query: who played bass and sang for the cars

pos: Benjamin Orr Benjamin Orr Benjamin Orzechowski (September 8, 1947 – October 3, 2000), known professionally as Benjamin Orr, was an American musician best known as a singer, bassist and co-founder of the rock band the Cars. He sang lead vocals on several of their best known songs, including "Just What I Needed", "Let's Go" and "Drive". He also scored a moderate solo hit with "Stay the Night." Orr was posthumously inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Cars in 2018. Benjamin Orr was born in Lakewood, Ohio to parents of Polish, Russian, Czechoslovakian and German

neg: Champion (band) Arslanian played guitar in The First Step, The Vows, sang for Betrayed, and ran REACT! Records. He recently plays guitar in True Identity, Keep It Clear and plays bass in Union of Faith. Chris Williams sings in Dead Weight and played guitar The Vows, The Poverty Bay Saints, and The Crew as well as bass in Gone But Not Forgotten. Vocalist Jim Hesketh sang in ON and True Identity, who disbanded following accusations of sexual assault and rape from multiple women. Todd Preboski played drums in Betrayed and Lonewolf. Andy Norton played in Time to Escape and Warpriest currently sings

neg: X-Cops (band) every musician in Gwar either played an instrument or sang in X-Cops. They also did a headlining tour in 1995, and some select dates in 1996. There are two additional songs that X-Cops performed live, but never officially recorded: "Nurture My Pig" (originally a song by The Loco Gringo's ), and "Conflict Management" (sung by Zipper Pig). According to bootleg videos, Casey Orr (Tubb Tucker) played bass for "Conflict Management", taking the bass from Dave Brockie (Cobb Knobbler), who sang back-up. X-Cops played their final show in 1996 and Orr, Dunn, Lee, and Musel have since left both X-Cops and

neg: Jandek Houston, TX. He played guitar and sang written as well as stream of consciousness vocals. The band was composed of Spike the Percussionist on electronic percussion and sample loops, Mike Naus on bass synth and Benjamin Wesley on keys. On September 28, 2012, Jandek performed at the third edition of the Cropped Out Festival in Louisville, KY. Jandek played guitar, harmonica and sang, Catherine Irwin of Freakwater played bass, Dane Waters of Sapat sang and played synth, Chris Wunderlich played Moog and iPad and Jordan Richardson of Tropical Trash played drums. The performance was recorded but has not been released.

neg: Carl Perkins Pacific ... I got up, I knew I had done the right thing." Perkins and Cash, who had his own problems with drugs, then gave each other support to stay sober. In 1968, Cash recorded the Perkins-written "Daddy Sang Bass" (which incorporates parts of the American standard "Will the Circle Be Unbroken") and scored No. 1 on the country music charts for six weeks. Glen Campbell also covered the song, as did the Statler Brothers and Carl Story. "Daddy Sang Bass" was a Country Music Association nominee for Song of the Year. Perkins also played lead guitar on Cash's single

neg: John Entwistle Preston, Randy Bachman, and Mark Farner. In this ensemble, he played and sang "Boris the Spider" as his Who showpiece, along with "My Wife". Toward the end of his career he used a Status Graphite Buzzard Bass, which he had designed. From 1999 to early 2002, he played as part of the Who. Entwistle also played at Woodstock '99, being the only performer there to have taken the stage at the original Woodstock. As a side project, he played the bass guitar in a country-rock album project of original songs called the Pioneers, with Mickey Wynne on lead guitar, Ron

neg: Tim Mahon new black music.'. He now sells real estate in Auckland. He currently plays bass in the band the Soul Agents, who include Blam Blam Blam member Mark Bell, he raises money for the Starship Foundation. This is a charity which supports Starship Children's Health in Auckland. Tim Mahon Tim Mahon is a New Zealand musician who played in the Plague, the Whizz Kids and Blam Blam Blam. He was seriously injured in a road accident while on tour with Blam Blam Blam, leading to the band breaking up. In 1983 he played bass and sang with Avant Garage and wrote

neg: Peter Brown (singer) Wade. Among the original members of the band was Pat Hurley, who sang and played keyboard in the band and who eventually co-write lyrics with Brown. Tom Dziallo played bass in the band bass and guitar on all of Brown's albums, and Robert Rans became Brown's lead keyboard player and primary lyric writing partner for many years. Brown's lifelong friend, Robert Vavrik, never joined the band but eventually penned some lyrics with Brown. They created some disco music, which was popular at the time, and wanted to take the track to TK Records in Hialeah, Florida,for a possible record deal.

neg: Undertown (album) records on "Let Me In" and some percussion on "Buttermonk", "Castle", and "Kandy". Kevtone played drums and other percussion on every song and synthesizer on every song except "Slowdance". He also did samples on "Buttermonk", "Castle", and "Kandy" and bass guitar on "Stumpgumby". Steve Feasley played bass guitar on all but two songs: "Thinkitsenough" and "Stumpgumby". Saxophonist Skerik returned to play sax on "Sofacide"; violinist Bob Antone played on both "Monkeyfist" and "Jessie"; vocalist Om Jahari sang on "Cruisin"'; and the 'Late Night Rappers' both wrote and sang the lyrics for "Kandy". Most of "Undertown" was recorded by Steve Feasley

neg: Cyril Havermans bassist in the oft-reunited Brainbox. In 2007 he played bass in the Group Three Pianos with brothers Paul and Tim Krempel. That same year Cyril sang and played bass guitar with ex-Brainbox members Kaz Lux and Rudy de Queljoe at the Blues and Roots Festival in Oosterhout, Netherlands, and June, 2011 he guested with rhythm & blues band Cold Shot for a gig in Breda. In September, 2012 he and Kaz Lux performed as a duo, also in Breda. In October, 2016 he was interviewed and sang and played blues tunes on acoustic guitar on the BredaNu television show, On

neg: Walter Becker In 1971, Becker and Fagen moved to Los Angeles and formed Steely Dan with guitarists Denny Dias and Jeff "Skunk" Baxter, drummer Jim Hodder, and vocalist David Palmer. Fagen played keyboards and sang, while Becker played bass guitar. Steely Dan spent the next three years touring and recording before swearing off touring in 1974, confining themselves to the studio with personnel that changed for every album. In addition to co-writing all of the band's material, Becker played guitar and bass guitar and sang background vocals. "Pretzel Logic" (1974) was the first Steely Dan album to feature Becker on guitar. "Once

neg: Quill (band) vocals while Dan might be playing guitar, or even trombone, forming a small horn section with Phil on sax; Jon would sometimes switch to guitar with Norm playing bass; Norm was known to trot out his cello on occasion; Phil even played bass while Norm and Dan played guitar and Jon sang; everyone participated in group vocals as needed. Though Dan was the primary front man for the band on stage, its ability to effectively and frequently change focal points and configurations was well-suited to the broad song writing ambitions of the Coles, who were responsible for almost all of

neg: Joe Gittleman Joe Gittleman Joe Gittleman (born April 6, 1968 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) is an American musician, best known as the bass guitar player for The Mighty Mighty Bosstones. His proficiency on bass earned him the nickname "the Bass Fiddleman." Gittleman originally played guitar in the Bosstones, but he switched roles with former Bosstone Nate Albert when he realized he had a better bass than guitar. He has also played bass in Gang Green and sang in and produced records for his band Avoid One Thing. Avoid One Thing is currently on hiatus. He provided background vocals for the Street Dogs' 2005

