"John Walker (musician) John Joseph Maus (November 12, 1943 – May 7, 2011), known professionally as John Walker, was an American singer, songwriter and guitarist, best known as the founder of the Walker Brothers, who had their greatest success in the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom. John Maus was born in New York City, the son of John Joseph Maus Sr., who was of German extraction, and his wife Regina. With his parents and his older sister, Judith, he moved to California in 1947, at first settling in Redondo Beach and later in Hermosa Beach. He began learning saxophone,"
"John Maus John Maus (born February 23, 1980) is an American musician, composer, singer, songwriter, and academic. His music is characterized by vintage synthesizer sounds and the use of Medieval church modes, which frequently draw comparisons to 1980s goth-pop. Much of his early lo-fi work was created using a cassette multi-track recorder and an early 1990s synthesizer soundbank, and is noted for anticipating the late 2000s hypnagogic pop movement. On stage, he is characterized for his intense displays of emotion while performing. He is also a former teacher of philosophy at the University of Hawaii, where he later earned his"
"on two occasions for brief stays. Apart from their album ""Indestructible"" (owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Universal Music Group controls the rights to their entire post-1963 catalog (through various mergers and acquisitions) and also their 1956 single, ""Could It Be You"". A change of lineup was forced on the group when Lawrence Payton died on June 20, 1997. The group initially continued as a three-piece under the name the Tops, before Theo Peoples (formerly of the Temptations) was recruited as the new fourth member. Peoples eventually took over the role of lead singer when Stubbs suffered a stroke in 2000,"
"but ""I've"" been talking about it for a long time, and he's been talking about it. It’s just a question of finding the right moment, which I think will be after this."" To support ""Screen Memories"" and ""Addendum"", he embarked on his first solo tour with a live band, featuring his brother Joe Maus on bass, Minneapolis musician Luke Darger on keyboards, and Jonathan Thompson on drums. The tour begun on August 15, 2017 and lasted until the next year. On July 28, 2018, Joe Maus died hours before a planned show at the annual Cēsis Art Festival in Latvia."
"a five-year absence from public appearances and releasing new music, he returned in 2017 with the album ""Screen Memories"". Maus was born and raised in Austin, Minnesota and had a middle-class upbringing. His brother, Joseph Scott Maus, was born in 1988. The earliest songs John could recall hearing was ""Chariots of Fire"" by Vangelis, and after that, early MTV hits such as Jefferson Starship's ""We Built This City"" (1985). As a teenager, he listened mainly to Nirvana and Syd Barrett, performed in punk bands, and created music with his computer. He said that he began playing an instrument ""around 12"
"December 1971. Their members at this time were Ron Banks (who died of a heart attack on March 4, 2010, at the age of 58), William ""Wee Gee"" Howard (who died of a heart attack on February 22, 2000, at the age of 49), Elbert Wilkins (who died of a heart attack on December 13, 1992, at the age of 45), Larry ""Squirrel"" Demps and Willie Ford as well as keyboardist James Mack Brown (who died on November 28, 2008, at the age of 58). Shortly after the success of their first album, Howard and Wilkins left the group and"
"PhD in political science. Maus' early influences were Nirvana, Syd Barrett, and Baroque composers. In 1998, he left his hometown of Austin, Minnesota, to study experimental music at the California Institute of the Arts. When he befriended and began to work alongside classmate Ariel Pink, he took a greater interest in pop music. His first two albums, ""Songs"" (2006) and ""Love Is Real"" (2007), generally drew negative reviews upon release, and it was not until the success of his third, ""We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves"" (2011), that he grew more widely accepted as an outsider artist. After"
