Forty years ago, the 1980s reached its middle period. Musicians were settled into evolving studio technology as drum machines, samplers, and synthesizers became ubiquitous. If you think of songs as ...

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Yadaa.at Kalé Crimson Bears pep band has rocked the house — the George Houston Gymnasium to be exact — since the 62-member ...

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Starkey joined fellow former Oasis drummer Chris Sharrock for a session alongside the Cavern Club’s Beatles tribute band.

Improbably, Big ... songs are sparer, tenser, more disjointed. On “O My Soul,” the opening track, Chilton scratches out a single taut chord over Jody Stephens’s drum rolls. When the band ...

I’m always impressed when a band stays together for even 10 years ... with a high percentage of the songs clocking in under two minutes. Every once in a while they’ll throw in some kind of ...

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The Mainland marching band grabs three first place trophies in the Sugar Bowl Battle of the Bands and New Year's Eve parade.

Initially, though, Starr remembers feeling disappointed by these “big old drums—I wanted new and ... solo and sing lead vocals for a few songs. The band went on to perform on the club circuit ...