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Polly Jean Harvey (born 9 October 1969) is an English musician and singer-songwriter. Raised in Corscombe, Dorset, England, Harvey formed an eponymous band as a teenager with drummer Rob Ellis and bassist Ian Olliver, who was replaced with Steve Vaughan.

The trio released their first album Dry in 1992. Ellis and Vaughan left the band after the release of Rid of Me (1993), and Harvey continued as a solo artist. Among the accolades she has received have been the 2001 Mercury Music Prize, seven BRIT Award nominations, five Grammy Award nominations and two further Mercury Music Prize nominations. Rolling Stone named her 1992's Best New Artist and Best Singer Songwriter and 1995's Artist of the Year, and placed two of her albums on its 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. She was also rated the number one female rock artist by Q magazine in a 2002 reader poll. Harvey has said that she enjoys performing more than writing and recording because performing is when the music makes more sense.
Early life
Harvey was born in Bridport, Dorset, England, and was brought up in nearby Beaminster, Dorset. The daughter of a stonemason and a sculptor, Harvey grew up on a small sheep farm. At an early age her parents introduced her to the blues, jazz and art-rock, which, she told Rolling Stone in 1995, would later influence her: "I was brought up listening to John Lee Hooker, to Howlin' Wolf, to Robert Johnson, and a lot of Jimi Hendrix and Captain Beefheart. So I was exposed to all these very compassionate musicians at a very young age, and that's always remained in me and seems to surface more as I get older. I think the way we are as we get older is a result of what we knew when we were children." She later spent time listening to Soft Cell, Duran Duran & Spandau Ballet. In her teens she became a fan of the US indie guitar bands Pixies, Television and Slint, though not, as many critics have suspected, Patti Smith (a frequent comparison that Harvey dismisses as "lazy journalism"). More recently she has claimed inspiration from Russian folk music, Italian soundtrack composer Ennio Morricone and classical composers like Arvo Pärt, Samuel Barber and Henryk Górecki. She studied saxophone for about eight years, and contributed sax, guitar and backing vocals to her earliest Somerset bands Bologna, the Polekats, the Stoned Weaklings and Automatic Dlamini (John Parish's band). At the age of 17 she finished school and began writing her own songs. Harvey said that while in Automatic Dlamini, "I ended up not singing very much but I was just happy to learn how to play the guitar. I wrote a lot during the time I was with them but my first songs were crap. I was listening to a lot of Irish folk music at the time, so the songs were folky and full of penny whistles and stuff. It was ages before I felt ready to perform my own songs in front of other people." In January 1991, she formed the original PJ Harvey three-piece band, with herself on vocals and guitars, ex-Automatic Dlamini bandmate Rob Ellis on drums and Ian Olliver on bass (though Olliver was replaced by Steve Vaughan). The trio's debut gig at a skittle alley in Sherborne's Antelope Hotel was so disastrous that the proprietor begged the band to stop playing as nearly all his customers had fled the venue. By that time Harvey had also completed a foundation art course at Yeovil Art College and had applied to study sculpture at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in London, still undecided as to her future career.
Discography
* Dry (1992)
* Rid of Me (1993)
* 4-Track Demos (1993)
* To Bring You My Love (1995)
* Dance Hall at Louse Point (with John Parish) (1996)
* Is This Desire? (1998)
* Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea (2000)
* Uh Huh Her (2004)
* The Peel Sessions 1991-2004 (2006)
* White Chalk (2007)
* A Woman A Man Walked By (with John Parish) (2009)

Pixies are an American rock band that formed in Boston, Massachusetts in 1986. The band disbanded in 1993 under acrimonious circumstances but reunited in 2004. Black Francis, Joey Santiago, Kim Deal, and David Lovering have been the band's continual members.

The Pixies found only modest success in their home country, but were significantly more successful in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe, although never achieving mainstream success with their studio albums. The Pixies' style of alternative rock music is heavily influenced by punk and surf rock, and while highly melodic, is capable of being tremendously abrasive at the same time. Francis is the band's primary songwriter and singer and has a distinctly desperate, yowling delivery. He has typically written cryptic songs about offbeat subjects, such as UFOs and surrealism. References to mental instability, violent Biblical imagery, physical injury, and incest feature in many of the band's songs. The group is seen as the immediate forebearer of the alternative rock boom of the 1990s, though they disbanded before reaping any of the benefits this might have brought them. Avowed fan Kurt Cobain's acknowledgement of the debt Nirvana owed to the Pixies, along with similar tributes by other alternative bands, ensured that the Pixies' legacy and influence grew substantially in the years following their demise.
Formation
The Pixies' history began when undergraduates Joey Santiago and Black Francis (born Charles Thompson IV) shared a room at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Santiago soon introduced Francis to the music of David Bowie and 1970s punk rock, and the pair began to jam together. Francis then embarked on a student exchange trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico, but upon arriving struggled to grasp the Spanish language. After spending six months in an apartment with a "weirdo, psycho, gay roommate", he returned to Boston and dropped out of the university. The two spent 1984 working in a warehouse, with Francis composing songs on his acoustic guitar and writing lyrics on the subway train. The pair formed a band in January 1986. Bassist Kim Deal joined Santiago and Francis two weeks later after responding to a classified advertisement Francis had placed, seeking a female bassist who liked both folk music icons Peter, Paul and Mary and the hardc... punk band Hüsker Dü. Deal was the only person to respond, but arrived at the audition without a bass guitar as she had never played the instrument before. She claimed her twin sister Kelley Deal had a bass back in Dayton and that she had no money to get it. Francis lent her $50 for the airfare and Deal returned with the bass guitar. The trio started rehearsing in Deal's apartment, "because the old lady upstairs couldn't hear." After recruiting Kim Deal, the band tried to get Kelley to join the band on drums, unsuccessfully. Kim's husband suggested they hire drummer David Lovering, whom Kim had met at her wedding reception. They arrived at a name after Santiago selected the word randomly from a dictionary and took a liking to the definition, "mischievous little elves". The group was originally named "Pixies In Panoply" ("Things on Fire" was considered), but soon shortened it to "Pixies". Once the band had settled on a name and stable line-up, they moved rehearsals to Lovering's parents' garage in the summer of 1986. Their first show named as "possibly the worst gig in the history of rock" by the band took place at the The Rathskeller, Boston, where they performed early versions of "Here Comes Your Man", "Dig for Fire", and "Build High".
Musical style
Although the Pixies' musical style has changed over time, the band is considered to be an alternative rock band alongside similar bands such as the Throwing Muses. The Pixies explored a range of song styles in their songs although many songs were characterized by Francis' distinctive yowling and lead vocals, with Deal's feathery backing vocals (on songs such as "I Bleed" and "Debaser") & Santiago's erratic lead guitar. The band's sound has progressed from an indie rock sound on Come On Pilgrim and Surfer Rosa, to a more sci-fi rock sound on Bossanova and Trompe le Monde. However, they have experimented with other genres of music, such as surf rock ("Cecilla Ann" on Bossanova), rock ("U-Mass") and pseudo-metal ("Planet of Sound" and "The Sad Punk", on Trompe le Monde).
Awards and achievements
Although the Pixies never gained mainstream recognition in its original incarnation, the band won several awards from music publications and local music awards. For example, they won the Act of the Year award in the 2004 Boston Music Awards. The Pixies also won acclaim from music publications for their records:
* Sounds – Album of the Year: Surfer Rosa – 1988
* Melody Maker – Album of the Year – Surfer Rosa – 1988
* Sounds – Runner up Album of the Year – Doolittle – 1989
* Melody Maker – Single of the Year – "Monkey Gone to Heaven" – 1989
* Melody Maker – Runner Up Album of the Year – Doolittle – 1989
* Sounds – Album of the Year – Bossanova – 1990
In addition, the albums Surfer Rosa and Doolittle both appeared on the Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time list.
Discography
* Come On Pilgrim EP (1987)
* Surfer Rosa (1988)
* Doolittle (1989)
* Bossanova (1990)
* Trompe le Monde (1991)

