Thee Headcoats Sect Biography
One of the stranger, more delightful modern incarnations of a '60s British invasion outfit, Thee Headcoats Sect is a quintet comprised of Don Craine (guitar, vocals) and Keith "Grant" Evans...
Popular Biographies:
Possessed Biography: Like the extreme music they created, San Francisco's Possessed seemed cursed by dark and evil forces throughout their troubled career. Formed by guitarist Mike Torrao and drummer Mike Sus in 1983,...
Better than a thousand Biography: Better Than a Thousand was essentially a side project that, like many such projects in the hardcore punk scene, eventually took on a life of its own. The group's genesis lay in the creative duo of...
Percee p Biography: The second of six children, John Percy Simon was just three when his mother moved his family to the Patterson projects in the South Bronx in the early '70s. It was there that Percy (as he...
Cymande Biography: Although underappreciated and woefully overlooked during their original tenure together, the fine early-'70s outfit Cymande (pronounced Sah-mahn-day) was one of the first to merge African...
Fler Biography: Patrick Decker, better known to German gangsta rap fans as Fler, was born on the western outskirts of Berlin. With no father figure in sight Decker experienced trouble in school, ultimately deciding...
Farmer boys Biography: From the early '50s until 1964, the Farmer Boys tried hard to make it as a national recording act, mixing Western swing with honky tonk, and in the process, helping to found the Bakersfield sound....
Tabla beat science Biography: The North Indian drums know as the tabla were said to have been invented in the 13th century by Amir Khusrau, a disciple of the Sufi saint Hazrat Nizemuddin Aluya. At the time, Khusrau sawed a...
Lulu Biography: Most Americans first heard of Lulu when she soared to the top of the charts with the pop ballad "To Sir with Love," the theme to the film of the same name, in 1967. Actually, the Scottish singer --...