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Morgana King
Morgana King (Maria Grazia Messina, 1930-2018), American jazz singer with a four-octave voice and actress who played Mama Corleone, Brando's wife, in The Godfather films; hit "A Taste of Honey" (1964).
Morphine (band)
Morphine was an American alternative rock trio formed in Boston in 1989, blending two-string bass and baritone saxophone into a style the band called "low rock".
Morris Day
Morris Day, born 1957 in Springfield, Illinois, is an American funk singer, musician, and actor, lead singer of Prince's 1981 Minneapolis band The Time and Prince's rival in Purple Rain, later a solo R&B hitmaker with "Fishnet".
Morrissey
Morrissey (Steven Patrick Morrissey, born 1959, Manchester) is an English singer and lyricist, frontman of the Smiths (1982–1987) with Johnny Marr, then a solo artist with three UK No. 1 albums across three decades.
Morten Harket
Morten Harket (born 1959, Kongsberg, Norway) is the Norwegian tenor frontman of a-ha, famed for "Take On Me" falsetto and a 20.2-second held note; six solo albums, four Spellemannpriser, and a June 2025 Parkinson's disclosure.
Moses Sumney
Moses Sumney (born 1992, San Bernardino) is a Ghanaian-American art-pop and soul singer-songwriter. Albums: Aromanticism (2017), græ (2020), Live from Blackalachia (2021); Jagjaguwar artist, The Idol actor.
Mother Love Bone
Mother Love Bone was a Seattle rock band formed in 1988 by ex-Green River members with singer Andrew Wood; after Wood's fatal 1990 overdose, members formed Pearl Jam.
Mother Mother
Mother Mother is a Canadian indie rock band formed in Vancouver in 2005 by Ryan Guldemond, originally named Mother. Known for O My Heart, TikTok virality of Hayloft, and the 2025 tenth album Nostalgia.
Mother's Finest
Mother's Finest, formed in Atlanta in 1970 by Joyce Kennedy, Glenn Murdock, Gary Moore, and Jerry Seay, is a pioneering multiracial funk-rock band known for "Baby Love" and "Love Changes", gold 1970s albums, and Georgia Music Hall of Fame induction.
Motion City Soundtrack
Motion City Soundtrack: Minneapolis pop-punk/emo band formed 1997 by Justin Pierre and Joshua Cain, known for Moog synthesizer, gold single Everything Is Alright, and 2025 album The Same Old Wasted Wonderful World.
Motorpsycho (band)
Motorpsycho: Norwegian rock band formed in Trondheim in 1989, named after a Russ Meyer film. Founding members Bent Sæther and Snah Ryan; known for genre-blending psych-prog, Demon Box, Spellemannprisen wins, and the duo era since 2023.
Mott the Hoople
Mott the Hoople: English glam-rock band formed 1969 in Hereford (from Silence/Doc Thomas Group), fronted by Ian Hunter with Mick Ralphs; saved from splitting by Bowie's "All the Young Dudes" (UK No.3, 1972); first rock band to play Broadway, 1974; reunited 2009 and 2013.
Mount Eerie
Mount Eerie is the musical project of Phil Elverum, formerly the Microphones, named for the 2003 album and the peak above Anacortes, Washington; known for No Flashlight, the grief albums A Crow Looked at Me and Now Only, and 2024's Night Palace.
Mountain (band)
Mountain: American hard rock band formed 1969 on Long Island by Leslie West and Cream producer Felix Pappalardi; Woodstock fourth gig; hit "Mississippi Queen" (No. 21, 1970); albums Climbing! and Nantucket Sleighride.
Mouse on Mars
Mouse on Mars is a German experimental electronic duo (Jan St. Werner, Andi Toma) formed in 1993 in Cologne/Düsseldorf; debut Vulvaland (1994) on Too Pure; albums through Parastrophics, Dimensional People, AAI, and the 2026 Lee "Scratch" Perry collaboration Spatial, No Problem. Not a Mars research project or software.
Mozart and scatology
Mozart and scatology: the composer's ribald letters (notably the Bäsle letters, 1777–1781) and bawdy canons such as Leck mich im Arsch; scatology appeared in 10.5% of his letters, was family-typical and era-common, and modern scholarship rejects the debauchery and Tourette narratives.
