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Michael Learns to Rock
Michael Learns to Rock (MLTR) is a Danish pop rock band formed in Aarhus in 1988 by Jascha Richter, Mikkel Lentz, Kåre Wanscher, and Søren Madsen. Famous for Asian-market ballads like 'The Actor' and 'Take Me to Your Heart', it has sold 11 million albums.
Michael McCary
Michael Sean McCary (born 1971, Philadelphia) is the former bass singer of R&B group Boyz II Men, who joined via a school bathroom encounter, sang on Cooleyhighharmony and II, and left in 2003 due to back problems later diagnosed as multiple sclerosis.
Michael Schenker Group
Michael Schenker Group (MSG), hard rock band formed 1979 in London by former Scorpions and UFO guitarist Michael Schenker; albums include The Michael Schenker Group (1980), Assault Attack (1982), and Don't Sell Your Soul (2025).
Michigander (band)
Michigander is the indie rock project of Jason Singer, formed 2014 in Kalamazoo, Michigan, now Nashville-based. Known for "Nineties," "Misery," "Let Down," four EPs, and the 2025 self-titled debut album on Thirty Tigers.
Middle Aged Dad Jam Band
Middle Aged Dad Jam Band is an American cover band led by actors Ken Marino and David Wain, playing 1960s to 1980s rock, pop, and Motown with celebrity guests.
Middle of the Road (band)
Middle of the Road: Scottish pop group from Glasgow formed 1 April 1970 by Sally Carr, Ian and Eric McCredie, and Ken Andrew; early 1970s European hits include Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep.
Midland (band)
Midland: American neotraditional country trio (Mark Wystrach, Cameron Duddy, Jess Carson) founded 2013 in Dripping Springs, Texas; known for "Drinkin' Problem" and On the Rocks.
Midnight 'Til Morning
Midnight 'Til Morning (Midnight Til Morning) is a four-piece pop-rock band of Australians Conor Smith and Mason Watts and Americans Shane Appell and Zach Newbould, formed on Netflix's Building the Band; debut EP Afterglow hit ARIA No. 3.
Midnight Grand Orchestra
Midnight Grand Orchestra (ミドグラ, Midogura) is a Japanese music project of VTuber Hoshimachi Suisei and producer TAKU INOUE under TOY'S FACTORY; active since 2022 with mini albums Overture and Starpeggio, EP Travelogue I (2026), and lives from virtual Overture to 2nd LIVE Project:Allegro.
Midnight Oil
Midnight Oil, Australian rock band formed in Sydney (as Farm, 1971; renamed 1976) with Peter Garrett, Jim Moginie, Martin Rotsey, Rob Hirst. Known for Beds Are Burning, Diesel and Dust, political activism, Garrett's Labor ministerial career, and 2016 reunion.
Midwest Clinic
The Midwest Clinic (International Band and Orchestra Conference) is an annual December music-education conference at McCormick Place West, Chicago, founded in 1946, with 18,000-plus attendees, over 50 concerts, and 90-plus clinics.
Miike Snow
Miike Snow: Swedish-American electropop trio (formed 2007, Stockholm) of Andrew Wyatt and Bloodshy & Avant producers Karlsson and Winnberg; albums Miike Snow (2009), Happy to You (2012), iii (2016) with hit Genghis Khan; jackalope mascot; not a person named Mike Snow.
Mike and the Mechanics
Mike and the Mechanics (Mike + The Mechanics) is an English pop rock band formed in 1985 by Genesis's Mike Rutherford, known for "The Living Years".
Miles Davis Quintet
Miles Davis Quintet, the Second Great Quintet (1964-1968): Davis, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Ron Carter, Tony Williams. Studio albums E.S.P. through Filles de Kilimanjaro; 'controlled freedom'; Plugged Nickel live recordings.
Military band
A military band is a musical ensemble within a country's armed forces that provides music for ceremonies, morale, recruitment, and public diplomacy, typically built around woodwind, brass, and percussion instruments.