neg: Kerem Özyeğen 1996 Kerem continued his musical career with the jazz rock group Crusiana. In this group he sang and played the bass. With Crusiana he participated in the finals Tuborg Rock Festivali 1996. At this competition, he met with members of another group of finalists, Kerem Kabadayı and Harun Tekin. In 1998 Kerem left Crusiana. The greater part of 1998 he sang and played guitar in the Istanbul bars Ust ve Alt Kemancı with rock'n'roll group Taski, who played music Beatles, Jimi Hendrix and Rolling Stones.By the end of that year he joined the group of Mor ve Otesi, playing in

neg: Doug Fieger Detroit News". Fieger was born and raised in the 9 Mile/Greenfield area of Oak Park, Michigan, a northern suburb of Detroit. He attended Oak Park High School. Before forming The Knack, Fieger played bass and sang lead in the group Sky, which was founded by producer Jimmy Miller (Rolling Stones, Traffic, Blind Faith) who was the "Mr. Jimmy" in the Stones "You Can't Always Get What You Want". Fieger was in high school when Sky recorded two albums for RCA Records in 1970 and 1971, produced by Miller as well as Andy Johns (Led Zeppelin). Fieger played bass guitar in

neg: Patrick Matthews Group; who experienced commercial success with "Forever Young", and #10 album, "Casino Twilight Dogs", on the Australian ARIA charts in 2006. The band's most recent album, 2008's "The Night Is Ours"', peaked at #66 in Australia. Following the hiatus of Youth Group, Matthews sang and played guitar in The Jewel and the Falcon alongside theredsunband's Sarah Kelly from 2011 to 2012. He also played bass for Sydney garage rock band Betty Airs. He currently plays bass for Sydney band Community Radio, fronted by fellow Youth Group member Cameron Emerson-Elliott. As of May 2018, Matthews has rejoined The Vines playing sellout

neg: Rubber Soul Project jingle bells and xylophone, Ignjatović sang and played electric guitar, twelve-string guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, tambourine, cabassa, synthesizer and flute, Cvetković played Höfner 500/1 violin bass, tambourine, electric guitar, keyboard bass, maracas, slide guitar and sang backing vocals, and Macura played drums and percussion and did lead vocals on the track "When I Come To Town", the "Ringo Starr song" of the album. The album was produced by Ignjatović and Cvetković, the latter also being the recording engineer. The goal of the band members was to produce the authentic Beatles sound and atmosphere. Miroslav Cvetković played the Höfner 500/1 violin

neg: Mark-Almond Mark-Almond Mark–Almond was a jazz-influenced English pop group of the 1970s and early 1980s, sometimes also called The Mark-Almond Band. The core members were Jon Mark, who sang lead and played guitar, percussion, and harmonica and Johnny Almond who played saxophone, flute and bass flute and sang back-up. Various other musicians recorded and toured with the duo at various times, notably including drummer Dannie Richmond, a long-time associate of jazz bassist Charles Mingus. In 1963, Jon Mark, using his given name John Michael Burchell, and a former schoolmate, Alun Davies; singer-songwriter, folk guitarist and skiffle musician, (later of Cat Stevens'

neg: Ferdy Doernberg more jazz and soul influences into the music. His third instrument, the trumpet, is also more in the focus than on the previous albums. Johnny Gioeli (Hardline, Axel Rudi Pell) sang a duet on "Mutants at the shopping-mall" The drums on the album were played by Mike Terrana, Alex Wenn (Rough Silk) and Doernberg´s brother Curt. The bass tracks were performed by Anke Sobek (Nikki Puppet), who also played upright bass, Ecki Huedepohl and André Hort (Rough Silk). Doernberg played everything else apart from one song "integrity" where Michael Hankel (Holy Moses) played electric guitar. On the same track, Holy

neg: Ric Ocasek who began playing songs from their demo tape on her show. After Cap'n Swing was rejected by several record labels, Ocasek got rid of the bass player and drummer and decided to form a band that better fit his style of writing. Orr took over on bass and David Robinson, best known for his career with the Modern Lovers, became the drummer. Hawkes returned to play keyboards and the band became "The Cars" in late 1976. Ocasek's breakout success was as a founding member of the Cars, which had numerous hit songs from 1978 to 1988; he played rhythm guitar

neg: Jefferson Starship touring as "Jefferson Starship," Kantner, Slick, Freiberg, Chaquico, Pete Sears, Papa John Creach, and John Barbata recorded the album "Dragon Fly". Jorma Kaukonen's brother Peter, had played bass during the group's spring tour in 1974, but was replaced by Pete Sears who, like Freiberg, played bass and keyboards. Kantner collaborated with Marty Balin on the song "Caroline" during the recording sessions, which Balin sang vocals for on the album. "Dragon Fly" was certified gold, and included the single "Ride the Tiger" (#84 US Billboard) and its b-side "Hyperdrive". Balin then appeared on-stage with the band to perform the song "Caroline"

neg: Mike Kellie The Hidden", the album was produced by Kellie who also played drums, organ, bass and acoustic guitars, percussion and sang lead vocals. There are also contributions from Gordon Jackson (acoustic guitar), Finley Barker and Tony Kelsey (guitars), Steve Winwood (organ, mandolin and bass), Bill Hunt, Levi French and Tony Ariss (pianos), Rob Harrison (bass) Steve Gibbons (backing vocals) and Greg Platt Lake (guitar and vocals). Kellie was prominent among the musicians featured on the six-CD "Jess Roden Anthology", presented by Hidden Masters. He contributed to the 2011 sessions for the Distractions re-union album, "The End of the Pier", which was

neg: Primitive Radio Gods Primitive Radio Gods Primitive Radio Gods is an American alternative rock band from Southern California. Current members consist of frontman Chris O'Connor, who performs vocals and bass; percussionist Tim Lauterio; and Luke McAuliffe, who contributes various additional instrumentation (guitars, violins, piano) as well as much of the art that has appeared on the band's albums and website. Former member Jeff Sparks wrote, sang, and played bass before leaving the band to pursue other music projects in 2001. The band is best known for their 1996 hit "Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth with Money in My Hand", which peaked No.

