The Saints est un groupe australien originaire de Brisbane (d'abord nommés Kid Galahad and the Eternals).
The Saints are a rock band, originating in Brisbane, Australia founded by Chris Bailey (singer-songwriter, later guitarist), Ivor Hay (drummer), and Ed Kuepper
(guitarist-songwriter) in 1974. Alongside mainstay Bailey, the group
has had numerous line-ups. In 1975, contemporaneous with United States' Ramones,
The Saints were employing the fast tempos, raucous vocals and "buzz
saw" guitar that characterised early punk rock. With their debut single,
"(I'm) Stranded",
in September 1976, they became the first alleged punk band outside the
US to release a record, ahead of better-known acts including the Sex Pistols and The Clash. They are one of the first and most influential groups of the genre.
In early 1979, the Saints had imploded, leaving Bailey to continue the band, with a variable line-up. All Fools Day peaked in the Top 30 on the Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart in April 1986. Bailey also has a solo career and had relocated to Sweden by 1994. The band was inducted into the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) Hall of Fame in 2001.
The Saints continue to record and perform worldwide. In 2014 Bruce
Springsteen covered their classic "Just like fire would" on his "High
Hopes" album.
Talk Talk est un groupe britannique de musique pop, initialement affilié au mouvement new wave, en activité entre 1981 et 1991.
Talk Talk was an English musical group, active from 1981 to 1991. The group was part of the Britishnew wave movement. They had a string of early hit singles including "Today", "Talk Talk", "It's My Life", "Such a Shame",
and "Dum Dum Girl". Always uncomfortable with the requirements and
pressure of the pop industry, Talk Talk moved away from synthpop toward
more experimental music in the mid-1980s. A few more singles, including "Life's What You Make It"
and "Living in Another World", achieved success in Europe and in the
UK, but their commercial appeal receded quickly as their critical
reputation increased.
The band broke up in 1991. Singer Mark Hollis released one solo album
before retiring from the music industry. Founding bass player and
drummer Paul Webb and Lee Harris played in a couple of bands together; de facto fourth member Tim Friese-Greene continued in the business as a musician and producer. Their final two albums, Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock, were highly acclaimed and remain influential to experimental alternative rock genres, especially post-rock. 25 years after the release of what The Guardian called their masterpiece (1988's Spirit of Eden),
Talk Talk was still praised as a classic example of a band refusing to
compromise its art to commercial pressure, and Hollis and his bandmates
are one of the acts that came out of the synthpop movement of the 1980s
whose music remains influential today.
Ultra Vivid Scene était un groupe de rock alternatif de la fin des années 80 et du début des années 90 fondé par Kurt Ralske. Le groupe a enregistré trois albums (Ultra Vivid Scene, Joy 1967-1990 et Rev), et quelques EP.
Former Nothing But Happiness and Crash guitarist Ralske started Ultra Vivid Scene in 1987, was signed to 4AD Records in 1988, and released his first UVS EP, She Screamed, in 1988. The debut album Ultra Vivid Scene released October 1988, was written, produced and performed entirely by Ralske, whose influences include The Velvet Underground and The Jesus and Mary Chain. The second album, Joy 1967-1990, was released in April 1990. The same month they played their first tour dates in the United Kingdom.
The last album, Rev,
was released in October 1992, and was performed by a band comprising
Julius Klepacz (drums) and Jack Daley (bass) with Ralske on vocals and
guitar. This album was picked up by the Chaos imprint of Columbia Records (Sony Music Distribution) during the time rival Warner Bros. was having some success with its imprints' 4AD relationships (4AD/Sire, 4AD/Elektra, 4AD/Reprise).
As a live act, Ultra Vivid Scene performed only a handful of US dates
in support of the first album in 1989. The second album in 1990 was
supported by one month of touring in Europe and two months in the US.
1993 saw one month of US tour dates for the third and final album.
Ralske has gone on to do solo work, and has also produced albums for such artists as Rasputina, Ivy and Charles Douglas. His last known musical endeavor was the solo release in 2001 Amor 0 + 01. Since that time, Ralske has worked as a visual artist.
Van Halen est un groupe de hard rockaméricain fondé en 1972 à Pasadena en Californie. Le guitariste du groupe, Eddie Van Halen,
est rapidement devenu célèbre pour ses prouesses techniques et sa
sensibilité musicale. Il a surtout inspiré un nouveau courant de « guitar heroes » grâce à la popularisation de la technique du « tapping ». Leur premier chanteur David Lee Roth s'est imposé comme un véritable show man.
The band went on to become major stars, and by the early 1980s they were one of the most successful rock acts of the time. 1984 was their most successful album. The lead single, "Jump", became an international hit and their only single to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. The following singles, "Panama" and "I'll Wait",
both hit number 13 on the U.S. charts. The album went on to sell over
12 million copies in the U.S. alone. In 1985, the band replaced lead
singer David Lee Roth with ex-Montrose lead vocalist Sammy Hagar.
