After building up cult status during legendary residences at Sydney's Unicorn Hotel and Civic Hotel in the late '70s, Mental As Anything exploded mischievously onto domestic charts just as Madness did  …

Without a smidgen of overstatement we proudly assert that John Martyn is one of Britain's greatest rock innovators. From the classic folk ballad "May You Never", which Eric Clapton would later record,  …

Think of dub and you think of Osbourne Ruddock — the electronics wiz and sound engineer whose genius at the mixing desk practically defined the entire dub genre and lent him the regal, and royally dese …

For a dose of Swollen Members' potent early work, cue up "S&M On the Rocks" from their debut album, Balance (1999); the track hits home like lightning. Always open to solo and collaborative side …

An accolade like Godfather of Canadian Hip-Hop has to be earned, and Wesley Williams — aka Maestro Fresh Wes, or simply Maestro — proved he was deserving of the tag back in 1989, when he became the fir …

Wie einige andere deutsche Popstars begann auch Marius Müller-Westernhagen sein Leben im Rampenlicht als Schauspieler. Seine frühe Paraderolle als Fernfahrer Theo gab ihm die perfekte Plattform für sei …

Featuring a lineup of fresh imports — a Scot, two Dutchmen, and a couple of Poms (including Gordon "Snowy" Fleet, the former drummer from Liverpool's the Mojos) — the Easybeats put Australian pop and r …

Dans la famille « French touch », je demande les Versaillais . . . Qui aurait pu imaginer, à la fin des années 80, que cette cité bourgeoise et un peu guindée donnerait naissance à une vague d'artistes …

Distinguished in their early days by blankets of furious guitars and the heartbroken gruffness and dark northern humour of frontman David Gedge (was there ever a more blunt and aptly direct surname tha …