neg: Mike Seeger by focusing on the traditional playing styles they heard on old 78rpm records of musicians recorded during the 1920s and 1930s. Tracy was also in Mike's other band, Strange Creek Singers. So was Mike's former wife, Alice Gerrard. She was Alice Seeger in that band and sang and played guitar in it. The other people in Strange Creek Singers were bass player and singer Hazel Dickens and banjo player Lamar Grier who didn't sing at all. Mike sang and played guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, autoharp, and harmonica in the band. Seeger received six Grammy nominations and was the recipient of

neg: Split Enz New Zealand. Finn sang and played piano, while Judd sang and played guitar. Both wrote songs. They were accompanied by Tim's old school friend Mike Chunn on bass, Miles Golding on violin, and Mike Howard on flute. Finn and Judd quickly became close friends; after moving out their campus accommodation they shared Room 129 in a rambling boarding house called "Malmsbury Villa" and both their room number and the name of the house would later both be commemorated in song. Another key personality in this period was Phil Judd's university friend Noel Crombie, who occasionally performed with them over the

neg: Chuck Woolery for Wasserstrom Wine & Import Company in Columbus, Ohio. He was also a sales representative for the Pillsbury Company. In the early 1960s he sang and played the bass fiddle with a folk song trio called The Bordermen. He also sang in a duo called The Avant-Garde who were in the psychedelic pop genre. The other half of the duo was Elkin "Bubba" Fowler. They signed to Columbia Records and achieved a Top 40 hit with "Naturally Stoned" in 1968, bringing the duo one-hit wonder status. During this time he worked as a truck driver to supplement his income. They

neg: David J he toured using his opening act Adrian H and the Wounds as a backing band. David J produced and played bass, organ and sang on "Starfishing" (2012) the debut album by Darwin. He also co-produced, played bass and appeared on the Darwin's follow up EP "Souvenir" (2014). featured David, Victor DeLorenzo (Violent Femmes) and Emily Jane White. In 2013, he collaborated with producer Dub Gabriel, playing bass, bells and Farfisa organ alongside U Roy and Juakali. He also played bass on the Dub Gabriel produced Jajouka Sound System track "Salahadeen," which featured Bashir Attar, leader of The Master Musicians of

neg: Elf (band) Ian Paice, who happened to see Elf auditioning in 1972. For the next few years, the band enjoyed mild success as an opening act for Deep Purple. Dio both sang and played the bass guitar until, following the release of Elf's first album, Craig Gruber was asked to join as bass guitarist. In August 1973 Feinstein quit the band and was replaced by Steve Edwards. In 1974, Elf released its second album, "Carolina County Ball". That same year Dio was asked by Glover to sing on his solo album, "The Butterfly Ball and the Grasshopper's Feast". Dio's voice gained the

neg: Take a Load Off Your Feet did the lead vocal on the first and third verse (though this verse not in falsetto and also sped up on the final mix-leading it to be confused with Jardine), alternating giving way to Jardine, who sang the second and fourth verse and also played bass guitar. The Beach Boys, with help from Winfrey, sang the backing vocals, and Brian added sound effects including hitting an empty 5-gallon Sparkletts glass water container with a rubber mallet for percussion, footsteps and the horn of his Rolls-Royce Phantom V. The Beach Boys performed the song live for the first time in 1975

neg: Daddy Sang Bass Daddy Sang Bass "Daddy Sang Bass" is a 1968 single written by Carl Perkins, with lines from the chorus of "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" and recorded by Johnny Cash. "Daddy Sang Bass" was Johnny Cash's sixty-first release on the country chart. The song went to No. 1 on the "Billboard" country chart for 6 weeks and spent a total of 19 weeks on the chart. The single reached No. 56 on the "Cashbox" pop singles chart in 1969. "Daddy Sang Bass" was also released on the Columbia Records Hall of Fame Series as a 45, #13-33153, b/w "Folsom Prison

neg: Daddy Sang Bass by Don Reid and Lew DeWitt of The Statler Brothers. Carl Perkins also recorded the song for his 1969 "Greatest Hits" compilation album on Columbia Records, which became a Top 40 hit on the "Billboard" country album chart that year. The line "Daddy sang bass" is sampled in They Might Be Giants' song "Boat of Car" from their self-titled debut album. Daddy Sang Bass "Daddy Sang Bass" is a 1968 single written by Carl Perkins, with lines from the chorus of "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" and recorded by Johnny Cash. "Daddy Sang Bass" was Johnny Cash's sixty-first release on

neg: Kate Davis of the "Fifteen Fresh Females to Rule Pop" in 2014. She opened for Josh Groban in 2014 at the Mann Music Center in Philadelphia. In September 2014, Davis sang a cover version of "All About That Bass" by Meghan Trainor while playing double bass for Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox video channel; Bradlee played piano and Dave Tedeschi played drums on their 1940s jazz-style interpretation, called "All About That (Upright) Bass". After three months on YouTube their version had received eight million hits. In December 2014, Davis appeared on "PBS NewsHour" to perform and to talk about her career. She appeared

neg: Burak Güven he was a vocalist. But he had disagreements with guitarist Erke Erokay and left the group. He then worked with pop performer Eric Coker and sang in cafes and bars for living. In 1993, Burak bought his first bass guitar. He was one of the first participants in İstanbul Blues Kumpanyası. He gave concerts and played bass guitar in four songs in their album "Kokler". He also sang in the opera "Aşk İksiri" and musical "Anlat Şehrazat" in 1997. He has also participated in the choir Fahir Atakoğlu. His voice can be heard on the CD "Senfonik Konser". He participated

neg: The Valentines (doo-wop band) on Fury (not the Smokey Robinson group on End and Tamla) and co-wrote many hits with Richard Barrett. David Clowny became Dave "Baby" Cortez and had the number-one popular hit "Happy Organ" in 1959, as well as performing with many doo-wop groups such as The Jesters and The Paragons. Bass Ronnie Bright sang with The Cadillacs for a while, and then became a studio vocalist. He was Johnny Cymbal’s "Mr. Bass Man" on the 1963 hit of the same name. He then sang for The Deep River Boys and Carl Gardner's Coasters. The Jimmy Wright Orchestra played on the Rama

neg: Al Jardine the band's manager, Murry Wilson. Jardine played bass on the Beach Boys' first (and only) record for Candix Records. Although he left in 1961 to pursue a career in dentistry, Jardine filled in on bass for Brian during concerts and returned full-time in 1963 following David Marks' departure after an argument with Murry Wilson. Jardine is the band's rhythm guitarist and middle-range harmony vocalist. He first sang lead on "Christmas Day," on 1964's "The Beach Boys' Christmas Album" and followed shortly after with the Number 1 hit "Help Me, Rhonda". Thereafter he regularly sang leads on tracks. Beginning with his

neg: Brad Kent Victorian Pork, which became a proving ground for several future Vancouver punk scene stalwarts, including Ian Tiles, Tony Bardach, Gerry Useless, Randy Rampage and Chuck Biscuits. When the Skulls broke up and hobbled back to Vancouver, Joey Shithead formed DOA with Victorian Pork drummer Chuck Biscuits (Dimwit's younger brother) and former Victorian Pork drummer, Randy Rampage, who moved to bass. Meanwhile, Dimwit and Wimpy formed the Subhumans with Brad Kent on guitar (this original version was a trio, Wimpy played bass and sang). Later, the more recognized line-up was formed with former Victorian Pork bassist Gerry Hannah AKA Gerry Useless

neg: Impious almost a year for Black Sun to release the album. In the summer of 2000, Impious decided to make drastic line-up changes. Martin, who had always sang and played the guitar, quit playing the guitar to concentrate on vocals. Robin switched from bass to lead guitar. There was now no bass player, so Erik Peterson[citation needed] was asked to join the band, and he accepted. In March 2001, Impious recorded a four song promo in Studio Mega. The promo was sent to different labels with the intention to get a new deal. Impious then decided to sign a deal with

