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1977
Mark Knopfler
Mark Knopfler OBE (born 12 August 1949) is a British guitarist, singer, songwriter, record producer and film score composer.
Mark Knopfler is best known as the lead guitarist, vocalist and songwriter for the British rock band Dire Straits, which he...
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- Aug 12, 1949 (age 60 years)
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Status Quo
Status Quo, also known as The Quo or just Quo, are an English rock band whose music is characterized by their distinctive brand of boogie rock.
The group's origins were in "The Spectres" founded by schoolboys Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster in 1962...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1962
Marc Almond
Marc Almond (born Peter Mark Sinclair Almond on 9 July 1957 in Southport, Lancashire) is an English singer, songwriter and recording artist, who originally found fame as half of the seminal synthpop/New Wave duo Soft Cell. He has sold over 30...
Date of birth:
- Jul 9, 1957 (age 52 years)
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Graham Parker
Graham Parker (born 18 November 1950 in London, England) is a British rock singer and songwriter who is best known as the lead singer of popular British New Wave band Graham Parker & the Rumour.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Graham Parker sang...
Date of birth:
- Nov 18, 1950 (age 59 years)
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Alan Price
Alan Price (born April 19, 1942, Fatfield, Sunderland, County Durham) is a British musician, best known as the original keyboardist for the English band The Animals and his solo work.
Price is a self-taught musician and was educated at Jarrow...
Date of birth:
- May 15, 1994 (age 15 years)
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The Rapture
The Rapture is a dance-punk band based in New York City. The band mixes influences from many genres including post-punk, acid house, disco, electronica and rock.
The Rapture formed in 1998 by keyboardist Chris Relyea, drummer Vito Roccoforte and...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1998
Warlock
Warlock was a German heavy metal band, assembled in 1982. The band gained some commercial success in the mid 1980s. By the end of the decade, singer Doro Pesch was the sole original member who remained in the band, and thus proceeded to form Doro, a...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1983
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1988
Gentle Giant
Gentle Giant was a British progressive rock band active between 1970 and 1980. The band was notable for the particular complexity and sophistication of its musical material and for the diverse musical skills of its members (all of whom, bar the...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1970
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1980
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Dragon
Dragon is a popular New Zealand / Australian rock band, they were formed in Auckland, New Zealand in January 1972 and relocated to Sydney, Australia in May 1975. They were previously led by singer Marc Hunter and are currently led by his brother...
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The Killers
The Killers are an American alternative rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2002. The band consists of Brandon Flowers (vocals, keyboards, synths), Dave Keuning (guitar, backing vocals), Mark Stoermer (bass guitar, backing vocals) and Ronnie...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 2002
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Harry Sacksioni
Harry Sacksioni (born 23 October 1950 in Amsterdam) is a composer and guitar virtuoso of Dutch origin. The peak of his fame was during the 1970s, some famous works of this period include Meta Sequoia, Vensters, Elixer and Thee bij tante Josephine,...
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- Oct 23, 1950 (age 59 years)
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All About Eve
All About Eve are a British rock/pop band. The creative core consists of Coventry-born Julianne Regan (vocals) and Andy Cousin (bass guitar), with other members changing over the years.
Julianne Regan, a former journalist, played bass in an early...
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Razorlight
Razorlight is an English-Swedish indie rock band formed in 2002. They are primarily known in their home countries, having topped the charts with the 2006 single America and its parent self-titled album, their second. The band included: lead singer...
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L.A. Guns
L.A. Guns is a name used by two American glam metal bands whose music is frequently associated with the L.A. glam metal scene which grew up around the Sunset Strip in the 1980s, in particular the sleaze rock subgenre. Guns N' Roses, which once...
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Modern English
Modern English are an English rock band best remembered for their songs "I Melt with You," "Hands Across the Sea," and "Ink and Paper". The group disbanded for a period in 1991, but later recorded in 1995 with some new members.
Formed in Colchester,...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1979
Lucifer's Friend
Lucifer's Friend was a 1970s German rock band. Allmusic author, Eduardo Rivadavia, noted the group as, "early practitioners of heavy metal and progressive rock." They also incorpotated elements of jazz into their music.
