Martin Grech (pronounced ‘Greck’) is a Maltese-English singer, songwriter and musician from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, born in 1983. He is known for his dark and powerful music, remarkable voice, and frequent subversion of style and genre. He first achieved serious critical acclaim after his haunting falsetto track Open Heart Zoo (written when he was 19 years old) was featured on a Lexus car advert on UK television in 2002.
There are twelve different artists under this name: 1. Catharsis was an anarchist hardcore punk band from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, releasing their albums through the CrimethInc. collective. Their singer, Brian, was editor of the political hardcore punk fanzine Inside Front and later went on with other ex-members of Catharsis to form the band Requiem. 2. Catharsis was a French art band who released albums during the 1970's. Their first album, "Masq" (1971), was a mixture of formless chanting, hypnotic melodies, prominent percussion, Arabic styles, and experimental songcraft.
There is more than one band with the name Blackpool. 1) Blackpool is a post-punk band based in Brooklyn, NY. The band consists of members Melody Bleak (formerly of Bleak Track), Graham vanderVeen, Dave Ciauro and Erik Nyquist. In 2009, Blackpool teamed up with director Amanda Laws to create their debut music video for the song "Dissolve." The track will also appear on an upcoming SINister Records compilation CD, Memento Mori: A Collection, in January 2010.
There are 2 artists under the same name: 1) The Cold was a popular New Orleans band, performing from 1979 to 1985. This was during the Punk Rock and New Wave craze and The Cold drew their share of fans from the genre. 2) A band from Frankfurt was founded in 1997 as a quartet, initially featuring an unconventional interpretation of traditional new wave music from the early 80's. With the first Demo CD, today's five-member line-up joined forces and their repertoire was completely replaced by their own songs.
Steevo (singer/bass) from France (Paris). Born in Paris. Lives in London since 2000 , met Tom (Guitars/vocals-British) while Steevo was living a rock n roll life in different squats in London , Rob (Drummer,Irish) join them they formed the band in 2004.
Their music is inspired by the like of The Cure, Joy Division,Nirvana,The Creatures/Siouxsie and The Banshees,Sonic Youth,The velvet underground,Nico,Placebo,The Breeders/The Pixies, Korn,Rage Against the Machine , Radiohead,Portishead,The Queen Of The Stone Age and some French music like Serge Gainsbourg,Les Rita Mitsouko,Noir Desire .
December 2008 UPDATE. VENDEMMIAN reformed for a series of shows in 2008.
The tour took in UK, Germany, Italy, Spain and France. Due to the incredible reaction to the shows it was decided to continue.
The brand new album "One More Time" has just been released. The critics are calling it the best Vendemmian album to date.. The lineup is Mark & Dave (with Danny on bass for the live shows). Shows are now been booked for 2009....
The 69 Eyes originate from Helsinki, Finland. They became a band in the early 1990's and are nowadays labelled as "gothic rock" though their early releases were more of a glam/hard rock style. Their first release was entitled Sugarman and was on the album Bump N' Grind, this was a Finland only release in 1992. They followed it up with another album (Finland only release) entitled Savage Garden. They then released another album in 1997 (another Finland only release) entitled Wrap your Troubles in Dreams.
This is a Swedish band which does music in the gothrock genre but with some electronic elements. Reminds on Sisters OM "Floodland" era.... His music can be downloaded for free: www.miazma.se
The March Violets Current lineup - Si Denbigh - Vox, Rosie Lugosi - Vox and Tom Ashton - Guitars. The band started in 1982 as one of Leeds' four famous 'drum machine bands'. The other three being Merciful Release labelmatesThe Sisters of Mercy, Red Lorry, Yellow Lorry and The Three Johns. Fronted by the two pronged attack of dual vocalists Simon D and Rosie Garland, the band built a large and loyal following throughout the UK and Europe.
There is more than one artist with this name. 1) Witching Hour (UK) formed in 1991 with Trevor Barnes on guitar and vocals, Alys Sterling on bass and D.B. on keyboards. D.B. was later replaced by Al Winton. When Al left the band, Ash took over on keyboards, aided by the lovely Morticia, who appears on keyboards in the video for "Slave to the Night". Since Ash's return to his home planet, the band have performed as a two-piece.