neg: Kile Smith in music copying and notation. He received the Outstanding Music Student Award each year. He continued playing bass guitar in a student-run jazz fusion group in college for two years. He sang and played bass guitar in the touring college pop band Joy for two years, and played bass guitar and percussion occasionally in the college wind ensemble. He conducted the choir at Immanuel Baptist Church in Maple Shade, New Jersey, 1977–78. In 1979 Smith married Jacqueline Hardman, also a student at Philadelphia College of Bible, the daughter of the Rev. Jack Hardman (1929–1987) and Dorothy Pinckney Hardman (1930–1994). He

neg: Leroy Sibbles collective output of Studio One as a bass player during the late 1960s. Keyboardist and arranger Jackie Mittoo encouraged Sibbles to play the bass when he needed a bassist for his Jazz trio. When Mittoo left full-time duties at Studio One, Sibbles auditioned singers, arranged sessions, sang harmony, and played bass as a part of the studio group variously known as the Sound Dimension and Soul Vendors. These musicians, with engineering supervision Sylvan Morris, played backing tracks used by vocalists Bob Andy, Alton Ellis, Horace Andy, Carlton Manning, The Abyssinians, The Gladiators, Willi Williams, Ken Boothe, John Holt, Burning Spear,

neg: Ryan Sinn Nassie (No Use for a Name). He played in a band called Blackpool in 2010. He occasionally played bass with the band Stephen Rey and the Slicks, when active. Sinn sang for Bhorelorde. Sinn is also currently the music director for a San Diego, CA based 501c3, The Free Art Foundation. Ryan Sinn Ryan Sinn is the bassist for The Distillers. He currently resides in San Diego, California. Sinn joined The Distillers after their first album. At the time he only played guitar, but he learned the bass parts on their previous album in four days and was asked to

neg: Naoko Yamano Naoko Yamano Naoko formed Shonen Knife in December 1981 in Osaka, Japan with her sister Atsuko Yamano and her friend Michie Nakatani. Naoko and Michie had developed a friendship while attending college together. After they graduated, they began working at different companies but soon came to be bored with the mundaneness of corporate life. Since they all deeply loved music, the three decided to play music together just for the fun of it. Naoko sang lead and played guitar, Nakatani was also a lead singer and played bass and keyboards, and Atsuko sang backup, played drums, and designed their stage

neg: Yoshiki Fukuyama performs all of the instruments except drums (played by Shoichiro Aso) for most of the songs. In college, Yoshiki Fukuyama, Toshiyuki “Rocky” Furuya, and various friends formed the band Doolin Dalton (later changed to Dalton Kougyou), often performing songs by The Eagles and similar bands. Fukuyama played bass and shared the lead vocal position with Furuya. Fukuyama also played guitar and sang with the comedy rock band Kirenjaku. Although he occasionally sang lead with Kirenjaku, fellow band member, Takeshi Yamaguchi, performed most of the band's lead vocals. Kirenjaku recorded one four-song EP. Fukuyama and Furuya, along with several other friends

neg: Eva Trout (band) guitar. Eva Trout (band) Eva Trout were an Australian alternative rock band formed in 1993 by mainstays Grant Shanahan on bass guitar and vocals, and Bek-Jean Stewart on lead vocals and acoustic guitar. They issued three studio albums, "Along Woodland Rides, Through Tunnels of Evergreen" (1995), "Oberon" (1999) and "The Birds Album" (2001) before disbanding in 2002. In 1993 bass guitarist, Grant Shanahan (ex-Slaybells, the Honeys, Catherine Wheel), was developing a new group in Sydney. He placed an ad for a lead guitarist, and it was answered by Bek-Jean Stewart, who played acoustic guitar and sang. She performed on a

neg: Eva Trout (band) Eva Trout (band) Eva Trout were an Australian alternative rock band formed in 1993 by mainstays Grant Shanahan on bass guitar and vocals, and Bek-Jean Stewart on lead vocals and acoustic guitar. They issued three studio albums, "Along Woodland Rides, Through Tunnels of Evergreen" (1995), "Oberon" (1999) and "The Birds Album" (2001) before disbanding in 2002. In 1993 bass guitarist, Grant Shanahan (ex-Slaybells, the Honeys, Catherine Wheel), was developing a new group in Sydney. He placed an ad for a lead guitarist, and it was answered by Bek-Jean Stewart, who played acoustic guitar and sang. She performed on a live

neg: Tlot Tlot produced Clarkson's EP "Beautiful Girls and Beautiful Boys" in 1991. Ruck Rover split up in 2004, and Paulzen resurrected his old Tlot Tlot side project Fred Astereo, who released two albums before splitting up. He is now in a band called the Sublets. Bolwell is no longer producing music. He has been married to Bainbridge since 2003. They have two children. He currently works for Bolwell as Marketing Director. When Tlot Tlot played live, Bolwell and Paulzen played guitars and sang to pre-recorded backing tracks that contained keyboards, drums, bass, and samples. The backing tracks were played from a CD

neg: Dimebag Darrell (of Judas Priest) for a track called "Light Comes Out of Black". Darrell played all the guitar parts, Rex Brown played the bass, Vinnie Paul played the drums, Rob Halford sang lead vocals, and Philip Anselmo sang backing vocals. This song was released on the "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" soundtrack on July 28, 1992. In 1996, Darrell contributed the Ace Frehley song "Fractured Mirror" to the Ace tribute album "Spacewalk: A Salute To Ace Frehley". Then, in 1997, a new Ace Frehley tribute album called "Return Of The Comet: A Tribute to Ace Frehley" was released. The Abbott brothers covered

neg: Something in the Air songs written by drummer and singer Speedy Keen, who had written "Armenia City in the Sky", the first track on "The Who Sell Out". Townshend recruited jazz pianist Andy 'Thunderclap' Newman (a friend from art college), and 15-year-old Glaswegian guitarist Jimmy McCulloch, who subsequently played lead guitar in Paul McCartney's Wings from 1974 to 1977 and died of a heroin overdose in 1979 aged just 26. Keen played the drums and sang the lead. Townshend produced the single, arranged the strings, and played bass under the pseudonym Bijou Drains. Originally titled Revolution but later renamed to avoid confusion with the

neg: Richard Hell Dim Stars, for which he came out of retirement for a month in the early 1990s. Dim Stars featured guitarist Thurston Moore and drummer Steve Shelley from Sonic Youth, Gumball's guitarist Don Fleming, and Quine. They formed only to record a 1991 EP and a 1992 album, both titled "Dim Stars", and played one show in public, a WFMU benefit at The Ritz in Manhattan. Hell played bass, sang lead vocals and wrote the lyrics for the album. Hell also guested on the 1993 "Roller Coaster" album by Shotgun Rationale, and co-wrote and sang lead vocals on the song "Never

neg: George Shuffler his spare time, and soon learned to play the bass as well. When his father traded the guitar for a new pistol, Shuffler went out and purchased a new one with his carefully saved money. Over time Shuffler began to develop a reputation as a good guitar and bass player. He played the guitar in the fashion of Merle Travis (Travis picking) and Maybelle Carter (Carter Family picking), the two most popular country music guitarists. Shuffler played in local talent shows, and played and sang in local churches. One night, right after the end of World War II, Shuffler went

neg: John Glascock John Glascock played bass guitar, sang backup vocals, occasionally played synthesizers, and even sang lead vocals on a few songs. These songs include "The City", "Dancing On a Cold Wind" (sharing lead vocals with David Allen), and "The Horseman" (sharing vocal duties with all of Carmen), all from the album "Dancing on a Cold Wind" (1975). He also sang on the track "High Time" from the album "The Gypsies" (1976). Glascock's basslines in Carmen were often technical and unusual. They were key to Carmen's unique sound. Unlike his work in Jethro Tull, Glascock utilized effects in his sound while with