With Hagar, the group would release four U.S. number-one albums over
the course of 11 years. Hagar left the band in 1996 shortly before the
release of the band's first greatest hits collection, Best Of – Volume I. Former Extreme frontman Gary Cherone was quickly recruited as lead singer to replace Hagar, and Van Halen III
was released in 1998. Cherone left the band in frustration in 1999
after the tour due to the poor commercial performance of the album.
Van Halen went on hiatus until 2003 when they reunited with Hagar for
a worldwide tour. The reunited band released a second greatest hits
collection the following year, The Best of Both Worlds. Like Volume I before it, The Best of Both Worlds
included material from both the Roth and Hagar eras but omitted any
Cherone era tracks. The album featured three brand new tracks recorded
by the reunited band, two of which were released as singles. Hagar again
left Van Halen in 2005 and in 2006, Roth returned as lead vocalist for
their highest-grossing tour, and one of the highest-grossing tours of
that year. Anthony was not invited to participate in the tour and was
essentially fired from the band, replaced by Wolfgang Van Halen, Eddie's son. In 2012, the band released the commercially and critically successful, A Different Kind of Truth, with Roth as lead vocalist. According to the RIAA, Van Halen is the 19th-best-selling band/artist in United States history, selling 56 million albums in the U.S. They were also revealed at number 4 on the Billboard's top moneymakers list in 2013. Van Halen is one of only five rock bands that have had two studio albums sell more than 10 million copies in the U.S. Additionally, Van Halen charted the most number-one hits in the history of Billboard 's Mainstream Rock chart and they are one of the world's best-selling bands of all time, having sold more than 80 million records.
Van Halen achieved worldwide fame for their many popular songs and
larger-than-life stage performances; unfortunately, they also became
known for the drama surrounding the departures of former members.
Controversy surrounded the band following the exits of Roth, Hagar, and
Anthony; this controversy often included numerous conflicting press
statements between the former members and the band. In 2007, Van Halen
was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. VH1 ranked them 7th on their list of the top 100 hard rock artists of all time.
The Wallflowers est un groupe américain de rock, originaire de Los Angeles fondé en 1989. Il est composé de Jakob Dylan (guitare et chant), Rami Jaffee (piano et orgue Hammond B3), Greg Richling (basse), Jack Irons (batterie) et Stuart Mathis
(guitare). Ils ont sorti six albums studio, un album de compilation et
ont eu plusieurs chansons à la télévision et films. Ils ont remporté
deux Grammy Awards pour la meilleure performance rock par un duo ou groupe et Best Rock Song Vocal pour leur chanson One Headlight en 1998.
Ils sont les pionniers du revival du Rock' n Roll des années 1990.
The Wallflowers a su s'imposer sur la scène américaine et mondiale.
Jakob Dylan, l'essence du groupe, possède un sens poétique reconnu.
Quelques titres des Wallflowers : Sleepwalker, 6th Avenue Heartache, One Headlight, Ashes to Ashes, Empire in My Mind, When You're on Top, I've Been Delivered, Heroes (reprise de David Bowie), Letters from the Wasteland, Beautiful Side of Somewhere et Closer 2 You.
Les Wallflowers jouèrent la B.O. du film Godzilla "Heroes" une
reprise de la version moins construite, mais plus rock que celle de
David Bowie.
The Wallflowers are an American rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1989 by singer-songwriter Jakob Dylan and guitarist Tobi Miller. The band has gone through a number of personnel changes but has stayed centered around Dylan.
After releasing their eponymous debut album in 1992, the Wallflowers released what would become their best-known and highest-selling album, Bringing Down the Horse in 1996, which featured songs such as "One Headlight" and "6th Avenue Heartache".
They went on to release an additional three albums before going on a
7-year hiatus, beginning in 2006. In 2012, The Wallflowers reunited to
release their sixth studio album, Glad All Over.
The Wallflowers have won two Grammy awards: Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Rock Song for their song "One Headlight" in 1998. "One Headlight" is also listed at #58 in Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Greatest Pop Songs.
Clan of Xymox, aussi connu selon le nom de Xymox à certaines époques de leur carrière et familièrement désigné par les fans par l'acronyme COX, est un groupe darkwave/rock gothique formé en 1983 à Nimègue, aux Pays-Bas, par Ronny Moorings et Anke Wolbert, des membres originaux, seul Ronny Moorings fait encore partie du groupe de nos jours.
Clan of Xymox, also known as simply Xymox, are a Dutch rock band formed in 1981. Clan of Xymox featured a trio of songwriters — Pieter Nooten, Ronny Moorings and Anka Wolbert — and gained success in the 1980s, releasing their first two albums on a prestigious independent UK label, a third and fourth album on a major US label and scoring a hit single in the United States. Early pioneers of the dark and moody electronic music known as dark wave, their 1980s releases included synthpop/electronic dance music.
Though the band is still active and continues to tour and release
records, of the original songwriters (Nooten, Moorings and Wolbert),
only Moorings remains in the band today. After the departure of Nooten
and Wolbert in the early 1990s, their music turned increasingly goth.
