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Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet were an English new wave band formed in Islington, London, in 1979. Inspired…
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Spandau Ballet were an English new wave band formed in Islington, London, in 1979. Inspired…
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Sparks are an American pop and rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1967 by…
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It’s 1973 in South London. Teenage friends Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook form the band…
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STATUS QUO’S total world-wide record sales exceed 118 million units. In 2013 QUO released their…
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Steve Hackett is an English guitarist, songwriter and producer known for his work with Genesis…
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Sting is an English singer, songwriter and musician who first achieved worldwide success as the…
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In January 1984, shortly after meeting Mike Stock and Matt Aitken, Pete Waterman asked them…
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The Sugarcubes (Sykurmolarnir in Icelandic) were an Icelandic alternative rock band formed in 1986 and…
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Although Swing Out Sister’s music is unashamedly commercial pop, their impeccable indie credentials (keyboardist Andy…
BIO, MUSIC & VIDEOSTalk Talk were an English band whose work moved from synth-pop toward more experimental music.…
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Talking Heads were an American band formed in New York by David Byrne, Chris Frantz,…
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Tears for Fears are an English pop-rock and new-wave band formed in Bath in 1981…
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D’Arby’s debut solo album, Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D’Arby, released in July…
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The Alan Parsons Project were a British rock group led by producer Alan Parsons and…
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The Alarm are a Welsh rock band that formed in Rhyl, Wales, in 1981. Initially…
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Associates were a post-punk/new wave band which formed in 1977 in Dundee, Scotland. They initially…
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The Beat are a band founded in Birmingham, England, in 1978. Their music fuses ska,…
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The Belle Stars were an all-female British pop group of the early ’80s that split…
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Originally a quartet whose sound drew inspiration from psychedelia, the Beloved found its greatest success…
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Led by politically opinionated Dr Robert (Robert Howard) broke through with the U.K. and U.S.…
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The Boomtown Rats are an Irish rock band originally formed in Dublin in 1975, that…
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The Church are an Australian rock band formed in Sydney. Their atmospheric guitars and dreamlike…
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The Clash were an English rock band formed in London in 1976 as a key…
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The Creatures were an English band formed in 1981 by vocalist Siouxsie Sioux and drummer…
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