"Paris, Texas (film) Paris, Texas is a 1984 road movie directed by Wim Wenders and starring Harry Dean Stanton, Dean Stockwell, Nastassja Kinski, and Hunter Carson. The screenplay was written by L.M. Kit Carson and playwright Sam Shepard, while the distinctive musical score was composed by Ry Cooder. The film was a co-production between companies in France and West Germany, and was shot in the United States by Robby Müller. The plot focuses on an amnesiac named Travis (Stanton) who, after mysteriously wandering out of the desert, attempts to reunite with his brother (Stockwell) and seven-year-old son (Carson). After reconnecting"
"Texas (band) Texas are a Scottish pop rock band from Glasgow. They were founded in 1986 by Johnny McElhone (formerly of the bands Altered Images and Hipsway) and Sharleen Spiteri on lead vocals. Texas made their performing debut in March 1988 at the University of Dundee. They took their name from the 1984 Wim Wenders movie ""Paris, Texas"". The band released their debut album ""Southside"" in 1989, along with the debut single ""I Don't Want a Lover"" which was an international hit, reaching the top ten in the UK and other high charting positions in Europe. ""Southside"" debuted at number"
"bass player Bobby Dall and guitarist David Besselman. Shortly thereafter, Besselman left the band due to creative differences and in 1983 the band hired Matt Smith to form a new band named Paris in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. In early 1984 the band tired of playing the Pennsylvania bar circuit, changed their name to Poison and moved west to Los Angeles to seek fame in the Sunset Boulevard scene. That same year, Michaels met 16-year-old Tracy Lewis, who would become both his girlfriend and the muse for one of his most memorable songs. Eventually, Matt Smith tired of the band's struggle to"
"then, in 1979, joined forces with longtime childhood friend Rockett to form a band called the Spectres. In 1980, Michaels and Rockett teamed up with Smith and Dall to form the band Paris and the group started playing the club circuit, performing mostly rock cover songs in local bars. The group formed a strong local following but in order to further their career the band made the decision to move to Los Angeles on March 6, 1983 and also changed the name of the group from Paris to Poison. Arriving in Los Angeles, the group struggled to survive away from"
"Travis (band) Travis is a British rock band formed in Glasgow in 1990, composed of Fran Healy (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Dougie Payne (bass guitar, backing vocals), Andy Dunlop (lead guitar, banjo, backing vocals) and Neil Primrose (drums, percussion). The band's name comes from the Harry Dean Stanton character Travis Henderson from the film ""Paris, Texas"". The band is widely claimed by the media as having paved the way for other bands such as Keane and Coldplay to go onto achieve worldwide success throughout the 2000s, particularly through the band's ""The Man Who"" (1999) album. The band released their debut"
"Paris (band) Paris was an American rock music power trio formed in 1975 by guitarist and vocalist Bob Welch, who had just left Fleetwood Mac, bass player Glenn Cornick, formerly of Jethro Tull, and drummer Thom Mooney who had been a member of Nazz with Todd Rundgren. The group released two albums for Capitol Records, ""Paris"" and ""Big Towne, 2061"", both in 1976. After the first album, Mooney was replaced by Hunt Sales, who had also played with Rundgren. Initially the band's sound was rock-oriented, but later developed towards funk, and represented a departure from Welch's work with Fleetwood Mac."
"Poll Winners Party Texas (band) Texas are a Scottish pop rock band from Glasgow. They were founded in 1986 by Johnny McElhone (formerly of the bands Altered Images and Hipsway) and Sharleen Spiteri on lead vocals. Texas made their performing debut in March 1988 at the University of Dundee. They took their name from the 1984 Wim Wenders movie ""Paris, Texas"". The band released their debut album ""Southside"" in 1989, along with the debut single ""I Don't Want a Lover"" which was an international hit, reaching the top ten in the UK and other high charting positions in Europe. ""Southside"""
"XYZ (US band) XYZ was originally created in Lyon (France) where Patt Fontaine and Terry Ilous were born and grew up. Then they moved to Los Angeles, and began a musical career in 1986. XYZ started off as the unofficial house band of ""The Whisky A Go Go"" nightclub in Los Angeles. The original members were Terry Ilous (vocals), Bobby Pieper (guitars), Patt Fontaine (bass) and Joey Pafumi (drums). A tour of the US with Enuff Z'Nuff and Alice Cooper followed the success of their 1989 Enigma released debut album, and they were signed by major label Capitol for their"
"personal assistant, until she was released in 2000. Priscilla Paris died on March 5, 2004, from injuries suffered in a fall at her home in Paris. She was 59. Albeth Paris died in Palm Springs, California on December 5, 2014. She was 79. The Paris Sisters The Paris Sisters were a 1960s American girl group from San Francisco, California, United States, best known for their work with producer Phil Spector. The group consisted of lead singer Priscilla Paris; her older sister Albeth Carole Paris; and their middle sister Sherrell Paris. They reached the peak of their success in October 1961"