The British-born John Lawton...
Stuart Adamson
Stuart Adamson (11 April 1958 – 16 December 2001), born William Stuart Adamson, was an English-born Scottish guitarist, vocalist, and songwriter. He founded the top-40 Scottish art-punk band The Skids and later the more mainstream rock group Big...
Date of birth:
- Apr 11, 1958
Date of death:
- Dec 16, 2001 (age 43 years)
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Mortal Sin
Mortal Sin is an Australian thrash metal band that formed in 1985, and arguably the first band in Australia to play purely thrash metal.
The group formed around singer Mat Maurer and drummer Wayne Campbell in Sydney. At first Campbell had attempted...
Dale Griffin
Dale "Buffin" Griffin (born Terence Dale Griffin, 24 October 1948 in Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire) is an English drummer and founding member of 1970s rock band, Mott the Hoople.
He continued with Pete "Overend" Watts and Morgan Fisher in the Mott...
Date of birth:
- Oct 24, 1948 (age 61 years)
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Peter Watts
Peter Overend Watts (born Peter Watts, 13 May 1947, Yardley, Birmingham, England) is a bass guitar player and founding member of 1970s rock band, Mott the Hoople. He continued with Dale "Buffin" Griffin and Morgan Fisher in the Mott successor...
Date of birth:
- May 13, 1947 (age 62 years)
Ged Peck
Ged Peck (19 October 1947 - ) is a musician who played in several bands - mainly backing work with Billy Fury, Vince Eager, Tommy Quickly when he was managed by Brian Epstein, Americans Bob & Earl who had a hit single with Harlem Shuffle, The Flower...
Date of birth:
- Oct 19, 1947 (age 62 years)
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John "Charlie" Whitney
Richard John Whitney (also known as John "Charlie" Whitney, John Whitney and Charlie Whitney) born 24 June 1944, is a British rock guitarist and a founder member of Family and Streetwalkers.
Whitney was born in Skipton, North Yorkshire, England....
Date of birth:
- Jun 24, 1944 (age 65 years)
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Noisettes
Noisettes (occasionally written as NOISEttes) are an indie rock band from London comprising singer and bassist Shingai Shoniwa, guitarist Dan Smith, and drummer Jamie Morrison. The band first achieved commercial success and nationwide recognition...
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Streetwalkers
Streetwalkers were an English rock band formed in late 1973 by two former members of Family, vocalist Roger Chapman and guitarist John "Charlie" Whitney.
The band was managed by Michael Alphandary and Harvey Goldsmith and were best known for their...
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The Envy Corps
The Envy Corps are an American indie rock band from Ames, Iowa. The band are known for their atmospheric-meets-pop sound, attracting comparisons to Radiohead, Doves, New Order, Dinosaur Jr., and Modest Mouse. Its members are Brandon Darner (guitar),...
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Johnny Boy
Johnny Boy are an indie pop band from Liverpool, England which consists of two members; the London born Lolly Hayes and the Liverpool resident Davo (the latter of which is a pseudonym). Both of them, when asked about their roles in the duo, commonly...
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Hush
Hush was a 1970s Australian Glam Rock pop group and became famous during frequent appearances on the ABC show Countdown for live concerts and teenagers, and they would not have come into existence without the superb John Koutts on Drums.
Hush were...
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Cold War Kids
Cold War Kids are an American indie rock band from Whittier, California. Band members are Nathan Willett (lead vocals, piano, guitar), Jonnie Russell (guitar, vocals, percussion), Matt Maust (bass guitar), and Matt Aveiro (drums).
The band started...
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LightHouse
Lighthouse is a Canadian rock band formed in 1969 in Toronto which included horns, string instruments, and vibraphone; their music reflected elements of rock music, jazz, classical music,and swing. It won the Juno Award for best Canadian group in...
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Aphrodite's Child
Aphrodite's Child was a Greek progressive rock band formed in 1967, by Vangelis Papathanassiou (keyboards), Demis Roussos (bass guitar and vocals), Loukas Sideras (drums and vocals), and Anargyros "Silver" Koulouris (guitar). Papathanassiou and...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1968
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1971
Anthony Phillips
Anthony Edwin "Ant" Phillips (b. 23 December 1951, Chiswick, West London) is an English musician, best known as a founding member of the band Genesis. He played guitar and sang backing vocals until leaving in 1970, following the recording of their...
