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That's What Friends Are For
That's What Friends Are For: Bacharach and Sager ballad, first sung by Rod Stewart in 1982, made famous by the 1985 Dionne & Friends charity single for amfAR, a US number one.
The (International) Noise Conspiracy
The (International) Noise Conspiracy (T(I)NC), a Swedish political garage-rock band active 1998–2009, formed by Dennis Lyxzén after Refused; albums Survival Sickness, A New Morning, Changing Weather, Armed Love.
The 101ers
The 101ers were a London pub rock band active from 1974 to 1976, best known as the group Joe Strummer fronted before leaving to form the Clash.
The 13th Floor Elevators
The 13th Floor Elevators, an Austin, Texas psychedelic rock band formed in late 1965 by Roky Erickson and Tommy Hall, pioneered the electric jug sound, coined "psychedelic rock," and scored with "You're Gonna Miss Me" before disbanding in 1969.
The 1975
The 1975 are an English pop-rock band from Manchester: Matty Healy, Adam Hann, Ross MacDonald, George Daniel. Five albums from the 2013 self-titled debut to Being Funny in a Foreign Language; next album DOGS is finished but undated.
The 411
The 411 were an English R&B girl group (2003-2005) of Carolyn Owlett, Tanya Boniface, Tisha Martin, and Suzie Furlonger; hits "On My Knees" (UK No. 4) and "Dumb" (UK No. 3), album Between the Sheets (2004).
The 5 Browns
The 5 Browns: Utah-born sibling classical piano quintet, first family of five at Juilliard (2001), formed 2002, Billboard #1 albums, Muhly five-piano concerto, subject of 2018 documentary.
The 5th Dimension
The 5th Dimension, American pop-soul vocal quintet formed in Los Angeles in 1965 as the Versatiles, renamed on signing to Johnny Rivers' Soul City in 1966; original members McCoo, Davis Jr., LaRue, McLemore, Townson; six Grammys, "Up, Up and Away" and "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In."
The 8-Bit Big Band
The 8-Bit Big Band is a Grammy-winning 30-65 member jazz/pops orchestra formed in 2017 by arranger Charlie Rosen in New York, arranging video game music (the "Great Video Game Songbook") across five albums, with Grammys for Meta Knight's Revenge (2022) and Super Mario Praise Break (2026).
The Afghan Whigs
The Afghan Whigs: Cincinnati rock band formed 1986 by Greg Dulli and John Curley; first non-Seattle Sub Pop signing; albums Gentlemen, Black Love, 1965; split 2001, reunited 2012; How Do You Burn? (2022), Soft Control (2026).
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Airborne Toxic Event: American indie rock band from Los Feliz, Los Angeles, formed 2006, named for DeLillo's White Noise; known for "Sometime Around Midnight" and albums All at Once (2011) and Glory (2024).
The Alan Parsons Project
The Alan Parsons Project: British progressive rock studio project formed in London in 1975 by Alan Parsons and Eric Woolfson; ten concept albums 1976–1987, Eye in the Sky, Sirius, Chicago Bulls, disbanded 1990.
The Alarm
The Alarm (the-alarm) is a Welsh rock band formed in Rhyl in 1981 by Mike Peters, Dave Sharp, Eddie MacDonald, and Nigel Twist; known for 'Sixty Eight Guns' and acoustic-guitar anthems, IRS Records albums, and Peters' 2025 death and final album Transformation.
The All-American Rejects
The All-American Rejects are an American pop-punk/emo rock band from Stillwater, Oklahoma, formed in 2000 by Tyson Ritter and Nick Wheeler. Known for Move Along, When the World Comes Down, the hit "Gives You Hell," and the 2026 independent album Sandbox.
The Allman Brothers Band
The Allman Brothers Band, formed in Jacksonville in 1969, was a blues-rock and Southern rock band with twin lead guitars and two drummers, known for At Fillmore East, 'Ramblin' Man,' and the Beacon Theatre residency.