neg: Iain Paterson Iain Paterson Iain Paterson (born 1973) is a Scottish bass-baritone singer who has appeared in opera and concert. He was born in Glasgow. His first study was the violin, but his voice was recognised as his more important calling by his teachers at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama. He sang in the chorus of Opera North for four years. He sang as a bass for ten years, later extending his range to bass-baritone. Paterson has sung with the English National Opera in a number of productions, including Mozart's "Don Giovanni". He made his debut at the Salzburg

neg: Derf Scratch matters worse Derf did an interview with Bob Woodward for the book Wired in which he exposed a lot of the rampant drug use in John's circle of friends. On the night John Belushi died, Derf claimed he was looking for John who was late for a Blues Brother's rehearsal which Derf was to attend for the first time as the new bass player. Scratch met his wife Tammy in 1992 who at the time called herself "Rita Blackwood". They married in 1996. She was a member of Derf Scratch and Friends who played keyboards and sang vocals Scratch was

neg: Charles Manners (bass) he sang Boleslas in "Falka" on tour. In 1885 he sang in light opera at the new Empire Theatre, and played Wickermark in a romantic opera, "The Fay o' Fire" at the Opera Comique with the young Marie Tempest. In 1886, he joined a touring opera troupe called "The Royal English Opera Company", later renamed "Sydney Leslie's Opera Company", playing Bartolo in "The Marriage of Figaro", and the Commendatore in "Don Giovanni". For another touring company he played in the comic opera, "Falka": "as Boleslas there is opportunity for display of a powerful physique and a good voice that Mr.

neg: Automatic Man member of his brother's band Regi Harvey's Example, who died April, 25th, 2010. Doni died on June 6. 2011. Rimson continued working steadily with Van Morrison until 1984 and still works with him intermittently. He played bass on The "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" soundtrack for the notorious Bee Gees movie. He also collaborated extensively with Thin Lizzy's Phil Lynott and together they produced the first independent single ever released by a Dublin based band called Blue Russia, released on Vixen Records in Ireland in 1983. Rimson has played or sang on albums for Steve Winwood, Donovan, Topper Headon

neg: Ville Valo played drums on Daniel Lioneye's album "The King of Rock 'n Roll" and sang back-up on Five Fifteen's album "Death of a Clown". In 2002 and 2004, Valo sang back-up on two albums by The Skreppers. In 2004, he also collaborated with Lowe Motor Corporation and Apocalyptica, performing the song "Bittersweet" with the latter, which also featured Lauri Ylönen of The Rasmus. In 2005, Valo was featured on the album "Hefty Fine" by the Bloodhound Gang, and performed at the "Roadrunner United" concert in New York City. In 2006, Valo played bass and sang back-up on "Welcome to Carcass Cuntry"

neg: Blacksmoke (group) the group name and reissued the album with the updated name on the new album cover. They left Chocolate City in 1977 to join Henderson's At-Home Productions, where they remained until the group's disbanding. The group was composed of songwriter Michael Fisher, on lead vocals and lead guitar, with his brother Anthony "Tony" Fisher, on electric bass and background vocals. Arnold Riggs Jr. sang lead vocals also and played percussion. Ray Genovese played drums and Rodney Thompson played keyboards. Bradford Henry Thoelke III played slide trombone and bass trombone. Clifford Ervin Jr. played trumpet and flugelhorn, and Milton "Buddy" McDaniels

neg: 2012 Summer Olympics closing ceremony "Right Here Right Now" and "The Rockafeller Skank"; as the bus slowly transformed into a large inflatable Octopus. Three convertible Rolls-Royce Phantom Drophead Coupés then arrived; the roof of the first was taken down to reveal Jessie J who sang her hit "Price Tag", as the cars did a lap of the stadium. Jessie J provided guest vocals as the next car had its roof removed, to show Tinie Tempah who sang "Written in the Stars". The third car carried Taio Cruz who sang "Dynamite". All three then left the cars to combine to cover the Bee Gees' "You Should

neg: Greg Tribbett Greg Tribbett Gregory Arnold Tribbett Jr. (born November 7, 1968), is an American musician and songwriter who is the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the heavy metal band Audiotopsy. He is also the lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the band Mudvayne and former lead guitarist and backing vocalist of the band Hellyeah. He has been with Mudvayne since their inception in 1996. He has named Randy Rhoads as the guitarist who most influenced him. Tribbett is also the older brother of Derrick "Tripp" Tribbett, who previously played bass for Dope, and sang for Makeshift Romeo and Twisted Method.

neg: Way & Bar easily. Otway sang in to a microphone wired up to a delay unit synced up to the bass-drum synth, thus when he sang "Did you...", the unit would output that line directly after. However, during the 'Tent Tour' Barrett would sing the lyrics backwards. During April 1979 Otway and guitarist Ollie Halsall (guitar, bass, drums and vocals) recorded some of the songs featured on the album. Halsall's original version of "Traveling Show" was released on his posthumous album "Caves". Halsall also played guitar on Otway's previous solo album "Where Did I Go Right?" and was a collaborator with its producer,

neg: Sabo Romo Sabo Romo Salvador Sabo Romo is a bass and guitar player, composer and producer. He was born in Mexico City. Interested in music since childhood, he played drums, wrote songs and sang on his first band. At eighteen he discovered the bass, and formed “Manhattan”, a light jazz band, and then “Ruido Blanco” with journalist and musician Oscar Sarquiz, who introduced Sabo to Guillermo Briseño, (musician, poet) and Ricardo Ochoa (musician and producer) starting the recording and production of many records with many tours in the mid-1980s. Romo was a founding member of Caifanes in 1987, recording three albums with

neg: Sabo Romo actually working on his new projects: "Los Finger, Los Padrisimos, Veltons" and his second solo double album. On February 19, 2010, Romo suffered a heart attack and has recovered successfully. Sabo Romo Salvador Sabo Romo is a bass and guitar player, composer and producer. He was born in Mexico City. Interested in music since childhood, he played drums, wrote songs and sang on his first band. At eighteen he discovered the bass, and formed “Manhattan”, a light jazz band, and then “Ruido Blanco” with journalist and musician Oscar Sarquiz, who introduced Sabo to Guillermo Briseño, (musician, poet) and Ricardo Ochoa

neg: Jason Barnard Jason Barnard Jason M. Barnard is a Search engine marketing consultant, musician, cartoon-maker, and voice actor. A consultant, he also plays double bass with Barcoustic. Previously, with his wife Véronique, he created and voiced the cartoon characters Boowa & Kwala who were highly successful online and later starred in their own 52-episode TV series directed by Xavier Picard and produced by ITV International. He also played double bass and sang with The Barking Dogs, playing over 600 concerts throughout Europe between 1989 and 1996. Barnard grew up in a small village near the Yorkshire market town of Otley. His father