"I suppose."" In 2017, Maus married Hungarian visual artist Kika Karadi. In May 2018, during a Q&A conducted on Reddit, he commented that she had split from him ""about a week and a half ago"". Official studio albums Compilation Early unofficial albums Notes Citations John Maus John Maus (born February 23, 1980) is an American musician, composer, singer, songwriter, and academic. His music is characterized by vintage synthesizer sounds and the use of Medieval church modes, which frequently draw comparisons to 1980s goth-pop. Much of his early lo-fi work was created using a cassette multi-track recorder and an early 1990s"
"ended 2011 with a solo tour of the eastern US. Since then, Mays played countless shows around the United States and Europe, both solo, and backed by several incarnations of his backing band, The 80 Proof Boys. The last lineup of the 80 Proof Boys was Angela Martin Licari (fiddle), Jesse Kaftanski (upright bass), and Eric Bestul(lead guitar and lap steel guitar). Owen Mays passed away in 2015. Owen Mays Owen Mays (November 1, 1982 – July 22, 2015) was an American country musician from Cambria, Wisconsin. Born and raised in south central Wisconsin, Owen Mays began playing guitar at"
"was married four times. He married American pop singer Kathy Young in 1965; they divorced in 1968. In 1971 he married Julie Parker-Cann; they divorced a few years later. He married Brandy Nielsen in 1980; they divorced in 2003. In December 2003, he married Cynthia, who sang with him on tour. At the time of his 2009 book, Walker lived in California and had two children and three grandchildren. In 2010, Walker was diagnosed with liver cancer. He died of the disease, at his Los Angeles home, on May 7, 2011. John Walker (musician) John Joseph Maus (November 12, 1943"
"autopsy found that McCulloch died of heart failure due to morphine and alcohol poisoning. He was 26 years old but was not known for being a user of hard drugs. Jimmy McCulloch James McCulloch (4 June 1953 – 27 September 1979) was a Scottish-born musician and songwriter best known for playing lead guitar and bass, as a member of Paul McCartney's band Wings from 1974 to 1977. McCulloch was a member of the Glasgow psychedelic band One in a Million (formerly known as the Jaygars), Thunderclap Newman, and Stone the Crows. McCulloch also made appearances on many albums, including John"
"by Gene Summers. In 1996, a police raid of his office turned up thousands of Polaroids and videos of girls, mostly underage, in sexual situations. Meaux pleaded guilty to two counts of sexual assault of a child, a drug possession charge, a child pornography charge, and another for jumping bail and briefly fleeing to Juárez, Mexico. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison and was released in 2007. In 2010, he formed the label Freedom Express Records and released the album by Ramon Angel Solis entitled ""The Mexican Side of Me"". Meaux died on April 23, 2011, aged 82."
"We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves is the third album by American lo-fi musician John Maus, released on June 27, 2011. Its title is derived from French philosopher Alain Badiou's ""Fifteen Theses on Contemporary Art"". Maus said that he wrote the album in ""search for the perfect pop song"". Upon release, the album was met with generally favorable reviews, a contrast from the reception of Maus' earlier work. Three singles were issued from the album: ""Quantum Leap"", ""Believer"" and ""Hey Moon"". After the release of Maus' first two albums, which"
"released their second full-length album ""Control This"" in the fall of 2010 (9/28), the first album with the band's expanded line-up. Owens later became part of Jack White's all-male backup band The Buzzards, playing keyboards, organ and piano. He took part in the world tour in support of White's album ""Blunderbuss"", and later also performed on White's second album, ""Lazaretto"", and was in the middle of the supporting tour of the album at the time of his death. On October 14, 2014, Owens was found dead due to a heart attack in his hotel room in Puebla, Mexico, aged 39."
"the scenes to the group's management, while Ramos's final performance with the group was a cancer benefit concert on February 24, 2014 at the Blue Fox Theater in Grangeville, Idaho. Upon returning from spending his 72nd birthday in his homeland of Hawaii, Ramos died from melanoma on April 30, 2014. After Ramos' death, former member Paul Holland was brought back into the group, this time as a guitarist/vocalist. In the summers of 2015, 2017 and 2018 the Association again joined the ""Happy Together"" tour. The Association was inducted into the Pop Music Hall of Fame's 2016 class in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania."
