"often different from swing. Bandleader Charlie Barnet's recording of ""Cherokee"" in 1942 and ""The Moose"" in 1943 have been called the beginning of the bop era. Woody Herman's first band, nicknamed the First Herd, borrowed from progressive jazz, while the Second Herd emphasized the saxophone section of three tenors and one baritone. In the 1950s, Stan Kenton referred to his band's music as ""progressive jazz"", ""modern"", and ""new music"". He created his band as a vehicle for his compositions. Kenton pushed the boundaries of big bands by combining clashing elements and by hiring arrangers whose ideas about music conflicted. This"
"The Herd (British band) The Herd were a pop rock band, founded in 1965 in the UK. In 1966 a 16-year-old Peter Frampton joined as lead singer and guitarist. The band had three UK top twenty hits in the late 1960s, including ""From the Underworld"" and ""I Don't Want Our Loving to Die"", before Frampton left in 1968 to form Humble Pie with Steve Marriott. The band broke up shortly after, reforming briefly and unsuccessfully in 1971. The Herd were founded in 1965 in south London, England, and recorded three unsuccessful singles with Parlophone. In 1966 three members in succession"
"The Herd (Australian band) The Herd is an Australian hip hop group formed in Sydney, Australia. The group employs a ""full band"" format and is recognised for its live shows. The Herd is composed of Ozi Batla, Urthboy, Berzerkatron (MCs), Unkle Ho (beats), Traksewt (piano accordion, clarinet and beats), Sulo (beats and guitar), Toe-Fu (guitar), Rok Poshtya (bass) and singer Jane Tyrrell. The band's songs often feature politically oriented lyrics. The first Herd single to attract radio airplay on Australian national radio station Triple J was ""Scallops"". Released in 2001, the song combines hip hop culture with Australian ""fast food"""
"Hangin' From Your Lovin' Tree"" in June 1971, to almost universal lack of interest. By the late 1970s Bown became a member of UK rockers Status Quo and both Taylor and Spinetti joined up with Gerry Rafferty. The Herd (British band) The Herd were a pop rock band, founded in 1965 in the UK. In 1966 a 16-year-old Peter Frampton joined as lead singer and guitarist. The band had three UK top twenty hits in the late 1960s, including ""From the Underworld"" and ""I Don't Want Our Loving to Die"", before Frampton left in 1968 to form Humble Pie with"
"environment, Levinson proceeded to form the Australian hip-hop band The Herd, alongside eight other artists, while Elgusto and Luke Dubs formed Hermitude and later joined the Elefant Traks label. Levinson also developed his solo hip-hop production and MC work, created under his moniker in the Herd, ""Urthboy"". Alongside Kenny Sabir, Levinson is one of the key co-founding members of The Herd, an Australian hip hop outfit from Sydney, and is one of the group's two MCs—the other is Shannon Kennedy, who uses the moniker ""Ozi Batla"". Unusual for a hip-hop group, the Herd consists of a full live band as"
"and that’ll change the culture of it, or it’ll make that more ignorant style of the culture a bit more isolated. I don’t know, to tell you the truth, sometimes I don’t feel like we’re part of the community that’s there at all. And neither are a lot of the artists we know, and even the artists that are respected in that community just throw their hands up and go ‘Look, I stopped trying to deal on that level with those fans a long time’. The Herd (Australian band) The Herd is an Australian hip hop group formed in Sydney,"
"the Second Herd. This band was also known as ""The Four Brothers Band"". This derives from the song recorded December 27, 1947, for Columbia records, ""Four Brothers"", written by Jimmy Giuffre. ""The 'Four Brothers' chart is based on the chord changes of 'Jeepers Creepers', and features the three-tenor, one-baritone saxophone section"". The order of the saxophone solos is Zoot Sims, Serge Chaloff, Herbie Steward, and Stan Getz. Some of the notable musicians of this band were also Al Cohn, Gene Ammons, Lou Levy, Oscar Pettiford, Terry Gibbs, and Shelly Manne. Among this band's hits were ""Early Autumn"", and ""The Goof"
"guitar; Sulo on beats and guitar; Toe Fu (Byron Williams) on guitar; and Unkle Ho (Kaho Cheung) on beats. As of August 2011, The Herd have released five studio albums including, ""Summerland"" (2008), which peaked at No. 7 on the ARIA Albums Chart and ""Future Shade"" (2011) which reached the top 30. Kenny wrote the music and produced four songs from ""Future Shade"" including one of the singles 'A Thousand Lives' that was a finalist in the International Songwriting Competition 2011, where it received an honourable mention. Kenny Sabir Kenneth Spencer Sabir (born ca. 1975), who performs as Traksewt, is"