Pink Floyd are an English rock band who initially earned recognition for their psychedelic and space rock music, and later, as they evolved, for their progressive rock music. Pink Floyd are known for philosophical lyrics, sonic experimentation, innovative album cover art, and elaborate live shows.

One of rock music's most successful acts, the group have sold over 210 million albums worldwide including 74.5 million albums in the United States. Pink Floyd influenced progressive rock artists of the 1970s such as Genesis and Yes, as well as contemporary artists such as Nine Inch Nails Dream Theater, and Porcupine Tree. Pink Floyd were formed in London in 1965 when Syd Barrett moved down from Cambridge and joined The Tea Set, a group consisting of Regent Street Polytechnic architecture students Nick Mason, Roger Waters, Richard Wright and Bob Klose. The group had moderate mainstream success and were one of the most popular bands in the London underground music scene in the late 1960s as a psychedelic band led by Syd Barrett. However, Barrett's erratic behaviour eventually led his colleagues to replace him with guitarist and singer David Gilmour. After Barrett's departure, singer and bass player Roger Waters became a dominant force in the group, a situation which developed through the late 1970s, and lasted until his departure from the group in 1985. The band had always been popular in England, though they did not achieve worldwide critical and commercial success until the concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon (1973), Wish You Were Here (1975), and Animals (1977), and the rock opera The Wall (1979). In 1985, Waters declared Pink Floyd "a spent force", but the remaining members, led by Gilmour, continued recording and touring under the name Pink Floyd. Waters sued them for the name and eventually they reached a settlement out of court, under which Gilmour, Mason and Wright would continue as Pink Floyd. They again enjoyed worldwide success with A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987) and The Division Bell (1994). Waters performed with the band for the first time in 24 years on 2 July 2005 at the London Live 8 concert.
Live performances
Pink Floyd were renowned for their lavish stage shows, combining over-the-top visual experiences with music to create a show in which the performers themselves were almost secondary. They had always resisted the temptation of a large screen portraying band members because they "don't really do very much", preferring instead to show music videos to run alongside the songs.
Discography
Albums
* The Piper at the Gates of Dawn (1967)
* A Saucerful of Secrets (1968)
* Soundtrack from the Film More (1969)
* Ummagumma (1969)
* Atom Heart Mother (1970)
* Meddle (1971)
* Obscured by Clouds (1972)
* The Dark Side of the Moon (1973)
* Wish You Were Here (1975)
* Animals (1977)
* The Wall (1979)
* The Final Cut (1983)
* A Momentary Lapse of Reason (1987)
* The Division Bell (1994)
DVD & video
* London '66-'67 (1967)
* Live at Pompeii (1972)
* The Wall (1982)
* Delicate Sound of Thunder (1988)
* La Carrera Panamericana (1991)
* Pulse (1995)
Personnel
Note: Pink Floyd were founded in 1965. Earlier dates refer to associations in previous bands.
* Syd Barrett – lead guitar, lead vocals (1964–1968)
* Bob Klose – lead guitar (1964–1965)
* Nick Mason – drums, percussion (1964–1994)
* Richard Wright – keyboards, vocals (1964–1981; 1987–1994)
* Roger Waters – guitar (1964), bass guitar, vocals (1964–1985)
* David Gilmour – lead guitar, vocals (1968–1994)

Pinback is an indie rock band from San Diego, California, currently signed to Touch and Go Records. The band was formed in 1998 by singers, songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Armistead Burwell Smith IV and Rob Crow.

The band has two drummers that switch off and on, Chris Prescott, and Tom Zinser. Other members of Pinback past and present are: Terrin Durfey, Eric Hoversten, Ryan Bromley, Cameron Jones, Kenseth Thideau, Gabriel Voiles, MC, Dmitri Dziensuwski, Donny Van Zandt, and Thatcher Orbitachi. The band's moniker is a reference to a character in the film Dark Star (played by Dan O'Bannon, who also co-wrote the film), directed by John Carpenter. Audio samples from this film are used frequently in the band's early works. Pinback's most recent album Autumn of the Seraphs was released on September 11, 2007. The band also recently released a collection of rarities, entitled Nautical Antiques. They appeared live in a nationally broadcast interview and played a couple of songs on NPR's Talk of the Nation on October 8th, 2007, available for download via NPR's website. On April 1st, 2009, it was annouced that Pinback was working on a new album, due 2010, and that it would be released by Temporary Residence.
Discography
Studio albums
* This Is a Pinback CD (1999)
* Blue Screen Life (2001)
* Summer in Abaddon (2004) U.S. #196
* Autumn of the Seraphs (2007) U.S. #69
Extended plays
* Live in Donny's Garage (2000)
* Some Voices (2000)
* This Is a Pinback Tour E.P. (2001)
* More or Less Live in a Few Different Places (2002)
* Arrive Having Eaten (2003)
* Offcell (2003)
* Too Many Shadows (2004)
* The Rob And Zach Show ascii E.P. (2008)
Compilations
* Nautical Antiques (2006)

Piano Magic is a musical collective formed in the summer of 1996 by Glen Johnson, Dominic Chennell, and Dick Rance in London, England. Their sound has been described as ambient pop, post-rock, indietronica.

