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1972: Captain Beyond

Orb — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 02:33:32 +0000

Biography The original line-up for Captain Beyond were singer Rod Evans (ex-Deep Purple), drummer Bobby Caldwell (ex-Johnny Winter), guitarist Larry “Rhino” Reinhardt (ex-Iron Butterfly), bassist Lee Dorman (ex-Iron Butterfly) and keyboardist Lewie Gold. Gold left due to personal reasons before the first album was recorded. The remaining line-up recorded the self-titled debut album, released in […]

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1968: Bread

Orb — Sat, 05 Apr 2014 18:33:06 +0000

Biography Bread was a rock band from Los Angeles, California. They placed 13 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 chart between 1970 and 1977 and were a prime example of what later was labeled soft rock. The band consisted of David Gates (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards, violin, viola, percussion), Jimmy Griffin (vocals, guitar, keyboards, percussion), […]

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1981: Mike Muir

Orb — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 03:23:01 +0000

Biography Music career Muir has cited bands such as The Sex Pistols, The Ramones, Black Sabbath, UFO, AC/DC, Van Halen, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Led Zeppelin and Kiss as his early musical influences, and has said that he was introduced to funk music by former band mate Robert Trujillo. Muir incorporated funk influences into a […]

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1983: L.A. Guns

Orb — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 03:56:05 +0000

Biography L.A. Guns is an American hard rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1983. As of 2013, the lineup consists of Phil Lewis (vocals), Michael Grant (guitar), Scott Griffin (bass) and Steve Riley (drums, percussion). The first incarnation of the group was formed, by Tracii Guns, in 1983 but disbanded in 1985 following […]

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1968: The Millennium

Orb — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 19:49:36 +0000

Biography The Millennium was an American super group based in California, who were conceived by Curt Boettcher. The group consisted of psychedelic rock musicians, and they incorporated sunshine pop harmonies. The roots of the band lie in several groups. Boettcher had originally worked with drummer Ron Edgar for a brief time in the folk group The […]

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1987: Warrior Soul

Orb — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 03:50:41 +0000

Biography Warrior Soul is an American hard rock band formed by lead singer and producer Kory Clarke. Clarke started the band on a bet from a promoter at New York City’s Pyramid Club, after a solo performance art show called “Kory Clarke/Warrior Soul”. Clarke boasted he would have the best rock band in the city […]

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1970: Jay Ferguson

Orb — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 20:57:16 +0000

Biography Jay Ferguson (born John Arden Ferguson; May 10, 1947) is an American rock/pop musician, known for his work with Spirit and Jo Jo Gunne, and his 1978 solo hit “Thunder Island“. His later career has been as a composer of music for television programs and films. Childhood and early musical career Born in Burbank, […]

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1971: Jo Jo Gunne

Orb — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 03:56:13 +0000

Biography Jo Jo Gunne is a rock band, formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1971 by Jay Ferguson (keyboards, vocals and guitar) and Mark Andes (bass guitar and vocals) after they had left Spirit. The group’s name is derived from “Joe Joe Gun”, a Chuck Berry song that peaked at #83 as a single […]

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1969: Crabby Appleton

Orb — Wed, 19 Feb 2014 03:30:52 +0000

Biography Crabby Appleton was an American rock band in the early 1970s. Fronted by singer-songwriter Michael Fennelly, they scored a Top 40 hit with their first single, “Go Back.” Though nearly everyone in the group was from a Los Angeles, California based band called Stonehenge, the group’s line-up was revamped with the introduction of […]

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1947: Percy Mayfield

Orb — Sun, 16 Feb 2014 21:03:15 +0000

Biography Percy Mayfield (August 12, 1920 – August 11, 1984) was an American songwriter famous for the songs “Hit the Road Jack” and “Please Send Me Someone to Love“, as well as a successful rhythm and blues artist known for his smooth vocal style. Mayfield was born in Minden, the seat of Webster Parish […]

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1964: Count Five

Orb — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 03:17:19 +0000

Biography The Count Five was a 1960s garage rock band from San Jose, California, best known for their Top 10 single “Psychotic Reaction”. The band was founded in 1964 by John “Mouse” Michalski (born 1948, Cleveland, Ohio) (lead guitar) and Roy Chaney (born 1948, Indianapolis, Indiana) (bass guitar), two high school friends who had previously […]

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1954: The Chambers Brothers

Orb — Tue, 11 Feb 2014 02:41:56 +0000

Biography Unlike some acts billing themselves as “brothers”, The Chambers Brothers really were brothers. Growing up in a sharecropping family in one of the most impoverished parts of Mississippi, the four siblings first started to sing at the Mount Calvary Baptist Church in Lee County. After his discharge from the army in 1952, the […]

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1957: The Poni-Tails

Orb — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 23:00:12 +0000

Biography The Poni-Tails were an American girl group from Lyndhurst, Ohio. Formed in a suburb of Cleveland, the Poni-Tails – Toni Cistone, Karen Topinka and Patti McCabe – started singing at Brush High School, which they all attended. Tom Ilius, a music publisher, had them signed to local record label Point Records, who released […]

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1963: The Murmaids

Orb — Tue, 28 Jan 2014 22:16:38 +0000

Biography The Murmaids were a one-hit wonder all-female vocal trio composed of sisters Carol and Terry Fischer; and Sally Gordon from Los Angeles, California who, in January 1964 reached #3 with “Popsicles and Icicles“. The Fischer sisters were 15 and 17 years old in 1963; Sally Gordon, also 17, was a friend and neighbor. […]

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1923: Lucille Bogan

Orb — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 21:27:46 +0000

Biography Lucille Bogan (April 1, 1897 – August 10, 1948) was an American blues singer, among the first to be recorded. She also recorded under the pseudonym Bessie Jackson. The music critic and sexologist Ernest Borneman stated that Bogan, along with Ma Rainey and Bessie Smith, was in “the big three of the blues” She […]

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