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Mac Miller was an up-and-coming rap artist who died of a sudden drug overdose in 2018. The artist is famous for his tracks: Self Care, Dang!, My Favorite Part, etc. In addition to writing music, he also produced famous artists: Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole, Earl Sweatshirt, Lil B and Tyler, The Creator. Childhood and youth […]

The Zombies are an iconic British rock band. The peak of the group's popularity was in the mid-1960s. It was then that the tracks occupied leading positions in the charts of America and the UK. Odessey and Oracle is an album that has become a real gem of the band's discography. Longplay entered the list of the best albums of all time (according to Rolling Stone). Many […]

Wild Horses are a British hard rock band. Jimmy Bain was the leader and vocalist of the group. Unfortunately, the rock band Wild Horses lasted only three years, from 1978 to 1981. However, during this time two wonderful albums were released. They have absolutely staked out a place for themselves in the history of hard rock. Education Wild Horses […]

The band started its roots back in 1981: then David Deface (soloist and keyboardist), Jack Starr (talented guitarist) and Joey Ayvazian (drummer) decided to unite their creativity. The guitarist and drummer were in the same band. It also decided to replace the bass player with a brand new Joe O'Reilly. In the fall of 1981, the line-up was fully formed and the official name of the group was announced - "Virgin steele". […]

Angry women or shrews - perhaps this is how you can translate the name of this group playing in the style of glam metal. Formed in 1980 by guitarist June (Jan) Koenemund, Vixen have come a long way to fame and yet made the whole world talking about themselves. Start of Vixen's Musical Career At the time of the band's inception, in their home state of Minnesota, […]

Tesla is a hard rock band. It was created in America, California back in 1984. When created, they were referred to as "City Kidd". However, they decided to change the name already during the preparation of their first disc "Mechanical Resonance" in 86. Then the original line-up of the band included: lead singer Jeff Keith, two […]