Oblivia
Don’t know much about these guys except they are from Oz and I love the one song I know of theirs, “Collapse on Me”. Here’s the only video of them I could find. Good song, but not as good as Collapse on Me.
Found “Collapse On Me” !
New York Dolls
The New York Dolls are an American rock band, formed in New York City in 1971. In 2004 the band reformed with three of their original members, two of whom, David Johansen and Sylvain Sylvain, continue on today and have released two records of new material. The original bassist, Arthur Kane died shortly after their first reunion concert.
The band’s protopunk sound prefigured much of what was to come in the punk rock era; their visual style influenced the look of many new wave and 1980s-era glam metal groups, and they began the local New York scene that later spawned the Ramones, Blondie, Television and Talking Heads, among others.
Monkees, The
The Monkees were a pop rock quartet assembled by Robert “Bob” Rafelson and Bert Schneider in Los Angeles in 1966 for the American television series The Monkees, which aired from 1966 to 1968. The members were Americans Micky Dolenz, Michael Nesmith, Peter Tork, and Englishman Davy Jones, who were supervised and popularized by Don Kirshner.
At the time of the band’s formation, its producers saw The Monkees as a Beatles-like band.[1] At the start, the band members provided vocals, and were given some performing and production opportunities, but they eventually fought for and earned the right to collectively supervise all musical output under the band’s name. The group undertook several concert tours, allowing an opportunity to perform as a live band as well as on the TV series. Although the show was canceled in 1968, the band continued releasing records until 1970. In the 1980s, the television show and music experienced a revival, which led to a series of reunion tours, and new records featuring various incarnations of the band’s lineup.
Los Lobos
Los Lobos (“The Wolves”) are an American rock band. They are 3-time GrammyAward winners. Their music is influenced by rock and roll, Tex-Mex, country music, folk,R&B, blues and traditional Spanish and Mexican music such as boleros and norteños. Mexican-American roots-rock group, Los Lobos has been performing and releasing albums since the late 1970s. And they continue to rock.
Kraftwerk
Kraftwerk (“power plant” or “power station”, German pronunciation: [ˈkʁaftvɛɐk]) is a pioneering and a highly influential electronic music band from Düsseldorf, Germany. The signature Kraftwerk sound combines driving, repetitive rhythms with catchy melodies, mainly following a Western classical style of harmony, with a minimalistic and strictly electronic instrumentation. The group’s simplified lyrics are at times sung through a vocoder or generated by computer-speech software. Kraftwerk were one of the first groups to popularize electronic music. In the early to late 1970s and the early 1980s, Kraftwerk’s distinctive sound was revolutionary, and it has had a lasting effect across many genres of modern music.
Joe Jackson
Joe Jackson (born David Ian Jackson, 11 August 1954, Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire) is an English musician and singer-songwriter now living in Berlin, whose five Grammy nominations span 1979 to 2001. He is probably best-known for the 1978 hit song “Is She Really Going Out with Him?”, which still gets extensive FM radio airplay; for his 1982 hit, “Steppin’ Out”; and for his 1984 success with, “You Can’t Get What You Want (Till You Know What You Want)”.
Along with Elvis Costello and Graham Parker, Jackson was a part of the trio of British based artists who challenged the punk scene and brought a New Wave sound to theUnited States in the late 1970s. He was popular for his power-pop and new wave music early on before moving to more eclectic, though less commercially successful, pop/jazz/classical musical pieces.
Iggy Pop
Iggy Pop is today’s entry. Quite the character is the IggyMan. Lust for life is a great song. That’s all I got for that.
George Harrison
Todays letter is H and representing said letter is George Harrison. Also included are the lyrics to one of my favorite songs by George, Beware of Darkness.
Genesis
Back to the alphabet today. Initially thought of the go-go’s, then changed my mind when I realized that one of my favorites started with a G. Genesis in paperback format.
Happy Birthday Mr. Jobs
I wanted to take a minute and thank Mr. Jobs for my cool computer and phone and all the great Pixar movies.
He definitely nows how to get great work from his employees. Yes, I am under the influence of the RDF.