neg: Sordid Humor "Jumping Jesus", "Apollo XIII", "First Goodbye", "Indian Ocean", and "Broken Desert". The only full-length album now available, "Light Music For Dying People", was released posthumously by Capricorn Records in 1994. Despite their limited success, Sordid Humor's music has survived in the choices of College DJs. They are notable for bringing together three musicians of Counting Crows: Adam Duritz, who sang backing vocals on "Barbarossa" and several other tracks on "Light Music", David Immerglück, who played bass on several tracks of the album, and David Bryson who produced several of their tracks. Duritz would later incorporate lyrics from Sordid Humor songs

neg: Rose Simpson producer Joe Boyd, "the day Robin proposed that Licorice join the group, Mike went out and bought Rose an electric bass. 'Learn this,' he said, 'you're in the group now, too.'" She learned to play the bass so effectively that Steve Winwood asked her to play on a track of his, but she declined the invitation. She also sang and played violin and percussion. She left the group in 1971, planning to take up sound engineering, but instead starting a family. In 1994, as partner of Liberal Democrat councillor, who was the Mayor, she took on the largely honorary role

neg: Phil Manzanera sang on two tracks ("Big Day" and "Miss Shapiro"), Paul Thompson, Eddie Jobson and Andy Mackay all contributed, and Roxy's occasional tour bassist John Wetton (ex Family, and then a member of King Crimson) played bass and duetted on vocals (with Doreen Chanter on "Same Time Next Week"). Robert Wyatt co-wrote and sang (in Spanish) on "Frontera", and the members of Manzanera's pre-Roxy group Quiet Sun featured on the instrumental tracks. Concurrent with the recording of "Diamond Head", Manzanera reunited Quiet Sun (who had not been able to make any professional recordings) and used the studio time to quickly record

neg: Parrish Muhoberac Eve. Muhoberac has professionally sang and played numerous instruments since the age of 4, at which time he sang the iconic song "Itty Bitty Flea" on the Candle Records album "Animals and other things", which his father, Larry Muhoberac, co-produced and arranged in 1981. He is well known for his expertise on the Ashbory Bass, and "Keyboard Drumming" (playing notes on a keyboard that trigger drum samples through a midi device), both of which he has played live and on numerous recordings over the last 20 years. As of 2011, Parrish Muhoberac and Jamie Muhoberac are living in separate countries,

neg: Chicago VII most of the members stretching out in new ways; Loughnane sang lead ("Song of the Evergreens") and wrote a song, Pankow sang backup, Kath played bass, Cetera played guitar, and Parazaider and Seraphine composed. Released in March 1974, "Chicago VII" - despite its first disc being almost exclusively jazz instrumentals - shot to #1 anyway in the US becoming another big success for Chicago. This album was mixed and released in both stereo and quadraphonic. In 2002, "Chicago VII" was remastered and reissued on one CD by Rhino Records with one bonus track: an early rehearsal of Kath's "Byblos". Initial

neg: Great Speckled Bird (band) Ian & Sylvia until the duo parted ways in 1975. They also backed Ian Tyson as a solo artist, for his 1973 debut solo album and his live performances, until 1976. Great Speckled Bird (band) Great Speckled Bird was a country rock group formed in 1969 by the Canadian musical duo Ian & Sylvia. Ian Tyson sang, played guitar and composed. Sylvia Tyson sang, composed and occasionally played piano. The other founding members were Amos Garrett on guitar and occasional vocals, Ben Keith on steel guitar, Ken Kalmusky on bass and Ricky Marcus on drums. They were named after the

neg: David Paton Paton played bass and sang with the band until the 1986 album "Stereotomy" as he continued to work with other artists as a session musician. He also played on the first two albums by Kate Bush in 1978, "The Kick Inside" and "Lionheart". In the 1980s, Paton was known for his work with Camel and Elton John in studio albums and touring around the world. Other credits include bass guitar and backing vocals for several albums by Fish, as well as Rick Wakeman in the 1990s, such as "The Classical Connection", "African Bach", "Softsword", "The Classical Connection 2" and "Prayers".

neg: Haivrit Haivrit Haivrit () are an Israeli rock band, composed of Oron Sherri (vocals, guitar, bass), Eran Peretz (vocals, bass, guitar) and Amit Arbel (drums, keyboards). They started out in 2004 as "The Blush" and later changed their name to "Blush and Lure". They mostly sang in English and played shows in clubs in Tel Aviv and also in Europe. Notably, they played in a Pavement tribute show in Tel Aviv in 2004 and recorded a Hebrew version of "Waiting for the Miracle" for an unofficial Leonard Cohen tribute collection, which wasn't published due to copyright restrictions. They also recorded a

neg: La Fuga (band) played the guitar and sang and Iñaki played the bass, but the last one abandoned the group, it stayed like this until 2009 when Rulo decided to leave the group followed by Fito. Shortly before releasing the album, Rulo took his role as bass, in addition to singing and playing the harmonica. They were still looking for a record when in the year 2000 they decided to ask for a credit to auto produce their second studio album, "A golpes de Rock and Roll". In the months of March and April they also started recording in Sonido XXI, releasing the

neg: Raif Denktaş criticised heavily by the nationalists and the visitors were called as "traitors" by Birlik newspaper. Raif Denktaş played the bass guitar for the school band of TED Ankara College where two of his compatriots were also playing. Upon his return to Cyprus, he joined Bayrak Kuartet in 1968. The band was supported by the army personnel and they practised at the basement of the headquarters of the 22nd Squad where Raif was deployed. In 1969, was formed by Raif, Ferahzat Gürsoy, Erdinç Gündüz and Aydın Kalfaoğlu. Raif sang and played bass guitar for the band. Sıla 4 is regarded as

neg: Victory Tischler-Blue summer of 1977. She did well in her audition and became The Runaways' new bassist. Blue played bass on The Runaways fourth studio album, "Waitin' for the Night", and toured with them from fall of 1977 to late 1978. Blue left the band before they started recording "And Now... The Runaways", however, she was credited for playing bass on that album. Blue sang back up vocals on Girlschool's album "Play Dirty" released on November 8, 1983. Vicki Blue played Cindy in "This Is Spinal Tap" and herself in "The Return of Bruno". Blue loved filmmaking so much that most of

neg: Jason Christopher (lead singer for Slipknot and Stone Sour) and the bass player for his solo band. He played bass on one track of Taylor's "Ronnie James Dio: This Is Your Life" tribute album. Christopher toured with Sebastian Bach from 2012 to 2014, joining them at Rock in Rio 2013. He also performed on their DVD "Abacholypse Now". Christopher has also played with Dave Navarro, Jerry Cantrell, Scott Ian, Ace Frehley, and Dave Lombardo. Christopher sang background vocals on the 2015 Prong covers album "Songs from the Black Hole", and appears on the album "X (No Absolutes)". Jason Christopher Jason Christopher (born

neg: Jaco Pastorius electric bass from which he had removed the frets. He played fast and loud, sang, and did flips. He spread powder on the stage so he could dance like James Brown. He joked around and talked to the crowd. A self-described Florida beach bum, he often went barefoot and shirtless. He was tall, lean, and strong, and for someone who played sports the nickname "Jocko" fit. His thumbs were double jointed and his fingers were long and thin. After being taught about artificial harmonics, he added them to his technique and repertoire. Natural harmonics, also known as open string harmonics,

