A-Z Band Names Game

[BikerBoy]

Boozed

[BJtheDJ]

[HEADING=2]Coldcut[/HEADING]

The duo comprises DJs Matt Black & Jonathan More, formed in London, England around 1986. During

their career they have encompassed a wide range of styles from hip hop and rap to electronica and

jazz-inflected sounds.

 

They began working together in the mid-eighties on the (then) pirate radio station KissFM. Shortly

thereafter they released their first single, Say Kids, What Time Is It?, which marked the first stirrings

of the UK's dance/cutup scene.

 

This was followed by their influential remix of Eric B. & Rakim's Paid in Full, which made the top 10

and was voted best remix of the year.

[Chelsea]

Def Leppard

[BJtheDJ]

[HEADING=2]Die Toten Hosen[/HEADING]

 

Die Toten Hosen is a punk band from Düsseldorf (NRW), Germany. They are one of very few German-language

acts who have enjoyed decades-long mass appeal in Germany. The members of Die Toten Hosen (literally "The Dead

Trousers" in English; "tote Hose" is a German expression meaning "lifeless", "boring", or "nothing going on") are

Campino (Andreas Frege), Kuddel (Andreas von Holst), Vom (Stephen George Ritchie), Andi (Andreas Meurer)

and Breiti (Michael Breitkopf).

 

Vom replaced Wölli as the drummer in 1999 (Wölli's untimely departure from the band was due to injuries caused

by a car accident), who himself had replaced Trini in 1985 and is still an honorary member of the band; Trini became

the band's manager.

[BJtheDJ]

[HEADING=2]Everything but the Girl[/HEADING]

 

Everything But the Girl (EBTG), was a Hull, Yorkshire, UK, folk-pop / trip-hop duo of Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn.

 

They débuted with a single for a Cole Porter cover, Night And Day (Mar 1982, Cherry Red). Their final album was

Temperamental (Sept 1999, Virgin).

 

Ben met Tracey when they were at Hull University and she was singing in pop girl-band Marine Girls.

 

Ben contributed a photograph, for a forthcoming album cover, after which, the pair became partners (later getting married).

[BikerBoy]

[HEADING=2]Forkupines[/HEADING]

[BJtheDJ]

[HEADING=2]Grand Funk Railroad[/HEADING]

 

Grand Funk Railroad is an American hard rock band that formed in 1969 in Flint, Michigan, United States.

 

Known for iconic rock hits such as the number ones "We're An American Band" and their cover version of

"The Loco-Motion", the band initially consisted of Mark Farner (vocals, guitar), Mel Schacher (bass) and

Don Brewer (drums), with Craig Frost (keyboards) joining in 1972.

 

During their career, the group has released 14 studio albums and their career sales total over 25 million

records sold, including 10 million records sold in 1970 alone.

 

The band split in 1977 and reunited in 1980, splitting again in 1983.

[BJtheDJ]

[HEADING=2]The Human League[/HEADING]

 

The Human League is an English synthpop band formed in 1977. Originally a minimal Post-Punk

synthesiser-based group from Sheffield, UK, they became one of the most successful New Wave

acts of the 80s.

 

The only consistent band member is vocalist and songwriter Phil Oakey. The band's best known

configuration was their 1980-1985 lineup of Phillip Oakey (vocals), Joanne Catherall (vocals),

Susanne Sulley (vocals), Phillip Adrian Wright (keyboards), Jo Callis (guitar, keyboards) and Ian

Burden (bass).

[BikerBoy]

Inner Circle

[BJtheDJ]

[HEADING=2]Judas Priest[/HEADING]

 

Judas Priest is an English heavy metal band formed in West Bromwich in 1969. The band has sold over 50

million copies of their albums to date.

 

Judas Priest is frequently ranked as one of the greatest metal bands of all time.

 

Despite an innovative and pioneering body of work in the latter half of the 1970s, the band struggled with

indifferent record production, repeated changes of drummer, and lack of major commercial success or

attention until 1980, when they adopted a more simplified sound on the album British Steel, which helped

shoot them to rock superstar status.

[BJtheDJ]

[HEADING=2]Kosheen[/HEADING]

Kosheen are a Bristol-based trio formed in 1998 by Sian Evans (vocals), Darren "Decoder" Beale and

Markee "Substance" Morrison (both producing, mixing, guitars etc.).

 

Kosheen achieved international success with their debut single Hide U, which reached #6 in UK

official chart.

 

Their debut album "Resist" (released in 2001), a powerful mixture of drum'n'bass, trip-hop, chillout,

hip-hop-inspired beats and traditional singer-songwriter production, was warmly accepted by both

critics and audience and later went "platinum" in the UK. With their second LP "Kokopelli", Kosheen

changed their music style and turned to more rock-oriented tunes mixed with electronica & trip-hop.

[Chelsea]

Led Zeppelin

[BJtheDJ]

[HEADING=2]The Mighty Mighty Bosstones[/HEADING]

 

The Mighty Mighty Bosstones were a ska-core band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States (Bosstones

is a play on Boston). They are credited with creating the ska-core genre, a form of music that mixes, to

various degrees, elements of modern third-wave ska along with hardcore punk, jazz, and other influences.

 

Their current lineup is Dicky Barrett (vocals), Joe Gittleman (bass), Lawrence Katz (guitar), Ben Carr (dancer,

"Bosstone"), Joe Sirois (drums), Timothy "Johnny Vegas" Burton (saxophone), Kevin Leaner (saxophone) and

Chris Rhodes (trombone) Formed in 1985, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones started playing in Boston clubs in

the mid-1980s.

[Beowulf25]

Nickelback

[BJtheDJ]

[HEADING=2]The Orb[/HEADING]

The Orb is a British electronic music band known for pioneering the genre of ambient house. The Orb is

heavily influenced by dub music, and much of their later output has been in the electronic dub category,

more so than ambient house.

 

The group was formed in 1988 by Dr. Alex Paterson (full name Duncan Robert Alex Paterson) and Jimmy

Cauty (one half of The Justified Ancients of Mu Mu and later The KLF).

 

The Orb's first release was the acid house anthem "Tripping on Sunshine". In May 1989,

 

The Orb released the "Kiss EP", which was heavily influenced by New York's KISS FM. Paterson began DJing around London, England at this time when he met Paul Oakenfold.