The Manhattan Beat

Bobby Hackney In 1964 Detroit, Michigan, a man sat his three young sons in front of a television to watch the Beatles perform on the E...

Paulo Pinto Jr. (background) and Derrick Green Guitarist Max Cavalera and his brother, drummer Igor Cavalera , formed Sepultura in 19...

William Michael Albert Broad , better known as Billy Idol , was born in Stanmore, England, and became part of the local punk rock scene i...

Twenty-four-year-old Seinabo Sey (pronounced Say-na-bo See) was born of mixed ancestry in Södermalm, Sweden. Although born in her mother...

Marissa Paternoster Marissa Paternoster 's father taught her to play the guitar. While in high school, she formed a band called Sur...

Trever Keith Several bands have named themselves Face to Face , including a charting 1980s new wave band from Boston, Massachusetts, bu...

Jimmy Ryan (left) and Stephen Keech Christian metalcore band Haste the Day formed in 2001 in Carmel, Indiana, and derived its name from...

Tunde Adebimpe Nigerian-born Tunde Adebimpe and his roommate, David Andrew Sitek , were visual artists; Adebimpe had worked as an anim...

Courtney Barnett grew up in Sydney, Australia, although when she was 16, her family moved to Hobart, the capital city of the Australian ...

Bobby Gillespie Influenced by the punk rock movement in Scotland, Glasgow native Bobby Gillespie joined a local punk band, the Drains ...