"of the Herd earlier in the year. Notably in the band were also Al Cohn, Gene Ammons, Lou Levy, Oscar Pettiford, Terry Gibbs, and Shelly Manne. The band had hits with ""Early Autumn"", and ""The Goof and I"" and also appeared in the movie New Orleans in 1947 with Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong. An a cappella rendition complete with lyrics was recorded by Realtime as the title track of their 2004 cd. A vocal version was also released by The Manhattan Transfer on their 1978 album ""Pastiche"". This version was based on the arrangement that Lambert, Hendricks and Ross"
"Horse the Band Horse the Band (stylized as HORSE the band) is an American metalcore band from Lake Forest, California who are best known for their 8-bit videogame-influenced sound combined with metal-core. Frontman Nathan Winneke once jokingly described their sound as ""Nintendocore"", although the band have gone to lengths reiterating that this merely describes the sound, not the substance. Horse the band was started in Lake Forest, CA in 1998 while founding members Erik Engstrom and David Isen were attending El Toro High School. The original lineup further included vocalists Adam Crook and Risto Metso, drummer Jason Karuza and bassist"
"Head of the Herd Head of the Herd is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The band plays a combination of blues influenced alternative rock. As of June 2015, Head of the Herd was in studio recording their 3rd full-length album ""Birds On The Roof,"" to be released September 25, 2015. They are working in the south of Georgia, USA with producer Mark Neill, notable for his work with The Black Keys & J Roddy Walston and the Business; in the UK at Rockfield Studios with producer Ian Davenport, notable for his work with Band Of Skulls, Radiohead's Phillip"
"Ted Heath (bandleader) George Edward ""Ted"" Heath (30 March 1902 – 18 November 1969) was an English musician and big band leader. Heath led what is widely considered Britain's greatest post-war big band recording more than 100 albums which sold over 20 million copies. The most successful band in Britain during the 1950s, it remained in existence as a ghost band long after Heath died, surviving in such a form until 2000. After playing tenor horn at the age of six, encouraged by his father Bert, a trumpeter and the leader of the Wandsworth Town Brass Band, Heath later switched"
"2007. Simon Fellows (Bezerkatron) left the group in late 2006. In February 2008 the group performed a song about recycled water on the ABC's Sleek Geeks programme. In May 2008 The Herd released its fourth studio album, ""Summerland"". The first single from the album, ""The King Is Dead"", makes reference to Australia's change in government with John Howard being replaced after 11 years as Prime Minister by Kevin Rudd. The album debuted at number 7 on the ARIA Albums Chart and reached number 2 on the Top 40 Urban Albums chart. In celebration of 10 years since the group debuted,"
"also played along with Nat King Cole and Lionel Hampton. After playing for Stan Kenton, Jimmy Dorsey, and Benny Goodman, Getz was a soloist with Woody Herman from 1947 to 1949 in ""The Second Herd"", and he first gained wide attention as one of the band's saxophonists, who were known collectively as ""The Four Brothers"", the others being Serge Chaloff, Zoot Sims and Herbie Steward. With Herman, he had a hit with ""Early Autumn"" and after Getz left ""The Second Herd"" he was able to launch his solo career. He was the leader on almost all of his recording sessions"
"him."" Sabir eventually enlisted the help of Tim Levinson (Urthboy) to run the administration arm of the label, as the nature of the work was not compatible with his aspirations. Sabir, Tamplenizza and Levinson became founding members of the Australian hip hop group The Herd, which is also signed to Elefant Traks. Over the first decade of the label's existence, The Herd released four studio albums on the label. Singer Jane Tyrrell joined the band during the recording of the band's third album. Also during this period, Levinson, under the solo moniker ""Urthboy"", released three albums with the label. In"
"The Band The Band was a Canadian-American roots rock group including Rick Danko (bass guitar, vocals), Garth Hudson (keyboards, saxophone), Richard Manuel (keyboards, vocals), Robbie Robertson (guitar, vocals), and Levon Helm (drums, vocals). The members of the Band first came together as rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins's Toronto, Ontario-based backing group, the Hawks, which they joined one by one between 1958 and 1963. In 1964, they separated from Hawkins, after which they toured and released a few singles as Levon and the Hawks and the Canadian Squires. The next year, Bob Dylan hired them for his U.S. tour in 1965 and"
"the same with the band's planned debut single, Smokeytime, Springtime, the previous Autumn. Roger Glover, bass player for Episode Six, said of their new drummer: ""Mick represented a step up for us because he had been around in other bands. ""The Herd"" had one fairly big hit so it was as if we had been connected with success."" Also in the band was singer Ian Gillan. Despite numerous BBC sessions and two singles, commercial success never came for the band and there was a feeling that they were failing to move with the times as the music scene rapidly changed"
