Green Day

Siouxsie and the Banshees

Siouxsie and the Banshees were among the longest-lived and most successful acts to emerge from the London punk community; over the course of a career that lasted two decades...

Siouxie Sioux

Siouxsie Sioux was the lead singer of Siouxsie and the Banshees (1976-1996), one of the original punk bands. The band evolved from punk, to Goth and psychedelia to a more accessible sound in more recent years. The band was featured on the first Lollapalooza tour and provided original songs for "Batman Returns" and "Showgirls." After a career of over a dozen diverse albums and amassing a huge cult following, the group disbanded in April 1996 just as the Sex Pistols, their original inspiration, decided to cash in on the recent interest in punk music and tour again.

Franz Ferdinand

Glasgow΄s art-damaged rock quartet Franz Ferdinand -- named for the Austro-Hungarian Archduke whose murder sparked World War I -- features bassist Bob Hardy, guitarist Nick McCarthy, drummer Paul Thomson, and singer/guitarist Alex Kapranos...

The Futureheads

Taking the best of post-punk, new wave, and pop as inspiration, Sunderland΄s Futureheads were among the best of the U.K.΄s "angular" movement, which also included Franz Ferdinand and Bloc Party. The band began as a trio of vocalist/guitarist Barry Hyde, bassist Jaff, and drummer Pete Brewis. Hyde and Brewis were tutors at a lottery-funded organization called the Sunderland City Detached Youth Project, which aimed to get kids off the street by having them play music instead. The band -- whose members were still in their teens themselves -- also used the building as a practice space, along with other area groups. The rest of the Futureheads΄ lineup was also culled from the Sunderland City Detached Youth Project: vocalist/guitarist Ross Millard and Hyde΄s little brother Dave, who eventually took over drums duty from Brewis. The band released its debut single in late 2002, and followed it up with two more singles in 2003, 123 Nul and First Day, both of which were issued by the Fantastic Plastic label. 679 stepped up to release the band΄s self-titled full-length in mid-2004. That fall, The Futureheads was released in the U.S., coinciding with the band΄s support slot on Franz Ferdinand΄s North American tour. The Futureheads spent most of 2005 touring, including dates supporting Foo Fighters, Oasis, and Pixies, though they returned to the studio long enough to record the single Area, which was released in the U.K. that fall and as an EP in the U.S. the following year. The Futureheads΄ second album, News and Tributes, arrived in summer 2006 and featured a bigger, glossier sound and more complex songwriting. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide

The Killers

The Killers are an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada most famous for their hit singles "Somebody Told Me," "Mr. Brightside," "When You Were Young," and "All These Things...

The Cinematics

The Cinematics are a Scottish band originating from the small Scottish Highland town of Dingwall and are currently based in Glasgow. They formed in Glasgow in autumn 2003, although they already knew one another from their hometown of Dingwall.

The Cure

It all started in 1976 as ΄Easy Cure΄, formed by Robert Smith (vocals, guitar) along with schoolmates Michael Dempsey (bass), Lol Tolhurst (drums) and local guitar hero...

The Cult

Vocalist Ian Astbury formed Southern Death Cult in British post-punk 1983, then joined ex-Theatre of Hate guitarist Billy Duffy and bassist Jamie Stewart (first with drummer Ray Mondo and later Nigel Preston) to become the Death Cult. The name was shortened to the Cult with the release of their first album Dreamtime. It turned out to be a prophetic name: during the years since they΄ve developed -- and kept -- a loyal audience of diverse fans. Go to a Cult show and you΄ll see long-haired headbangers, suburban jocks, musicians, black-clad goths, college students, trendy style-setters, hippies and flower children, and "ordinary" people of all ages. The diversity of Cult fans΄ personal styles and musical tastes, and the fact that they all get it, clearly shows that theirs is a true cult following, in every sense of the word.

Felt

Felt - A 1980s British alternative rock band, named after the way Tom Verlaine enunciated the word "felt" in the Television song "Venus", and led by Lawrence (his surname, Hayward, was never listed in any record...