Belle and Sebastian are an indie pop band formed in Glasgow in January 1996.

Belle and Sebastian are often compared with acts such as The Smiths, The members of the band see this as a landmark event, with Stevie Jackson saying, " This is the biggest thrill of my entire life ".

Before the end of 2008, Jeepster would also release another Belle & Sebastian compilation, The BBC Sessions, collecting the tracks that the band had recorded for the BBC in 1996, which included rarities and unreleased songs, together with live recordings from Belfast.

* Stevie Jackson, member of the band Belle & Sebastian

The band enjoyed steady progress at this time, which culminated in 1951 when it reached the National 3rd Section Finals at Belle Vue, Manchester.

Rin was also in a band called The Kitchen, whilst Disco joined the ska band, The Amphetameanies, which included members of Belle & Sebastian and Pink Kross.

The Belle Stars were an all female British pop / rock band, founded in London in 1980 by former members of the 2 Tone ska revival band, The Bodysnatchers.

* Belle & Sebastian, a Scottish indie pop band named after the novel's protagonists

However, on the night the award was handed to the Scottish band Belle & Sebastian, who were assumed to be rank outsiders.

Despite the allegation that a significant number of votes for Belle & Sebastian were traced to one location ( two computers sited in a particular UK university campus ), the band held onto their award as foul-play was denied by organizers of the BRIT Awards.

In addition, Stuart Murdoch of the band Belle & Sebastian has cited The Left Banke as one of the early influences on the sound of the band.

The performance contained many humorous re-interpretations of the script, such as continually referring to Brad Wesley by Gazzara's actual name, as well as the substitution of the film's original soundtrack with music from ' 80s synth-pop band Bronski Beat, Pavement, The Alarm, The Smiths, Wilco, Nena, Let's Active, The Misfits, Belle and Sebastian, Franz Ferdinand and the ' 90s Canadian pop-punk band, Cub.

Bands of the US riot grrrl movement acknowledged a debt to C86, and Scottish band Belle and Sebastian recognized its influence.

* Line-up: A Brand, Arsenal, Bal des Boiteux, The Ballroomquartet, Belle Perez, Xander de Buisonjé, Discobar Galaxie, Durango, El Tattoo Del Tigre, Eskobar, The Fundamentals, Funeral Dress, Goose ( band ), Gruppo Sportivo, Hooverphonic, Hermanos Inglesos, Junkie XL, Kane, Flip Kowlier, de Kreuners, Leki, The Magical Flying Thunderbirds, Mint, Mintzkov Luna, Monza, Nailpin, Natalia, Novastar, Oversized, Bart Peeters, Plastyc Buddha, Praga Khan, The Rasmus, The Real Ones, Axelle Red, Lou Reed, Gabriel Ríos, Roland & Robyn, Roxanne, Savanastation, Silverene, Sioen, Spring, Superdiesel, Sweet Coffee, Thou, Triggerfinger, Les Truttes, Venus In Flames, Wazzda, X! nk, Z, Zornik

* The Belle & Sebastian song Like Dylan in the Movies was written after a bout of paranoia suffered by the lead singer of the band, Stuart Murdoch, when walking through the park.

On September 5, 1973 the band appeared at the Hells Angels ' Pirates Party held on the SS Bay Belle, together with the Jerry Garcia Band.

Liberty Belle and the Black Diamond Express, released in March 1986 on Beggars Banquet Records, received favourable reviews, and showed the band gradually moving towards a smoother and more contemporary sound, while retaining elements of their idiosyncratic early style.

In 2002 the band was invited by Belle and Sebastian for a week long tour of the East Coast, culminating in a show at New York City ’ s Hammerstein Ballroom in front of over 3, 000 people.

* The band Belle and Sebastian have a song titled " Mornington Crescent ".

In 1853, Belle Vue staged the first British open brass band championships.

* AUDIO ( group ), an American R & B band of 5 brothers formerly known as TNT Boyz and as B5

Grant then made a few more albums before dropping out of college to pursue a career in music — Never Alone, followed by a pair of live albums in 1981 ( In Concert and In Concert Volume Two ), both backed by an augmented edition of the DeGarmo & Key band.

* Black Sun Empire, a Dutch drum & bass band

The High School had rock band KISS visit for Homecoming on October 9 & 10, 1975 after the football team started playing their music in the locker room which led to the team winning more.

For their fourth album, Together Alone, Crowded House used New Zealand-based producer Martin Glover ( aka Youth ) and invited touring musician Mark Hart ( guitar & keyboards ) to become a permanent band member.

In October 2001, Bowie opened The Concert for New York City, a charity event to benefit the victims of the September 11 attacks, with a minimalist performance of Simon & Garfunkel's " America ", followed by a full band performance of " Heroes ".

In some groups, the slap bass was utilized as band percussion in lieu of a drummer ; such was the case with Bill Haley & His Saddlemen ( the forerunner group to the Comets ), which did not use drummers on recordings and live performances until late 1952 ; prior to this the slap bass was relied on for percussion, including on recordings such as Haley's versions of Rock the Joint and Rocket 88.