"throughout the West, including at TelusFest, the Grey Cup Festival, and opening for The Sheepdogs and The Trews. All this shortly after their formation in June 2010. In 2014 Head of the Herd won an award for Best New Rock Group at the 2014 Canadian Radio Music Awards in Toronto. That year they toured the festival circuit including performing at the Squamish Valley Music Festival, headlined tours, and supported others. The band was created over a trip to Boise, Idaho to watch a college football game. ""Hours spent showing each other demos on the drive and cowboy boots full of"
"Clay Frank. Head of the Herd Head of the Herd is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The band plays a combination of blues influenced alternative rock. As of June 2015, Head of the Herd was in studio recording their 3rd full-length album ""Birds On The Roof,"" to be released September 25, 2015. They are working in the south of Georgia, USA with producer Mark Neill, notable for his work with The Black Keys & J Roddy Walston and the Business; in the UK at Rockfield Studios with producer Ian Davenport, notable for his work with Band Of Skulls,"
"and I"". The band was popular enough that they went to Hollywood in the mid-nineteen forties. Herman and his band appear in the movie ""New Orleans"" in 1947 with Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong. Herman's other bands include the Third Herd (1950–56) and various later editions during the 1960s. In the 1950s, the Third Herd went on a successful European tour. He was known for hiring the best young musicians and using their arrangements. In the early and mid 1960s, Herman gained a wider recognition by fronting one of the most exciting Herds to date that featured future stellar names"
"Toshiyuki Miyama Toshiyuki Miyama (born October 31, 1921, Chiba) is a Japanese jazz clarinetist and bandleader. Miyama played in a navy military band during World War II, and after the war joined the Lucky Puppy Orchestra. He led his own ensemble from 1950; initially called Jive Ace, the group expanded to big-band size and changed its name to The New Herd in 1958. The ensemble's arranger was Kozaburo Yamaki. New Herd recorded with Charles Mingus in 1971 and toured worldwide throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Miyama led the ensemble for more than fifty years, continuing to perform into the 2000s."
"Toshiyuki Miyama Toshiyuki Miyama (born October 31, 1921, Chiba) is a Japanese jazz clarinetist and bandleader. Miyama played in a navy military band during World War II, and after the war joined the Lucky Puppy Orchestra. He led his own ensemble from 1950; initially called Jive Ace, the group expanded to big-band size and changed its name to The New Herd in 1958. The ensemble's arranger was Kozaburo Yamaki. New Herd recorded with Charles Mingus in 1971 and toured worldwide throughout the 1970s and 1980s. Miyama led the ensemble for more than fifty years, continuing to perform into the 2000s."
"2001 Australian survey results regarding the response of the Australian Federal Government, led by then-prime minister John Howard, to the Tampa affair. ""77%"" was voted into position 46 of the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2003 and, as of October 2004, the album remained in the Australian alternative charts for over 80 weeks. The Herd released their third album ""The Sun Never Sets"" in 2005, featuring the single ""We Can't Hear You"". Their subjects ranged from their well-known anti-war stance and anti-corporatism to more personal topics like divorce and the slow death of the Australian outback/country. In October 2005, The"
"Jared Gomes Paulo Sergio ""Jared"" Gomes, also known as Jahred and M.C.U.D. (born February 29, 1964) is an American singer, musician and social activist, best known as the lead vocalist of the nu metal band Hed PE. Gomes was born Paulo Sergio Gomes on February 29, 1964 to a mother of Brazilian descent and a father of Afro-Brazilian descent. He got his first start in the music industry as the frontman of the new wave band The Clue, which was active from 1984 until 1990. After that he fronted Live Urban Sexx Tribe from 1991-1994. He later met guitarist Wes"
"The Hunters Club The Hunters Club were a British grebo gothic rock band that formed in Leicester, England. The band were named after a short-lived Judge Dredd sub-plot in the sci-fi comic ""2000 AD"", and were nicknamed ""The Black Hole of Rock 'n' Roll"". They toured Europe with fellow Leicester band Gaye Bykers on Acid, camping out between gigs. The band were known for burning their hats as part of their live show. First done as a joke at a gig in Brighton, it caused such a stir that they carried on doing it, on one occasion also igniting members"
