Month: September 2023

Third World is a Jamaican reggae fusion band formed in 1973. Third World started when keyboard player Michael “Ibo” Cooper and guitarist (and cellist) Stephen “Cat” Coore who had originally played in The Alley Cats and then Inner Circle, subsequently left to form their own band along with Inner Circle singer Milton “Prilly” Hamilton. They […]

The Longest Johns are a British folk musical group from Bristol. They formed in June 2012 after first singing together at a friend’s barbecue. The original line up consisted of Josh Bowker, Andy Yates, Jonathan Darley and Dave Robinson. About a week later, they posted their first video on YouTube, singing “Haul Away Joe.” The […]

Visage were a British synth pop band formed in London in 1978. The band became closely linked to the burgeoning New Romantic fashion movement of the early 1980s. Founding members Midge Ure and Rusty Egan started working on Visage to produce music to play at the clubs Egan was DJing at. Egan alongside Steve Strange […]

Lovebites (stylised as LOVEBITES) was formed in Tokyo in 2016 by bassist Miho and drummer Haruna. The two met while members of Destrose, another all-female metal band that disbanded in 2015. After recruiting guitarist Midori and support guitarist and keyboardist Miyako, the four chose vocalist Asami based on a demo she made. During one rehearsal, […]

Floor Jansen is a Dutch singer and songwriter. Jansen was sixteen when she joined Apocalypse (later known as After Forever) in 1997 as their lead vocalist. Three years later the band released its first album, Prison of Desire. She co-wrote the band’s words and music with Mark Jansen (no relation) until he left in 2002, […]

The Levellers are an English folk rock and Anarcho-punk band formed in Brighton in 1988, with Mark Chadwick on guitar and lead vocals, Jeremy Cunningham on bass guitar, and Charlie Heather on drums. Jon Sevink, the brother of Chadwick’s girlfriend, was brought in to play the fiddle. Their first EP, Carry Me, was released in […]