While the most recent releases have seen them operating with a traditional band format, they originally started their career with the intention to base their recordings around their small nucleus and whoever else would like to contribute. Glen Johnson is the only remaining band member from the original trio. Piano Magic was formed in the summer of 1996 by Glen Johnson, Dominic Chennell, and Dick Rance in London, England, as a 'bedroom-studio' project with the intention to base their recordings around their small nucleus and whomever else would like to contribute. Originally reluctant to perform live, they gave way to label pressure when their first single proved popular on BBC Radio 1 John Peel show & was awarded Single of the Week in Melody Maker. While recruiting Paul Tornbohm to play drums at these gigs, they pointedly refused to play or sound like any of their released material. Popular Mechanics appeared on i/Ché in 1997, a debut album which the press variously described as "ethereal electro pop atmospheric soundscapes" or "simply delighting in... making silly noises" & which the band thought of as "Small Beat, pre-chip... radiophonics". It included vocals by Hazel Burfitt and Raechel Leigh but, with Rance having quit the band, combined two previous single releases with a set of new recordings by Johnson and Chennell. The duo then briefly recruited American music students, Alexander Perls, Jen Adam and Ezra Feinberg to complete the band, though Chennell too had departed by the time of the second album release Low Birth Weight in 1998, a record described as "dreamy, trance and organic psychedelia". It introduced the vocals of Caroline Potter who would sing on one further album.
Related Projects
* Cedric Pin and Glen Johnson have recorded as 'Future Conditional'.
* Glen Johnson has recorded as 'Textile Ranch'.
* Glen Johnson has published a collection of short stories and poems titled 'Angel Kagoule'.
* Dominic Chennell has recorded as 'Dominic de Nebo' and with the group 'Carphology Collective'.
Discography
Official full-length releases
* Popular Mechanics, (i/Che, 1997)
* A Trick of the Sea, (Darla, 1998)
* Low Birth Weight, (Rocket Girl, 1999)
* Artists' Rifles, (Rocket Girl, 2000)
* Son de Mar, (4AD, 2001)
* Writers Without Homes, (4AD, 2002)
* The Troubled Sleep of Piano Magic, (Green UFOs, 2003)
* Disaffected (Darla, 2005)
* Part Monster (Important, 2007)
Official single releases
* Wrong French, (i/Che, 1996)
* Wintersport, (i/Che, 1997)
* For Engineers, (Wurlitzer, 1997)
* Music for Rolex, (Lissy's, 1998)
* There's No Need for Us to Be Alone, (Rocket Girl, 1998)
* Fun of the Century, (Piao!, 1998)
* Mort Aux Vaches, (Staalplat, 1998)
* Music for Annahbird, (Piao!, 1998)
* Amongst the Books, an Angel, (Acetone, 1999)
* Panic Amigo, (Morr Music, 2000)
* I Came to Your Party Dressed as a Shadow, (Acuarela, 2001)
* Speed the Road, Rush the Lights, (Green UFOs, 2003)
* Saint Marie EP, (Green UFOs, 2003)
* The Opencast Heart EP, (Important Records, 2005)
* Never It Will Be the Same Again [Limited Edition of 100 copies], (EN/OF, 2006)
* Incurable EP, (Important Records, 2006)
* Dark Horses EP, (Make Mine Music, 2008)

Phoenix is a French alternative rock band started during their childhood by Thomas Mars, Deck D'Arcy, Christian Mazzalai and Laurent Brancowitz in the affluent suburb of Versailles, in the same culture that produced late-'90s bands such as Air and Daft Punk.

Phoenix started as the backing band for a remix of Air's "Kelly Watch the Stars" single. Soon after, Phoenix released their 2000 debut album United. The name Phoenix was officially chosen in 1996 when Laurent Brancowitz permanently joined the band after the end of the short-lived band Darlin' he formed with Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, who eventually became Daft Punk.
Members
* Thomas Mars – Vocals
* Deck – Bass
* Branco – Guitar
* Christian Mazzalai – Guitar
Discography
Studio albums
* United
12 June 2000
(EMI, Source, Astralwerks)
* Alphabetical
29 March 2004
(EMI, Source, Astralwerks)
* It's Never Been Like That
15 May 2006
(EMI, Source, Astralwerks)
* Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
25 May 2009
(Cooperative Music, Glassnote, V2 Records, Loyauté)
Live albums
* Live! Thirty Days Ago
8 November 2004
(EMI, Source, Astralwerks)
Singles
* "Party Time" (1999)
* "Heatwave" (2 August 1999)
* "Too Young" (22 May 2000)
* "If I Ever Feel Better" (22 January 2001)
* "Everything Is Everything" (EU release: 22 March 2004, UK release: 12 July 2004)
* "Run Run Run" (19 April 2004)
* "Long Distance Call" (8 May 2006)
* "Consolation Prizes" (11 September 2006)
* "1901" (23 February 2009)
* "Lizstomania" (2009)
Music videos
* "Too Young" directed by Steven Hanft
* "If I Ever Feel Better" directed by Alex & Martin
* "Funky Squaredance" directed by Roman Coppola
* "Run Run Run" directed by Mathieu Tonetti
* "Long Distance Call" directed by Roman Coppola
* "Consolation Prizes" directed by Daniel Askill
* "Lizstomania" directed by Antoine Wagner

Philip David Charles "Phil" Collins (born 30 January 1951 in Chiswick, London) is an English singer-songwriter, drummer, keyboardist & actor best known as the lead singer and drummer of English progressive rock group Genesis & as a Grammy & Academy Award-winning solo artist.

