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Shelleyan Orphan It was in 1980 when Caroline Crawley
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Shocking Blue Formed in 1967 by ex
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Shonen Knife Japanese sisters Atsuko Yamano
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Showaddywaddy When two promising Leicestershire groups fused theirtalents in 1983
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Shriekback Shriekback originally evolved around a three
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Signal This group was formed in 1988 by ex
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Sigue Sigue Sputnik These UK punk
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Silly Sisters During the lull which followed the commercial high point ofSteeleye Span
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Silly Wizard This Scottish band was formed in 1972 by Gordon Jones
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Silver Convention This studio group was created by Munich
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Silverhead The first real band to be fronted by actor
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Simple Aggression Formed on the first day of October 1989 in the hills ofIndependence
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Simple Minds This Scottish group was formed in 1978 by Jim Kerr
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Sir Douglas Quintet Formed in 1964
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Skatalites The Skatalites were formed in June 1964
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Skeletal Family No doubt influenced by the emergence of gothic punk inthe early
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Skid Row Hailing from New Jersey
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Skids A Scottish new wave band founded in Dunfermline in 1977 by StuartAdamson
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Skillet Lickers One of the most popular of string bands of early countrymusic
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Skin The collapse of Jagged Edge led Myke Gray
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Skrew Once described by Alternative Press magazine as
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Sky A UK instrumental group founded in 1979 and devoted to fusingclassical
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Sky Cries Mary Formed in Seattle
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Skyclad This innovative UK thrash
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Slade Origin ally recording as the
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Slowdive Formed in 1989 by Rachel Goswell
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Smashing Pumpkins Once widely viewed as poor relations to Nirvana
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Smokie This UK pop band from Bradford
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Snakefinger Snakefinger was an appellation adopted by British guitaristPhil Lithman
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Soho Identical twin sisters Jackie
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Solitude Aeturnus Formed in 1988 by Texan guitarist John Perez
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Solitude Solitude were formed by Mike Hostler
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Soul Asylum Originally a Minneapolis
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Soul II Soul Highly succesful rap
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Souls Of Mischief Part of Del Tha Funkee Homosapien
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Sound Barrier Formerly known as Colour
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Sound Factory Comprising writer
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Sounds Of Blackness Led by bodybuilder Gary Hines
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South Central Cartel Fronted by MC Havoc Da Mouthpiece
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Spacemen 3 Spacemen 3 were instigated in Rugby
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Spear Of Destiny Formed from the ashes of Theatre Of Hate in early 1983
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Special EFX Formed in New York in 1982 by George Jinda
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Spinal Tap The concept for Spinal Tap
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Spirit Of The West Formed in 1983
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Split Enz Originally formed in Auckland
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Spread Eagle This New York metal band came together when vocalist RayWest joined Paul DiBartolo
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Spyro Gyra Formed in 1975 by saxophonist Jay Beckenstein and pianistJeremy Wall
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Squeeze Formed in the south east London area of Deptford in 1974
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Stack Ridge Using a bizarre mixture of dustbin lids and rhubarb stalks asstage props
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Stampede This melodic UK hard rock band was formed in 1981 by ex
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Starcastle This AOR rock group was formed in Illinois
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Starjets This band was formed in Belfast
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Starland Vocal Band A quartet based in the Washington
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Starry Eyed And Laughing This promising UK group formed in May 1973 as aduo
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Starz New York band formed in 1975 by guitarist Brendan Harkin
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Status Quo The origins of this durable and now
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Steam Formed in 1969 in Bridgeport
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Steeleye Span The roots of this pivotal English folk
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Steely Dan The seeds of this much
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Steppenwolf Although based in southern California
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Steps Ahead Formed in 1979 under the name Steps
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Stiff Little Fingers This Irish punk band were formed from the ashes ofcover group Highway Star
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Stiltskin Authors of the most distinctive riff of 1994
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Stingray This South African melodic heavy rock group was formed in 1978by Dennis East
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Stone Fury Moving from Hamburg
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Stone The Crows Singer Maggie Bell and guitarist Leslie Harvey
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Stories This US pop group came together in the wake of the disbandment ofthe Left Banke
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Stormtroopers of Death More commonly known as S
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Strangeways This Scottish quartet was put together in 1985 by brothersIan
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Strawberry Switchblade This colourful duo
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Stretch This UK rock band first took shape in 1974
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String Trio Of New York Formed in October 1977 by violinist Billy Bang
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Stryper Christian heavy metal quartet from Los Angeles
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Sugar In the aftermath of Nirvana
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Suicidal Tendencies Vocalist Mike Muir formed Suicidal Tendencies in theearly
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Suicide This US band were an influence on Birthday Party
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Sunshine Company Formed in Los Angeles
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Supersax Formed in Los Angeles in 1972 by Buddy Clark and Med Flory
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Surrender This Canadian hard rock quintet was formed in 1978 by AlfieZappacosta
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Survivor This sophisticated melodic US rock group was put together byguitarists Jim Peterik
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Swan Arcade Formed in Bradford
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Sweet Savage This melodic hard rock quartet was formed in Belfast
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Sweet The nucleus of the Sweet came together in 1966
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Swell Maps Although associated with the immediate post
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Swervedriver Previously known as Shake Appeal
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SWV Standing for Sisters With Voices
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Sye This Canadian hard rock group was formed in 1981 by Phillipino
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