"about Welch's desire to leave Fleetwood Mac. Robinson suggested bringing in former Jethro Tull bassist Glen Cornick and ex Nazz drummer Thom Mooney for a new project and brought the band to John Carter at Capitol Records. The new group was to be called Paris, and the idea was embraced by Al Courey, then head of Capitol's A&R department. Every Sunday night at 6 pm, Gary Kellgren would throw a special A-List only party bearing the name ""The Jim Keltner Fan Club Hour"" after world-famous drummer Jim Keltner, who was well known in musician's circles at the time. Austin Godsey,"
"out of the music business, he reformed his band Wild Turkey in the 1990s. In 2013, Capital Records/USM Japan/Universal Music remastered and reissued paper-sleeve album replica (Mini LP) SHM-CD versions of Paris (TYCP-80036) and Big Towne, 2061 (TYCP-80037). Paris (band) Paris was an American rock music power trio formed in 1975 by guitarist and vocalist Bob Welch, who had just left Fleetwood Mac, bass player Glenn Cornick, formerly of Jethro Tull, and drummer Thom Mooney who had been a member of Nazz with Todd Rundgren. The group released two albums for Capitol Records, ""Paris"" and ""Big Towne, 2061"", both in"
"the next album (""Cafe de Paris"") and its tours, they added the French/Tunisian/singer/guitarist/composer Robert Fitoussi and the ledendary French/Tunisian violinist of Arabic music, Maurice Meimoun. This 1975 album reached the Billboard Top 200 Album Charts in America, while their single ""Superman, Superman"", reached No. 36 in the U.S. Pop Charts. During this 1974-1975 period, they became the first French rock band to headline the famed Olympia Theatre in Paris; and the only French band to ever headline the national American TV concert show ""The Midnight Special"" and the national American radio concert special ""King Biscuit Flower Hour"". In the summer"
"Phoenix (band) Phoenix is an indie pop band from Versailles, France, consisting of Thomas Mars (lead vocals), Deck d'Arcy (bass/keyboards/backing vocals), Christian Mazzalai (guitar/backing vocals) and Laurent Brancowitz (guitar/keyboards/backing vocals). They are best known for their singles ""If I Ever Feel Better,"" ""Lisztomania,"" and ""1901."" Phoenix was conceived in the 1990s when vocalist Thomas Mars, bassist Deck d'Arcy, and guitarist Chris Mazzalai, who were all friends in school, started playing together as a ""garage band"" based out of Mars's house in the suburbs of Paris. In 1995, Laurent Brancowitz, Mazzalai's older brother, permanently joined the band on guitar after the"
"notable being ""Silhouette"", ""Greedy Was the Beggar"" and ""Follow the Insated"". Psi Com Psi Com was an American post-punk band of the early 1980s, consisting of Perry Farrell (vocals), Aaron Sherer (drums and percussion), Vince Duran (guitar) and Kelly Wheeler (bass). Prominent in the underground Los Angeles music scene, the group were noted for being the first band of Farrell, who went on to achieve greater fame in the bands Jane's Addiction, Porno for Pyros and the Satellite Party. The first incarnation of the band, later known as Psi Com, was initiated in 1981 by Duran, bassist Rich ""Evac"" Robinson"
"episode and ""A Violent Yet Flammable World"" in the ninth, both from their 2007 album ""The Bird of Music"". Au Revoir Simone Au Revoir Simone is an American indie pop band from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2003. The group is composed of Erika Forster (vocals/keyboard), Annie Hart (vocals/keyboard/bass) and Heather D'Angelo (vocals/drum machine/keyboard). The band's name comes from a line Pee-wee Herman says to a minor character (named Simone) in Tim Burton's 1985 film ""Pee-wee's Big Adventure"". The group's musical inspirations were compared by the band's European label, Moshi Moshi Records, to ""a dutifully mined musical thrift store"";"
"after hours club, Night Owl. New York City broke up in 1976. After Walter Murphy released the single and album ""A Fifth of Beethoven"" under the name Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band, they changed their name to Chic. Inspired after attending a concert by English glam rock band Roxy Music, Rodgers began developing the idea for a group whose music and image would form a seamless and immersive whole, taking additional influence from the anonymous, make-up wearing American rock band Kiss. During 1977, Edwards and Rodgers recruited drummer Tony Thompson, formerly with Labelle and Ecstasy, Passion & Pain,"
"The Reivers (band) The Reivers were an American pop band from Austin, Texas. Formed in 1984 as Zeitgeist, they were forced to change their name before releasing their second album in 1987, due to another group claiming prior rights to the name. They chose the name ""The Reivers"" from the title of the William Faulkner novel. The band included John Croslin, songwriter, vocalist, guitars; Kim Longacre, vocals, guitars; Cindy Toth, bass, violin; and Garrett Williams, drums. They were the best-known of a cluster of Austin-based bands loosely grouped under the name ""New Sincerity"". Writing for ""No Depression"" in 2008, critic"
"gang of the dame name. According to former member Marty Tryon, ""I am pretty sure the name The Purple Gang came from Rosemary Richland. She told us about the gangsters in Detroit that were called the Purple Gang during the 1930s. They got us purple shirts with puffy sleeves and away we went."" Their original lineup consisted of Bob Corff (vocals), Alan Wisdom (guitar), Mark Landon (guitar), Marty Tryon (bass), Harry Garfield (keyboards), and Tom Atwater (drums) and their sound was influenced by bands such as the Beatles, the Byrds, and Love. The band's lead singer, Bob Corff, knew L.A."