Collins sang the lead vocals on eight American chart-toppers between 1984 and 1989; seven as a solo artist and one with Genesis. His singles, often dealing with lost love, ranged from the drum-heavy "In the Air Tonight", to the dance pop of "Sussudio", to the political statements of his most successful song, "Another Day in Paradise". His international popularity transformed Genesis from a progressive rock group to a regular on the pop charts and an early MTV mainstay. According to britishhitsongwriters.com he is the forty eighth most successful songwriter in U.K. singles chart history based on weeks that his compositions have spent on the chart. Collins' professional career began as a drummer, first with obscure rock group Flaming Youth and then more famously with Genesis. In Genesis, Collins originally supplied backing vocals for front man Peter Gabriel, singing lead on only two songs: "For Absent Friends" from 1971's Nursery Cryme album and "More Fool Me" from Selling England by the Pound, which was released in 1973. On Gabriel's departure in 1975, Collins became the group's lead singer. As the decade closed, Genesis's first international hit, "Follow You, Follow Me", demonstrated a drastic change from the band's early years. His concurrent solo career, heavily influenced by his personal life, brought both him and Genesis commercial success. According to Atlantic Records, Collins' total worldwide sales as a solo artist, as of 2002, were 150 million.
Personal life
Collins married
* 1 - Canadian Andrea Bertorelli in 1975. They met as students in a drama class in London, in 1975. They had a son, Simon Collins, and Collins adopted Bertorelli's daughter Joely Collins, now a Canadian actress. They divorced in 1980, after she started an affair with their painter and decorator. Collins later appeared on the BBC's Top of the Pops singing his 1981 solo hit "In The Air Tonight" with a pot of paint and brush positioned on his piano.
* 2 - Collins and his second wife, Jill Taverman whom he met in 1980, were married from 1984 to 1996. They had one daughter, named Lily. Collins openly admits that some of their divorce-related correspondence was by fax (one, about access to their daughter, was reproduced in The Sun), but denies that this took her by surprise. Collins paid Jill £17M as final settlement.
* 3 - After a five year romance, Collins married his third wife, Orianne Cevey, in 1999. The couple have two sons, Nicholas and Mathew. They bought Sir Jackie Stewart's former house located in Begnins, Switzerland, overlooking Lake Geneva. Announcing their separation on 16 March 2006, they were divorced in January 2007. Collins reportedly paid Cevey £25M in settlement. Collins has said he will continue to live in Switzerland to be near the children. He is presently residing in Féchy, while also maintaining homes in New York City and Dersingham, England. In 2008, Collins was quoted in People Magazine: "Marriage is a difficult proposition. But I haven't given up on it, either."
Collins was appointed a Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian Order in 1994 in recognition of his work on behalf of the Prince's Trust. Bob Geldof said of Collins after recording the drums for the Band Aid single "Feed The World (Do They Know its Christmas)", "Phil Collins, is a magnificent soul, he has touched the world through his music and he continues to fight against world poverty. He is one of life's true heroes." Collins is a supporter of animal rights and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). In 2005, he donated autographed drumsticks in support of PETA's campaign against Kentucky Fried Chicken. Collins also has a lifelong interest in the Alamo. He has collected hundreds of artifacts related to the famous 1836 battle in San Antonio, Texas, narrated a light and sound show about the Alamo, and spoken at related events.
Discography
Studio albums
The following list includes all Phil Collins' albums with the exception of compilations, live and remix albums. For a complete album list, see Phil Collins discography.
* 1981: Face Value
* 1982: Hello, I Must Be Going!
* 1985: No Jacket Required
* 1989: …But Seriously
* 1993: Both Sides
* 1996: Dance Into the Light
* 1999: Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack
* 2002: Testify
* 2003: Brother Bear: Original Soundtrack

Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) (translation: Marconi's Awarded Bakery) is an Italian progressive rock band. They were the first Italian band to have success abroad, entering both the British and American charts.

Between 1973 and 1977 they released five albums with English lyrics for the international market. They also had several successful European and American tours, even playing at the popular Reading Festival in England and appearing on a very popular national television program in the U.S.A.
Members
Current
* Franco Mussida: acoustic guitar, electric guitar, 12 string guitar, mandolin, vocals (1970 - present)
* Franz Di Cioccio: drums, percussion, lead and backing vocals (1970 - present)
* Patrick Djivas: bass, programming (1974 - present)
* Lucio Fabbri: violin, keyboards (1979-1987)(2000 - present )
* Gianluca Tagliavini: piano, Hammond, Minimoog, other keyboards (2005-present)
* Piero Monterisi: additional drums (2006-present)
Former
* Flavio Premoli: piano, keyboards, Mellotron, Moog synthesizer, lead vocals (1970 - 1980, 1997 - 2005)
* Giorgio Piazza: bass (1970-1974)
* Mauro Pagani: flute, piccolo, violin, vocals (1970-1976)
* Bernardo Lanzetti: lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1975-1977)
* Gregory Bloch: violin (1976-1977)
* Walter Calloni: additional drums (1982-1987)
* Roberto Gualdi: additional drums (1997-2005)
Discography
Studio albums
* Storia di un minuto (1972)
* Per un amico (1972)
* L'isola di niente (1974)
* Chocolate kings (1975)
* Jet lag (1977)
* Passpartù (1978)
* Suonare suonare (1980)
* Come ti va in riva alla città (1981)
* P.F.M.? P.F.M.! (1984)
* Miss Baker (1987)
* Ulisse (1997)
* Serendipity (2000)
* Dracula (2005)
* Stati di immaginazione (2006)
English versions
* Photos of Ghosts (1973 - version of Per un amico)
* The World Became the World (1974 - version of L'isola di niente)
Live albums
* Live in USA (1974, also known as Cook)
* In Concerto - Arrangiamenti PFM (1979) (with Fabrizio De André)
* In Concerto - Arrangiamenti PFM, Vol 2 (1980) (with Fabrizio De André)
* Performance (1981)
* www.pfmpfm.it (1998)
* Live in Japan 2002 (2002)
* Piazza del Campo (2005)

Peter Schilling (born Pierre Michael Schilling on January 28, 1956, Stuttgart, Germany) is a German synthpop musician whose songs often feature science-fiction themes (aliens, astronauts, nuclear holocausts, etc.).

