Bands

Enciclopèdia de bandes: història, formació i discografia, per estils.

Bon Jovi

Bon Jovi, the New Jersey band that took 1980s arena rock to worldwide stardom.

Van Halen

Van Halen, a reference of virtuoso electric guitar and 1980s hard rock.

Steppenwolf

Steppenwolf, the band behind “Born to Be Wild”, a reference of late-1960s hard rock.

Fleetwood Mac

Fleetwood Mac, from British blues rock to American pop-rock with the album Rumours.

The Eagles

The Eagles, one of the best-selling American bands in history, with Hotel California.

Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd, the founding band of southern rock, marked by the 1977 plane crash.

Aerosmith

Aerosmith, the Boston band and a benchmark of American hard rock.

Trapped Under Ice

Trapped Under Ice, the Baltimore hardcore band with metal influences from the 2000s.

Terror

Terror, one of the benchmark youth crew hardcore bands of the 2000s.

Code Orange

Code Orange, the Pittsburgh band that fuses hardcore, industrial metal and noise.

Knocked Loose

Knocked Loose, the Kentucky band and a benchmark of contemporary metallic hardcore.

Turnstile

Turnstile, the Baltimore band that has taken hardcore to massive audiences with Glow On.

Bad Religion

Bad Religion, one of the founding bands of Californian melodic punk.

The Clash

The Clash, “the only band that matters”, a pillar of British political punk.

Sex Pistols

Sex Pistols, the London band that detonated the explosion of British punk.

The Ramones

The Ramones, the New York band that founded modern punk rock.

Dead Kennedys

Dead Kennedys, the San Francisco band that pioneered political hardcore punk.

Jungle

Jungle, the London duo that fuses soul, funk and modern electronic pop.

Thundercat

Thundercat, a virtuoso bassist from Los Angeles who fuses funk, jazz and electronica.

Lettuce

Lettuce, the instrumental funk collective that emerged from Berklee College of Music.

Cory Wong

Cory Wong, funk guitarist from Minneapolis, member of Vulfpeck with a prolific solo career.

War

War, the Long Beach band that fuses funk, Latin and rock, known for “Low Rider”.

Curtis Mayfield

Curtis Mayfield, an essential figure of political soul, author of the soundtrack to “Super Fly”.

The Isley Brothers

The Isley Brothers, one of the most influential and long-lived soul and funk groups in history.

James Brown

James Brown, “the Godfather of Soul”, inventor of modern funk.

Taraf de Haïdouks

Taraf de Haïdouks, the Romanian ensemble that brought the music of the Clejani Roma to the world.

In Extremo

In Extremo, the German medieval folk metal band with period instruments.

Wardruna

Wardruna, the Norwegian project of Einar Selvik that recreates ancient Norse music and rituals.

Garmarna

Garmarna, the Swedish band that fuses traditional folk ballads with electronic and industrial sounds.

Hedningarna

Hedningarna, the Swedish band that pioneered the fusion of Nordic folk and electronic sounds.

The Corries

The Corries, the Scottish folk duo who composed “Flower of Scotland”.

Martin Carthy

Martin Carthy, a central figure of the English folk revival and a direct influence on Bob Dylan and Paul Simon.

Silly Wizard

Silly Wizard, one of the founding bands of the Scottish folk revival.

Capercaillie

Capercaillie, the Scottish band of modern Gaelic folk led by Karen Matheson.

Clannad

Clannad, the Irish family band and pioneers of modern Celtic folk.

Canned Heat

Canned Heat, the Los Angeles boogie blues band, known for “On the Road Again”.

Stevie Ray Vaughan

Stevie Ray Vaughan, blues rock guitarist who revitalised the genre in the eighties, killed in a helicopter accident in 1990.

ZZ Top

ZZ Top, the Texan blues rock trio, a benchmark of boogie riffs and legendary beards.

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