BIRBY, ROGER.

Guitar.
Member of Red Hour, 1992.


BIRCH, DYANE.

Vocals.
Member of Kokomo, 1974-75.
Sessions for Alvin Lee, 1974; Bryan Ferry, 1977; Franki Miller, 1978.


BIRCH, GAYLORD.

Drums.
Member of the Pointer Sisters band, 1973-75.


BIRCH, MARTIN.

Producer, engineer.
Engineered Fleetwood Mac, 1971-73; Deep Purple, 1968-76; Faces, 1970.
Session guitar for Fleetwood Mac, 1973.


BIRCH, WILL.

Drums, vocals.
Member of The Kursaal Flyers, 1975; The Records.


BIRD, BOBBY.

Guitar.
Session for Ranking Roger, 1988; Robert Lloyd, 1989.


BIRD, TWEETS.

Guitar.
Member of Virginia Doesn't, 1979.


BIRDHOUSE.

Max Cantara - drums; Kathy Freeman - guitar; Mark Nichol - guiatr; Johnny Rev - vocals; Billy Scarr - bass.


BIRDLAND.

Kale - drums; Lee - guitar, vocals; Robert - vocals; Simon - bass, vocals.


BIRDS, THE.

Kim gardner - bass; Alistair McKenzie - vocals; Pete McDaniels - drums; Tony Munroe - guitar; Ron Wood - guitar.


BIRDSONG, CINDY.

Vocals.
Replaced Florence Ballard in the Supremes.


BIRKETT, CHRIS.

Guitar, vocals.
Member of Omaha Sheriff 1977.


BIRKIN, CHRIS.

Bass.
Member of Phoenix, 1974.


BIRNBACH, SAMY.

Percussion, vocals.
Member of Minimal Compact, 1985.


BIRRELL, PETE.

Bass.
Member of Freddie & The Dreamers.


BIRT, JILL.

Organ.
Member of The Triffids, 1984-88.


BIRTH CONTROL.

Peter Foeller - bass, vocals; Bruno Frenzel - guitar, vocals; Zues B. Held - keyboard, saxophone, vocals; Bernd Noske - drums, percussion, vocals.


BIRTHDAY PARTY, THE.

Phil Calvert - drums; Nick Cave - piano, saxophone, vocals; Mick Harvey - drums, guitar, organ; Rowland Howard - guitar; Tracy Pew - bass.


BIRTHA.

Rosemary Butler - bass, vocals; Liver Favela - drums, percussion, vocals; Sherry hagler - keyboards; Shele Pinizzotto - guitar, vocals.


BIRTWHISTLE, SPENCER.

Drums.
Member of Intastella, 1991.


BISCHOF, INGO.

Keyboards, vocals.
Member of Karthago, 1974; Kraan, 1975.


BlSHOP, ELVIN.

Guitar.
Member of Paul Butterfield Blues Band, 1965-68.
Sessions for Harshall Tucker Band, 1974; Super Session, 1969.


ELVIN BISHOP BAND.

Phil Aaberg - clarinet, piano, 1972-76; Jo Baker - vocals, until 1972; Don Baldwin - drums, vocals, 1974-; Elvin Bishop - guitar, slide guitar, vocals; Kip Maercklein - bass, until 1972; Bill Meeker - drums, until 1972; Steve Miller - keyboards, until 1972; Melvin Seals - keyboards, 1977; Mickey Thomas - vocals, 1975-; Johnny Vernazza - dobro, guitar, vocals, 1974-.
Albums: Rock My Soul, 1972; Let It Flow, 1974; Juke Joint Jump, 1975; Struttin My Stuff, 1975; Hometown Boy Makes Good, 1977; Raisin' Hell, 1977.


BISHOP, GLENN.

Bass.
Member of Flesh For Lulu, 1983.


BISHOP, SIMON.

Drums.
Member of Banderas, 1991-.


BISHOP, STEPHEN.

Vocals.
Session for Art Garfunkel.


BISLAND, BRUCE.

Drumss.
Member of Wildfire, 1984; Statetrooper, 1986.


BITCHES SIN.

Tony Leece - drums; Dave Newsham - bass; Tony Tomkinson - vocals; Ian Toomey - guitar; Pete Toomey - guitar.


BITELLI, RUTH.

Bass.
Member of Sam Dees' Beauty And The Beat, 1991.


BITTAN, ROY.

Keyboards, vocals.
Member of the E Street Band.
Session for David Bowie, 1976.


BIVINS, EDWARD "SONNY".

Vocals.
Member of The Manhattans, 1965-.


BIVOUAC.

Anthony Hodkinson - drums; Granville marsden - bass; Paul Yeasdon - guitar.


BIZARRE INC.

Meercham - keyboards, mix; Meredit - keyboards, mix; Turner - drum machine, mix.


BIZEAU, BILLY.

Keyboards, vocals.
Member of Quick, 1976.


BLAAZER, DOMINIC.