"Herd (Tangents) Herd is the musical alias of Jason Thomson from Corby, Northamptonshire. The Herd sound is inspired by the electronic band ""The Future Sound of London"", especially their 1994 ambient masterpiece ""Lifeforms"". Initially, Herd created music using Sony ACID and showcased these tracks on the private bit.torrent site TheMixingBowl.org. After receiving positive feedback from members of the site he submitted some tracks to the American netlabel ""Future State of Rhythm"" (FSOR). This release ""Tangents 1 - 19"" was the start of the Tangents project which currently sits at over 47 tracks. Nationwide radio exposure followed this release with support"
"The Heroes (band) The Heroes were a rock band formed in 1979, with Chris Bradford and Mark Hankins on guitar and vocals. The line-up was completed by Pete Lennon (lead guitar), Dave Powell (drums) and ex-Randy band-member Brian (Wally) Wallis on bass guitar. Although primarily a recording group, they performed a tour of Germany with Dr. Feelgood, playing the Olympianhalle in Munich and the notorious Top Ten Club in Hamburg. Playing good time rock and roll, the five piece recorded an album of ten Bradford penned songs: ‘Border Raiders’ in 1980, plus a single ‘Some Kind of Women b/w 10"
"in his own home in Willerby. Their then vocalist, Dave Tenney, was signed to a recording contract by Dick James, although their collective musical ambitions faded. Tenney later sang part of the novelty song, ""Star Trekkin'"", by The Firm which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in 1987. Herd continued playing music locally and worked for a local music shop as a service engineer. A move in 1965 to a house named Fairview in Willerby, proved the catalyst to turn towards recording music as a career. Beginning in one of his two front rooms in the house, Herd"
"Herb Reed Herbert ""Herb"" Reed (August 7, 1928 – June 4, 2012) was an American musician, vocalist and founding member of The Platters, who were known for their hits during the 1950s and 1960s. Reed, who was the last surviving original member of the group, which he co-founded with four other musicians in 1953, is credited with creating The Platters' name. Reed thought of the group's name after noticing that DJs in the 1950s called their records, ""platters"". Reed was raised in poverty in Kansas City, Missouri, and moved to Los Angeles when he was fifteen years old. He moved"
"Nerf Herder Nerf Herder is an American rock band from Santa Barbara, California, formed in 1994 by Parry Gripp (vocals, guitar), Charlie Dennis (bass) and Steve Sherlock (drums). They describe themselves as a ""geek rock"" band, and are known for simplistic modern punk-style songs with frequently humorous, juvenile, and pop-culture-referencing lyrics. Their 1997 single ""Van Halen"", a tribute to the band of the same name, received significant radio airplay and led to their first major record deal with Arista Records. They also composed and performed the theme music to the television series ""Buffy the Vampire Slayer."" Nerf Herder was formed"
"He generally selected the music that they performed, including songs by the Beatles, various Motown artists, James Brown, and rock standards. In 1964, the band discovered another band performing as the Detours and discussed changing their name. Townshend suggested ""the Hair"" and Townshend's roommate Richard Barnes suggested ""the Who."" The next morning, Daltrey made the decision for the band, saying ""It's the Who, innit?"". During 1964, band manager Peter Meaden renamed the band to ""the High Numbers"" as part of a move to establish the band as Mod favourites. The name was a reference to the T-shirts with ""numbers"" that"
"Alan Hammonds Alan Hammonds (aka Jordy) is a British singer/songwriter who was born in Horden on 4 November 1955. Alan Hammonds (guitar/vocals) formed British power pop band The Incredible Kidda Band, alongside his brother Graham ""Kidder"" Hammonds (percussion/backing vocals), in Nuneaton on 10 February 1976. The band experienced several name changes, beginning with the shortening of the name to The Kidda Band, before changing name completely to The Kicks on 7 November 1979. Hammonds then formed We're Only Human, a British power pop rock band in London on 1 July 1981. We're Only Human disbanded in 1989. 1. Kidda Band"
"Herod (band) Herod is a heavy metal band from the United States. The band was formed in 2000 in Buffalo, New York by Jesse Benker and Mike Jeffers. Their first release was ""Sinner's in the Eye's of an Angery God"" in 2001, followed by ""Execution Protocol"" in early 2002 through Too Damn Hype Records. In 2003 the band was signed by Lifeforce Records. Since being signed, the band has released two albums with Lifeforce, the first being ""For Whom the Gods Would Destroy"". Jason Russo replaced vocalist Judah Nero in 2005. Shortly afterward the band went into the studio to"