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Nicholas Charles Dingley (2 December 1960 – 8 December 1984), better known by his stage name Razzle, was an English musician, who was the drummer of the Finnish glam rock band Hanoi Rocks from 1982 until his death in 1984.
The resulting popularity led to their Saturday-morning half-hour sketch comedy series for CBS, The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show, which ran from 1974 to 1975. [1] They also released numerous hit singles during this time for producer Bernie Taupin , including "So You Are a Star" (1974), "Rendezvous" (1975), "Lonely School Year" (1975), and ...
Guitarist Jeremy Popoff and bassist Kevin Baldes met in 1986, and soon after, began playing music together. In 1987, Popoff (guitar), Jerry Neel (bass), Dave Barber (drums) and Derek Johnson (vocals) formed the band Strate Lace and performed three live shows together: The Troubador in Hollywood, The Waters Club in San Pedro, and a back-to-school party in a friend's backyard.
During this era, the band garnered radio airplay with a live cover of Dean Friedman's "McDonald's Girl", which included a rap break incorporating lyrics from Beastie Boys' "Hey Ladies". [15] Another major break for the band came in November 1991 when Barenaked Ladies contributed a cover of Bruce Cockburn 's " Lovers in a Dangerous Time " to the ...
HomeTown was a six-piece Irish boy band, formed and managed by Louis Walsh. They were signed to RCA Records , a division of Sony Music Entertainment UK . The vocal group is made up of singers from Ireland, with Walsh auditioning a thousand singers for the band.
G.R.L. (an initialism for Girls Rock Life) [1] is a British-Canadian-American girl group formed by Robin Antin. The group consists of members Lauren Bennett , Natasha Slayton and Emmalyn Estrada . The original line-up consisted of Bennett, Slayton, Estrada, Paula van Oppen and Simone Battle .
TLC and the Chicks, a country band, are the only two female ensembles to receive the RIAA diamond award, which indicates sales of 10,000,000 copies. According to Billboard, TLC is the second most successful girl group on the Billboard charts, behind the Supremes. [69]
Since at the time they started out with 3 band members the name stuck and called themselves 3 Doors Down. [1] 38 Special – The band's name "38 Special" originates from a specific type of handgun ammunition called the ".38 Special." The band members chose this name as a reference to this type of ammunition, which is commonly used in revolvers.