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Power metal -- a forceful, hard-driving,and aggressive yet melodic style of heavy metal associated with headbangers like Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Queensrÿche, Helloween, and King Diamond -- got started in the '70s and reached its commercial peak in the '80s. But after the '80s -- after[...]
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Earth, Wind & Fire were one of the most musically accomplished, critically acclaimed, and commercially popular funk bands of the '70s. Conceived by drummer, bandleader, songwriter,[...]
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Mashing together electro, rock, and funk and taking cues from such artists as Daft Punk and Prince, Ghostland Observatory formed in Austin, TX, and consists of vocalist/guitarist Aaron Behrens and producer/beat-maker Thomas Turner. The duo played its first show July 4, 2004, and the[...]
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This '90s R&B vocal group should not be confused with the late-'70s Philadelphia band, which was a funk-oriented unit, or the vocal trio Silk from Los Angeles. Timothy Cameron, Jimmy Gates, Jr., Jonathen Rasboro, Gary Jenkins, and Gary Glenn issued their debut LP, Lose Control, in 1992 and have[...]
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The Glaswegian duo Chaser came from the appreciation for the U.K. club scene, the rising acid house taking over during the late '80s and early '90s. Lars Sandberg and Nigel Hayes were already gurus in their own select dance circuits, playing mainstay gigs across Europe, but under the Chaser[...]
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A product of Britain's early-1980s Batcave gothic punk movement, the North London-based Alien Sex Fiend was led by the eccentric Nick Wade, better known as the macabre Nik Fiend. A staple of the London scene as a member of such relatively obscure groups as the Earwigs and Mr. and Mrs. Demeanour,[...]
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After his stints performing as Palace, Palace Songs, Palace Brothers, and under his own name throughout the '90s, by the end of the decade Will Oldham seemed to finally settle on the Bonnie "Prince" Billy moniker as the main outlet for his work. Regardless of the name he used to release[...]
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TTC -- a trio formed by Tido Berman, Teki Latex, and Cuisinier -- is one of the few acts in the hip-hop underground of France, a country with deep ties to rap of the mainstream variety. The group self-released their first single, "Game Over '99," in 1999, but when the record was dropped off at[...]
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Missus Beastly were a very early Krautrock group with a rather confusing history, because a second group stole their name, as well as constant line-up changes.[...]
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The group began in 1968 in Herford, in northern Germany with the name Psychotic Reaction, taken from the Count Five song,[...]
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Originally a product of Britain's new romantic movement, Depeche Mode went on to become the quintessential electro-pop band of the 1980s. One of the first acts to establish a musical identity based completely around the use of synthesizers, Depeche Mode began their existence as a bouncy[...]
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