Milky Chance
Milky Chance: German folktronica duo from Kassel (Clemens Rehbein, Philipp Dausch), formed 2012; known for the viral 2013 hit Stolen Dance, albums Sadnecessary through Trip Tape III, Lichtdicht/Muggelig Records, and the Milky Change environmental initiative.
Milli Vanilli
Milli Vanilli was a German-French pop duo created by producer Frank Farian in 1988, fronted by dancers Rob Pilatus and Fab Morvan lip-syncing to uncredited session singers; three US No. 1 hits, a 1990 Best New Artist Grammy that became the award's first revoked prize, and a lasting shorthand for pop fraud.
Milo Greene
Milo Greene is an American indie pop band from Los Angeles, formed around 2009 in Northern California, named after a fictional booking agent. Members share lead vocals; albums Milo Greene (2012), Control (2015), Adult Contemporary (2018).
Mindless Behavior
Mindless Behavior was an American pop-R&B boy band formed in Los Angeles in 2008 (Prodigy, Ray Ray, Princeton, Roc Royal). Debut single "My Girl" (2010); albums #1 Girl (No. 7 Billboard 200), All Around the World (No. 6), #OfficialMBmusic (2016); disbanded 2017.
Mindless Self Indulgence
Mindless Self Indulgence (MSI), American electropunk/industrial rock band formed 1997 in New York City, fronted by Jimmy Urine; albums Tight (1999) through How I Learned... (2013); on hiatus since 2013.
Mingus Big Band
Mingus Big Band: 14-piece New York jazz repertory band founded in 1991 by Sue Mingus, playing only Charles Mingus's compositions; weekly NYC residency, 2011 Grammy winner for Live at Jazz Standard.
Minor Threat
Minor Threat was an American hardcore punk band from Washington, D.C., active from 1980 to 1983, whose song "Straight Edge" named the drug-free straight edge lifestyle.
Minutemen (band)
Minutemen were an American punk trio from San Pedro, California, active 1980–1985: D. Boon, Mike Watt, George Hurley. SST Records band famed for 'jamming econo' brevity and the 1984 double album Double Nickels on the Dime; ended when Boon died in December 1985.
Miracle Legion
Miracle Legion: American alternative rock band formed 1983 in New Haven, Connecticut, led by Mark Mulcahy and Ray Neal; college radio hit The Backyard EP, Rough Trade and Morgan Creek albums, Polaris side project, and 2016 and 2024 reunions.
Mis-Teeq
Mis-Teeq was an English girl group, formed in 2000 by Alesha Dixon, Sabrina Washington, and Su-Elise Nash, whose blend of UK garage, R&B, and rap earned two UK Top 10 albums.
Misfits (band)
Misfits, American horror punk band formed April 1977 in Lodi, New Jersey by Glenn Danzig and Jerry Only; pioneers of horror punk with B-movie imagery, Static Age and Walk Among Us, 1983 breakup, 1995 legal settlement, and 2016 Original Misfits reunion.
Missing Persons (band)
Missing Persons: Los Angeles new wave band formed in 1980 (initially U.S. Drag) by ex-Frank Zappa players Dale and Terry Bozzio, Warren Cuccurullo, Patrick O'Hearn, and Chuck Wild; gold 1982 album Spring Session M, an anagram of the band name, with "Words," "Destination Unknown," and "Walking in L.A."
MisterWives
MisterWives is an American indie pop band formed in New York City in 2012, fronted by singer Mandy Lee with William Hehir and Etienne Bowler. Known for Our Own House (No. 31 Billboard 200, 2015), Superbloom (2020), and the post-punk-inflected Nosebleeds (2023).
Miyagi & Andy Panda
Miyagi & Andy Panda is a Russian hip-hop duo from Vladikavkaz, formed in 2015. Their 2016 track "I Got Love" was the most-watched video by Russian musicians.
MKTO
MKTO is an American pop/hip-hop duo formed in Los Angeles in 2010 by Malcolm Kelley and Tony Oller after meeting on Nickelodeon's Gigantic; debut single Thank You, double-platinum Classic (Hot 100 #14), and 2014 self-titled album that hit #1 in Australia.