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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.
Spencer Davis
Spencer Davis (Spencer David Nelson Davies, 1939-2020) was the Welsh guitarist and bandleader who founded the Spencer Davis Group in Birmingham in 1963, whose R&B hits Keep On Running, Somebody Help Me, Gimme Some Lovin' and I'm a Man featured teenage Steve Winwood, and who later became an Island Records executive.
Spencer Dryden
Spencer Charles Dryden (1938–2005), American drummer for Jefferson Airplane 1966–1970 and New Riders of the Purple Sage 1971–1978; Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, 1996; son of Wheeler Dryden, Charlie Chaplin's half-brother.
Spencer Smith (musician)
Spencer Smith (born 1987) is an American drummer who co-founded Panic! at the Disco, played on its first four albums (2004–2015), later became a DCD2 talent agent, and rejoined Brendon Urie at When We Were Young 2025.
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.
Spider One
Spider One, born Michael David Cummings in 1968, is an American singer and filmmaker, founder and vocalist of Boston-formed rock band Powerman 5000 and younger brother of Rob Zombie; known for the 1999 platinum album Tonight the Stars Revolt!.
Spike Jones
Spike Jones (Lindley Armstrong Jones, 1911–1965) was an American bandleader and drummer whose comedy band, Spike Jones and His City Slickers, scored 1940s hits such as “Der Fuehrer’s Face,” “Cocktails for Two,” and a parodic Nutcracker Suite.
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.