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Something Corporate
Something Corporate (SoCo) is an Orange County, California piano rock band fronted by Andrew McMahon, known for Leaving Through the Window (2002) and North (2003), a 2005 hiatus, and 2010 and 2024 reunions including the single "Death Grip."
Son Lux
Son Lux is an American experimental post-rock trio formed in 2007 in New York by Ryan Lott, later joined by Rafiq Bhatia and Ian Chang; Oscar-nominated for scoring Everything Everywhere All at Once.
Sonic Boom of the South
The Sonic Boom of the South is the 300-member show-style marching band of Jackson State University in Mississippi, which has performed at the Super Bowl LVIII halftime show and the Rose Parade.
Sonic Youth
Sonic Youth, American experimental rock band formed in New York in 1981 by Thurston Moore, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, and Richard Edson; known for alternate tunings, prepared guitars, and Daydream Nation; signed to Geffen in 1990, broke up in 2011.
Sonny & Cher
Sonny & Cher: American pop duo of Sonny Bono and Cher, formed 1964 in Los Angeles, famous for "I Got You Babe" (No. 1, 1965) and The Sonny & Cher Comedy Hour (1971–74); divorced 1975, reunited on TV in 1979 and 1987.
Sons of Apollo
Sons of Apollo: American progressive metal supergroup formed 2017 by ex-Dream Theater's Mike Portnoy and Derek Sherinian with Billy Sheehan, Bumblefoot, and Jeff Scott Soto; albums Psychotic Symphony (2017) and MMXX (2020), later split up.
Sons of Kemet
Sons of Kemet (Sons Of Kemet), a South London jazz quartet led by Shabaka Hutchings with tuba and two drummers, active 2011-2022, Mercury-nominated for Your Queen Is a Reptile, disbanded after final 2022 shows.
Sons of Sunday
Sons of Sunday is a Christian worship supergroup of Steven Furtick, Brandon Lake, Chandler Moore, Chris Brown, Leeland Mooring, and Pat Barrett, whose self-titled 2025 debut album hit No. 3 on Billboard Top Christian Albums.
Sons of the Pioneers
Sons of the Pioneers is an American western music group formed in Los Angeles in 1933 by Leonard Slye, later Roy Rogers, Bob Nolan, and Tim Spencer.
Sophia Grace & Rosie
Sophia Grace & Rosie: British cousins Sophia Grace Brownlee (b. 2003) and Rosie McClelland (b. 2006) from Essex, viral in 2011 for a 'Super Bass' cover, Ellen Show regulars, later film, books, and solo careers.
Soul Asylum
Soul Asylum, originally Loud Fast Rules, is an American alternative rock band formed in Minneapolis in 1981. Its 1992 album Grave Dancers Union and the Grammy-winning hit "Runaway Train" brought mainstream success; Dave Pirner still leads the band.
Soul Coughing
Soul Coughing, also M. Doughty's band, was a New York alternative rock quartet (1992-2000) blending jazz, hip-hop, samples, and spoken word on Ruby Vroom, Irresistible Bliss, and El Oso, reuniting in 2024.
Soul for Real
Soul for Real (also Soul IV Real): American contemporary R&B quartet of the four Dalyrimple brothers from Wyandanch, NY, formed 1992; debut single "Candy Rain" (1994) hit number 2 on the Hot 100 and the album went platinum; later albums For Life and Heat.
Soul II Soul
Soul II Soul, the London collective founded by Jazzie B (Trevor Beresford Romeo), began as a sound system and scored 1989 UK number one hits 'Back to Life' and the albums Club Classics Vol.1 and Volume II, winning two Grammys and still touring.
Soulidified
Soulidified (briefly Iconyx) is an American R&B-pop boy band of Shade Jenifer, Malik Heard, Bradley Rittmann, and Landon Boyce, formed third-place on Netflix's Building the Band, later signed to Atlantic Records.
Soulquarians
Soulquarians: loose hip-hop/R&B collective (Questlove, D'Angelo, J Dilla, James Poyser, plus Badu, Common, Q-Tip) recording at Electric Lady Studios, late 1990s to early 2000s; named for shared Aquarius sign; produced Voodoo, Things Fall Apart, Mama's Gun; no group album released.
Sound system (DJ)
Sound system (DJ): a crew-built rig of turntables, amplifiers and custom speaker stacks, born in 1950s Kingston with Coxsone Dodd and Duke Reid, spread to the UK via the Windrush generation, and central to clash, dubplate and club culture.
Soundgarden
Soundgarden is an American rock band formed in Seattle in 1984, fronted by Chris Cornell. Among the first grunge bands, it peaked with Superunknown in 1994.
South Arcade
South Arcade: Oxford, England alternative rock quartet (Harmony Cavelle, Harry Winks, Ollie Green, Cody Jones) formed 2021; self-described Y2K-core act blending 2000s pop-punk and nu-metal; breakout TikTok single DANGER; EPs 2005 (2024) and PLAY! (2025) on BKM/LAB Records.
Southern rock
Southern rock: American rock genre fusing blues rock with country, pioneered by the Allman Brothers Band (1969, Macon) and defined by Lynyrd Skynyrd's three-guitar sound, "Free Bird," and "Sweet Home Alabama."
Space (English band)
Space are an English alternative rock band formed in Liverpool in 1993, known for "Female of the Species" and the albums Spiders (1996) and Tin Planet (1998); distinct from the French disco band Space.
Spacehog
Spacehog: English alternative rock band formed in New York City in 1994 by Leeds musicians Royston and Antony Langdon, Jonny Cragg, and Richard Steel; glam-influenced debut Resident Alien (1995) yielded the hit In the Meantime, later featured in Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3.
Spacemen 3
Spacemen 3: English neo-psychedelic drone rock band formed 1982 in Rugby, Warwickshire by Sonic Boom (Pete Kember) and Jason Pierce (J Spaceman), motto "taking drugs to make music to take drugs to"; four albums, disbanded 1991.
Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet: English pop band formed in Islington in 1976 (earlier names The Makers, The Gentry), leading New Romantic act from London's Blitz club; lineup Hadley, Kemp brothers, Norman, Keeble; 1983 hit "True".
Spanky and Our Gang
Spanky and Our Gang, an American sunshine pop and folk-rock group formed in Chicago in 1966, led by Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane; hits included "Sunday Will Never Be the Same" (number 9, 1967) and "Lazy Day."
Sparklehorse
Sparklehorse was the indie rock project of Virginia songwriter Mark Linkous (1995-2010), known for Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot, It's a Wonderful Life, Dark Night of the Soul, and the 2023 posthumous Bird Machine.
Sparks (band)
Sparks: American art-pop band of brothers Ron and Russell Mael, formed in Los Angeles as Halfnelson, known for "This Town Ain't Big Enough", the Moroder-produced No. 1 in Heaven, 28 studio albums, and lasting synth-pop influence.
Spice (album)
Spice is the 1996 debut album by the Spice Girls (Melanie Brown, Emma Bunton, Melanie Chisholm, Geri Halliwell, Victoria Adams) on Virgin Records; it topped UK and US charts, sold over 31 million copies, and is the best-selling album by a female group.
Spice Girls
The Spice Girls is a successful British pop group formed in 1994, who achieved nine Number 1 UK singles and sold 85 million records worldwide.
Spice Girls discography
Spice Girls discography: three studio albums, Spice (1996, over 23 million sold), Spiceworld (1997) and Forever (2000); nine UK number-one singles, plus The Singles Collection box set of 2026.