Guardian Music — Composer and arranger of 60s French pop hits, horror film scores and 'audio homages' to the Stones and the Beach BoysWhen the Verve's Bittersweet Symphony became one of pop's more famous copyright cases in the late 1990s, it was widely known that 100... more info

Guardian Music — This Bristol band are baggy meets shoegaze: shaggy, perhapsHometown: Weston-Super-Mare.The lineup: James MacLucas (vocals), John Paul Beaumont (guitar), Adam Hastings (bass), Miles Hastings (drums).The background: Twenty years or so ago there was a w... more info

Guardian Music — Member of Frank Zappa's original Mothers of InventionJim "Motorhead" Sherwood, who has died aged 69, was a member of Frank Zappa's original Mothers of Invention. He appeared on all the group's early albums, up to and including Weasels Ripped My Flesh... more info

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Guardian Music — O2 Arena, LondonIn the middle of the crowd, a gaggle of about 40 people is squatting down, beckoning others to do the same. Onstage, Kasabian are playing "Fire", the final song of their encore. Guitarist and birthday boy Serge Pizzorno – skinny of ... more info

Guardian Music — This Leeds band, who want to be known by their initials, throw some Loop, Spacemen 3 and early Verve into their untamed mixHometown: Leeds.The lineup: MB, EG, MJ, SS and JW.The background: Hookworms are a Leeds band but the new Pigeon Detectives/Kais... more info

Guardian Music — Singer of the eloquent soul ballad Get It While You CanThe sublime tenor voice of the American soul singer Howard Tate, who has died aged 72, lit up a string of immaculate recordings in the late 1960s. He is best known as the singer of Get It While Y... more info

411 Mania — One of the greatest '90s one-hit wonders... more info

ContactMusic — Damon Albarns supergroup The Good The Bad The Queen made its live comeback in London on Thursday evening 10Nov11 with a gig in aid of Greenpeace The Blur rocker teamed up with The Clash bassist Paul Simonon The Verve guitarist Simon Tong and drumme..... more info

Guardian Music — Gorillaz, Tinie Tempah, Professor Green and others could benefit from innovative ideas around their musicOne of the worst conference cliches currently floating around the tech industry is this: app developers are the new rock stars. The idea being th... more info