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B Easy      

B-52's      

B-52s    New Wave  
Formed in Athens, Georgia in 1976, The B-52s play a style of New Wave that is definable as all their...

B-52s, The      

B.B. King      

B.T. Express      

Babylon Robots & Ante Perry      

Babylon Roots & Ante Perry      

Babyshambles    Indie Rock  
Pete Doherty is a busy man. On hiatus from his former project, The Libertines, he gathered Adam...

Bachelors Of Science      

Back Off Turkey      

Backstreet Boys      

Bad Beers    Surf  

Bad Brains    Punk  
Started as a jazz-fusion band called Mind Power, Bad Brains has come to be known as the epitome of...

Bad Flannel    Indie Rock  
Bad Flannel was formed in 1985, in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois. Disbanded in 1989, the band released...

Bad Religion    Punk  
Bad Religion was formed in Los Angeles, California, in 1980, by high school friends Greg Gaffin, Jay...

Bad Ronald      

Badly Drawn Boy    Alternative  
Badly Drawn Boy, born Damon Gough, is an English musician who was vaulted into the musical spotlight...

Badu, Erykah      

Balboas    Surf  
Following in the footsteps of their personal hero, Dick Dale, Balboas have been creating their own...

Bananarama    New Wave  
Bananarama was formed in London in late 1981 by friends Keren Woodward and Sarah Dallin along with...

Banarama      

Band of Horses    Indie Rock  
Band of Horses, is an American indie rock band formed in Seattle in 2004 by Ben Bridwell, Mat Brooke,...

Banhart, Devendra      

Barbara Morgenstern      

Barbara Morgenstern      

Barbwires, The      

Barenaked Ladies      

Barr.      

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Bart B More      

Basement Jaxx    Electronica  
Basement Jaxx are an English house music duo comprised of Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe. Basement...

Basic Soul Unit      

Basil, Toni      

Bassnectar (Feat. Kristina Maria)      

Battles    Electronica  
Math rockers Battles' lineup is composed of several well-known musicians, including Tomahawk and...

Bauhaus    New Wave  
Bauhaus is an English band formed in Northampton in 1978. The band took their name from the German...

Be Your Own Pet    Indie Rock  
Be Your Own Pet formed in 2003 and consists of lead singer Jemina Pearl Abegg; guitarist Jonas Stein;...

Beach Boys      

Beach House      

Beastie Boys    Hip-Hop  
The Beastie Boys (Mike D, MCA, Adrock, and Mix Master Mike all from wealthy middle-class Jewish...

Beat Happening    Pop Rock  
Formed in 1983 while members Calvin Johnson, Heather Lewis, and Bret Lunsford were attending...

Beatles, The      

Beaujolias      

Beautiful Mistake, The      

Beck    Alternative  
The wildly successful Beck came from surprisingly humble beginnings. He lived in poverty and...

Becker      

Bee Gees      

Beirut    Folk  
Beirut is Zach Condon, who released his first album in 2006. Hailing from Santa Fe, New Mexico,...

Bel Biv DeVoe      

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones      

Bela Fleck and the Flecktones      

Belinda Carlisle    New Wave  
Belinda was a member of the famed act The Go Go's until she left the band in 1984 to pursue a solo...

Bell X1      

Bella      

Bella      

Belle & Sebastian      

Belle and Sebastian    Indie Rock  
Belle and Sebastian were formed in Glasgow, Scotland in 1996 by vocalist Stuart Murdoch and former...

Belly    Alternative  
Belly was formed in 1992 by former Throwing Muses member Tanya Donelly. Their debut album...

Ben Folds    Pop Rock  
Ben Folds originally got his start in the music profession playing bass with the band Majosha in the...

Ben Folds Five    Alternative  
Ben Folds Five was a piano rock band formed in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1994. Consisting of...

Ben Harper      

Ben Kweller    Indie Rock  
The extremely talented Ben Kweller has devoted most of his life to making music. At a young age, he...

Ben Westbeech      

Benatar, Pat      

Benga & Coki      

Benga & Walsh      

Benny Bennassi      

Benson, Brendan      

Berlin    New Wave  
Berlin is a new wave act out of Los Angeles founded by John Crawford, Terri Nunn, and David Diamond. ...

Bernard Wright      

Berry, Chuck      

Beta Band, The      

Better than Ezra      

Between The Trees      

Beulah    Indie Rock  
Beulah was formed by Miles Kurosky and Bill Swan in 1996 in San Fransisco. The two met at the mail...

