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This category is for bands and artists whose name begins with the letter J.
Sites about the band JJ72.
Collaboration between Grant McLennan, formerly with The Go-Betweens, and Steve Kilbey of The Church.
UK band and musical project spawned by songwriter Chris Constintino (formerly Chris De Niro, teenage bass player with Adam and The Ants).
Alternative rock singer/songwriter from the San Francisco Bay Area.
Dee D. Jackson is a disco queen from the 1970s.
Web sites dedicated to music legend and international super star Michael Jackson.
List of web sites devoted to the two Jackson brothers groups in which Michael sang lead from childhood through his teenage years, both Motown's Jackson Five and Epic Records' The Jacksons.
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Atlanta, Georgia based pop-metal band.
Country singer/songwriter originally from Oklahoma.
Rock band, featuring Tina Yothers.
Sites about the British punk rock trio.
Rock band from Manchester, England fronted by Tim Booth.
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Jazz saxophonist, keyboardist, producer and songwriter.
Signed with Motown in the 1960's and again in the late 1970's, Rick James had two R&B hits on his debut album Come and Get It! which went gold. His punk-funk style yielding numerous hits throughout the 1980's before personal problems took their toll. Urban Rapsody marked a comeback in 1997.
Sites about the rock trio from Cleveland.
British acid jazz/funk outfit led by organist James Taylor (not to be confused with the American singer/songwriter). Probably best known for recording the theme for the Austin Powers films.
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Jamiroquai is an English acid jazz and funk band. In this category you will find links to Jamiroquai pages around the web.
Jane's Addiction, fronted by Perry Farrell, were an influential band in the early 1990's. Although they split after five years, they had a reunion tour in 1997, and are still seminal in the alternative rock scene.
Sites about the jazz/R&B vocalist.
Post-hardcore punk band from LA.
British folk-rock singer-songwriter.
Minneapolis based rock band.
British pop/rock outfit formed in the early 1980s. The core of the band is the duo of Pat Fish (aka The Jazz Butcher or Butch) and Max Eidos. David J of Bauhaus/Love & Rockets fame is a past member.
New Zealand band, formed in the mid 80s and signed to Flying Nun Records. They were forced to shorten their name to "JPS Experience" by the Sartre estate for their last album "Bleeding Star" in 1993.
UK band fronted by Crispian Mills, formerly of Kula Shaker.
Long-running band emerging from the 1960s San Francisco psychedelic rock scene. The band's name later changed to Jefferson Starship and then just Starship. An early lineup reformed using the original name in 1988/89.
Indianapolis, Indiana based band.
Sites for the Jennifer Nettles Band.
Jeremiah is an all-male pop vocal group from the Philippines.
Christian boy band based in Utah.
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This category comprises websites dedicated to the band Jethro Tull, or its members (past and present), and offering unique content. Sites superficially featuring Tull amongst other topics, or reproducing content already available elsewhere, without adding value, should not be submitted. |
Jethro Tull is a musical group that defies categorisation, a group that has slipped through the confines of any and all genres to form an unexplainable musical phenomenon... and it is one of the very few that has also been successful at it. Selling in excess of 60 million albums, and playing over 2,500 concerts in forty different countries, neither Ian Anderson (Tull's frontman/flautist/vocalist) nor the rest of the group show any signs of slowing down.Best known for their albums in the late 60's and early 70's... hit albums such as "Benefit", "Aqualung" and "Thick as a Brick" brought Tull into the ranks of superstardom. After the release of Aqualung, Tull were voted "World's Most Popular Band" by fans across the globe. So exactly what genre does Tull fit in?
Truth is, there is not a convenient label to stick on this band. It would be nearly impossible to say that Jethro Tull were any one type of band. They have won a Hard Rock / Heavy Metal Grammy, they have been featured in many a rock and roll magazine, and are most heavily played on classic rock radio stations, and what's more, Anderson has also taken a solo path, most notably with the production of an album titled "Divinities", which is comprised of twelve compositions for flute and orchestra. With Ian's venture into classical music, we saw yet another change in the genre. Although Anderson was not classically trained on flute, or any other instrument for that argument, he manages to pull off a polished new sound.
Jethro Tull grew up alongside the likes of the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd, and with those genres conquered by their respective bands, where did Tull fit in? Ian explains, in this 1978 interview with Creem Magazine, just what piece of the puzzle Jethro Tull is. "Stylistically, I've always said that we can't be a heavy riff group because Led Zeppelin are the best in the world. We can't be a blues-influenced r&b rock and roll group because the Stones are the best in the world. We can't be a slightly sort of airy-fairy mystical sci-fi synthesizing abstract freak-out group because Pink Floyd are the best-in the world. And so what's left? And that's what we've always done. We've filled the gap."
But Tull has had it's part in influencing the world of rock and pop music as well... In their touring of over forty countries, the group has brought music to many lands that have not been exposed to the likes of any type of pop or rock music. Now with a steady fan base in many regions of Africa and India, Tull continues to bring influences from the Middle and Far East into their music. One recent album Roots to Branches (1996), took many instruments native to the middle and far eastern lands and integrated them into a new style of "progressive rock". The swiftly changing keys and meters provide for a very thrilling ride as the solid backing from his band members offers a great wave of searing energy that just invigorates you. Indeed, the world has never heard a pop band that provides this kind of musical and lyrical excitement in their music.
Ian Anderson's musical ideas have been known to effectively taken the roots of one genre and uplift them, transplanting them into fertile soil that proves perfect for a steady and still growing fan base. Throughout the years of the groups existence, Tull have created many new avenues of which many groups today follow in, and with the release of a new Jethro Tull album last September(2000), as well as an Ian Anderson acoustic solo album The Secret Language of Birds (March, 2000), it is doubtful that the group will stop there.
