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Dead or Alive: 1980s synth/dance-pop band; The Dead 60s: Punk/ska/reggae band; Deaf School are an English art rock/new wave band, formed in Liverpool in 1973. Between 1976 and 1978 they recorded three albums for the Warner Brothers label, in an art rock style that had its roots in cabaret, moving towards a harder punk rock sound.
The Sand Band; The Searchers (band) S.F.X. Boys' Choir, Liverpool; She Drew the Gun; The Spinners (English band) Freddie Starr and the Midnighters; Stealing Sheep; Stone (British band) The Swinging Blue Jeans
Mersey Beat was a music publication in Liverpool, England in the early 1960s. It was founded by Bill Harry, who was one of John Lennon's classmates at Liverpool Art College. [1] The paper carried news about all the local Liverpool bands, and stars who came to town to perform.
The Liverpool International Music Festival (LIMF) [4] evolved from the Mathew Street Music Festival, which was the largest annual free music festival in Liverpool attracting over 200,000 visitors to the city. In 2011 the GIT Award [5] - formed through influential Liverpool music blog Getintothis - was founded. Dubbed the 'Scouse Mercury Prize ...
The Merseybeats (sometimes written as The Mersey Beats) are an English band that emerged from the Liverpool Merseybeat scene in the early 1960s, [1] performing at the Cavern Club along with the Beatles, Gerry and the Pacemakers, and other similar artists.
The Dennisons were formed in July 1961, [3] at Liverpool Collegiate, and took their name from a Liverpool street. [4] They were inspired by another early Merseybeat band The Ravens, who later became Faron's Flamingos. The Dennisons advanced from learning the Ravens' chord patterns, to building a local reputation at the BICC club in Melling ...
The band changed its name to the Fourmost in October 1962. On 30 June 1963, the group signed a management contract with Brian Epstein . [ 5 ] This led to their being auditioned by George Martin and signed to EMI 's Parlophone record label.
The Escorts were a Merseybeat band formed in October 1962 in Liverpool, England, by three classmates who had just left the Morrison School for Boys in Rose Lane, Allerton — Mike Gregory, Terry Sylvester and John Kinrade. [1]