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Billy Talent
Billy Talent: Canadian punk rock band from Mississauga, Ontario, formed 1993 as Pezz; members Kowalewicz, D'Sa, Gallant, Solowoniuk; triple-platinum 2003 debut, three Junos, German chart success.
BIT20 Ensemble
BIT20 Ensemble, founded 1989 in Bergen from BIT 4 and Gruppe 20, is a leading Nordic contemporary music sinfonietta of 17 musicians, giving 30-40 concerts yearly, commissioning 100+ works, and recording 26 CDs.
Björn Again
Björn Again, the Australian ABBA tribute show founded in Melbourne in 1988 by Rod Stephen and John Tyrrell, first performed 6 May 1989 at The Tote Hotel; famous for Swenglish parody, Reading 1992 with Nirvana, and over 5,300 shows worldwide.
Black Arts Movement and creative music
The Black Arts Movement and creative music refers to African American avant-garde jazz collectives of the 1960s and 1970s, including the Black Artists' Group and UGMAA, that applied cultural self-determination to music.
Black Box (band)
Black Box (also Blackbox) is an Italian house trio of Daniele Davoli, Mirko Limoni, and Valerio Semplici, formed 1988, behind "Ride on Time," a six-week UK number 1 sampled from Loleatta Holloway, distinct from Black Box Recorder.
Black Country Communion
Black Country Communion is an English-American hard rock supergroup formed in 2009 by Glenn Hughes, Joe Bonamassa, Jason Bonham, and Derek Sherinian with producer Kevin Shirley, named after the West Midlands Black Country, with five studio albums (2010, 2011, 2012, 2017, 2024).
Black Country, New Road
Black Country, New Road is an English experimental rock band formed in 2018. The group is known for its blend of post-punk, math rock, and klezmer influences.
Black Dyke Band
Black Dyke Band, founded 1855 as Black Dyke Mills Band in Queensbury, West Yorkshire, is a champion British brass band with 23 National and 30 British Open wins, 350+ recordings, and Proms and Glastonbury appearances.
Black Eyed Peas
Black Eyed Peas: Los Angeles pop-rap group (ex-Atban Klann) of will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo, and formerly Fergie; six Grammys, record 26-week 2009 Hot 100 run, The E.N.D., Translation.
Black Flag (band)
Black Flag is an American hardcore punk band formed in 1976 in Hermosa Beach, California by guitarist Greg Ginn. Founders of SST Records, makers of Damaged (1981), disbanded 1986, now touring with a rebuilt lineup.
Black Grape
Black Grape: Manchester rock-dance band formed in 1993 by Shaun Ryder and Bez after Happy Mondays; debut It's Great When You're Straight...Yeah hit UK number one in 1995; later albums Pop Voodoo (2017) and Orange Head (2023).
Black Hippy
Black Hippy: American hip hop supergroup from South Los Angeles on Top Dawg Entertainment, members Kendrick Lamar, Jay Rock, ScHoolboy Q, Ab-Soul; active 2008–2022 with a 2024 reunion, never released a group album.
Black Midi
Black Midi (stylised black midi): English experimental rock band from London formed in 2017 at the BRIT School, known for the Windmill scene, math rock and post-punk fusion, Rough Trade albums Schlagenheim, Cavalcade, Hellfire, 2019 Mercury Prize shortlisting, and 2024 hiatus.
Black Oak Arkansas
Black Oak Arkansas is an American Southern rock band formed in 1965 as the Knowbody Else, fronted by Jim Dandy Mangrum; its 1973 hit "Jim Dandy" and high-grossing 1970s tours made it Arkansas's first commercially successful rock band.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (BRMC) is an American rock band formed in San Francisco in 1998, now a trio of Peter Hayes, Robert Levon Been, and Leah Shapiro, named after the biker gang in The Wild One, with eight studio albums including Howl (2005) and Wrong Creatures (2018).
Black Star (rap duo)
Black Star is an American hip hop duo from Brooklyn formed by rappers Yasiin Bey (Mos Def) and Talib Kweli, known for their acclaimed 1998 debut album.
Black Stone Cherry
Black Stone Cherry is an American southern rock and hard rock band formed in 2001 in Edmonton, Kentucky, by Chris Robertson, Ben Wells, Jon Lawhon, and John Fred Young. Eight albums, multiple UK rock chart #1s, Kentucky Music Hall of Fame 2024.
Black Tiger Sex Machine
Black Tiger Sex Machine (BTSM) is a Montreal electronic trio, Marc-André Chagnon, Julien Maranda, Patrick Barry, known for LED tiger helmets, Kannibalen Records, and albums Welcome to Our Church and New Worlds.
Blackberry Smoke
Blackberry Smoke, Atlanta Southern rock band formed in 2000, led by Charlie Starr; albums Holding All the Roses and Like an Arrow hit No. 1 on Billboard country; drummer Brit Turner died 2024.
Blackfoot (band)
Blackfoot, also known as Rick Medlocke and Blackfoot, is an American rock band formed in 1969 in Jacksonville, Florida, best known as a southern hard rock act.
Blackgaze
Blackgaze, also known as blackened shoegaze, is a fusion genre combining black metal techniques like blast beats and shrieked vocals with the layered, reverb-drenched guitars of shoegaze.
Blackmore's Night
Blackmore's Night: American Renaissance folk-rock band formed 1997 in Mount Sinai, NY, by ex-Deep Purple and Rainbow guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and singer Candice Night; eleven studio albums from Shadow of the Moon (1998) to Nature's Light (2021).
Blackstreet
Blackstreet is an American R&B vocal group founded in New York by Teddy Riley and Chauncey Hannibal after Guy disbanded. Known for the four-week Hot 100 No. 1 "No Diggity" and the 4x platinum album Another Level.
Blancmange (band)
Blancmange: English synth-pop band formed in Harrow, London, 1979 by Neil Arthur and Stephen Luscombe; hits 'Living on the Ceiling' (UK No. 7), 'Blind Vision', 'Don't Tell Me'; split 1986, revived 2011; the band, not the dessert.
Blaque
Blaque (Blaque Ivory), Atlanta R&B girl group formed 1996 with Shamari DeVoe, Natina Reed, and Brandi Williams, mentored by TLC's Left Eye; platinum 1999 debut with "808" and "Bring It All to Me."
Blazin' Squad
Blazin' Squad is a ten-piece British pop/R&B-rap group from Chingford, London, whose 2002 cover "Crossroads" topped the UK chart; other hits include Flip Reverse. Known for Love Island's Marcel Somerville and their later four-piece revival.
Bleachers (band)
Bleachers is the American indie pop band founded by Jack Antonoff (born 1984) of Steel Train and fun. Known for "I Wanna Get Better," Springsteen-influenced anthemic pop, and five albums including Bleachers (2024) and everyone for ten minutes (2026) on Dirty Hit.
Blind Faith
Blind Faith, the 1969 English blues-rock supergroup of Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Steve Winwood, and Ric Grech from Cream and Traffic; one album, a 100,000-person Hyde Park debut, a seven-week US tour, then breakup.
Blind Melon
Blind Melon: American alternative rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1990, also called Blind Melon (self-titled debut). Multi-platinum 1992 debut, 1993 hit "No Rain", singer Shannon Hoon's 1995 death, 2008 reunion with Travis Warren.
Blink-182
Blink-182 (also Blink One Eighty Two), American pop-punk band formed 1992 in Poway, California; classic lineup Hoppus, DeLonge, Barker; multi-platinum Enema of the State, 2005 hiatus, 2009 reunion, 2023 chart-topping One More Time.