Date of birth:
- Dec 23, 1951 (age 58 years)
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Buffalo
Buffalo was an early heavy metal band formed in Sydney, Australia in 1971. The band left a legacy with Australia's heavy metal, pub rock and alternative rock movements. The band had evolved from the Brisbane blues-rock outfit Head, which was...
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Agitation Free
Agitation Free was a German experimental krautrock band. The band was formed in 1967 with Michael "Fame" Günther (bass), Lutz "Lüül" Ulbrich (guitar), Lutz Ludwig Kramer (guitar) and Christopher Franke (drums). They were initially called Agitation,...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1967
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1974
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Paul Carrack
Paul Carrack (born 22 April 1951) is an English singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. Carrack has been a member of several bands including Ace, Squeeze, Mike + The Mechanics, and Roxy Music, been a session and touring musician for several...
Date of birth:
- Apr 22, 1951 (age 58 years)
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Juicy Lucy
Juicy Lucy are a blues-rock band formed in 1969. After the demise of garage band, The Misunderstood, vocalist Ray Owen, steel guitarist Glenn Ross Campbell, and saxophone player Chris Mercer formed Juicy Lucy. The group later recruited guitarist...
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Phil Lynott
Philip Parris Lynott (20 August 1949 – 4 January 1986) was an Irish singer, bassist, instrumentalist, and songwriter, who first came to prominence as the frontman of Thin Lizzy.
Lynott was born in Hallam Hospital (now Sandwell General Hospital) in...
Date of birth:
- Aug 20, 1949
Date of death:
- Jan 4, 1986 (age 36 years)
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The Black Velvets
The Black Velvets were a rock band from Liverpool, England.
The Black Velvets were formed in 2002 by drummer Nicholas Kilroe and bass guitar player Dave Dutton, who joined together after their previous bands split up. Kilroe was in The Northern...
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Nirvana
Nirvana were a United Kingdom-based progressive rock band active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Though the band only achieved limited commercial success, they were acclaimed both by music industry professionals and critics. In 1985 the band...
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Gravy Train
Gravy Train were a progressive rock group from Lancashire, England, formed by vocalist and guitarist Norman Barratt in 1970. Together with J.D. Hughes (keyboards, vocals, wind), Lester Williams (bass, vocals) and Barry Davenport (drums) they...
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Boy Kill Boy
Boy Kill Boy were an English rock band based in Leytonstone, East London.
In May 2005, they released their debut single "Suzie" for record label Fierce Panda. In the summer the band opened the Radio 1 stage on Sunday/Friday of the 2005 Reading and...
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Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope were an English psychedelic and progressive rock group that existed from 1967 to 1969. Having performed since 1964 under the name The Sidekicks, they became The Key in November 1965, before settling upon the name Kaleidoscope when they...
Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 1967
Active as Musical Artist (end):
- 1970
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Dirty Pretty Things
Dirty Pretty Things were an English band fronted by Carl Barât, a former member of The Libertines. The formation of the band was announced in September 2005, after a dispute between Barât and Pete Doherty led to the breakup of The Libertines in 2004...
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Active as Musical Artist (start):
- 2005
Suburban Reptiles
The Suburban Reptiles and The Scavengers were the first punk bands to form in New Zealand.
The Suburban Reptiles were first conceptualised by Auckland students Simon Grigg and Brett Salter in late 1976, with some encouragement from filmmaker David...
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The Flying Hat Band
The Flying Hat Band were an early 1970s Birmingham, England hard rock act that, alongside Judas Priest, ranked as the Midlands' favourites to succeed. Despite not having released an album, the band proved a successful club act and eventually went on...
Catapilla
Catapilla were an English progressive rock band and were active from the late 1960s till the first half of the 70s. Their lead members were vocalist Anna Meek and saxophonist Robert Calvert. They disbanded shortly after the release of its second...