Bickrabbits      

Big Audio Dynamite    Pop RockPunk  
Big Audio Dynamite was formed by Mick Jones in 1984 shortly after he was fired from his guitarist...

Big Audio Dynamite II      

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy      

Big Bird      

Big Country    Pop RockNew Wave  

Big Head Todd and The Monsters    Pop Rock  
University of Colorado classmates Todd Park, Brian Nevin, and Rob Squires formed Big Head Todd and...

Big Mountain    Alternative  
Dubbed as "The American UB40", Big Mountain is a reggae band based out of San Diego. They...

Big Star    Pop Rock  
Big Star was formed by Chris Bell, Andy Hummel, Jody Stephens, and Alex Chilton in Memphis, Tennessee...

Bill Haley and the Comets      

Bill Withers      

Billie Davis      

Billy Bragg    FolkPunk  
Billy Bragg is an acoustic folk artist from England. He is known for his politically fueled blend of...

Billy Bragg and Wilco      

Billy Idol      

Billy J. Kramer & the Dakotas      

Billy J. Kramer And The Dakotas      

billy joel      

Billy Ocean      

Billy Squier    Pop Rock  
Billy Squire was a rock musician in who made his beginning in the 1970s. This Wellesey,...

Billy Squire      

Bird, Andrew      

Birth Day of the Dead      

Bishop Allen    Indie Rock  
Bishop Allen, named for Bishop Allen Drive in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is an indie rock band founded...

Bjork    ElectronicaAlternative  
Bjork began her illustrious career as a vocalist for the Icelandic band the Sugarcubes and began her...

Black Crowes    FolkBlues Rock  
The Black Crowes have had several incarnations over the years since their first studio release,...

Black Flag    PunkHardcore  
Black Flag is one of the most influential bands in hardcore punk, forming in 1976 in Los Angeles,...

Black Francis      

Black Francis      

Black Gold      

Black Harmony      

Black Ivory      

Black Keys, The      

Black Kids      

Black Label Society    Hardcore  
After an extended break following his long time relationship with Ozzy Ozborne and recording his solo...

Black Mountain      

Black Oak Arkansas      

Black Rebel Motorcycle Club    Alternative  
The Black Rebel Motorcycle Club or BRMC, in the shorthand that those cool kids like to use these...

Black Sabbath      

Black Sun Empire      

Black Widows, The      

Blackbyrds, The      

Blackjoy      

Blackstreet      

Blank And Jones      

Blaze & Funk D'Void      

Bleed      

Blind Melon    Alternative  
Blind Melon is an alternative rock band which formed in 1991 when they signed to Capitol Records. ...

blink 182      

Blink-182      

Blitzen Trapper      

Bloc Party    Indie Rock  
Bloc Party are an indie rock band from Britain who initially had several different names before...

Blonde Redhead    Indie Rock  
Blonde Redhead was formed in 1993 after a chance meeting between the Italian twin brothers Simone and...

Blondie    New Wave  
Blondie was by many accounts the most popular and successful band to come out of the new wave and...

Blood Brothers, The      

Blood On The Wall    Indie Rock  
Blood on the Wall is an indie rock band that was formed in Brooklyn by Brad and Courtney Shanks and...

Bloodhound Gang    Alternative  
The Bloodhound Gang is an Alternative Rock Band formed in 1992 in Quakertown, Pennsylvania. Their...

Bloodstone      

Blow, The      

Blue Demons, The      

Blue Magic      

Blue Oyster Cult      

Blue Six      

Blues Deacons       Local Artist
Since its formation in 1990, Blues Deacons has undergone a few lineup shuffles, but currently...

Blues Explosion    Indie Rock  
Originally called the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion before their 2004 name change to simply Blues...

Blues Traveler    Alternative  
Blues Traveler is a Jam Band that began in Princeton, New Jersey in 1987. Their most well known for...

Blur    Pop Rock  
Blur, which was started in the UK in 1989, has been described as the one of the defining bands of the...

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Bo Diddley    Folk  
Bo Diddley, or Ellas Otha Mcdaniel, was born in 1928 and is known historically as "The...

Bob Dylan    Classic Rock  
Bob Dylan is one of the most influential person in music of all time. He has done so much in his...

Bob Dylan And The Rolling Thunder Revue      

Bob Marley      
Bob Marley was born in the small village of Nine Mile in Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica in 1945, and...

