In the pre-grunge days of the 1990s, up-and-coming local St. Louis area bands Uncle Tupelo blended punk, rock, country-influenced music styles with raucous performances and became the modern day pioneers of the genre known as Alt-country.

Festus, MO is the home of Alt-country legends, The Bottle Rockets.

Although the band's sound was often described as Alt-country, or Americana, the majority of its music bore more of a resemblance to the vast oeuvre of Neil Young than to Hank Williams.

He is often credited as a pioneer in Cowpunk and Alt-country music, which combines elements of Rock with Country, outlaw country and punk rock.

The song has been covered by alt-country band The Gourds and by the Southern rock band, The Georgia Satellites on their 1988 album, Open All Night, and by The Punkles on their 2004 album, Pistol.

Alternative country band The Gourds gangstered the lyrics to " On Top Of Old Smoky " in the song " I'm troubled " on their 1998 release Gogitchyershinebox.

* WNPI-TVThe Brass Firemen play a mix of New Orleans style jazz, military, and traditional marching band standards, affectionately referred to by the band members as, " Dixieland jazz, North Country style.

Comedians Vic Reeves, Bob Mortimer, Paul Whitehouse and Mark Williams affectionately parodied the band in a number of what the band called ' hysterically accurate ' " Slade in Residence " and " Slade on Holiday " sketches, in their The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer television programme in the early 1990s.

" The Kooze ", as he is affectionately known, served as drummer for the Gin Blossoms until September 30, 2008, when a press release issued by the band explained he and the group parted ways.

Henley had an editor's gift of discerning talent, and the " Men of the Scots Observer ", as Henley affectionately and characteristically termed his band of contributors, in most instances justified his insight.

Over the years, a running theme has developed which personifies the band members as travelling bards, leading some fans to refer to the band affectionately as the Bards.

Ellington was somewhat of a father figure and the band, by and large, was affectionately protective of the diminutive, mild-mannered, unselfish Strayhorn, nicknamed by the band " Strays ", " Weely ", and " Swee ' Pea ".

The band has sold nearly 30 million albums worldwide, and has fans affectionately known as " gearheads " ( derived from the band's gear-shaped logo ).

The band favoured the idea of setting up a makeshift studio in a condemned warehouse in Fortitude Valley, affectionately named " The Dirty Room " by the band.

The legendary Cuban band Conjunto Sonora Matancera — affectionately called La Sonora by its legion of fans — was founded on January 12, 1924, in Barrio Ojo de Agua, a neighborhood in the city of Matanzas, capital of the province of the same name.

The band, particularly lead singer Dominic Masters, maintain a close relationship with their fanbase, affectionately known as the 853 Kamikaze Stage-Diving Division.

The exceptions to this policy are during " live mics " when bands play live at the station in an area affectionately known as " the pit ", the occasional " Freak Week " of freeform programming, and the " Month of Mayhem " ( May ) when DJs are encouraged to come up with original programming focused on a band, a genre or another creative theme.

Currently, the band resides in Islington, London, having once again moved its headquarters ( affectionately labelled ' Apollo Control ').

The Yale Precision Marching Band ( affectionately known as the YPMB, or more simply The Band, for short ) is the official marching band of Yale University.

These services include a housing development affectionately known as " the village " by the community, water plant, community health center, administration building and band hall.

Beginning with Reginald Fessenden's audio demonstrations in 1906, it was also the original method used for audio radio transmissions, and remains in use today by many forms of communication —" AM " is often used to refer to the mediumwave broadcast band ( see AM radio ).

The term " zodiac " may also refer to the region of the celestial sphere encompassing the paths of the planets corresponding to the band of about eight arc degrees above and below the ecliptic.

By extension, the " zodiac of the comets " may refer to the band encompassing most short-period comets.

* Post-rock band, Deadhorse, refer their 2010 album release We Can Create Our Own World to be directly influenced by the book and Ray Bradbury's vision in evoke imagination in his readers.

( Today, we refer to " ultra short waves " as the VHF band.

Many HBCU marching band fans refer to band as " marching sport.

" Clark Humphrey, editor of Desperate Times, cites this as the earliest use of the term to refer to a Seattle band, and mentions that Bruce Pavitt of Sub Pop popularized the term as a musical label in 1987 – 88, using it on several occasions to describe Green River.

Resistors manufactured for military use may also include a fifth band which indicates component failure rate ( reliability ); refer to MIL-HDBK-199 for further details.

In 1956 Holly's band ( then known informally as Buddy and the Two Tones ( meaning Buddy Holly with Sonny Curtis and Don Guess ), posthumous releases refer to The Three Tunes ) recorded an album's worth of rockabilly numbers in Nashville, Tennessee for Decca ; the records were no more than mildly successful, and the band didn't hit pay dirt until 1957, when producer and recording engineer Norman Petty hosted Holly's sessions in Clovis, New Mexico.

Despite credits as an ' official band member ' being included in any group photos on the four Eighties studio albums from " Long Distance Voyager " to " Sur La Mer " in recent years Moodies compilations now refer to Moraz as merely being an ' Additional keyboardist '.