His 1983 album, Error in the System, generated his only international hit single, "Major Tom (Coming Home)", a retelling of David Bowie's classic 1969 song "Space Oddity". Although the song was originally recorded in German, the international hit version was sung in English. In 1984 and 1985, Schilling released the albums 120 Grad and 120 Grad's English language version, 1985's Things to Come. From 1986 to 1989, Schilling released non-album singles and put out his 1988 compilation The Different Story. In 1990, Schilling suffered from burnout and the following year he took a break. In 1994, he married his girlfriend Catyana. In the late 90s, Schilling formed a side project called Space Pilots, which was a big success in Japan. In 2000, Peter Schilling separated from his wife and in 2003, they divorced. Space Pilots was a band formed by Peter Schilling and includes members Catyana Schilling, J. Feifel, and P. Magnet. They have recorded only one song, titled Trip to Orion. It was released on vinyl and CD in 1995, both of which are extremely rare, and appears on the Japanese dance compilation CD Dancemania 1 (which is much more common than the vinyl or CD singles). The song is based on and includes vocal samples from the German science-fiction TV show Raumpatrouille Orion.
Discography
* Fehler im System, WEA 24.0026.1, 1982 [#4 Austria]
* Major Tom (Völlig losgelöst), 1982 [#1 Germany]
* Error in the System, Elektra 60265-1, 1983 [#61 USA, #1 Canada]
* 120 Grad, 1984
* Things to Come, Elektra 604404-1, 1985
* 1.000 Augen, 1986 (This album was never released)
* The Different Story (World of Lust and Crime), 1989 (Released in Germany in 1992)
* Geheime Macht, 1993
* Major Tom 94, 1994
* Sonne, Mond Und Sterne, 1994
* Von anfangan...bis jetzt, 1999
* Raumnot, 2003
* Retrospektive, 2004
* Zeitsprung, 2004
* Delight Factor Wellness, 2005
* Das Prinzip Mensch, 2006
* Tauch Mit Mir...In Eine Neue Zeit...Das Beste Von 2003-2006, 2006
* Emotionen sind männlich, 2007
Singles
* Symphonie der Liebe/Wieder mal verliebt , 197? (As Pierre)
* Gib her das Ding/Frei sein ist schön, 1979 (As Pierre Schilling)
* Heut ist was los auf der Autobahn/Sweet Sixteen, 1980 (As Pierre Schilling)
* Lied An Dich/Lampenfieber, 1981 (As Pierre Schilling)
* Major Tom (Völlig losgelöst), 1982 [#1 Germany, #1 Switzerland, #1 Austria, #2 Netherlands]
* Die Wüste Lebt, 1983 [#5 Austria, #10 Switzerland, #7 Germany]
* Fehler Im System, 1983
* Major Tom (Coming Home), Elektra 7-69811, 1983 [#14 USA, #1 Canada, #42 UK, #4 South Africa]
* Major Tom (Coming Home) (12" Single), Elektra 0-66995, 1983
* Terra Titanic, 1984 [#26 Germany]
* Terra Titanic (12" Single), WEA 249 415-0, 1984
* Hitze Der Nacht, 1984 [#46 Germany]
* Hitze Der Nacht (Special Remix), 1984
* Region 804, 1985
* Chill of the Night (Promo), 1985
* Ich Vermisse Dich/Für immer jung, 1986 [#32 Germany]
* All The Love I Need/In My Youth, 1986
* Alles Endet Bei Dir/Wonderful World, 1986
* The Different Story (World Of Lust And Crime), 1988 [#10 Sweden, #61 USA]
* Zug Um Zug, 1992
* Bild Der Dunkelheit, 1992
* Viel Zu Heiss, 1993
* Major Tom 94, 1994 (Released in both English and German) [#29 Germany]
* Sonne, Mond Und Sterne, 1994
* Terra Titanic, 1995 (1995 remixes)
* Trip to Orion, 1996 (With the Space Pilots)
* Kingdom of Rain, 2000 (As M*Period)
* Major Tom 2000 (Ground Control vs. Major Tom) [#83 Germany]
* Terra Titanic 2003, 2003
* Raumnot, 2003
* Sonne, Mond Und Sterne 2003, 2003
* Major Tom 2003, 2003
* Experiment Erde, 2004
* Weit Weg, 2005
* Der Menschliche Faktor (Remixes), 2005
* Es Gibt Keine Sehnsucht, 2006
Books
* Lust Faktor Wellness, 2005
* Emotionen sind männlich, 2007

Peter John Murphy (born 11 July 1957, near Northampton, England, raised in Wellingborough, England), is an English Gothic Rock vocalist. He was the vocalist of the rock group Bauhaus who later went on to release a number of solo albums, such as Deep and Love Hysteria.

Thin, with prominent cheekbones, a rich voice, and a penchant for gloomy poetics, Murphy is often called the "Godfather of Goth." Whether rising from coffins on-stage, driving a hearse called the "Bauhearse," or appearing in concert as vampires, Bauhaus was one of the establishing acts of the goth movement. Their use of spacey recording effects and theatrical aesthetics was evocative of both early horror films and glam rock; they became an influential group in the early days of gothic rock. In 1982, Bauhaus appeared during the opening sequences of the horror movie The Hunger, performing one of their most popular songs, "Bela Lugosi's Dead". The camera focused almost exclusively on Murphy during most of the scene, panning only briefly to the stars David Bowie and Catherine Deneuve. Bauhaus reformed in 1998 for a tour, and once again in 2006 for a tour with Nine Inch Nails. The latter group's frontman, Trent Reznor, and Murphy were guests on several radio shows together, often performing three to four duets per radio show. Reznor cites Bauhaus as one of his primary musical influences, and had toured with Murphy earlier in both their careers.
Interesting Notes
Peter Murphy was the model for Maxell's UK "Blown Away Guy" ad campaign which ran in the 1980s, with its tagline of "Sentence your cassette to life." Despite the rumor, he's not the younger model in the omnipresent US edition of the campaign. He is married to Beyhan and has two children, named Hurihan and Adem. His wife has directed several of his videos, and leads the Turkish National Modern Dance company. Since 1992 he has been living in Ankara, Turkey.
Chase Bank uses a Peter Murphy performed cover version of John Lennon's "Instant Karma!" on a television spot called "Blue Sky".
Discography
* Should the World Fail to Fall Apart (1986)
* Love Hysteria (1988)
* Deep (1990)
* Holy Smoke (1992)
* Cascade (1995)
* Recall EP (1997)
* Wild Birds: 1985-1995 (compilation) (2000)
* A Live Just for Love (live) (2001)
* Dust (2002)
* Unshattered (2004)
* New Solo Album TBA (2009)

Peter Bjorn and John is a Swedish indie rock band, formed in Stockholm in 1999 and named after the first names of the band's current members: Peter Morén (vocals, guitar and harmonica), Björn Yttling (bass guitar, keyboards and vocals) and John Eriksson (drums, percussion and vocals).

