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McFadden & Whitehead
McFadden & Whitehead: Philadelphia songwriting and performing duo (Gene McFadden, John Whitehead) of Philadelphia International Records; writers of "Back Stabbers" and creators of the 1979 number one R&B hit "Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now."
McFly
McFly are an English pop rock band formed in London in 2003: Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, and Harry Judd. Seven studio albums, seven UK number-one singles, youngest group with a chart-topping debut album.
Mclusky
Mclusky (mclusky), Welsh post-hardcore trio formed in Cardiff in 1996, originally called Best; three acclaimed albums 2000-2004 including Mclusky Do Dallas, split 2005, reunited with Falkous, Egglestone, Sayell, fourth album 2025.
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes (now Spike and the Gimme Gimmes) are a San Francisco punk cover supergroup formed in 1995 on Fat Wreck Chords, featuring Fat Mike, Joey Cape, Chris Shiflett, Dave Raun, and Spike Slawson, known for themed albums of punk covers.
Meat Beat Manifesto
Meat Beat Manifesto is an English electronic music project formed in Swindon in 1987 by Jack Dangers, known for sample-heavy breakbeats that helped shape big beat and jungle.
Meat Puppets
Meat Puppets, American rock band formed January 1980 in Phoenix, Arizona by Curt and Cris Kirkwood and Derrick Bostrom; cowpunk pioneers of SST Records whose Meat Puppets II (1984) fused punk, country, and psychedelia, and whose songs reached mass audiences via Nirvana's MTV Unplugged.
Meet Bros
Meet Bros: Indian music director duo of brothers Manmeet Singh and Harmeet Singh from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh; formerly the trio Meet Bros Anjjan (2010-2015) with Anjjan Bhattacharya; known for Baby Doll, Chittiyaan Kalaiyaan, Hangover, and Filmfare, Screen, and IIFA Best Music Director awards.
Mel and Kim
Mel and Kim: English pop duo of sisters Melanie and Kim Appleby from Hackney, London. Signed to Supreme Records, produced by Stock Aitken Waterman; hits "Showing Out" (UK No. 3) and "Respectable" (UK No. 1, 1987). Mel died January 1990; Kim went solo on Parlophone.
Melodic death metal
Melodic death metal, or the Gothenburg sound, is a death metal subgenre from 1990s Gothenburg, Sweden (At The Gates, In Flames, Dark Tranquillity), pairing growled vocals with melodic lead guitars, quasi-tonal harmony, and chorus-centered songwriting.
Melos Ensemble
Melos Ensemble: London chamber group formed 1950 by Aronowitz, de Peyer, Adeney, and Weil for mixed string-wind repertory; took part in the 1962 premiere of Britten's War Requiem. Distinct from the Melos Quartet and Melos Choir.
Melt (band)
Melt (band): New York City indie band formed 2017, aka Melt the Band, known for viral single "Sour Candy" (#5 Billboard US Viral 50), EP West Side Highway (2021), debut album If There's a Heaven (2024), and horn-driven live shows.
Melt-Banana (メルト・バナナ)
Melt-Banana (メルト・バナナ) is a Tokyo noise rock band formed in 1993, built around vocalist Yasuko Onuki (Yako) and guitarist Ichirou Agata, known for hyperactive, effects-driven noise punk on its A-Zap label.
Melvin Franklin
Melvin Franklin (David English, 1942-1995), nicknamed Blue, was the founding bass singer of Motown's the Temptations from 1960 to 1995, anchoring hits like My Girl and Papa Was a Rollin' Stone, a 1989 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee who died of heart failure at 52.
Memphis Mafia
Memphis Mafia: the nickname for Elvis Presley's entourage of musicians, bodyguards, and hangers-on at Graceland; also used by Memphis jazz players, a rockabilly band renamed King Memphis, and later acts.
Men at Work
Men at Work: Australian new wave band formed in Melbourne in 1979, led by Colin Hay and Greg Ham. Hits "Who Can It Be Now?" and "Down Under"; Grammy Best New Artist 1983; disbanded 1985, later reformed.
