New Wave became a catch-all term, encompassing disparate styles such as 2 Tone ska, the mod revival inspired by The Jam, the sophisticated pop-rock of Elvis Costello and XTC, the New Romantic phenomenon typified by Ultravox, synthpop groups like Tubeway Army ( which had started out as a straight-ahead punk band ) and Human League, and the sui generis subversions of Devo, who had gone " beyond punk before punk even properly existed ".

The original band existed from 1970 to 1974 but their recordings were not released until 1976 or later.

African " Afrobeat " big bands have existed from 1970 to the present when Fela Kuti of Nigeria, fused big band jazz with Yoruba tribal rhythms, highlife, and American James Brown funk music.

In the mid-to-late 19th century a band similar to the James Gang of legend existed that was known as the Jennings Gang.

Even with cameos from Billy Crystal and Patrick Macnee, Spinal Tap still managed to trick many of its moviegoers into believing the band existed.

Many people in the area use the lakes for activities such as swimming and many different boating activities and a band called " Almost Perfect " which, by all accounts, has existed largely unnoticed by the music community, owing that relative anonymity to a lack of ostensible musicianship.

Friction existed between David Crosby and his bandmates in the Byrds, and he was dismissed from the band in late 1967.

While pressures between the band members still existed, the members agreed to move forward and complete one more album for Capitol to avoid legalities similar to the ones that they endured with Terry Knight in 1972.

The 13th Floor Elevators were an American rock band from Austin, Texas formed by guitarist and vocalist Roky Erickson, electric jug player Tommy Hall, and guitarist Stacy Sutherland, which existed from 1965 to 1969.

When the band discovered that another band called Panic existed, Pettibon suggested the name Black Flag and designed their distinctive " four bars " logo.

For a while the band existed as a semi-pro outfit playing the college circuit, but it wasn't long before they acquired a manager, went full time, and found themselves booked on the working men's club circuit mainly in the north of England.

The circumstances surrounding the single and its marketing prompted Kember to announce that he was leaving Spacemen 3 and that the band no longer existed.

The Moonies were an alternative rock band from Liverpool, England, who existed from 2001 to 2005.

In 1981, Covaci co-opted Neumann and Lipan and English bassist Tom Buggie, who had an amazing technical playing ability, under the name Transsylvania Phoenix ( since a band named Phoenix already existed ) and released an LP named Transsylvania, containing two old Phoenix songs translated into English to target the Western audience and five new ones.

Olsen later rejoined the band and a stable line-up has existed since 2001 ( with the exception of Calum Nicolson's replacement on bass in 2006 ): Deek " Ruairidh " Allan on vocals, Cameron Tongs on drums, Oigridh on Basses and Olsen on guitars.

A " Concert Hall " existed in Québec City by 1764 and subscription concerts by 1770, given, one may presume, by band players and skilled amateurs.

No other band like this one existed in the world.

Post-release, the band changed their name from Empty Set to Chewbacca Kaboom, upon realization that a band with the name Empty Set already existed.

The first incarnation of the band was a punk group called The Frantic Elevators, which existed for 7 years, with limited releases on local labels.

Nokturnal Mortum started as death metal band Suppuration in 1991, then turned to black metal and changed name to Crystalline Darkness but " had to change the name back in 1993 / 94 to Nocturnal Mortum because there already existed a band with that name in western underground.

The Thirteenth Floor Elevators were an American rock band from Austin, Texas formed by guitarist and vocalist Roky Erickson, electric jug player Tommy Hall, and guitarist Stacy Sutherland, which existed from 1965 to 1969.

His work with Body Count, whose 1992 debut album Marrow described as a " rock album with a rap mentality ", is described as paving the way for the success of rap rock fusions by bands like Kid Rock and Limp Bizkit ; however, Marrow states that the band's style does not fuse the two genres, and is solely a rock band.

Despite having completely dropped out of the public eye for five years after the gold-selling Test for Echo ( which peaked at number 5 on the Billboard 200 ) and the band being relegated almost solely to classic rock stations in the U. S., Vapor Trails reached No. 6 on the Billboard 200 chart in its first week of release in 2002 with 108, 000 albums sold.

" The band considered an attempt to recreate this complex album live solely with additional musicians to be complex and expensive, the group decided to tour as a three-piece and make extensive use of pre-recorded music to fill out those parts that were not performed live by the members of the band.

This also means that it is impossible to build solar panels that generate electricity solely from the infrared band of the electromagnetic spectrum without consideration of the temperature on the other side of the panel ( as is the case with conventional solar panels that operate in the visible spectrum ).

Two of the songs featured on the album are solely written by Chuck Dukowski (" My War " and " I Love You ") though he was no longer a member of the band by this point and does not perform on the album.

Despite only two songs from the album being written solely by Lynott, and other members of the band contributing more to the compositions, both Gorham and Wharton have since stated their dissatisfaction with some of the songs, such as " Angel of Death ", " Fats " and " Mexican Blood ".

The New Orleans Rhythm Kings in its earliest stages was the brainchild of drummer Mike “ Ragbaby ” Stevens, solely in that he sent the first telegram to Albert Brunies about going to Chicago to make a band and find better gigs than what New Orleans had to offer.

" The band began working solely in the studio they had purchased, playing live drums, guitars and vocals.

While the original releases are credited solely to The Bad Examples, beginning with the Two-Meter Sessions billing is to Ralph Covert & The Bad Examples both to help include his solo work ( which also features players from the band ) and to differentiate them internationally from a German band with the same name.

With Picciotto now playing guitar full-time, Fugazi had made the transition into jamming on and writing new material as a band as opposed to performing songs composed solely by singer / guitarist MacKaye.

Recently, Levin formed the band Stick Men, consisting solely of one drummer and two Stick players.

" The cover was also intended to create a collision between the overly romantic and classic image which made a stark contrast to the typography based on the modular, colour-coded alphabet he created solely for the band.

The song was the first release credited solely to Gary Numan after he dropped the band name Tubeway Army, with which he had released four singles and two LPs, including the number one UK hit " Are ' Friends ' Electric?

All lyrics by the band are solely written in English.

After returning to Ultravox for what would be their final album together, the band effectively disbanded in 1987 and Ure concentrated solely on his solo career but with less success.

At the time, the band consisted solely of Matthew Scannell and Keith Kane, who together did all the writing, singing, and producing for the album, as well as playing all instruments used ( mostly acoustic guitar, with little percussion and bass ).

The band, which consisted solely of studio session musicians under the direction of Jaap Eggermont, formerly of Golden Earring, popularized the medley, by recreating hit songs as faithfully as possible and stringing them together, with a common tempo and relentless underlying drum track.

The band had once been regarded solely as a pop act ; however, Cuccurullo's contribution secured them a more substantial reputation, and helped them to create some very powerful alternative rock and synth-pop.

" In June 2008, Guitar Hero: Aerosmith was released, the franchise's first video game based solely around one band and the most successful game based around a band.

The band members wanted to be isolated when recording the album so they could solely focus on the music as friends, family, managers and girlfriends would constantly interrupt.

" Space Blues # 2 ", written and performed solely by Martin Duffy, is a follow-up to " Space Blues ", a song by his previous band, Felt.