They are best known for the 2006 single "Young Folks", which featured Victoria Bergsman, formerly of The Concretes, & was a top 20 hit in the UK Singles Chart. The hit was featured in the 2008 motion picture 21. It was also named NME's second-best track of 2006, beaten only by "Over and Over" by Hot Chip. In Australia it was voted number 16 in the annual Triple J Hottest 100 for 2006. Morén and Yttling began playing music together while at high school. They shared an interest in bands such as The Stone Roses and Ride. They are influenced by, but not interested in replicating, classic '60s baroque pop, power pop and new wave. Their first band disbanded after they moved to Stockholm, where they met Eriksson in 1999 to form Peter, Björn and John. Their first gig was an unsuccessful one aboard a boat in Stockholm. Their expectations were not high from the start, as they "just wanted to make good music for their own amusement". Lars Skoglund of the band Laakso has filled in for the band on drums and played bongos during some live shows. The video to their song "Young Folks" was animated and directed by Ted Malmros from Shout Out Louds. Morén has recorded a solo album, The Last Tycoon, released April 8, 2008. Kanye West has sampled the song in his version of "Young Folks" from his mixtape album, Can't Tell Me Nothing. Peter, Bjorn and John also recently collaborated with Canadian-born Actor and Hip Hop star Drake on his 2009 mixtape, So Far Gone, on the song "Lets Call It Off"
The band released their most recent album, Living Thing, on 31 March 2009.
Discography
Albums
* Peter Bjorn and John (2002)
* Falling Out (2005)
* Writer's Block (2006) #68 UK, #114 US
* Seaside Rock (2008)
* Living Thing (March 2009) #92 US
Singles
* "Young Folks" (2006) #13 UK, #26 CAN, US #110, US Modern Rock Tracks #22
* "Let's Call It Off" (2006) #130 UK
* "Objects of My Affection" (2007)
* "Nothing to Worry About" (2009)
* "Lay It Down" (2009)
Other contributions
* Acoustic 07 (2007, V2 Records) - "Young Folks"

Pet Shop Boys, are an English electronic dance music duo, consisting of Neil Tennant, who provides main vocals, keyboards and occasionally guitar and Chris Lowe on keyboards and occasionally on vocals.

At the 2009 BRIT Awards, The Pet Shop Boys received an award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. Pet Shop Boys have sold more than 50 million records worldwide. Since 1986, they have had 39 Top 30 singles and 22 Top 10 hits in the UK, including four Number Ones: "West End Girls," "It's a Sin," "Always on My Mind," and "Heart." The duo's latest album, entitled Yes, was released on 23 March 2009. Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe met in an electronics shop on Kings Road in Chelsea, London in August 1981. Recognising a mutual interest in dance music, they began to work on material together, first in Tennant's flat in Chelsea and from 1982, in a small studio, in Camden Town. It was during these early years that several songs that would later appear on future albums were created, including "It's a Sin," "West End Girls," "Rent," and "Jealousy." Starting out, the two called themselves West End, because of their love of London's West End, but later they came up with the name Pet Shop Boys, which derived from some friends who worked in a pet shop, in Ealing. They said that the new name "sounded like an English rap group." Their big break came in August 1983, when Tennant was assigned by Smash Hits to interview The Police in New York. The duo were obsessed with a stream of Hi-NRG records, made by New York producer Bobby Orlando, simply known as Bobby 'O'. According to Tennant: "I thought: well, if I've got to go & see The Police play, then I'm also going to have lunch with Bobby 'O'." They shared a cheeseburger and carrot cake, at a restaurant called the Apple Jack, on 19 August (two years to the day since Tennant and Lowe had met) and Orlando suggested making a record with Pet Shop Boys, after hearing a demo tape that Tennant had taken with him. In April 1984, the Orlando-produced "West End Girls" was released, becoming a club hit in Los Angeles and San Francisco. On 2 November it was voted "Screamer of the Week" by listeners of Long Island, New York radio station WLIR. Though the track did not do well in the UK, it was a minor hit in France and Belgium.
Musical style
Band dynamic
The dynamic of Pet Shop Boys' image lies in the duo's public personalities Tennant is perceived as an erudite intellectual, articulate and verbose in speech; while Lowe, now almost always seen in his trademark attire of hat and sunglasses (since as early as 1985), appears as guarded and terse, but nevertheless behaves as casual, flippant and fun-loving. They have maintained a consistent pattern for interviews, in which Tennant is the primary speaker, answering questions at length, while occasionally being interrupted by brief, generally humorous interjections from Lowe (which is comparable to the concept of a comedic double act). They have also been seen as wilfully contrary, defying expectations of record labels and the music industry in terms of commercial image, self-promotion and the nature of their own music. In their early years, Pet Shop Boys seemed to be mostly defined by the things they refused to do. A 1986 quotation by Lowe, taken from an Entertainment Tonight clip and subsequently sampled in their own song "Paninaro," is often cited as the prime example of this:
“I don't like country and western. I don't like rock music, I don't like rockabilly or rock and roll particularly. I don't like much, really, do I? But what I do like, I love passionately.”
This also formed the foundation of the band's early reputation as being anti-rock music and more properly aligned with disco and dance music culture. Eventually, however, these differences were reconciled a process that symbolically culminated with Pet Shop Boys' performance at the 2000 Glastonbury Festival, which was the surprise highlight of the three-day event. Tennant expressed his gratitude to the crowd by thanking them for "being kind to us," and that they were "Glastonbury virgins."
Sexuality
Neil Tennant, who neither denied nor confirmed gay rumours throughout the 1980s, "came out," in a 1994 interview for Attitude, a UK gay lifestyle magazine. Lowe, meanwhile, has not disclosed his own orientation, although he has opined (in a 1996 BBC radio documentary) that there is, basically, but one sexuality, which suggests that he may consider the terms "gay" or "straight" to be constricting labels. The duo are sometimes incorrectly assumed to be a couple (in the 1990 biography Pet Shop Boys, Literally, Tennant recalls that even their ex-manager, Tom Watkins, was under this impression for a time, which inadvertently fueled even more rumours about their orientations). Pet Shop Boys are seen as significant figures in gay culture for such songs as "Can You Forgive Her?," "It's a Sin" (for which gay director Derek Jarman produced the video), "New York City Boy," and their cover of Village People's "Go West." They have written a song about a young male fan spending a night with a rapper, based on Eminem, called "The night I fell in love," and a song about coming out, "Metamorphosis." Their 1990s single "Being boring" dealt with the gay experience and the devastation wrought by the AIDS crisis; the song (and its supporting video, filmed by Bruce Weber), though being one of their lowest-charting singles, remains one of their most popular. However, Neil Tennant has stated many times that his lyrics are not specifically gay. Many of their songs are written from an ambiguous view point, that can be taken any way the listener perceives it and this goes some way to explain why a large segment of their die-hard fans are heterosexual. Pet Shop Boys have performed and worked with many artists considered to be gay and bisexual icons, such as Dusty Springfield, David Bowie, Elton John, Liza Minnelli, Boy George, Kylie Minogue, Madonna and Pete Burns. Pet Shop Boys attempted to organise and perform in a planned 2001 tour of out gay musicians, entitled Wotapalava. However, the plans were later put on hold and the idea seems to have been discarded.
Grammy nominations
* 1995: Grammy Award — Best Recording Package for Very Relentless (Nominated)
* 2003: Grammy Award — Best Recording Package for Release (Nominated)
* 2007: Grammy Award — Best Dance Recording for "I'm with Stupid" (Nominated)
* 2007: Grammy Award — Best Electronic/Dance Album for Fundamental (Nominated)
Discography
As of 2009, Pet Shop Boys have released fifty-six singles and ten "proper" studio albums (one of which, Introspective, is in fact a long playing mini-album, featuring six originally extended tracks), as well as twenty-two among various types of compilations, remix albums and EPs, including one live album and two soundtrack and score albums.