After the band disbanded in 1971, Jones reunited with Micky Dolenz as well as Monkees songwriters Tommy Boyce and Bobby Hart in 1974 as a short-lived group called Dolenz, Jones, Boyce & Hart.

ELO had become successful in the United States at this point and the group was a star attraction on the stadium and arena circuit, as well as regularly appearing on The Midnight Special ( 1973, 1975, 1976 & 1977 ) more than any other band in that show's history with four appearances.

In this way, Ackerman provided inspiration to many who would later become successful artists, including Joe Dante, Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg, Tim Burton, Stephen King, Donald F. Glut, Penn & Teller, Billy Bob Thornton, Gene Simmons ( of the band Kiss ), Rick Baker, George Lucas, Danny Elfman, Frank Darabont, John Landis and countless other writers, directors, artists and craftsmen.

The performers were Jimmy Shand and band, Ian Powrie and his band, Scottish country dancers: Dixie Ingram and the Dixie Ingram Dancers, Joe Gordon Folk Four, James Urquhart, Ann & Laura Brand, Moira Anderson & Kenneth McKellar.

In early 1960, Brown's band recorded the top ten R & B hit, "( Do the ) Mashed Potatoes " on Dade Records, owned by Henry Stone, under the pseudonym " Nat Kendrick & The Swans " because Brown's label refused to release it.

Brown's band recorded the instrumental hit, " Night Train ", which was among the first to credit Brown by himself, and became a Top 5 R & B hit and crossed over briefly to the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100.

That year, Brown also launched, under King auspices, Try Me Records, releasing records off singers such as Tammy Montgomery, Johnny & Bill and the Poets, the latter group confirmed to be that of Brown's backing band.

The part of Jan & Dean's band, Papa Doo Run Run, was played by themselves.

Noted Chicago Tribune columnist Bob Greene penned a 2008 book, When We Get to Surf City: A Journey Through America in Pursuit of Rock and Roll, Friendship, and Dreams, detailing his occasional appearances with Jan & Dean's touring band throughout the 1990s and early 2000s.

Friedman formed his first band, King Arthur & the Carrots, while a student at the University of Texas.

According to the book Local DJ, a Rock & Roll History, the band was performing in the area as an opening act for Herman's Hermits.

Examples include the Disney movie Atlantis: The Lost Empire, the logo of the band Angels & Airwaves, the logo of the band Dream Theater, the logo of electronics company Samsung, and the logo of the engineering consultancy Atkins.

" The New York based Even Dozen Jug Band was the Elektra label's answer to the Kweskin band and featured ( among others ) Maria D ' Amato, Joshua Rifkin, David Grisman, Stefan Grossman, John Sebastian, and Steve Katz.

John Sebastian still leads The J-Band, which included not only musicians from the modern folk revival such as the late Fritz Richmond from the Kweskin band, but also the late Yank Rachell, mandolin player and jug band leader from the original era.

* Sebastian Bach ( born 1968 ), former lead singer of hard rock band Skid Row.

A short tour down the east coast included 2 sold out shows at City Winery in NYC, Ram's Head Tavern in Annapolis, MD and The Birchmere in Alexandria, VA. John Lombardo has joined his former band mates on numerous occasions ; Buffalo-based singer / songwriter Maria Sebastian has also accompanied the band in 2011 and has been replaced in 2012 by Jamestown-based singer / songwriter Melanie Luciano on acoustic guitar and harmonies.

On the 2008 tour, Pete Way was unable to get a work visa to enter the United States, Rob De Luca ( of Sebastian Bach's band ) filling in.

When asked about his band, leader John Sebastian said it sounded like a combination of " Mississippi John Hurt and Chuck Berry ," prompting his friend, Fritz Richmond, to suggest the name " Lovin ' Spoonful " from a line in Hurt's song, " Coffee Blues ".

Up to this point Sebastian had written ( or co-written ) and sung every one of The Lovin ' Spoonful's hits ; the band now turned to outside writers for their singles, and used a variety of outside producers.

It is reported that the slogan first appeared in public in the early 1990s, when Sebastian Bach, the former lead singer of the heavy metal band Skid Row, wore it on a t-shirt thrown to him by an audience member.

His famously used Orange Matamp Lead 200 was purchased by Greg Veerman, Bass player of Canadian rock band San Sebastian.

Song number 2 was written by Duncan Brown and Sebastian Graham Jones, and performed by Camino, another six piece band.

A number of lead singers auditioned for the band, including Todd Kerns, formerly of Age of Electric, Sebastian Bach, formerly of Skid Row, Shawn Albro of U. P. O., and Travis Meeks of Days of the New.

Parker's 1991 offering, Struck By Lightning, featured Bodnar and Pete Thomas in the backing band, as well as guest appearances from The Band's Garth Hudson on keyboards and John Sebastian on autoharp.

No longer under the band name Frehley's Comet the album features guest performances by former Kiss drummer Peter Criss, as well as Skid Row members Sebastian Bach, Rachel Bolan and Dave Sabo.