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Spin Doctors
Spin Doctors, American alternative rock band formed in New York City in 1988, grew from the Trucking Company with John Popper. Known for the 1991 multi-platinum Pocket Full of Kryptonite and hits "Two Princes" and "Little Miss Can't Be Wrong"; still active with Face Full of Cake (2025).
Spinal Tap (band)
Spinal Tap (Spin̈al Tap) is a fictional English heavy metal band created by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, and Rob Reiner in 1978, made famous by the 1984 mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap and its 2025 sequel; the actors really tour and record under the name.
Spiral Tribe
Spiral Tribe (SP23) is a London-formed 1990 nomadic free party sound system collective that staged illegal techno raves, headlined the 1992 Castlemorton festival, faced conspiracy charges, and seeded Europe's teknival movement via its Network 23 label.
Spirit (band)
Spirit was an American psychedelic rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1967, led by Randy California and his stepfather Ed Cassidy, known for fusing rock with jazz, blues, folk, and classical, the 1970 album Twelve Dreams of Dr. Sardonicus, and the Taurus–Stairway to Heaven dispute.
Spiritual Healing (album)
Spiritual Healing is Death's third studio album (1990, Relativity/Combat), recorded at Morrisound in Tampa with Scott Burns. It shifted the band toward technical songwriting and social-issue lyrics, bridging early death metal and 1991's Human.
Spiritualized
Spiritualized is an English rock band formed in 1990 by Jason Pierce (J Spaceman) after Spacemen 3 split. Known for Lazer Guided Melodies (1992) and Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997); albums through Everything Was Beautiful (2022).
Split Chain
Split Chain are a Bristol, England rock band blending shoegaze, nu metal, and grunge ("nu gaze"/"dreamo"). Members Bert Martinez-Cowles, Oli Bowles, Jake Reid, Tom Davies, and Aaron Black released debut album motionblur on Epitaph in July 2025.
Split Enz
Split Enz, originally Split Ends, was a New Zealand rock band formed in Auckland in 1972. They gained popularity with their 1980 album, True Colours.
Splodgenessabounds
Splodgenessabounds: London punk band formed 1978, led by Max Splodge, pioneers of Garry Bushell's "punk pathetique" style; best known for the 1980 UK No. 7 hit Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps Please.
Spooky Tooth
Spooky Tooth: English rock band formed October 1967 from Art plus American Gary Wright; blended prog, hard rock, and blues on Island albums Spooky Two (1969) and Ceremony (with Pierre Henry); disbanded 1974, reunited 1997–2009.
Spoon (band)
Spoon is an American indie rock band formed in Austin, Texas, in 1993 by Britt Daniel and Jim Eno, named after a Can song. Known for minimalist songwriting, it was Metacritic's top artist of the 2000s and earned a 2023 Grammy nomination for Lucifer on the Sofa.
Spreading the Disease
Spreading the Disease is Anthrax's second studio album, released October 30, 1985 on Megaforce/Island; first with Joey Belladonna and Frank Bello, produced with Carl Canedy, featuring Madhouse, Armed and Dangerous, and Gung-Ho.
Sprints (band)
Sprints are a Dublin post-punk/garage-punk band formed in 2019, led by Karla Chubb; debut EP Manifesto (2021), albums Letter to Self (2024, UK/Ireland Top 20) and All That Is Over (2025), produced by Gilla Band's Daniel Fox.
Spyro Gyra
Spyro Gyra: American jazz fusion and smooth jazz band founded by Jay Beckenstein and Jeremy Wall in Buffalo, New York, in 1974; named after a misspelled algae genus; breakthrough 1979 platinum album Morning Dance with a #1 AC hit.
Squeeze (band)
Squeeze are an English new wave band formed in 1974 in Deptford, South London, by songwriter duo Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook, named after a disowned Velvet Underground album, known for Cool for Cats, Up the Junction, and Tempted.
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Squirrel Nut Zippers, a North Carolina hot jazz and swing revival band formed in 1993 by Jimbo Mathus and Katharine Whalen, known for the platinum 1996 album Hot and the single "Hell," and active again since their 2008 revival.
SremmLife 2
SremmLife 2 (SremmLife II), second studio album by Mississippi rap duo Rae Sremmurd, released August 12, 2016 on Ear Drummer/Interscope; contains the Billboard Hot 100 number-one single "Black Beatles" featuring Gucci Mane.
St Mary's Cathedral College, Sydney
St Mary's Cathedral College, Sydney: Catholic school founded 1824 by Fr John Therry beside St Mary's Cathedral; choir school of Australia's oldest choir (1818); Christian Brothers 1911–2015; Sydney Catholic Schools co-ed K–12 from 2025.
St Paul's Cathedral School
St Paul's Cathedral School, at 2 New Change, London, is the co-educational choir school of St Paul's Cathedral, founded in the 12th century, housed in a Grade II 1962–7 building incorporating Wren's St Augustine tower, with girls admitted from 2024.
St. Lunatics
St. Lunatics: St. Louis hip hop group formed 1993 (Nelly, Ali, Murphy Lee, Kyjuan, City Spud); regional hit "Gimme What You Got"; platinum 2001 album Free City; later Country Grammar copyright lawsuit.
St. Paul and The Broken Bones
St. Paul and The Broken Bones, a Birmingham, Alabama soul band fronted by Paul Janeway, broke through with 2014's Half the City and has expanded from retro-soul into funk, disco, and psychedelic R&B across six albums.
Stabbing Westward
Stabbing Westward is an American industrial rock band founded in 1985 in Macomb, Illinois, known for the gold albums Wither Blister Burn & Peel and Darkest Days.
Staind
Staind: American rock band formed 1995 in Springfield, Massachusetts (Aaron Lewis, Mike Mushok). Nu-metal/post-grunge act behind Break the Cycle (5x platinum), "It's Been Awhile," three Billboard 200 No. 1 albums, 2019 reunion, and 2023's Confessions of the Fallen.
Stanford Tree
Stanford Tree: costumed mascot of the LSJUMB marching band, unofficial mascot of Stanford University since its 1975 Big Game debut; each Tree builds a new costume after Tree Week stunts.
Starcrawler
Starcrawler is an American glam-punk rock band formed in 2015 in Los Angeles, led by vocalist Arrow de Wilde and guitarist Henri Cash, known for theatrical live shows.
Starland Vocal Band
Starland Vocal Band: American soft-rock vocal quartet from Washington, D.C. (Bill Danoff, Taffy Nivert, Jon Carroll, Margot Chapman) on John Denver's Windsong label; 1976 number-one hit "Afternoon Delight", two 1977 Grammys, short-lived CBS variety show; distinct from the Starland Ballroom venue.
Starsailor (band)
Starsailor are an English alternative rock band formed in the late 1990s, known for the 2001 debut album Love Is Here and the hit "Four to the Floor".
Starset
Starset: American cinematic rock band formed 2013 in Columbus, Ohio by Dustin Bates (ex-Downplay). Five albums, Transmissions (2014) to SILOS (2025), sci-fi Starset Society lore, Marvel graphic novel, NASA-style "demonstration" live shows, nearly 5 billion streams.
Starship (band)
Starship is the American rock band formed in 1985 from Jefferson Starship after a name-retirement settlement with Paul Kantner; led by Mickey Thomas, it scored three Billboard Hot 100 number ones: We Built This City, Sara, and Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now.
Static Age
Static Age is the Misfits' debut album, recorded January–February 1978 in New York, shelved after label rejections, and released in 1996 on the box set and standalone in 1997 on Caroline Records; distinct from the Burlington, Vermont post-punk band The Static Age.