Persephone's Bees is an Oakland-based rock/pop music group. Growing up in Pyatigorsk, Russia, lead singer Angelina Moysov was musically inspired by her family: her mother played traditional folk/gypsy music while her brother played modern music.

After immigrating to America in 1993, she formed Persephone's Bees with Tom Ayres (who plays guitar), Paul Bertolino (drums), and Mike Farrell (bass). Their first LP, City of Love, was nominated for best debut album at the California Music Awards, along with being voted "Best Bay Area Pop Band" by SF Weekly. Afterwards, they signed to Columbia Records and released their major label debut, Notes from the Underworld. They toured with The New Cars as their opening act during their Winter Road Rage Tour '06.
Albums
* City of Love (2001)
* Notes from the Underworld (2006)
Live
In their live performances as the opening act for The New Cars, they play a 5-6 song set featuring "Way to Your Heart", "Nice Day", "Muzika Dlya Fil'ma", and "Paper Plane" among others. They normally end with "City of Love", which is much extended from the studio version, and features Moysov playing the guitar, without looking, behind Ayres' back. Shortly after this, Ayres and Farrell switch instruments, during which Farrell plays a guitar solo.
Media
The song "City Of Love" was used in a Cingular Razr phone commercial and in the film Bewitched.
"Nice Day" is used in the TV commercial for the Hilton Hotels. It is also featured on the Nancy Drew movie soundtrack.
"Way to your Heart" appeared in a J.C. Penney advertisement during February 2007.
"Queen’s Night Out" was used in a branding spot for Gucci.
The song "City of Love" was also used in Zac Posen's spring ready-to-wear runway collection in 2007.
"Muzika Dlya Fil'ma" is featured on the soundtrack of Fifa 07.
Angelina's vocal was used in the opening titles soundtrack of the Showtime show Weeds. In the episode 12/season 3 "The Dark Time" originally aired on October 29, 2007 Angelina performed her version of "Little Boxes". Angelina and her brother Oleg have adapted original lyrics into the mix of English and Russian for the said performance.
"Nice Day" is currently (Oct 2007- current as of October 2008) used on French TV in a commercial for "PagesJaunes", a telephone directory editor in France.
The song "Home" was on the end of episode 76 "Cold Stones" of the Sopranos.
"Nice Day" is being used for the fall 2008 virtual catalog of BCBG MaxAzria.

Pere Ubu is an experimental rock music group formed in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1975. Despite many long-term band members, singer David Thomas is the only constant. The group is named after Père Ubu (father Ubu), the protagonist of Ubu Roi (Ubu, the King), a play by French writer Alfred Jarry.

While Pere Ubu have never been widely popular usually categorized as "underground rock" they have a devoted following, have been hugely influential on several generations of avant-garde musicians and are a critically acclaimed American musical group. Critical opinions of Pere Ubu include, "the most original and important of the new wave bands", "the world's only expressionist Rock 'n' Roll band", and "Pere Ubu will be looked back on as the most important group to have come out of America in the last decade and a half. Either that or they will be entirely forgotten". Pere Ubu refuses to discuss or explain their enigmatic music, forgoing press interviews. They have compiled a list of guidelines for touring, live performances and the like: "Lighting should be theatrical rather than rockist. We are interested in atmosphere, mood, drama, energy, subtlety, imagination not rock cliché. The Danish Broadcasting Corporation is one of the few organizations they trust to record live performances, "solely on the basis of the King of Denmark's defense of the Jews in WWII". To define their music, Pere Ubu coined the term Avant Garage to reflect interest in both experimental avant-garde music (especially Musique concrète) & raw, direct blues-influenced garage rock. Thomas has stated "Avant Garage" is "a joke invented to have something to give journalists when they yelp for a neat sound bite or pigeonhole".
Discography
* (1975) 30 Seconds Over Tokyo/Heart Of Darkness
* (1976) Final Solution/Cloud 149
* (1976) Street Waves/My Dark Ages (I Don't Get Around)
* (1977) The Modern Dance/Heaven (This single version of "The Modern Dance" is not the same mix as the subsequent album and all reissues of the track (with the railroad spike). This makes this single (with the doll squeak) the only place to find the original mix.)
Albums
* (1978) The Modern Dance
* (1978) Dub Housing
* (1979) New Picnic Time
* (1980) The Art of Walking
* (1981) 390° of Simulated Stereo (live)
* (1982) Song of the Bailing Man
* (1985) Terminal Tower (collection of singles and b-sides)
* (1988) The Tenement Year
* (1989) Cloudland
* (1989) One Man Drives While the Other Man Screams (live)
* (1991) Worlds in Collision
* (1993) Story of My Life
* (1995) Ray Gun Suitcase
* (1996) Folly of Youth (enhanced EP)
* (1996) B Each B Oys See Dee Plus (enhanced EP)
* (1996) Datapanik in Year Zero (boxed set)
* (1998) Pennsylvania
* (1999) Apocalypse Now (live)
* (2000) The Shape of Things (live)
* (2002) St. Arkansas
* (2006) Why I Hate Women

Peppino di Capri (born Giuseppe Faiella in Naples, Italy on July 27, 1939) is an Italian popular music singer, songwriter and pianist. Peppino began singing and playing the piano at age 4, entertaining the American army troops stationed on the island of Capri with a repertoire of American standards.

