Adam & the Ants
Submitted by: Bob SacamanoBritish pseudo-glam punk band, formed in 1977, disbanding in ’81 at which point Adam Ant went solo.
British pseudo-glam punk band, formed in 1977, disbanding in ’81 at which point Adam Ant went solo.
Had several of the top twenty rock and roll hits of all times,including: Cherish, Windy & Never, My Love
Steve Perry, the frontman for the rock group Journey, who lasted for 14 years and whose breakthrough album Escape yielded 3 top 10 singles and sold nine million copies.
The Motor City Madman,Wango Tango, Cat Scratch Fever, seemingly savage guitar hero who is actually clean living and conservative. A man I could always respect. See the allmusic.com link for a good bio.
The [original] “Honeycomb” entry is so full of errors it’s hard to figure out where to begin. James Frederick Rodgers was born in Camas, WA on 9-18-33. After forming his own group in the Air Force, Jimmie auditioned for Roulette Records in New York but left before giving them his name (!). Once located and […]
Originating in Boston in 1977 and riding (or perhaps, defining) the New Wave sound, the Cars cranked out 6 million selling albums in a row including hits like Candy-O, Let’s Go, and My Best Friend’s Girl, which hit #3. They broke up in the late 80’s.
Icon of the British pop scene in the 70’s, somewhat of a rock-n-roll version of Liberace…
The first time she showed up on the radar in North America was for covering Do The Loco-motion in 1988.
The Dave Clark 5 were a British Invasion phenomenon. The DC5 were probably the “loudest” British Invasion act until the arrival of the Who. The Dave Clark 5’s first major hit was 1964’s Glad All Over…the first in a long string of 17 Top 40 hits from 1964-1967! The groups hits included, Because, Can’t You […]
For a group of teen-aged guys from Chicago’s North side, The Buckinghams formed a rock band mainly to meet girls. Carl Giammarese, Nick Fortuna, Dennis Tufano, Jon Paulos and Dennis Miccoli started out playing dances and clubs when they were approached by Chicago’s WGN-TV to appear for 13 weeks on the stations “All Time Hits” […]