Bass, guitar, vocals.
Member of Riot Of Colour, 1986.


BLACK, BARRY.

Drums, percussion.
Member of the John Miles Band.


BLACK, BOBBY.

Pedal steel guitar.
Member of Commander Cody's Lost Planet Airmen; the New Commander Cody Band, 1977.
Session for Alvin Lee, 1973.


BLACK, CHARLES.

Horns.
Session for Steppenwolf, l974.


BLACK. CILLA.

Born 27th May 1943 in Liverpool. Real name Priscilla White.
Vocals.
One of the many discoveries of Beatle manager Brian Epstein, that few people discovered on record.
Album: Is It Love, 1968.


BLACK, DAVE.

Guitar.
Member of The Spiders From Mars, 1976.


BLACK, DERRICK.

bass, vocals.
Member of The Twinkle Brothers, 1981.


BLACK, DOUG.

Bass.
Member of Group Image, 1968.


BLACK, HAROLD C.

Tambourine.
Member of David Peel's Lower East Side, 1969.


BLACK, JACK.

Drums.
Member of The Boys, 1977-78.


BLACK, JAY.

Vocals.
Founder member of Jay And The Americans, 1963-68.


BLACK, JET.

Drums.
Member of The Stranglers.


BLACK, JIMMY CARL.

Drums, vocals.
Member of the Mothers of Invention, 1966-70.


BLACK, LES.

Guitar.
Member of Siege, 1988.


BLACK, LORI.

Bass, vocals.
Member of The Melvins, 1991.


BLACK, MATT.

banjo.
Member of Lash Lariat And The Long Riders, 1985.


BLACK, PAULINE.

Vocals.
Member of The Selecter, 1979-80.


BLACK.

David Dickie - bass, drum machine, keyboards, vocals; Pauline Dickie - vocals; Justine Shakespeare - vocals; Colin Vearncombe - bass, vocals, guitar; David Wibberly - guitar.


BLACK AXE.

Chris English - vocals; Bill Keir - guitar, keyboards; Stewart Richardson - bass; Simon Sparks - guitar; Mike Thorburn - drums.


BLACK CAT BONES.

Derek Brooks - guitar; Stuart Brooks - bass; Terry Sims - drums; Paul Tiller - harmonica, vocals; Bob Weston - guitar.


BLACK CROWES.

Formed in Georgia, 1984.
Jeff Cease - guitar, until 1992; Johnny Colt bass; Marc Ford - guitar, 1992-; Steve Gorman - drums; Chris Robinson - vocals; Rich Robinson - guitar.


BLACK GRASS.

Nawsa Crowder; Rev. Patrick Henderson; Mary Ann Lindsey; Phyliss Lindsey.
Vocal backing group for Leon Russell, 1972.


BLACK MERDA.

Anthony Hawkins - guitar; Charles Hawkins - guitar; Tyronne Hite - drums; L. Veasey - bass.


BLACK OAK ARKANSAS.

Pat Daugherty - bass, vocals; Wayne Evans - drums; Harvey Jett - guitar, banjo, piano, vocals; Stan Knight - guitar, organ, vocals; Jim "Dandy" Mangrum - vocals; Ricky Reynolds - guitar, vocals.
Albums: Black Oak Arkansas, 1971; Ten Year Overnight Success, 1976; Balls of Fire, 1976; Live, 1976; X-Rated, 1975; Street Party, 1974; High on the Hog,, 1973; Raunch and Roll, 1973; Ain t Life Grand, 1975; Early Times, 1974; Keep the Faith; If An Angel Came to See You; Race with the Devil, 1977.


BLACK PLAGUE.

Early name for Johnny Winter's band.


BLACK ROOTS.

Errol Brown - vocals; Charles Bryan - vocals; Cordell Francis - guitar; Derek King - bass; Trevor Seivwright - drums; Michael Taylor - keyboards; Arol Thompson - guitar; Barry Thompson - percussion, vocals


BLACK SABBATH.

Formed in Birmingham, 1968.
Terry "Geezer" Butler - bass; Tony lommi - guitar, keyboards; Ozzy Osborne - harmonica, vocals, until 1978, 1985; Bill Ward - drums, until 1979; Ronnie James Dio, 1978-83, 1992-; Vincent "Vinny" Appice - drums, 1979-83.
Butler's fascination with Dennis Wheatley novels gave the band their Satanic/fetishistic image but their sound was a sparce heavy blues. By the early seventies that had turned to doom-laden heavy metal.
Iommi's solos and Ozzy's screaming vocals were an obvious match for the Blackmore/ Gillan line up of Deep Purple but in 1978, Ozzy left. His replacement by Dio heralded a more restrained melodic period but by 1983, the band had split up.
The reformation of the original line-up for Live Aid in 1985 saw a brief return to form but over the following years they were to become more of a niche market band as the next wave of metal bands passed them by.

[Rockmine Classic Album: Paranoid].


BLACK SHEEP.