"the ARIA Charts. Ian Moss was in a ""de facto"" relationship with Australian actress Megan Williams for eleven years until they split up in the 1990s. Williams supplied backing vocals on Cold Chisel's ""Flame Trees"" (August 1984). Williams died on 17 April 2000 of breast cancer, aged 43. Moss and his partner, Margeaux Rolleston, have a son, Julian Moss – ""Six Strings"" has an instrumental track, ""Song for Julian"". Ian Moss Ian Richard Moss (born 20 March 1955) is an Australian rock musician from Alice Springs. He is the founding mainstay guitarist and occasional singer of Cold Chisel. In that"
"region of Portugal. He died on 21 February 2004, of a heart attack, whilst fighting throat cancer. Les Gray Thomas Leslie ""Les"" Gray (9 April 1946 – 21 February 2004) was an English musician best known for his work with glam rock pop band Mud. Gray was also known for his distinctive vocal impersonation of Elvis Presley. Gray was born in Carshalton, Surrey, in 1946. He was a self-taught musician, and during his school years, he played trumpet with a jazz band, and then, with a younger brother, went on to form the skiffle unit, The Mourners. After leaving school"
"music in each of the decades 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. On July 9, 2014, Skip Meyer died. He was 64 years old. Some have inaccurately stated that the group's name originated from an interview the Beatles granted on their first American tour in February, 1964. However, as noted in ""Boys Don’t Lie: A History of Shoes"" by Mary E. Donnelly (New York college professor and managing editor of PurePopPress.com) with Moira McCormick in interviewing John Murphy: Shoes (American band) Shoes is an American power pop band, formed in Zion, Illinois, in 1974 by brothers John and Jeff Murphy,"
"""Musick;"" ""Mín uppáhalds afsökun"" is a remix of ""My Favourite Excuse."" Tracks 5-9 on disc 2 are live recordings, and tracks 10-18 are demos. Maus (band) Maus is a rock band from Iceland, formed in 1993. The band consists of Birgir Örn ""Biggi"" Steinarsson on vocals and guitar, Daníel ""Danni"" Þorsteinsson on drums, Eggert Gíslason on bass, and Páll Ragnar ""Palli"" Pálsson on guitar. Most of their songs are sung in Icelandic, though English versions of some songs have been released, as well as some original songs in English. The band was active releasewise from 1994 to 2004 but still"
"Morgan Fisher re-formed Mott with guitarist Ray Major and vocalist Nigel Benjamin. Following the departure of Benjamin in 1976 the remaining members regrouped as British Lions, with former Medicine Head member and songwriter John Fiddler, until their demise around 1978. During the 1980s, Griffin produced albums for Hanoi Rocks and The Cult, and the Department S hit, 'Is Vic There?', among others (such as New Model Army). Griffin also produced numerous BBC Radio 1 John Peel sessions from 1981 to 1994. These included: Aged 58, Griffin was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. In January 2009 it was confirmed that Griffin"
"became the president of Uptown Records. During this time, Myers also developed the boy band Soul for Real, and was the executive producer and principal writer of several songs on the group's breakout album, ""Candy Rain"". He later became senior vice president at Universal Music. He fathered a daughter in 2000 with chef Antonia Lofaso, a contestant on the fourth season of ""Top Chef"". Heavy D's final live performance was with Eddie F at the 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards on October 11, 2011, their first live televised performance together in 15 years. Myers died on November 8, 2011, in"
"original members Rusty Egan and Midge Ure, as well as Mick Jones of The Clash and Gary Kemp from Spandau Ballet. New died of cancer on 24 May 2010. Matlock joined a reformed Faces, playing at the Vintage at Goodwood festival near Chichester in August 2010. In April 2011, he stood in for Mani playing bass for Primal Scream at the Japan Tsunami appeal concert at Brixton Academy in London. In late 2011, the International Swingers, a band comprising Matlock, Clem Burke, James Stevenson and Gary Twinn, was formed. The band, based in Los Angeles, toured Australia and continues to"
"John Miles (musician) John Miles (born John Errington, 23 April 1949, Jarrow, County Durham, England) is a British rock music vocalist, songwriter, guitarist and keyboard player, best known for his 1976 Top 3 UK hit single, ""Music"". He won the ""Outstanding Musical Achievement"" award at the 2017 Progressive Music Awards. While still a pupil at Jarrow Grammar School, Miles was a member of a local band called The Influence, which also included Paul Thompson, later drummer with Roxy Music; and Vic Malcolm, later lead guitarist with Geordie. This outfit released the single ""I Want to Live"" (Orange Records, 1969). Following"
"other four members recruited new bassist Ted Smith. Maddox won a lawsuit against Sunny James Svetnic, the manager of Johnson's group, for trademark infringement in 1996. Johnson reunited with Harp, Mundy and Knauss in 1999 for the PBS special ""Doo Wop 50"". The Marcels were inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame in 2002. Original lead singer Cornelius ""Nini"" Harp died on June 4, 2013 at the age of 73. Ronald ""Bingo"" Mundy (born on April 20, 1940) died of pneumonia on January 20, 2017 at the age of 76. ""Blue Moon"" ""Summertime"" ""Heartaches"" ""My Melancholy Baby"" ""Flowerpot"" ""Friendly"