Bob Marley      
Bob Marley was born in the small village of Nine Mile in Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica in 1945, and...

Bob Marley    Reggae  
Bob Marley was born in the small village of Nine Mile in Saint Ann Parish, Jamaica in 1945, and...

Bob Seger      

Bobby "Blue" Bland      

Bobby & Klein      

Bobby Blue Bland      

Bobby McFerrin      

Bodeans      

Bodyrockers      

Bombay Bicycle Club      

Bon Iver      
Bon Iver is the misspelled French moniker of singer-songwriter Justin Vernon's first project since...

Bon Jovi      

Bonde do Role      

Boneyard Brawlers, The      

Bonham, Tracy      

Booka Shade      

Books, The      

Booman & KW Griff      

Bootsy Collins      

Boris    Indie RockHardcore  
A Japanese cult heavy metal band, Boris formed in the early 90s. The trio that form the band are...

Born Ruffians    Indie Rock  
Although formed in 2002, their self-titled debut album wasn't released until 2006. Accompanying the...

Boss Martians    Pop RockPunkSurf  
1995 saw the self titled debut album of Boss Martians on Dionysus Records. Hailing from Seatle, WA,...

Boston      

Bouncing Souls    Pop RockPunk  
This quartet has been playing together for 20 years, forming in 1987 while still in high school. In...

Bouncing Souls, The      

Bound Stems    Indie Rock  
Bound Stems is a 5-piece indie-rock band from Chicago. They were officially formed in 2001, on the...

Bow Wow Wow    Pop Rock  
Know throughout the US mainly as a one-hot wonder for their song I Want Candy, Bow Wow Wow was formed...

Bowie, David      

Boy 8-bit      

Boy Kill Boy      

Boys II Men      

Boys Noize      

Bragg, Billy      

Braid    Indie Rock   Local Artist
U of I's own incarnation, Braid was formed in 1993 by Bob Nanna, Roy Ewing, Pete Havranek, and Jay...

Brainiac    Indie RockPop RockAlternative  
Started in 1992, the Dayton, OH, band Brainiac began as musical experiments of Tim Tayler and Juan...

Brand New    Indie Rock  
Hailing from Long Island, NY, the foursome came into the punk-pop music scene in 2000. After their...

Brandon T. Washington       Local Artist
An original song-writer, and lead vocalist for the band Beat Kitchen. Brandon T. is featured on "My...

Brazen      

Brazilian Girls      

Breaking Benjamin      

Brendan Benson    Pop Rock  
Brendan Benson is singer/songwriter from Michigan who currently resides in Nashville, Tennessee. He...

Brett Johnson & DJ Heather      

Brian Eno    Electronica  
Brian Eno has had a prolific career as an influential electronic musician and producer. His...

Brian Setzer Orchestra x-mas      

Brian Wilson      

Bright Eyes      
Bright EyeÕs Conor Oberst has been on the indie music scene since Õ94 when he was only 14. Until...

Bright Eyes      
Bright EyeÕs Conor Oberst has been on the indie music scene since Õ94 when he was only 14. Until...

Bright Eyes    Indie Rock  
Bright Eye's Conor Oberst has been on the indie music scene since '94 when he was only 14. Until...

British Sea Power    Indie Rock  
Based in Brighton, England, British Sea Power is made up of four men: Yan (vocals, guitar), Hamilton...

Brn- Deltron      

Broadways, The      

Broken Social Scene    Indie Rock  
The Canadian supergroup, Broken Social Scene, formed in 1999 in Toronto, Canada. The group's core...

Brookes Brothers & Culture Shock      

Brooks Brothers & Culture Shock      

Brown & Steve Littlemen      

Brown, James      

Brownstone      

Bruce McCulloch      

Bruce Springsteen      

Bryan Adams      

Bryan Garrard      

Bryan Jones      

Buckcherry      

Buckley, Jeff      

Buddy Guy      

Buddy Holly      

buffalo springfield      

Buffalo Tom      

Buggles, The      

Bugz In The Attic      

Built To Spill      

Bumblebeez      

Burial      

Burning Spear      

Burt Bacharach      

Bush, Kate      

Buster Poindexter      

Butterfly Assassins       Local Artist
Butterfly Assassins have spent the past two years creating their brand of epic, classically-tinged,...

Butterfly Joe      

Butthole Surfers      

Buzzcocks, The