"Au Revoir Simone Au Revoir Simone is an American indie pop band from Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York, formed in 2003. The group is composed of Erika Forster (vocals/keyboard), Annie Hart (vocals/keyboard/bass) and Heather D'Angelo (vocals/drum machine/keyboard). The band's name comes from a line Pee-wee Herman says to a minor character (named Simone) in Tim Burton's 1985 film ""Pee-wee's Big Adventure"". The group's musical inspirations were compared by the band's European label, Moshi Moshi Records, to ""a dutifully mined musical thrift store""; these diverse influences include Modest Mouse, Stereolab, the Mountain Goats, Louis Prima, Pavement, the Beach Boys, Björk, Broadcast, Belle"
"Paris By Air (band) Paris By Air is a Latin Freestyle trio from Miami, composed of Terri Gil, Rick Munarriz, and Willie Cleer. The band was formed in 1985 by Rick, Willie, and original lead singer Haydee Rivera. The band signed a production deal in 1986 with producer Lewis A. Martineé, who was also responsible for the group Exposé. The band was signed to Sony's Columbia Records label in 1987, but didn't have a label release until 1989's ""Voices in Your Head"" which peaked at #14 on the Billboard Dance chart. Unlike many of the Latin Freestyle artists emerging from"
"Paris Washboard Paris Washboard is a French jazz group devoted to Dixieland jazz revival. Paris Washboard was founded in 1988 by two former members of Gilbert Leroux's Washboard Group, Alain Marquet (clarinet) and Daniel Barda (trombone). Marquet was asked to record for Stomp Off Records and got Marquet, Leroux, and pianist Louis Mazetier to play on his initial recordings, all under the name Paris Washboard. They proved to be a popular attraction and decided to continue recording and performing together, touring Europe and Australia (though Gerard Bagot took Leroux's place on tours). They first played the United States for the"
"Conlon and lead singer Doug Conlon moved on to form Somebody's Sister, a band widely supported by the Denver rock scene, but as not supported by the local media. When their single Barney (based off the purple dinosaur) started to hit college charts, a label out of Dallas contacted the duo. The label folded shortly after Annette, Doug, and drummer Gino Jones relocated to Dallas, Texas. Not long after moving to Dallas, Texas, the group was contacted by a Boston area band claiming they owned the copyright to the name Somebody's Sister. Voting between all four band members (bass player"
"She also plays the piano. She was in a duo with her sister, Destinee. They were simply called Destinee & Paris. They have made new songs since they released their first song ""True Love"". They have done more since, including ""Pretend"", and ""I'm On A Roll"" and many more. Destinee Rae Monroe (2004–2009) (born June 16, 1994) from Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey was described as the ""rock girl"" of the group. Her symbol was a star because when she was little she had something in her eye and her mom said it was a star. Her signature color was"
"The Purple Gang (American band) The Purple Gang was an American rock band from Los Angeles, California who were active from 1965-1967. They recorded a handful of singles for the MGM label, of which ""Bring Your Own Self Down,"" composed by Tandyn Almer, is the best-known. Their work has appeared on compilations such as ""Just for Kicks Volume 1,"" which was issued by Misty Lane Records in 2004. The Purple Gang formed in North Hollywood in late 1965 with a membership composed primarily of students form North Hollywood High School. The band chose their name based on the infamous Chicago"
"clarinet. In addition to trumpet, Bowie played flugelhorn, cornet, shofar, and conch shells. Favors added touches of banjo and bass guitar. Most of them dabbled in piano, synthesizer, and other keyboards. In 1967, Wilson left the group to join Paul Butterfield's band. The remaining group travelled to Paris, where they became known as the Art Ensemble of Chicago. The impetus for the name change came from a French promoter who added ""of Chicago"" to their name for descriptive purposes, but the new name stuck because band members felt that it better reflected the cooperative nature of the group. In Paris,"
"Pussy Galore (band) Pussy Galore was an American garage rock band that formed in Washington, D.C. in 1985. They had a constantly fluid line-up until their demise in 1990. They took their name from the character in the James Bond film, ""Goldfinger"", and their sound was inspired by the Velvet Underground and the New York Dolls. The band's earliest incarnation consisted of guitarist and vocalist Jon Spencer, guitarist and occasional vocalist Julia Cafritz and drummer John Hammill, though this line-up would be subject to both change and expansion in later years. Following the self-released 7"" ""Feel Good About Your Body"","
