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General name for works of J.G. Thirlwell (aka Clint Ruin, Manorexia, Steroid Maximus & others) - commonly, if simplistically - described as industrial. Many name variations have been used during his four-decade spanning career, beginning with the first proper album Deaf in '81, using the name You've Got Foetus On Your Breath. Since the mid-'90s, 'main project' releases (excl. projects like Manorexia), have simply used the name Foetus. Other name variations used at some point in time or another include Foetus Art Terrorism / F. Read more on Last.fm

prag VEC were a post-punk band from London, probably most famous for the song "Cigarettes" on their debut EP: We can sit about, talk about the kinds of fags we smoke. They released two singles and an album on their own Spec Records and played concerts during 1978 and 1979 with Cabaret Voltaire, Scritti Politti among others. During their short existence, they also recorded a total of 3 sessions for the John Peel programme. The last of these showed Read more on Last.fm

There are at least two different artists using the name Boris. 1. a Japanese experimental metal band 2. a Dutch pop/soul singer 1. Boris is a Japanese experimental metal band formed in Tokyo in 1992. The band's original lineup consisted of lead vocalist Atsuo, bassist/rhythm guitarist Takeshi, lead guitarist Wata, and drummer Nagata. After Nagata's departure in 1996, Atsuo took over drums and the lineup has remained consistent to this day. Boris draw influence from a huge variety of styles including Read more on Last.fm

Grouper is the solo project of American musician, artist and producer Liz Harris (born July 15, 1980). She has released material on her own label and other independent labels since 2005. Grouper released the critically acclaimed Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill in 2008, followed by six more records, including a two-part album, A I A, and the piano-led album Ruins. Her twelfth album, Shade, was released in 2021. Harris was born July 15, 1980, in Northern California and grew up around the San Francisco Bay area. Read more on Last.fm

Geordie Wade Greep (born 20 August 1999) is an English musician. From 2017 to 2024, he was the frontman and lead guitarist of the rock band black midi. He met bandmates Matt Kwasniewski-Kelvin, Cameron Picton, and Morgan Simpson at the BRIT School - from where they would then go on to form Black Midi. The group got their start performing gigs at Brixton pub The Windmill, which had been the only one to accept Greep's emails sent to various music venues. Read more on Last.fm

Post-punk band from Leeds, United Kingdom. Read more on Last.fm

Paper Mice are a Chicago-based punk band featuring Adam McCormack (bass) and Dave Reminick (guitar, vox), formerly of Ann Arbor's The Teeth, as well as John Carroll, formerly of 88 Fingers Louie. Read more on Last.fm

Bob Drake (born December 6, 1957 in Cleveland, United States) is an American avant-garde musician. He was a founding member of avant-prog band Thinking Plague in the early 1980s and was later part of 5uu's, The Science Group (with Chris Cutler and Fred Frith) and Hail. Drake has released a number of solo albums written, performed and recorded by himself, starting with What Day Is It? in 1994. His engineering credits include Ice Cube's 1990 debut album AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted. Read more on Last.fm

English pastoral psychedelia songwriter/composer, born Chris Anderson (Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire) in 1967, now based in Sussex. Debut album The Fall And Rise Of... released April 2013 on Bleeding Heart Recordings with full core trio comprising Alistair Strachan on brass and Random Jon Poole on keyboards. The album was variously compared with such artists as Lalo Schifrin, Syd Barret, Robert Wyatt, Cardiacs (with whom Random Jon Poole had previously played) Read more on Last.fm

Cardiacs, originally called Cardiac Arrest, were an English band formed in 1977 and led by Tim Smith (1961-2020). Noted for their complex, varied and intense compositional style and for their eccentric, theatrical stage shows, they have been hailed as an influence by many newer groups and artists. As well as Smith, around 23 musicians were part of the Cardiacs over the years, including Smith's brother, Jim, and multi-instrumentalist, Sarah Cutts, who married Tim Smith in 1983. Read more on Last.fm