neg: Denis Payton pop music. After Payton’s arrival, the band’s line-up comprised Dave Clark (drums), Mike Smith (vocals and organ), Lenny Davidson (guitar), Rick Huxley (bass guitar) and Denis Payton (saxophone). This line-up remained unchanged for the next eight years. Apart from saxophone, Payton occasionally played guitar and harmonica (he played the harmonica solo on the group’s hit single "Catch Us If You Can"), and sang background vocals. Payton also co-wrote over two dozen songs with Dave Clark for the group, two of which he sang lead vocals: "I Miss You" and "Man in the Pin Striped Suit." The Dave Clark Five scored

neg: Jandek and he ended 2006 with a concert in Indianapolis on December 9, 2006 in a church sanctuary attached to the Harrison Center for the Arts. That show included Nathan Vollmar of the band Rivulets on drums, and a female vocalist who also played viola and sang lead on a few tracks and a flute player, a first. Reeds were experimented with more in Atlanta and Richmond, Virginia. At the former, he returned to piano, but was backed by violin, percussion and bass clarinet. At one point the group played a lengthy free-jazz song, with the Corwood Representative attacking the piano

neg: Pleasant Valley Sunday during 1967, also played bass guitar on some of their recordings. (This freed up Peter Tork to play keyboards.) He showed lead guitarist Michael Nesmith the lead riff used throughout the song. Nesmith doubletracked the lead guitar riff, while Peter Tork and Davy Jones added piano and maraca parts. "Fast" Eddie Hoh, a session musician, played drums. Micky Dolenz sang lead vocals, and was the only member of The Monkees who did not play an instrument on the track. For an ending, Douglas and engineer Hank Cicalo decided to "keep pushing everything up", adding more and more reverberation and echo

neg: Peter Gifford scheduled for 24 March 2016) he sold all interests in Wicked Weasel and related entities. Peter Gifford Peter Gifford (born 5 April 1955), sometimes known as "Giffo," is an Australian musician. From 1980 until 1987, he played bass guitar, Chapman Stick and sang backing vocals for Australian rock band Midnight Oil. Gifford is credited with creating a significant part of the Oils' tight, driving sound, and has been described as being an aggressive bass guitarist. He played on the albums "Place without a Postcard" (1981), "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1" (1982), "Red Sails In The

neg: Jack White of the Lonely", White developed bronchitis and often lost his voice. Alison Mosshart, the frontwoman for The Kills (who was touring with the Raconteurs at the time) would often fill in as his vocal replacement. The chemistry between the two artists led them to collaborate, and in early 2009, White formed a new group called the Dead Weather. Mosshart sang, White played drums and shared vocal duties, Jack Lawrence of the Raconteurs played bass, and the Queens of the Stone Age keyboardist and guitarist Dean Fertita rounded out the four-piece. The group debuted a handful of new tracks on March

neg: Ben Briley Briley's mother sang and played guitar on a morning T.V. show hosted by Ralph Emery. Several members of Briley's family on his father's side have played guitar, banjo, bass, and fiddle. Briley's father and grandfather, Wesley Briley, were both ministers, and Wesley also owned a farm. Growing up, Briley would often work on the farm with his grandfather, whom he greatly admired. Briley married his wife Courtney (who is a friend and former high school classmate of "American Idol" season 12 fifth place finalist Janelle Arthur) in June 2013 and was inspired by her to try out for "American Idol".

neg: Arma Angelus of their tour, including a stop at CBGBs. In the last Arma Angelus concert, (which also had Fall Out Boy billed) Patrick Stump played drums, Pete Wentz sang and Joe Trohman played guitar, along with Adam Bishop, and Christopher Gutierrez on bass guitar. The band's primary influence was Damnation A.D. Final Line-Up Former members Timeline Arma Angelus Arma Angelus was a metalcore band from Chicago, Illinois. The band was formed in 1998 and disbanded in 2002. Members of the band were Pete Wentz (vocals, now bass guitarist and backing vocalist in Fall Out Boy), Tim McIlrath (bass guitar, now lead

neg: Dave Brockie Bohab Central (the largest Gwar fansite), even going so far as to say that all of Brockie's guitar parts on "Let There Be Gwar" were removed. As a bass player, however, Brockie fared much better. In the "Live From Antarctica" concert video, Oderus played bass on "Cool Place To Park," while Michael Bishop (then Beefcake the Mighty) sang - though Bishop was capable of singing and playing at the same time, his thrashing and jumping made that impossible. Brockie also played bass on the tracks "Eat Steel" and "Fight", on Gwar's album "This Toilet Earth" (both these tracks feature Bishop's

neg: Andy Fairweather Low In 1978, Fairweather Low sang backing vocals on the album "Who Are You", from The Who, specifically on the tracks "New Song", "Had Enough", "Guitar and Pen", "Love is Coming Down", and "Who Are You". On the Who's 1982 album "It's Hard", he played rhythm guitar on the song "It's Your Turn". Fairweather Low later appeared on Townshend's 1993 album "Psychoderelict" and the accompanying concert tour. In 1995, Fairweather Low played rhythm guitar on Joe Satriani's self-titled CD, along with Nathan East on bass and Manu Katché on drums. One reviewer commented that "this backup band of extremely gifted backup

neg: A Day Late and a Dollar Short Joe Queer, Tulu, and Wimpy Rutherford. This lineup never performed live, but recorded their first songs at local studio Fishtracks with recording engineer Bruce Pingree, who served as de facto producer. These included "We'd Have a Riot Doing Heroin"; "Terminal Rut", written about Rutherford; and "Fagtown", which was about their hometown. For "I Want Cunt", Queer played bass while Tulu played guitar and sang lead vocals. On "Trash This Place", the band members recorded voices for the background and then sped up the tape to mimic the Ramones song "We're a Happy Family". The band's friend Brian Barrett was hanging

neg: Nighthawks at the Diner the room in exactly the right mood. Then Waits came out and sang "Emotional Weather Report." Then he turned around to face the band and read the classified section of the paper while they played. It was like Allen Ginsberg with a really, really good band. Dewana was an old-time burlesque queen whom Tom had met on one of his jaunts to the Hollywood underworld. Jim Hughart, who played upright bass on the recordings recalled the experience of preparing for and recording the album. Preparing for this thing, we had to memorize all this stuff, 'cause Waits had nothing on

neg: Stop Draggin' My Heart Around Stop Draggin' My Heart Around "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" was the first single from Stevie Nicks' debut solo album, "Bella Donna" (1981). The track is the album's only song that was neither written nor co-written by Nicks. Written by Tom Petty and Mike Campbell as a Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers song, Jimmy Iovine, who was also working for Stevie Nicks at the time, arranged for her to sing on it. Petty sang with Nicks in the chorus and bridge, while his entire band (save Ron Blair, whose bass track was played by Donald "Duck" Dunn instead) played on

neg: Zeta Bosio Police (who played the same year in Argentina), with their own songs in Spanish. Cerati first joined The Morgan and then formed a band called the Stress (along with Charlie Amato and drummer Pablo Guadalupe), then Erekto Project with Andres Calamaro. Shortly after Gustavo and Zeta decided to visit Charly Alberti (son of the famous percussionist Tito Alberti, who was four years younger than Bosio and three years younger than Cerati), to hear him play his father's drums. Soda Stereo was formed there, and debuted in July 1983. In Soda Stereo, Zeta played the bass and sang backing vocals. He