The American Analog Set
The American Analog Set (The AmAnSet), indie rock band formed 1995 in Austin, Texas, led by Andrew Kenny; analog-recording-inspired name, seven albums from The Fun of Watching Fireworks (1996) to For Forever (2023) after a 2005 hiatus.
The Andrews Sisters
The Andrews Sisters were a Minneapolis-born American close harmony trio of LaVerne, Maxene, and Patty Andrews, swing-era stars whose 1941 "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" and USO troop tours made them the top-selling female vocal group before the Beatles.
The Angels (Australian band)
The Angels (Australian band), also known as Angel City in the US, are an Adelaide-formed pub rock band founded in 1974 by the Brewster brothers and Doc Neeson, famous for "Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again" and its crowd chant, ARIA Hall of Fame 1998.
The Animals
The Animals, also known as Eric Burdon & the Animals, are an English rhythm and blues and rock group formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in the early 1960s.
The Aquabats
The Aquabats: Orange County, California superhero-costumed rock band formed 1994, aka ska-punk act with Travis Barker era, seven studio albums through Finally! (2024), and the Emmy-nominated Super Show! TV series.
The Arcadian Wild
The Arcadian Wild: Nashville, Tennessee acoustic string band, also described as progressive bluegrass or chamber folk trio. Isaac Horn, Lincoln Mick, Bailey Warren; albums The Arcadian Wild (2015), Finch in the Pantry (2019), Welcome (2023), Make It Out Alive (2026), no drummer, Billboard Bluegrass chart placements.
The Archies
The Archies: fictional bubblegum pop band of Archie Comics characters, created by Don Kirshner for the 1968 CBS cartoon The Archie Show, with Ron Dante singing lead; "Sugar, Sugar" was Billboard's number one song of 1969.
The Army, The Navy
The Army, The Navy is an American indie-folk duo of Sasha Goldberg and Maia Ciambriello, Bay Area friends who studied songwriting at Loyola New Orleans, went viral in 2023 with "Vienna (In Memoriam)", and released the debut album Fake Brave Life in June 2026; distinct from the LA power pop band Army Navy.
The Arrogant Worms
The Arrogant Worms: Canadian musical comedy trio formed at Queen's University, Kingston, in 1991 (AllMusic says 1990). Known for "The Last Saskatchewan Pirate" and "Carrot Juice Is Murder"; 13 albums, over 160,000 sold.
The Associates (band)
The Associates (Associates) were a Scottish post-punk/new wave band formed in Dundee in 1979 by Billy Mackenzie and Alan Rankine, known for the 1982 UK No. 10 album Sulk and the No. 9 single "Party Fears Two."
The Association
The Association, American sunshine-pop vocal harmony group formed in Los Angeles in 1965, known for "Cherish," "Windy," "Along Comes Mary," and "Never My Love," and for opening the 1967 Monterey Pop Festival.
The Ataris
The Ataris, American pop-punk band formed 1996 in Anderson, Indiana, led by Kris Roe; known for So Long, Astoria (2003, No. 24 Billboard 200) and the Don Henley "Boys of Summer" cover.
The Avalanches
The Avalanches, Australian plunderphonics/electronic group from Melbourne (Robbie Chater, Tony Di Blasi), known for Since I Left You (2000, roughly 3,500 samples), Wildflower (2016), We Will Always Love You (2020), and No Bad Memories (2026).
The Avett Brothers
The Avett Brothers, folk-rock band from Concord, North Carolina, formed around 2000 by Scott and Seth Avett with Bob Crawford; known for Emotionalism, Rick Rubin-produced I and Love and You, and the AVTT/PTTN project with Mike Patton.
The Axis of Awesome
The Axis of Awesome: Australian comedy rock trio (Jordan Raskopoulos, Lee Naimo, Benny Davis), Sydney, active 2006–2018, famous for "Four Chords", the I–V–vi–IV medley that gave music theory the "Axis progression" name.