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After Gallagher joined the group, the band's name was changed to Oasis, which was inspired by a place where Inspiral Carpets played, the Oasis Leisure Centre in Swindon. [235] Odesza – the band's name was taken from the name of Harrison Mills' uncle's sunken vessel, which itself was named after the Ukrainian city of Odesa.
Many notable bands originally went by different names before becoming successful. [1] This list of original names of bands lists former official band names, some of them are significantly different from the eventual current names. This list does not include former band names that have only minor differences, such as stylisation changes, with ...
Bleachers (band) Blended 328; Blood on the Dance Floor (band) Bloodstone (band) Blue Foundation; Bo Donaldson and The Heywoods; Bob B. Soxx & the Blue Jeans; Bones (band) The Boswell Sisters; Boy Krazy; Boyce Avenue; Boyz II Men; Boyz N Girlz United; The Brass Ring; Brazzaville (band) Brit & Alex; Brox Sisters; Bullet (American band) Burnham (band)
Madonna was the best-selling female pop music artist of the decade. Her third studio release, True Blue, became the best-selling female album of the 1980s. Other Madonna albums from the decade include Like a Virgin, one of the best selling albums of all-time, and Like a Prayer ("As close to art as pop music gets," said Rolling Stone). Madonna ...
The 1980s produced chart-topping hits in pop, hip-hop, rock, and R&B. Here's a list of the best songs from the time, ranging from Toto to Michael Jackson.
Power pop is a music genre which is a more aggressive form of pop rock. [1] Although its mainstream success peaked in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the genre continues to influence new artists. [2] The following list is divided in two sections.
A few years before he became an iconic piano man on the pop charts, Billy Joel played in a couple of hard-rocking psychedelic bands. One of them, Attila, was a duo featuring Joel playing distorted ...
Hook's current band Peter Hook and the Light is touring and performing full albums from both Joy Division and New Order. [80] In 1990, Gillian Gilbert and Stephen Morris formed their own band, The Other Two. The Other Two released its first single "Tasty Fish" in 1991 and released two albums, The Other Two & You in 1993 and Super Highways in 1999.