Bands and musicians

A one-hit wonder that had a massive influence on the music industry. M/A/R/R/S had a UK number one hit in 1987 with "Pump Up the Volume" but never released a follow-up."Pump Up the Volume" was an important record in music ...

One of the most popular bands from the ska revival of the late 70s and early eighties. Their distinctive sound propelled them to fame with hits like "It Must Be Love", "Our House" and "House of Fun".Front man Suggs has ...

Perhaps the leading female music icon of the 80's and 90's, Madonna represented everything cool in this era and helped define the fashions of the times.Madonna's music career started at the end of the 70's as drummer and singer in ...

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Between 1964 and 1979 Manfred Mann scored three British Number One hits ? plus two more Number One hits in America plus another seven that went Top 5 and six more that made the Top 10. In the Sixties Manfred ...

The thinking man's Stutz Bear Cats were more likely to be seen on Seaside Special than the pop charts but that didn't stop Manhattan Transfer having a number one single with "Chanson D'Amour" in 1977. Several lesser chart entries followed ...

Welsh rock band, 'The Manics' came to light during 1996, although they formed the band during the late 80's where they were a big part of the Cardiff music scene. This 3 peice band released their first single 'Suicide ...

American soul-singer / songwriter, born in 1964, started her career in the music industry as co-founder to 'Lone Justice'. After the failure of two album releases, Maria went solo recording her self titled debut album in 1989, her ...

Mariah Carey has had several number one albums and a string of number one songs. Some of her most famous songs include "Hero", "Butterfly" and "My All". She is a musical inspiriation to many people. ...

I mainly remember Marillion from when Fish was the lead singer and they had the mega hit "Kayleigh".Fish left to go solo in the late 80's and was replaced by Steve Hogarth. Marillion are still going strong today. ...

Marilyn was a singer who was around same time as Boy George. His biggest hit was 'Calling Your Name', but had success also with 'You Don't Love Me' and 'Cry And Be Free'. As the name suggests, his main idol ...

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I will always think of Martine McCutcheon (born as Martine Kimberley Sherrie Ponting) as a character in Eastenders, shouting “Ricky!!!”But she’s done loads more things than that – she’s actually a singer, a Olivier Award-winning actress to boot. Still, she ...

American singer / songwriter Matthew was born in New York in 1953 and was most famous for his hit single 'Break My Stride' which was released in 1983. Matthew didn't have a greatly successful music career, despite being backing singer for ...

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“You can’t touch this!”Nope, you’re right MC Hammer, I can’t touch that.I LOVE the idea of going around MC Hammer’s house and he doesn’t want you to put your grubby hands on anything he owns – he keeps going “You ...

Meatloaf, or Meat to his friends, sang so many good rock songs. Best album of his HAS to be "Bat out of Hell". The title track of that album is possibly one of the best known songs ever. And ...

Megadeth was, and probably still is, a 4-piece speed metal band. Dave Mustane, the singer and lead guitarist, used to be in Metallica.They released quite a few albums and a few singles, but didn't really seem to do very ...

Just to make things clear, before you launch into this expecting a detailed analysis of ‘Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree’, this article is not about that Mel and Kim. If you were hoping to read about Mel Smith and Kim ...

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“I come from a land down under”A great track that was, but “Men at Work” were a great band. They even had a great logo – that workmen yellow triangle. Iconic!They formed in 1979 and stayed together until 1986 (before ...

French Canadian synth-pop foursome who are best remembered for their 1983 hit 'The Safety Dance', popular on both sides of the Atlantic. Whatever you're attitude to electro-pop, this was a haunting foot-tapper of a song which you just couldn't help ...

Menudo was the ultimate boy band of the 1980s in Latin America and around the world.I remember buying their 1981 album, "Quiero Ser" and rocking the walls to the beat of "Subete a mi Moto". Every girl in Latin America ...

AAARRRGGHHHHHHH!!!!!!! Thats how Metallica make me feel. And in good way, not a bad one. I was given Ride the Lightening as a 16th birthday prezzie by a school mate. He knew I was quite into Iron Maiden, and thought ...

Michael Jackson was and still is a huge international music star and has been one of the leading male music artists of the last three decades. Michael passed away on 25 June 2009 after suffering a heart attack in Los ...

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Midge Ure has been in numerous bands since the 70's including Thin Lizzy, Slik, The Rich Kids and Visage (for 4 years) before joining Ultravox. Midge stayed with Ultravox for eight years until they disbanded in 1987.Midge Ure's solo success ...

Even if you know nothing else about Mike Oldfield, chances are you've heard of his 1973 album Tubular Bells. It broke new ground in its instrumental capabilities and also helped launch Virgin Records.Mike Oldfield was born in 1953 in Reading, ...

From pop stardom to pop disgrace in a very short space of time, Milli Vanilli are the first band you think of when anybody says ‘miming’. Or ‘Give us back that Grammy.’It was early 1988 when German songwriter and record ...

Ask anyone if they've heard the song "I Melt with You" by Modern English and they will not only nod aggressively but they'll also be able to sing the entire chorus for you. Then ask them to name any other ...

Floppy fringed, linen suited group of guys who had a huge hit in the 80s with "Best Years Of Our Lives" - the song recently had a bit of a revival in Shrek! ...

THE MOODY BLUES! A band that has had hits in every decade since the sixties. From Nights In White Satin in 67 to "I Know You're Out There Somewhere" in '88 The Moody Blues have had countless hits and sales. ...

The Smiths fans awaited the release of Morrissey's debut solo album with much anticipation in 1988. Things were looking very promising when "Suedehead" was released in February, reaching the dizzy heights of number 6. Not even the Smiths had managed ...

Bad boy rockers comprising Nikki Sixx, Tommy Lee, Mick Mars and Vince Neil. Yes, Tommy as in Pamela Anderson fame.Sex, drugs and Rock n Roll is probably far too tame a phrase for them. The ultimate in sleazy rock and ...

Hevay Metal act from the late 70s / early 80s with Lemmy as lead singer. Famous songs include "Bomber", "Overkill" and my personal faourite "Ace of Spades".Self-described as "...the kind of band that if we moved in next to you, ...

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Mud were a 70s glam band, that put the fun back in music. They wrote / performed many simple but catchy pop rock tunes, with fabulous tight, complex harmonies over the top to finish them off. Very underated musicians ...

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Musical Youth are most famous for taking the Mighty Diamonds song "Pass the Kutchie" and changing it to "Pass the Dutchie" to ensure radio airplay. For those that are not in the know, a kutchie is a pipe for smoking ...