neg: Pram (band) Pram some time later. In the initial Pram lineup, Cuckston sang and played keyboards, Eaton played mostly guitar, Weir played drums, and Owen played bass guitar. A little later the group added a fifth member, Max Simpson, on keyboard and sampler. Over time, the various band members introduced their multi-instrumental skills to the project - in particular, Sam Owen and Matt Eaton shared bass guitar and six-string guitar roles (as well as adding to the keyboards) and Owen also performed on various woodwind and reed instruments as well as singing backing vocals. Pram's name (and their developing incorporation of unusual

neg: Gills and Wings Gills and Wings Gills and Wings is a five-piece band based in Richmond, Virginia. Its members are Danny Reyes (vocals, synthesizer), Santiago de la Fuente (vocals, piano), Alex McCallum (guitar, backing vocals), Matt Hulcher (bass, bass synth, backing vocals), and Andrew Hackett (drums, electronic percussion). Danny Reyes studied music at New World School of the Arts and Florida International University in Miami, FL. He sang with The Soundboard, a Miami-based pop band. Santiago de la Fuente also studied at New World School of the Arts, where he met Reyes and formed a songwriting partnership. He sang and played piano with

neg: Joel DiGregorio then that Joel stuck popsicle sticks into broken organ keys to make the broken keys playable in his earlier years. This was observed by band members while playing at Benny's Rebel Room in 1965. In 1964, he was working with a band that played different types of music. He sang and played bass pedals on the organ. There was a saxophone player in the band named Jerry Kaskie, who was then drafted into the military. Then, they hired a guitarist, who was also drafted. Taz then got a job at a club called the LaFlame near the Air Force base

neg: Sumon (musician) known as James. He did the first ever unaccompanied bass solo in Bangladesh when he was 17. He played with 11 bands by the age of 19. He wrote, sang, produced his first solo album when he was 20. He is known for his nice grooves, excellent use of different bass playing techniques, and, mostly, for his quite frequent bass solos in his band Aurthohin's songs. Bangladesh is a country where rock music, especially metal and alternative rock, is getting popular and Bassbaba Sumon is credited as one of the few most influencing artists in this sector. He has single-handedly

neg: Amazing Blondel played two concerts in a duo with acoustic guitarist and singer songwriter Julie Ellison and is currently working on a collaboration with Darryl Ebbatson, called "Ebbatson Baird". John David Gladwin and Edward Baird were born and brought up in Scunthorpe, Lincolnshire: Terence Alan Wincott was born in Hampshire but moved to Scunthorpe at an early age. The members of the band were all accomplished musicians. Gladwin sang and played twelve-string guitar, lute, double bass, theorbo, cittern, tabor and tubular bells. Wincott sang and played 6 string guitar, harmonium, recorders, flute, ocarina, congas, crumhorn, pipe organ, tabor, harpsichord, piano, mellotron, bongos

neg: Chris Cester TISM, from 1982. When the Cester brothers played pretend gigs in their living room, Chris was the singer, but he eventually changed to drums, pretending to play while Nic sang. The two older Cester brothers formed Jet in 1996 with Nic's school mate, Cameron Muncey on guitar and vocals; and Mark Wilson on bass guitar. The band used a variety of names before settling on Jet in 2002 – after the 1973 song, "Jet", by former Beatle Paul McCartney and his band, Wings. Chris played the drums primarily, but also played guitar and sang some of the songs. In August

neg: Hamdan Al Abri Ugandan, Comorian, and Indian background, married and moved to the UAE in the late 1960s. Music played a prominent role in Hamdan’s upbringing. His father is a Zanzibari musician who played Taarab music: an African music genre with a mixture of Arabic and Indian. Mukrim performed widely in Zanzibar. He sang and played the guitar, bass guitar, keyboard, and the French accordion. Hamdan studied at the International School of Choueifat in Sharjah, where his classmates encouraged him to join the music club. After completing school in 2001 he moved to Miami and studied at the Miami University of Art and

neg: Abbey Road basic track was recorded on 7 July 1969. Harrison sang lead and played acoustic guitar, McCartney provided backing vocals and played bass and Starr played the drums. Lennon was still recuperating from his car accident and did not perform on the track. Martin provided an orchestral arrangement in collaboration with Harrison, who overdubbed a Moog synthesizer part on 19 August, immediately before the final mix. Though not released as a single, the song attracted attention and critical praise. It has been featured several times on BBC Radio 4's "Desert Island Discs", having been chosen by Sandie Shaw, Jerry Springer, Boris

neg: Meredith Stern music with Deanna Hitchcock in a band called The Accident. In 2003 she played in a short lived band with Adee Roberson (of the band New Bloods) and Lacey and Billy in a band called Blood Truck. From 2007 to 2008 she played drums in the band Teenage Waistband with Jo Dery (artist) who sang, Mikey Stoltz (bass) formerly from the band Reactionary 3, and Kate Gronner (formerly of the band The Coughs). They released 2 cassette tapes. From 2008-2009 she played drums in Chastity Wig, with Mike Stoltz, and Robert Pickle (of the band Sexy Prison). As of 2009

neg: Peter Gifford Peter Gifford Peter Gifford (born 5 April 1955), sometimes known as "Giffo," is an Australian musician. From 1980 until 1987, he played bass guitar, Chapman Stick and sang backing vocals for Australian rock band Midnight Oil. Gifford is credited with creating a significant part of the Oils' tight, driving sound, and has been described as being an aggressive bass guitarist. He played on the albums "Place without a Postcard" (1981), "10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1" (1982), "Red Sails In The Sunset" (1984) and "Diesel and Dust" (1987), as well the EPs "Bird Noises" (1980) and

neg: Matt Noveskey Matt Noveskey William Matthew "Matt" Noveskey (born June 16, 1976) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, guitarist, and bassist, best known for his work with the bands Blue October and (a+)machines. Noveskey grew up in a very musical household in Northern Michigan. His uncle played bass guitar and sang in a touring rock band, his brother plays drums, and his grandparents played guitar, piano and accordion. Inspired by his uncle Jim Noveskey, Matt started playing bass at age eleven and has been playing in bands since he was a teenager. Matt has said that he was interested in playing

neg: Arc Angel (band) the duo were doing and they signed them for a record contract. The only problem was that there was no live band to perform the songs. Cannata and Soldan got the idea to record the album with a large group of session musicians, similar to The Alan Parsons Project. The self-titled debut was released in 1983. Jeff Cannata sang lead vocals and played guitar, bass, and drums, while Michael Soldan played keyboards and sang backing vocals. Included on the roster of session musicians were former Jasper Wrath bandmates James Christian and Jeff Batter, as well as keyboardist Jeff Bova and

neg: Sean Beavan Sean Beavan Sean Beavan is a musician, record producer, and audio engineer best known for his work with Nine Inch Nails, Marilyn Manson, Guns N' Roses, God Lives Underwater, and Slayer. His production style is typically heavy, with heavily saturated guitars, but his work is diverse and wide ranging as exemplified by bands like No Doubt to System of a Down, to indie bands like Thrice, and 8mm. Beavan started his career as a musician and engineer in his hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. He played bass and sang in various local bands and also played fretless bass with Clevelander Eric