"Destinee & Paris Destinee & Paris were an American pop music duo composed of singer-songwriter sisters Destinee and Paris Monroe, who are former members of the teen pop girl group Clique Girlz. They formed the group in 2009 and were signed to Interscope Records. Born and raised in Egg Harbor Township, New Jersey, now Los Angeles-based, the sisters cite their influences as Britney Spears, Michael Jackson, Christina Aguilera, Beyoncé, Katy Perry, Rihanna, and Gwen Stefani. Destinee Raé Monroe (born June 16, 1994) was described as the ""rock girl"" of the group. Her symbol was a star because when she was"
"Bickley (band) Bickley was a punk rock band from Houston, Texas from 1995 until 2001. The band's name is a word derived from Robert De Niro's character in Taxi Driver, Travis Bickle. Influenced primarily by the likes of The Vindictives, The Queers and Screeching Weasel, Bickley delivered a simple yet powerful sound. Bickley's first full-length studio recording was ""Pogo Au Go-Go"" (PaperDoll), a full-length CD issued in 1996. They quickly developed a loyal following in the Houston, Texas area. By 1998, Bickley had been picked up by Fearless Records, and the Pogo Au Go-Go CD was re-released under that label."
"Grand Champeen Grand Champeen is an Austin, Texas-based rock band. Guitarists/vocalists Channing Lewis and Michael Crow met drummer Ned Stewart while attending the private boarding school Woodbury Forest, located in Harrisburg, Virginia. As freshmen, they formed the band the cover band, Frosted Megawheats, with another student, Will Minor, on bass. After high school graduation in 1993, the group reconnected during summers while two of the band members, Crow and Lewis, attended Colorado State University, and Stewart attended James Madison University. In the summer of 1994, the group, now renamed Mucho Maas in homage to a character from Thomas Pynchon's ""The"
"Moriarty (band) Moriarty is a French-American musical group formed in 1995. Moriarty is a musical collective made up of five artists of French, American, Swiss and Vietnamese origin. The members were mainly born in France to American parents. The group was named Moriarty in reference to Dean Moriarty, the hero of ""On the Road"" by Jack Kerouac. Initially, the group consisted of eight members: singer Charlène Dupuy, drummer Médéric de Vanssay, and saxophonist Davide Woods have since left the group. Rosemary Standley joined in 1999. Moriarty went from performing traditional blues to rock'n'roll. Successive departures from the group reduced them"
"Grand Prix (band) Grand Prix were an English hard rock and pop rock band, active between 1978 and 1984 and notable for featuring two future members of Uriah Heep. Grand Prix were founded in 1978 under the name Paris. They changed their name to Grand Prix in 1980 with the lineup of Bernie Shaw on lead vocals, Michael O'Donoghue on guitar, Ralph Hood on bass, Andy Beirne on drums and Phil Lanzon on keyboards. All five members performed harmony vocals, while Lanzon would contribute the occasional lead vocal, as illustrated on such songs as ""Which Way Did the Wind Blow?""."
"teenage girls ask for Stewart's autograph. Xiu Xiu Xiu Xiu () is an American experimental band, formed in 2002 by singer-songwriter Jamie Stewart in San Jose, California. Currently, the line-up consists of Stewart (the only constant member since formation), Angela Seo, Thor Harris, and Devin Hoff . The band's name comes from the film """" and has influenced the sound of their music according to Stewart. Jamie Stewart formed Xiu Xiu in 2002 after his previous band, Ten in the Swear Jar, disbanded. Stewart and Cory McCulloch continued from the previous group, and were joined by Yvonne Chen and Lauren"
"Lost Generation, Vol. 3."" The Purple Gang (American band) The Purple Gang was an American rock band from Los Angeles, California who were active from 1965-1967. They recorded a handful of singles for the MGM label, of which ""Bring Your Own Self Down,"" composed by Tandyn Almer, is the best-known. Their work has appeared on compilations such as ""Just for Kicks Volume 1,"" which was issued by Misty Lane Records in 2004. The Purple Gang formed in North Hollywood in late 1965 with a membership composed primarily of students form North Hollywood High School. The band chose their name based"