Mike Bonafede - drums; Larry Cruzier - keyboard; Louis Grammatico - vocals; Donald Mancuso - drums; Bruce Turson - bass.
Album: Encouraging Words, 1975.


BLACK SLATE.

Anthony Brightley - keyboards; Chris Hanson - guitar; Colin McNeish - bass; Desmond Mahoney - drums; Jack Price - vocals.


BLACK VELVET.

Brian Clark; Clinton Creasey; Pete Morris; Lynton Steel.


BLACK VELVET BAND, THE.

Maria Doyle - vocals; Shay Fitzgerald - bass; David Horner - drums; Kieron Kennedy - guitar; Liam Murphy - guitar, piano, organ.


BLACK WIDOW.

Bob Bond - bass; Clive Box - drums; Jim Gannon - guitar, vocals; Clive Jones - woodwind; Zoot Taylor - keyboards; Kip Trevor - vocals.


BLACKBURN, MONK.

Saxophone, flute, vocals.
Member of Razmataz, 1972.


BLACKBURN, TONY.

Born 29th January 1943 in Guildford, Surrey.
Radio DJ with the dubious "honour" of presenting the first show on BBC Radio One. He has released an album of his own - but you DO NOT want to know about that.


BLACKBYRDS.

Joe Hall - bass; Stephen Johnson - saxophone; Keith Killgo - drums; Orville Saunders - guitar; Kevin Toney - keyboards.


BLACKEN.

Bass, vocals.
Member of Mournblade, 1989.


BLACKFOOT.

Charlie Hargrett - guitar; Rick Medlocke - guitar, vocals; Jackson Spires - drums, vocals; Greg Walker - bass, vocals.
Album: Flyin' High, 1976.


BLACKFOOT, J.D.

Guitar, vocals.
Albums: The Song of Crazy Horse, 1974; South Bound And Gone, 1975.


BLACKFOOT SUE.

Dave Farmer; Tom Farmer; Eddie Galga; Alan Jones.


BLACKJACK.

Tony Battaglia - vocals; Michael Bolotin - vocals; Sandy Gennaro - drums; Jimmy Haslip - bass; Bruce Kulick - guitar.


BLACKLIDGE, STEVEN.

Guitar.
Member of Tarzan 5, 1981.


BLACKLOCK, KEITH.

Vocals.
Member of The Whitecats, 1978.


BLACKMORE, ANGE.

Drums.
Member of The Seers, 1988.


BLACKMORE, PHILIP.

Guitar, vocal.
Member of Good Habit, 1973.


BLACKMORE, RITCHIE.

Born 14th April 1945 in Weston-Super-Mare, Avon.
Guitar, vocals, writer.
Co-founder of Deep Purple, 1963-75, he left to form Blackmore s Rainbow. Needless to say, there have been several re-unions with his old Purple cohorts but he's usually ended up walking out again. Session for Lord Sutch.


RITCHIE BLACKMORE'S RAINBOW.

See Rainbow.


BLACKSTOCK, RUSSELL.

Guitar, vocals.
Member of Positive Noise, 1981.


BLACKWELL, CHUCK.

Drums, percussion.
Member of the Greatest Show on Earth.
Sessions for Taj Mahal; Freddie King, 1971, 1972, 1973; Leon Russell, 1971, 1974, 1972.


BLACKWELL, NIGEL.

Guitar, vocals.
Member of Half Man Half Biscuit, 1985-92.


BLACKWELL, SIMON.

Guitar.
Member of Half Man Half Biscuit, 1985-92.


BLADD, STEPHEN JO.

Drums, percussion, vocals.
Member of the J. Geils Band, 1970-.


BLADE, CRAIG.

Keyboards.
Member of Come In Tokyo, 1984.


BLADE.

Blade - vocals; Renegade - dj.


BLADES, STEVE.

Guitar, keyboards.
Member of Excalibur, 1986.


BLAIN, SCOTT.

Drums.
Member of The Compass Flow, 1987.


BLAINE, HAL.

Drums, percussion.
Sessions for Jan And Dean, 1963; Simon And Garfunkel, 1970; Art Garfunkel; Paul Simon, 1972; Jon Mark, 1974.


BLAIR, CRAIG.

Guitar. Member of Hammersmith, 1975.


BLAIR, EDDIE.

Trumpet.
Session for Savoy Brown, 1969.


BLAIR, RON.

Bass.
Member of Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, 1977.


BLAKE, ALEX.

Bass.
Session for Airto, 1974.


BLAKE, JAH.

Bass.
Member of Matumbi, 1978.


BLAKE, NORMAN (1).

Session for Bob Dylan, 1969.


BLAKE, NORMAN (2).

Guitar, vocals.
Member of The Clouds, 1987; Teenage Fanclub, 1990; Gumball, 1990-91.


BLAKE, PAUL.

Vocals.
Member of The Bloodfire Posse, 1986.


BLAKE, PAULETTE.

Vocals.
Member of A Guy Called Gerald, 1988.