"Screen Memories (album) Screen Memories is the fourth studio album by American musician John Maus, released on October 27, 2017. The album was his first set of newly-recorded music since ""We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves"" (2011). Recorded in two years at his Austin, Minnesota home, most of the its subject matter concerns apocalyptic themes inspired by the newsfeed of world events he garnered while making the LP. Some of its song structures and melodies were created with the aid of an artificial neural network. The album received generally favorable reviews from critics, and was honored on numerous"
"2011. Spinks died on 9 July 2014, aged 60. He had liver cancer for years. He was survived by a wife and two children. Spinks and the band wrote new material shortly before his death, but it is unclear whether it will be released. John Spinks (musician) John Frederick Spinks (28 November 1953 − 9 July 2014) was an English songwriter and musician. He is best known for being the guitarist and songwriter for The Outfield. Spinks, Tony Lewis, and Alan Jackman first played together in the 1970s band Sirius B. After rehearsing for six months, the group disbanded due"
"the band rerecorded vocals to their single ""Your Love"" to be incorporated into American DJ Morgan Page's reworking of the song, which was released in the summer of that year. Though credited to Page, the single was listed as featuring The Outfield. On 9 July 2014, John Spinks died of liver cancer. He was 60 years old. After taking a few years off from music, lead singer/bassist Tony Lewis announced his return with a solo album, titled ""Out of the Darkness"", which was released on June 29, 2018 through Madison Records. The Outfield were considered a pop rock, power pop,"
"""Mass Hysteria"" with Social Distortion and ""Broken Dreams"" with Agent Orange. He was known for playing a Rickenbacker fretless bass, which is rarely seen in punk rock. Liles had been out of the musical scene since the mid-1990s, operating a convalescent home in Placentia, California. He died on January 18, 2007, after being hit by a truck while cycling. A Social Distortion benefit concert was held for his family at the Galaxy Theater in Santa Ana, California on March 8, 2007. He is survived by his mother Carol Liles and daughter Maddie Liles. Liles is the fourth member of Social"
"18, 2011. Founding member Tim Davis died from complications due to diabetes on September 20, 1988, at the age of 44. Long-time band member Norton Buffalo died from lung cancer on October 30, 2009. John King (drummer during ""The Joker"" era) died after a short bout with kidney cancer on October 26, 2010. James Cooke died from cancer on 16 May 2011. Blues guitarist Jacob Peterson officially joined the band before the Spring 2011 tour. Following Petersen joining the band, longtime guitarist Kenny Lee Lewis switched instruments to become the band's full-time bassist. In 2014, Steve Miller Band toured with"
"by his former wife Barbara Savage. Moss had a relationship with Boy George during the height of Culture Club's popularity, although it was not public knowledge at the time. Their affair came to an end in 1986; it was portrayed in ""Worried About the Boy"", a drama film shown on BBC2. Jon Moss Jonathan Aubrey Moss (born 11 September 1957) is an English drummer, best known as a member of the 1980s pop group Culture Club. He has also played with other bands, including London, The Nips, The Damned and Adam & The Ants. Moss was born in Clapham Jewish"
"the Dickey Betts Band in 1988 which also included guitarist/vocalist, Warren Haynes. Abts joined Haynes and Allen Woody who had both been musicians with The Allman Brothers Band to form Gov't Mule in 1994. Abts has also played in the Pink Floyd tribute band Blue Floyd which was known for its blues versions of Pink Floyd songs, and with bassist Jorgen Carlsson in Planet of the Abts, a 2011 offshoot of Gov't Mule. Matt Abts Matt Abts (born September 30, 1953) is an American drummer, best known as one of the founding members of the rock band Gov't Mule. Abts"
"died in June 2013 after being diagnosed with oesophageal cancer. Chain's origins trace back to the Beaten Tracks (also seen as Beat 'n Tracks), a pop, blues and R&B band, which formed in Perth in 1965. They included Dave Cook on rhythm guitar and vocals, Dave Cross on rhythm guitar and vocals, Paul Frieze on bass guitar, Ross Partington on lead vocals and harmonica (ex-Majestics), Alan Power on lead guitar and vocals, and John Vanderhagh on drums. They played cover versions of the Beatles and Rolling Stones as well as work by Mowtown, blues and rock artists. Vanderhagh left in"
"was afflicted with Alzheimer's disease in the last few years of her life. After the family's return to Hawaii, Lani became a dance instructor at Brigham Young University–Hawaii. He died in 2002. Tau died June 24, 2004. 2004 (Tau Moe as an individual) Living Treasures of Hawai'i – Honpa Hongwanji Mission of Hawaii Josefa Moe (1933–2006) – Tau's nephew, the original Moki from the Hawaiian Punch commercials. Tau Moe Tau Moe (""Papa Tau"") (pronounced Mo-ay) (August 13, 1908 – June 24, 2004) was a singer and musician who formed The Tau Moe Family musical troupe which toured the globe for"