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1) Formed in 1997 in Ottawa, Canada and comprised almost entirely of frontmen, Rudeboy filled the gap left behind by The Specials , The English Beat and other bands from the two-tone era and took it to the next level. Melding purist early sixties style reggae with catchy pop driven dance numbers , add a dash of clever lyrical lament and you have Canada's best kept ska secret. Energy overload doesn't quite describe the live show and first timers are usually left stunned by the musicality and visual experience. Influences range from Toots and the Maytals to the Specials and...
Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) is an influential Japanese electropop band, formed in 1978. They are renowned as a major influence in popular music, and for pioneering the electropop music genre. The principal members are Haruomi Hosono (bass), Yukihiro Takahashi (drums) and Ryuichi Sakamoto (keyboards).
The band was originally conceived as a one-off studio project by Hosono, the other two members being recruited session musicians - the idea was to produce an album fusing orientalist exotica (cf their cover version of Martin Denny's Firecracker) with modern electronics. However the first album (with its cutting-edge production) was very popular, and the studio...
Darude is known worldwide for his anthemic trance style. He is an electronic dance music producer, DJ and lives in Turku, Finland. He debuted in 1999 with the smash single Sandstorm (#1 hit in numerous charts around the world) and subsequent album Before the Storm.
Virtanen started his career as an amateur musician while in high school, making music using his PC's tracker software. As his interest in music production rapidly grew, he moved on to more serious production techniques.
While at a classmate's party, Virtanen played the song "Rude Boy" (written by Swedish artist Leila K) four times. This...
There are 3 groups with the name Crude:
1. Japanese hardcore band from Hakodate City, who formed in the mid 90's.
2. Early 80s American punk band formed in Albany, New York.
3. An experimental/outsider/electronic act from New Zealand.
Music can be found on Last fm here: matt middleton / crude. .
Electric Light Orchestra were a symphonic rock band which formed in Birmingham, England in 1970. The band was formed by Jeff Lynne (vocals, guitar, multiple instruments), Roy Wood (multiple instruments, vocals), Richard Tandy (keyboards, vocals) and Bev Bevan (drums). Lynne, Wood and Bevan were former members of the psychedelic rock band The Move. The band's lineup would fluctuate throughout its original incarnation, although Lynne, Tandy and Bevan would remain constant members.
They incorporated the sounds of string ensembles, vocoders and dub echos into rock songs, thereby creating a very sophisticated studio version of rock. The musical content of ELO songs...
