In This Vintage PCC Interview, the Oscar Winner Talks About His Cult Sci-Fi Film "Starman." JEFF BRIDGES: Career Culminates in Crazy Heart BROOKS ARTHUR: The legendary record producer/engineer chats with PCC about such greats as Peggy Lee, Bruce Springsteen, Phil Spector, Girl Groups, ...
As riveting as the music that sprang up during punk’s assurgency in the late ’70s might have been, the subsequent bands and variations that followed in its wake were perhaps even more astounding. Like many of their contemporaries, The Pop Group was an answer to punk’s DIY call to arms...
Over 3K music fans have voted on the 60+ Best Synthpop Bands & Artists. Current Top 3: Depeche Mode, Tears for Fears, New Order
Only groups with 3 or more members. Latest additions: Feeder, Menswear Most divisive: James Over 3.2K Ranker voters have come together to rank this list of The Best Britpop Bands At the beginning of the 1990s, Britpop started to dominate the airwaves not only in the UK, but globally as...
Artists from various backgrounds frequently team up to create songs that reflect a blend of their styles and influences. These collaborations often result in innovative sounds that resonate with fans across the globe. The partnership between American artists and K-pop groups has produced chart-topping...
The Go-Go’s were already well-known in California, but they expanded their audience during a major tour opening for British ska revival groups Madness and The Specials in the UK. The success of that tour in 1979 led the band to release a demo version of “We Got The Beat,” which be...
Undoubtedly, just about all these picks are best classified as pop-rock, progressive pop or some other variant/mixture since most of these groups never ventured into pure pop. That said, they deviate enough from where the groups started – and house enough pop elements – to be considered. ...
in LA in the early 1970s that the '60s critique of American life was embedded into our culture. Ideas like greater suspicion of authority in business and government, changing relations between men and women, more personal freedom, more inclusion of previously marginalized groups," Brownstein said...
The group had its origin in acoustic folk music. John Phillips, group founder, had learned his craft in the late 1950s in New York’s Greenwich Village’s music scene. He’d also worked with doo-wop and harmony groups and had studied the music of the Four Lads, Four Freshmen, Kingston...
Love ’em or hate ’em, the best boy bands have always had their place in pop history. The progenitors of the form surely include choreography-friendly vocal groups from the 60s and 70s, such as Jackson 5 and The Osmonds, and the likes of New Kids On The Block and Bros were topping ...