Mr Eazi
Mr Eazi (Oluwatosin Oluwole Ajibade, born 1991, Port Harcourt) is a Nigerian Afrobeats singer and entrepreneur, pioneer of Banku music blending Ghanaian highlife and Nigerian progressions, founder of emPawa Africa, and debut-album artist with The Evil Genius (2023).
Mr Hudson
Mr Hudson (Benjamin Hudson McIldowie, born 1979, Birmingham) is an English pop singer-songwriter and producer, formerly of Mr Hudson & the Library, signed to Kanye West's G.O.O.D. Music, known for Supernova, Young Forever, and production for Duran Duran, JP Cooper, and John Legend.
Mr. Big (American band)
Mr. Big, American hard rock band formed in Los Angeles in 1988 (Eric Martin, Paul Gilbert, Billy Sheehan, Pat Torpey), named after a Free song; number-one 1992 hit "To Be with You" from Lean Into It; huge in Japan; disbanded 2002, reunited 2009, final show 2025.
Mr. Bungle
Mr. Bungle is an American experimental rock band formed in 1985 in Eureka, California, by Mike Patton, Trey Spruance, and Trevor Dunn. Known for genre-hopping songs, its Warner Bros. albums Mr. Bungle (1991), Disco Volante (1995), and California (1999) influenced Korn and Avenged Sevenfold; the band reunited in 2020 with Scott Ian and Dave Lombardo.
Mr. Mister
Mr. Mister: American pop rock band formed 1982 in Los Angeles by Richard Page and Steve George, ex-Pages; hits "Broken Wings" and "Kyrie" from the 1985 album Welcome to the Real World; disbanded circa 1990.
Mr. President (band)
Mr. President, German Eurodance group from Bremen formed 1991 as Satellite One by producers Jens Neumann and Kai Matthiesen; trio LayZee, T-Seven, Lady Danii; hit "Coco Jamboo" (1996), number 2 Germany, number 8 UK, number 21 Billboard; disbanded 2008.
Mr.phylzzz
Mr.phylzzz (pronounced "Mr. Flies") is a Chicago noise-rock duo of Clinton Jacob and Danny Sein on Amphetamine Reptile Records since 2019; albums Real Live Suicide, Cancel Culture Club, Fat Chance, and the 2026 EP Fear The Lord, with Melvins-linked guests and the side project Gatta Morta.
Mrs. Green Apple (ミセスグリーンアップル)
Mrs. GREEN APPLE (ミセスグリーンアップル) is a Japanese pop-rock trio formed in 2013: Motoki Ohmori, Hiroto Wakai, Ryoka Fujisawa. Known for the 2020 hiatus and Phase 2 restart, two straight Japan Record Awards, and the 2026 album POPS.
Mstislav Rostropovich (Мстисла́в Леопо́льдович Ростропо́вич)
Mstislav Rostropovich (Мстислав Леопольдович Ростропович), 1927–2007, Soviet-Russian cellist, conductor, and teacher; premiered nearly 200 works by Shostakovich, Prokofiev, and Britten, led Washington's National Symphony Orchestra 1977–1994, and was exiled for defending human rights.
Mthandeni SK
Mthandeni SK, also known as Igcokama Elisha, is a South African Maskandi singer and songwriter, born 1988, whose crossover hits "Paris" and "Gucci" topped the national charts.
Mud (band)
Mud were an English glam rock band formed in 1966 in Carshalton, Surrey, by Les Gray, Rob Davis, Ray Stiles, and Dave Mount. Their 1973-1976 RAK era with Chinn and Chapman produced three UK number-one singles: Tiger Feet, Lonely This Christmas, and Oh Boy.
Mudcrutch
Mudcrutch, Tom Petty's pre-Heartbreakers country-rock band from Gainesville, Florida, formed 1970 with Mike Campbell, Tom Leadon, Benmont Tench, Randall Marsh; signed to Shelter 1974, broke up 1975, reunited 2008 and 2016 for two albums.
Mudhoney
Mudhoney is a Seattle grunge and garage punk band formed January 1, 1988 by Mark Arm and Steve Turner after Green River split, with Dan Peters and Matt Lukin. Known for Superfuzz Bigmuff, Touch Me I'm Sick, and enduring loyalty to Sub Pop.
Muireann Bradley
Muireann Bradley, Ballybofey-born Irish fingerstyle guitarist, plays prewar Piedmont and Delta country blues learned by ear; debut album I Kept These Old Blues (Tompkins Square, 2023) and Jools Holland's Hootenanny brought her fame.