The founding members of the rock band Stereophonics originated from the nearby village of Cwmaman.

Recent linguistic research suggests that all of Africa's major language groupings south of the Sahara Desert ( except Khoisan, which is not considered a valid genetic grouping anyway ), i. e. the Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan and Niger – Congo phyla, originated in prehistoric times in a narrow band between Lake Chad and the Nile Valley.

* Tokio Hotel, German Rock band, originated here

The traditional band names originated as code-names during World War II and are still in military and aviation use throughout the world.

The Bangles are an American all-female band that originated in the early 1980s, scoring several hit singles during the decade.

Scoring some 23 UK top 40 singles and 17 UK top 40 albums to date in a career spanning four decades, the Stranglers are the longest-surviving and most " continuously successful " band to have originated in the UK punk scene of the mid to late 1970s.

The marching band originated with travelling musicians who performed together at festivals and celebrations throughout the ancient world.

A big band is a type of musical ensemble that originated in the United States and is associated with jazz and the Swing Era typically consisting of rhythm, brass, and woodwind instruments totaling approximately 12 to 25 musicians.

Many claim that the first wave originated in Seattle at the University of Washington's Husky Stadium on October 31, 1981, at the prompting of Dave Hunter ( Husky band trumpet player ) and Robb Weller ( later Entertainment Tonight co-host, and then a television producer ).

* Isabella Summers, the songwriter, producer, remixer, and member of a British band, Florence and the Machine, originated in Aldeburgh.

The rock band Trust Company originated in Prattville.

Charlestown was also the home of Days of the New's frontman, Travis Meeks, while the band originated from here.

* The Continental Co-ets, America's first touring all-girl rock & roll band, originated in Fulda in 1963.

* Phenomena ( band ), a multi-media rock music concept originated by Tom Galley and masterminded by Wilfried F. Rimensberger

While the meaning of the acronym " AFI " currently stems from the full title " A Fire Inside ," band members have stated that the name formerly originated from the titles " Asking for It " and " Anthems for Insubordinates.

and commonly abbreviated to GYBE or GY! BE ) is a Canadian post-rock band which originated from Montreal, Quebec in 1994.

Boogie-woogie is a style of piano-based blues that became popular in the late 1930s and early 1940s, but originated much earlier, and was extended from piano, to three pianos at once, guitar, big band, and country and western music, and even gospel.

Contrary to an often repeated rumor that the band name originated from a Ouija Board, the name was inspired by the band's attendance of a Slade concert, where Petersson commented that the band used " every cheap trick in the book " as part of their act.

Elf Power is an indie rock band that originated in Athens, Georgia.

The rock band Kaizers Orchestra originated in Bryne.

Each pipe band has its own signature tartan that may reflect the area the band originated from or the history of the band.

Jing Ping is a kind of folk music originated on the slave plantations of Dominica, also known colloquially as an accordion band.

With no set standards, there is the tendency to promote to the next highest level when the top of a salary band is reached regardless of performance.

His eyes had the same dreadful rigid stare as Dr. Grimesby Roylott's when he was found before his open safe wearing the speckled band.

Absolute magnitude ( also known as absolute visual magnitude when measured in the standard V photometric band ) is the measure of a celestial object's intrinsic brightness.

* 1861 – American Civil War: Battle of Wilson's Creek – the war enters Missouri when a band of raw Confederate troops defeat Union forces in the southwestern part of the state.

Wills added a trumpet to the band inadvertently when he hired Everet Stover as an announcer, not knowing that he had played with the New Orleans symphony and had directed the governor's band in Austin.

The site of today's City of Berkeley was the territory of the Chochenyo / Huchiun band of the Ohlone people when the first Europeans arrived.

Crowded House were mid way through a US tour when Paul Hester quit the band on 15 April 1994.

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!

Biafra's former bandmates maintain that they sued because of Jello Biafra's deliberate withholding of money, though when pressed they have acknowledged that the payment was an accounting mistake, but insist that Biafra was wrong in failing to inform the band directly.

Matters were stirred up even further when the three bandmates invited Jello Biafra to " bury the hatchet " in the form of a band reunion.

The band claims on their website that they still pay close attention to an anti-corporate ideology, despite performing on September 5, 2003 at a festival in Turkey that was sponsored by Coca-Cola, noting that they have since pulled out of a show in Los Angeles when they found that it was being sponsored by Coors.

Some have found difficulty reconciling this claim when Biafra also licensed to major corporations, approving with the other band members use of Dead Kennedys ’ songs in major studio film releases such as Neighbors, Freddy Got Fingered, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

He was spared from service in the Battle of the Bulge when he volunteered to play piano at a Red Cross show ; he was such a hit he was ordered to form a band.

In most diodes, a white or black painted band identifies the cathode terminal, that is, the terminal that conventional current flows out of when the diode is conducting.

The song gave international exposure to the underground New Romantic movement when Bowie visited the London club " Blitz "— the main New Romantic hangout — to recruit several of the regulars ( including Steve Strange of the band Visage ) to act in the accompanying video, renowned as one of the most innovative of all time.

This lineup of Devo lasted until 1976 when Jim left the band.

Monkees activity ceased until 1996 when Jones reunited with Dolenz, Tork, and Michael Nesmith to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the band.

Music commented that Jones's death " hit so many people so hard " because " Monkees nostalgia cuts across generations: from the people who discovered the band during their original 1960s run ; to the kids who came of age watching 1970s reruns ; to the twenty-and thirtysomethings who discovered the Monkees when MTV ( a network that owes much to the Monkees ' influence ) began airing old episodes in 1986.

She began her musical career in 1980, when she briefly joined her family band Clannad before leaving to perform solo.

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.

The problem becomes even more severe on a cyclical basis when sunspot levels reach a maximum every 11 years and lower VHF band signals below 50 MHz can travel across the Atlantic Ocean or from coast to coast within North America on occasion.

In January 1970, when Carl Wayne left The Move, Lynne accepted Wood's second invitation to join the band on the condition that they focus their energy on the new project.

Connick's musical talents soon came to the fore when he started learning the keyboards at age three, playing publicly at age five, and recording with a local jazz band at ten.

The difference is that electrons in the upper bound of the valence band have opposite group velocity and wave vector direction when moving, which can be effectively treated as if positively charged particles ( holes ) moved in the opposite direction to that of the electrons.