Sites related to the pop band The Jets.
Four-piece rock band from Fort Wayne, Indiana.
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This singer/songwriter, born in Utah in 1974 and raised in Alaska, released her debut, Pieces Of You, in 1994.
Jimmy Eat World is a four member band from Phoenix, Arizona. The band consists of Jim Adkins (vocals and guitar), Tom Linton (guitar and vocals), Rick Burch (bass), and Zach Lind (drums).
Experimental indie musician from Minniapolis, MN.
Sites related to the British pop band JoBoxers.
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Please submit in this category sites dealing with singer JoJo (Joanna Levesque). |
JoJo (Joanna Levesque) was born on December 20th 1990 in Boston, Massachusetts. Her mother, a church soloist and trained musical theater performer, would practice hymns and arias alike while a young JoJo watched, listened and learned.
Late Zydeco-Creole artist from Kinder, Louisiana.
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Classically trained pianist, multi-award winning, and world famous; Billy Joel is also a singer, composer, and songwriter. His exciting mellow narrative singing style, backed at times by a driving rock force, has made him a classic. Released the long-awaited classical album "Fantasies and Delusions" in 2001, and has turned his musical direction to that area.
This category contains Web sites dedicated to Sir Elton John.
Folk duo led by John Lombardo and Mary Ramsey.
Pop singer, born in Lund, Sweden. His debut album, Liebling, spawned the hit single Glorious.
Singer-songwriter from New Zealand who is now based in Los Angeles.
Sites about the Hawaiian surfer/musician/film maker.
Lester Johnson is a singer, songwriter, and, although known primarily for his harmonica playing, he also plays the guitar and percussion, specializing in Louisiana's swamp blues.
R&B vocalist with gospel roots.
Sites about the R&B singer/songwriter.
Swedish pop/rock singer.
Innovative South Asian UK DJ duo.
A pirate-themed Renaissance folk group.
Contemporary rhythm & blues singer/songwriter.
Sites about the beatnik-jazz/R&B/folk-rock singer/songwriter Rickie Lee Jones.
Musician and comedian, born Lindsay Armstrong Jones, 14 December 1911. Spike Jones is best remembered as the leader of the City Slickers during the 1940s and early 1950s and made a name for himself by parodying the classics and the popular songs of the time. After the rise of rock and roll music in the late fifties, Spike Jones's popularity waned. He died on 1 May, 1965.
Websites about the brassy blues-rock singer/songwriter Janis Joplin.
Canadian singer/songwriter Sass Jordan released her debut album, "Tell Somebody", back in 1988. Just like her 1992 release, "Racine", the album went Platinum in Canada. Her latest album, "Hot Gossip", was released in 2000 under the new name Sas Jordon (done, she says, to prevent people from changing her signs to read "ass Jordan"). She returned to using the original spelling of the name in 2001.
Funk rock band from New York City. One of the conetestants on VH1's "Bands on the Run" series.
Sites for the alternative rock group Joydrop
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Please submit sites about the band Judas Priest to this category. |
Judas Priest was one of the most influential heavy metal bands of the 1970s. They spearheaded the "new wave of British heavy metal" late in the decade. In leather and chains, the band combined the gothic doom of Black Sabbath with the riffs and speed of Led Zeppelin, and added a vicious two-lead guitar attack. They set the pace for much of the popular heavy metal from 1975 until 1985, as well as laying the groundwork for the speed metal and death metal of the 1980s.
British reggae and ska revival artist born Alex Hughes in 1945. First white arist to get a reggae hit in Jamaica. Died on stage in The Penny Theatre, Canterbury on the 12th of March 1998.
The Guiness Book of Records credits Judge Dread for having the most banned songs of all time.
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Please submit only sites about, or related to, The Juliana Theory. Sites that concentrate on interviews or other types of articles, including reviews and news, should be submitted to the appropriate subcategory. |
Their name is derived from the Juliana Group, several University of Pittsburgh students who are conducting a study on music and the interactions with audiences.The Juliana Theory was set up by lead singer/songwriter Brett Detar, who was the only Pittsburgh band to accept the challenge of being studied as a social experiment.
Post-punk band featuring actress Juliette Lewis on vocals.
Alternative rock band from Cincinatti, Ohio.
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Jump, Little Children is a rock band based in Charleston, South Carolina. The members are as follows:
- Jay Clifford: lead vocals and guitars
- Matthew Bivins: accordion, mandolin, harmonica, tin whistle, vocals
- Jonathan Gray: upright bass, vocals
- Ward Williams: Cello, guitar, vocals
- Evan Bivins: Drums and percussion
The band has four albums: The Licorice Tea Demos, Buzz, Magazine, and Vertigo. The first two are now available in combined form as The Early Years, Volume I. Magazine was released by Breaking Records, which no longer exists, but will be re-released in the future by Jump, Little Children's new label, E-Z Chief records. The other 3 albums are available from E-Z Chief through jumplittlechildren.com; Vertigo is also available in most East-coast music stores.
Young singer from Belgium.
Sites about the Canadian indie rock band from Saskatoon.
Dutch techno band.
Psy/Goan/Ethno-Trance band, headed by Ben Watkins.
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Junoon (Urdu for Passion) is an alternative/rock band in South Asia. They sing largely in the Urdu language, in a style blending Western hard rock with Sindhi and Punjabi folk, and Qawwali. Their music is inspiring and preaches the message of love and peace. Devoted Junoon fans are called Junoonis (Passionate) and are found in large numbers in Pakistan, India, the Middle East and even North America.
Sites about the rap artist Juvenile from New Orleans.
Three-piece alternative rock-pop band based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
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