As a youth he became one of Finney's band of evangelists and gave himself to winning young men.

It became more common to arrange sketchy jazz combo compositions for big band after the bop era.

In 1989 Jonathan Hellyer became lead singer, and the band extensively toured the U. S. and Europe with back-up vocalist Annie Conway and had one minor hit with the song " Cha Cha Heels ", a one-off collaboration sung by American actress and singer Eartha Kitt.

The ambitious Holly became increasingly interested in the New York music / recording / publishing scene, while his band mates wanted to go back home to Lubbock.

With its jazz sophistication, pop music and blues influence, plus improvised scats and wisecrack commentary by Wills, the band became the first superstars of the genre.

The band became part of the American hardcore punk movement of the early 1980s.

In typically subversive, perverse style, the band became the talking point of the ceremony when after about 15 seconds into the song, Biafra said, " Hold it!

In addition to the obscenity lawsuit and being ignored by the mainstream media ( MTV and most radio stations gave such groups scant notice, not to mention airplay ), the band became increasingly disillusioned with the underground scene as well.

The rich orchestral accompaniment that became identified with the disco era conjured up the memories of the big band era — which brought out several artists that recorded and disco-ized some big band arrangements including Perry Como, who re-recorded his 1929 and 1939 hit, " Temptation ", in 1975, as well as Ethel Merman, who released an album of disco songs entitled The Ethel Merman Disco Album in 1979.

Using their knowledge of audience participation, MC charisma, and " crowd-pleasing " repertory selection, the wedding music industry became almost all DJ while combining the class and elegance of the traditional band presentation.

Like his audience and his critics, Bowie himself became increasingly disaffected with his role as just one member of a band.

Invented in 1931, the electric guitar became a necessity as jazz musicians sought to amplify their sound in the big band format.

The need for the amplified guitar became apparent during the big band era as orchestras increased in size, particularly when guitars had to compete with large brass sections.

Work begun in 1991 to expand the GSM standard to the 1800 MHz frequency band and the first 1800 MHz network became operational in the UK by 1993.

In 2002 the first multimedia messaging services ( MMS ) were introduced and the first GSM network in the 800 MHz frequency band became operational.

In later seasons, harmonica player Charlie McCoy joined the cast and eventually formed the Hee Haw Band, which became the house band for the rest of the series ' run.

DJ Lethal became a member of nu metal band Limp Bizkit, who would cover " Jump Around " at live concerts, particularly in Limp Bizkit's early years during the Family Values Tour 1998.

The film became a cult hit and the band has since released several albums and played several concerts.

Using a full blues band, he became a popular act in the South with his daily broadcasts on the ' King Biscuit Time ', originating live from Helena, Arkansas.

In 1997, the British band Cornershop paid tribute to Asha Bhosle with their song Brimful of Asha, which became an international hit.

In the early 1980s, Jarmusch was part of a revolving lineup of musicians in Robin Crutchfield's Dark Day project, and later became the keyboardist and one of two vocalists for The Del-Byzanteens, a No Wave band whose sole LP Lies to Live By was a minor underground hit in the United States and Britain in 1982.

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.

Show, which became successful due to Brown's energetic dance moves and the more polished but sharp choreography of the Famous Flames and the timing of Brown's band which helped to upstage the closing act, The Rolling Stones.

In 1974, Jeffry Hyman co-founded the punk rock band the Ramones with friends John Cummings and Douglas Colvin, upon which point all three adopted stage names using " Ramone " as their surname: Cummings became Johnny Ramone, Colvin became Dee Dee Ramone, and Hyman became Joey Ramone.

A 2001 autobiography entitled The Dirt packaged the band as " the world's most notorious rock band ".

As Led Zeppelin's popularity soared throughout the 1970s, Peter Grant became increasingly notorious for being brutally protective of his band and their finances.

After a successful 4-Day Carnival Cruise show in the Bahamas alongside Post-grunge band Sponge it was announced that the band would kick off an official tour for the Spring of 2009, playing in venues along the California coastline, including the notorious Key Club, as well as various cities in Canada and North Carolina.

In contrast, while Bruce was in Bond's band, he and Baker had been notorious for their quarreling.

Both Love and Erlandson were fans of the notorious LA punk band The Germs.

The band, now with Melissa Auf der Maur on bass, recruited by Love at Billy Corgan's suggestion, toured extensively throughout late 1994 and 1995, and the tour became notorious for its press coverage surrounding Love's fraught emotional state.

" The Legend of Pat Brown " is about a friend of the band who was a notorious drunk known for causing mayhem, while " Pirate's Life " tells of riding the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland while taking the drug LSD.

Stunts such as withdrawing the Irish Army's band from playing at diplomatic functions which the Governor-General attended, or in one notorious case the sight of O ' Kelly and Defence Minister Frank Aiken storming out of a diplomatic function at the French Legation when McNeill, the guest of honour, had arrived, damaged O ' Kelly's reputation and image, particularly when the campaign backfired.

However McNeill's tact was not reciprocated by de Valera's government, some of whose ministers sought to humiliate McNeill as the King's representative, by withdrawing the Irish Army's band from playing at functions he attended, demanded he withdraw invitations to visitors to meet him and in one notorious incident, two ministers, Seán T. O ' Kelly and Frank Aiken publicly stormed out of a diplomatic function when McNeill, there as the guest of the French ambassador, arrived.

After a messy confrontation with the notorious Arden who tried to face down the boys ' parents by claiming that the whole band were using drugs, they broke with both Arden and Decca.

Also, the Bomfunk MC's website was notorious among fans of the band for its lack of updates.

The band became notorious for self-mutilation, on-stage sex, and taking hard drugs, and their live shows would often only last around fifteen minutes, occasionally cut short due to injury caused by spectators.

Though a strong album lyrically, musically it has often been criticized for its softer, mellow sound, a departure from the edgier, more ambitious sound for which the band had become well-known ( and notorious ).

The band is widely considered to be the pioneer of the riot grrrl movement, and was notorious for its radical feminist lyrics and fiery performances.

Vail, notorious for her numerous side projects and being in several bands at a time, later resurfaced in a band called Spider and the Webs, and she is now playing with The Old Haunts.

Famous true-life historical pickpockets include the Irish-American prostitute Chicago May, who was profiled in books ; Mary Frith, nicknamed Moll Cutpurse ; the Gubbins band of highwaymen ; and Cutting Ball, a notorious Elizabethan thief.

That record ’ s acceptance, coupled with the band ’ s already notorious live shows, got them a deal with Epic Records.

The band is notorious for their on-stage gimmicks.

* There was a notorious Rutland, Vermont Thrashcore / Noise Rock band named Morpheus which lasted from 1997-2007 and, in their early material, wrote lyrics about nightmares.

The band are also notorious for taking a long time in between their releases-their first album Utah Saints and follow-up album Two were released seven years apart.

Two more gigs were scheduled ( November 6 & 20, 1994 ) at the same venue, with the band calling itself The Gacy Bunch, after both the notorious serial killer John Wayne Gacy of Chicago and the 1970s sitcom The Brady Bunch.

An entourage is an informal group or band of people who are closely associated with a ( usually ) famous, notorious or otherwise notable individual.