Men I Trust
Men I Trust: Canadian indie dream-pop trio from Montreal, formed 2014 by Dragos Chiriac and Jessy Caron with singer Emmanuelle Proulx from 2015. Fully label-free band behind Oncle Jazz (2019), Untourable Album (2021), and the 2025 Equus Asinus/Equus Caballus companion albums.
Men Without Hats
Men Without Hats: Canadian synth-pop/new wave band from Montreal, formed 1977, led by Ivan Doroschuk; known for "The Safety Dance" (1982, US No. 3) and "Pop Goes the World" (1987), active again since 2010.
Mental As Anything
Mental As Anything, also called the Mentals, is an Australian new wave and pub rock band formed in Sydney in 1976 by art school students including Reg Mombassa and Martin Plaza, with 25 Australian Top 40 hits and the international hit Live It Up.
Menudo (group)
Menudo, Puerto Rican Latin pop boy band founded in 1977 by Edgardo Díaz in San Juan, with a rotating teenage lineup replaced at 16; hits "Súbete a Mi Moto" and "Claridad"; alumni include Ricky Martin and Draco Rosa; 2026 50th-anniversary reunion tour.
Mercury Rev
Mercury Rev, American psychedelic rock band formed 1989 in Buffalo, New York, led by Jonathan Donahue and Grasshopper; debut Yerself Is Steam (1991), breakthrough Deserter's Songs (1998), latest album Born Horses (2024).
MercyMe
MercyMe, American contemporary Christian band formed 1994 in Greenville, Texas, led by Bart Millard; known for "I Can Only Imagine," the first Christian digital single certified platinum, Billboard's Top Christian Artist of the 2000s and 2010s, and albums through Wonder & Awe (2025).
Merzbow
Merzbow (メルツバウ) is the noise music project of Masami Akita, founded in Tokyo in 1979; named after Kurt Schwitters' Merzbau, with over 400 albums including the 50-CD Merzbox and the 13 Japanese Birds series.
Method Man & Redman
Method Man & Redman: American hip-hop duo of Wu-Tang Clan's Method Man and Def Squad's Redman, formed 1995 with "How High"; albums Blackout! (1999) and Blackout! 2 (2009), film How High (2001), sitcom Method & Red.
Metric (band)
Metric: Canadian indie rock band formed 1998 in Toronto by Emily Haines and James Shaw, with Joshua Winstead and Joules Scott-Key; synth-pop and new wave sound, ten studio albums, own label Metric Music International, Juno-winning 2009 album Fantasies.
Metro Station (band)
Metro Station (band): American electropop band formed 2006 in Los Angeles by Trace Cyrus and Mason Musso with Blake Healy and Anthony Improgo; known for the 2007 debut album and the double-platinum single "Shake It".
MewithoutYou
MewithoutYou (mewithoutYou) was an American experimental-punk/post-hardcore band from Philadelphia, formed 2001, fronted by Aaron Weiss; seven albums on Tooth & Nail and Run for Cover, Sufi and Judeo-Christian lyrics, farewell shows 2022.
Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra
The Mexico City Philharmonic Orchestra (Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México) is a symphony orchestra founded in 1978 and owned by Mexico City's Secretaría de Cultura.
MFSB
MFSB (Mother, Father, Sister, Brother), Philadelphia International Records' house band of about 30-40 Sigma Sound Studios session players, formed 1971; hit number one in 1974 with "TSOP (The Sound of Philadelphia)", the Soul Train theme, and released "Love Is the Message".
MGMT
MGMT is an American rock band formed in 2002 by Andrew VanWyngarden and Ben Goldwasser at Wesleyan University, known for Oracular Spectacular, "Kids", psychedelic follow-ups, the TikTok-viral "Little Dark Age", and the 2024 album Loss of Life.
Miami Boys Choir
Miami Boys Choir, also Pirchei Miami, is an Orthodox Jewish boys' choir founded by Yerachmiel Begun in Miami in 1977, based in Brooklyn since 1980, with 30-plus albums and a 2022 TikTok virality for "Yerushalayim."