Knight sued for breach of contract, which resulted in a protracted legal battle and the band dropping the word " Railroad " from their name ( in his 2001 autobiography, " From Grand Funk to Grace ", Farner stated that the shortening of the band's name was done after most of their fans began to refer to them as Grand Funk ).

* Japanese psychedelic rock band Acid Mothers Temple refer to the topic on their 1999 release Pataphisical Freak Out MU!

single featured this recording of " If I Had $ 1000000 ", listed officially as " Yellow Tape Version ," indicating the band themselves refer to this release by its common name.

Earbuds and earphones refer to very small headphones that are fitted directly in the outer ear, facing but not inserted in the ear canal ; they have no band or other arrangement to fit over the head.

The phrase Coxey's Army has also come to refer to a ragtag band, possibly due to an incident during the second march in 1914.

The darkwave band The Crüxshadows refer to Nod in their song called " East " from the 2003 album Ethernaut with the repetitive phrase " East of Eden ".

The band Tears for Fears refer to the character in their song " Swords and Knives ", and Dead Can Dance titled one of their songs " The Ubiquitous Mr. Lovegrove " after a Danger Man episode.

But, the name has also been used more widely to refer to the Apache in general, Western Apache, or an Apachean band in the high plains of southern Colorado to Kansas.

The term “ mariachi ” can refer to the music, the band or just one musician.

' Brett ' and ' Brett Spivery ' refer to Brett Spivey, long-time friend of the band, who went on to make their first two DVDs, and the videos for " I Miss You " and " Summer Romance ( Anti-Gravity Love Song )".

The band " created glazed, liquid songs with subtle arrangements and sheer reveling in aural joys ... With Fire is a feast of sound " ( Ned Raggett, AllMusic ).

The 2001 event featured a look-alike contest, as well as the tribute band " Ned Zeppelin ".

English ( a famous march composer ), and in 1913 in the Barnum and Bailey band under Ned Brill.

While signed to Lookout !, the band continued to release an album a year: 1995's Pile Up ( notable for its various cover songs, including Ned Sublette's " Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other " and Nirvana's " Smells Like Teen Spirit " ( covered as " Smells Like Queer Spirit ")), 1996's Wish I'd Taken Pictures ( featuring the single " I Really Wanted You ", the music video of which played once on MTV ) and the 1997 B-sides compilation More Lovin ' From Our Oven.

Soon after, Andy Prieboy, formerly of the San Francisco New Wave band Eye Protection, joined as singer and Ned Leukhardt was added as drummer.

He was replaced by Brent " Ned " Niemi, who was a veteran of the Toronto progressive metal band THD that also featured former Slash Puppet vocalist Mif.

The Chocolate Watchband was formed in the summer of 1965 by Ned Torney and Mark Loomis, who had previously played guitar together in a local band known as The Chaparrals the previous year, 1964.

Scott ( then bass player ), Murphy ( cousin of Ned Murphy from the Liverpool band Rain ( Columbia records ) and later Proper ( Chrysalis Records )) and Parle formed Space in 1993 and aimed for a Who-influenced sound.

Allmusic editor Ned Raggett noted that the album " showed the band in fierce and fine fettle once more ", describing Cave's lyrics as " a series of striking, compelling lyrics again exploring love, lust and death " and said the songs " showcase the Seeds ' peerless abilities at fusing older styles with noisy aggression and tension.

One reviewer writes, " At the time of their inception, there was no other band like Ned ’ s Atomic Dustbin.

The band was formed in 1994 by James " Ned " Kirby.

* J Ned Kirby provides vocals on the track Accelerating on the 2004 album Aura by The Alpha Conspiracy, and also lends his talents on two albums by the band Cycloon ( titled Head | Over | Now ( 2000 ) and Zeitseize ( 2002 ) ).

The band is now composed of Robert Schwartzman ( lead vocals, guitar ), Louie Stephens ( keyboards, piano ), Taylor Locke ( lead guitar, backing vocals ), Ned Brower ( drums, backing vocals ), and Brandon Schwartzel ( bass guitar ).

Ned Raggett argues that McMillen's appearance " Given how Cop Shoot Cop had evolved its own unique sound out of the basses, drums, and samplers from the original members, becoming more of a straight-ahead rock group inevitably made the band a little less special.

The headlining band that night was Handsome Ned.

The song that plays when Homer and Ned are driving to the school is " Feel Like Makin ' Love " by English rock band Bad Company.

During an ice cream social at church, Ned Flanders is reunited with Rachel Jordan, a woman he met once before after hearing her and her Christian rock band sing at church once.

The song Homer and Ned listen to on the way to Las Vegas is “ Highway Star ” by English rock band Deep Purple.

The Egg is a British electronic dance music band, consisting of Ned Scott ( keyboards ), Maff Scott ( drums ), Ben Cullum ( bass ) and Matt White ( lead guitar ).

An American vocalist who was staying in England at the time, Ned Christie ( real name Robert Stoddard ), was brought into the project and he gave the band the name The Dogs D ' Amour, and co-wrote many early songs with Tyla.