After 6 years of classical studies and playing at nightclubs around Capri, Peppino and his group The Rockers released their first single, with the songs Malatia (Illness) and Nun è Peccato (It's not a sin), sung in Napoletano in 1958. The single was an instant hit, and Peppino spent most of the following year touring. A string of hit singles soon followed, usually alternating between Italian versions of American rock'n'roll and twist songs (with some verses sung in English), and originals in Italian and Napoletano, and Peppino became one of the top acts in the country. After performing as the opening act for The Beatles in their 1965 tour of Italy, Peppino and his group attempted, with moderate success, to break out of the Italian market. Their work was very well-received particularly in Brazil, thanks to the large Italian immigrant community in the country. The 70s saw Peppino veer toward a more adult contemporary style of music, with a new band, the New Rockers. He won the prestigious Festival della canzone italiana (Festival of the Italian song) in 1973, with the song Un grande amore e niente più (A great love and nothing more). The same year, he released the song that would accompany him through the rest of his career: Champagne was a big hit in Italy, Germany, Spain and Brazil. He won the Festival della canzone italiana again in 1976, with the song Non lo faccio più (I won't do it anymore). In 1991, he represented Italy at the Eurovision song contest, coming in 7th place with the song Comme È Ddoce 'O Mare (How sweet is the sea), sung in Napoletano. As of 2006, Peppino di Capri is the performer with the most appearances at the Festival della canzone italiana, his last appearance being in 2005, singing La Panchina (The little park bench).
Discography
* Peppino di Capri - Champagne
* Peppino di Capri - L'antologia ( Naspoletana )
* Peppino di Capri e i new rockers - Hits vol. 1
* Peppino di Capri e i new rockers - Hits vol2
* Peppino di Capri - ... E cominciò così
* Peppino di Capri e i new rockers - Un grande amore e niente più
* Peppino Di Capri - Collection
* Peppino di Capri - Amore.it
* Peppino di Capri - Napoli Ieri - Napoli Oggi Vol.1
* Peppino di Capri - Napoli ieri Napoli oggi - Vol.2
* Peppino di Capri - Napoli ieri Napoli oggi - Vol.3
* Peppino di Capri - Napoli ieri Napoli Oggi Vol.4
* Peppino di Capri - Napoli ieri napoli oggi Vol.5
* Peppino di Capri - In Tour
* Peppino di Capri - Juke Box

People in Planes are a five piece Indie rock band from Cardiff, Wales. They are signed to Wind-up Records. Prior to 2003 they were known as Tetra Splendour (during which time they moved to Cardiff from their original hometown of Porthcawl) and before that (circa 2000) they went by the name of Robots in the Sky.

The current name is derived from the band's obsession with travelling (flying in particular this is also present in song titles and lyrics of their début album as Tetra Splendour). After being dropped by EMI, the band recorded a new album at Wales' Monnow Valley Studio, containing new songs (with newly-hired keyboard player Ian Russell) and unreleased Tetra Splendour material. In 2005, they released their first single under the name People in Planes "Talking Heads" (another limited release, being made in a batch of 1,000). The single featured two unreleased Tetra Splendour tracks as B-sides (and being accompanied by a music video, which again received limited airplay). Talking Heads which has since been renamed to "If You Talk Too Much (My Head Will Explode)", a line from the song's chorus (a decision Wind-Up made to make the songs more recognizable on the radio) has since had a new video made, shot in an airport, that was directed by actor Joaquin Phoenix. It is also scheduled for re-release as a single. At the 2005 South by Southwest festival in Austin, Texas, the band met Jeff Klein, with whom they would later tour in June 2005. Shortly after their South By Southwest appearance they were approached by Wind Up Records and in May, the band signed a deal with them. Their debut album, As Far as the Eye Can See... (which has been the speculative title from as early as 2003), was released on March 28, 2006. The single "If You Talk Too Much (My Head Will Explode)" reached #33 on the U.S. Billboard Modern Rock chart. The band toured the United States, opening for Blue October in 2006. The band also features on the soundtrack for the 2006 film John Tucker Must Die (and were also given a cameo in the film itself). On June 23, 2008 at Trash in Brooklyn, NY, People In Planes mentioned that they had become residents of New York City and were working on getting the correct documentation to make it official. They announced the winner of their cover contest as well and played a rendition of Hall & Oates' song "Maneater."
Members
* Gareth Jones - Lead vocals, rhythm guitar, Keyboards (was the main keyboard player before Ian was employed);
* Pete Roberts - Lead guitar, backing vocals;
* Kris Blight - Bass guitar;
* John Maloney - Drums;
* Ian Russell - Keyboards (joined the band after they had decided to rename themselves People in Planes)
Discography
Albums
* Splendid Animation (2002), EMI. (as Tetra Splendour)
* As Far as the Eye Can See (2006), Wind-Up. U.S. Heatseekers #40
* Beyond the Horizon (2008), Wind-Up. U.S. Heatseekers #21
EPs
* People in Planes EP (2005, Wind-Up, promotional)
* Acoustic EP (2006), Wind-Up
Other Appearances
* DIRTY ZINE presents - Pedestrian 01 - compilation (2005)DIRTY ZINE
* John Tucker Must Die (SOUNDTRACK) - Instantly Gratified (2006) WIND UP RECORDS
Singles/7"s
* "E.T.A/Muriel's Motorhome" (7") (2000) (as Robots in the Sky)
* "Mr. Bishi" (2001) (CD single and 7") (as Tetra Splendour)
* "De-Rail" (2001) (CD single and 7" ) (as Tetra Splendour)
* "Pollenfever" (2002) (CD single and 7") (as Tetra Splendour)
* "Talking Heads" (2005) (CD single)
* "If You Talk To Much My Head Will Explode" (2006) (CD Single)
* "Barracuda" (2007) (CD Single)
* "Pretty Buildings" (2008) (Internet Download/CD Single)

Pedro the Lion was an indie rock band from Seattle, Washington, and, for over a decade, the main creative outlet of singer/songwriter David Bazan. The band combined a biting wit with first person narrative to cover both politics and faith.

Biography
Pedro the Lion was formed by David Bazan in 1995 & released its debut EP Whole in April 1997. Throughout the band's many lineup changes, Bazan remained the primary artist and musician behind the group, singing and playing virtually every instrument on the band's first two full length albums, It's Hard to Find a Friend (1998) and Winners Never Quit (2000). Seldom's Casey Foubert joined Bazan for the band's 2002 effort, Control, playing drums and keyboards and co-writing "Penetration" and "Second Best". Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie was a touring member as well, among many others. Achilles Heel followed in 2004 and featured T.W. Walsh, perhaps the only other individual besides Bazan to ever be considered an official band member. All told, the band released four full-length albums as well as several EPs and various 7" singles. Throughout his career, Bazan has been involved with such musical acts as Damien Jurado, Scientific, The Six Parts Seven, The Soft Drugs, Seldom, and Unwed Sailor. He, TW Walsh, and Frank Lenz of Starflyer 59, comprised the band Headphones during the time that the band's debut and only LP was recorded. TW later left the band for personal reasons after a tour on which he handled drum duties. Nick Peterson filled in on drums for the remaining Headphones live shows. David has said that he is not sure if there will be another Headphones album or not, but there are no plans for one at the moment. In early January 2006, Pedro the Lion formally announced that they had split. The split was amicable; Bazan and Walsh continue to be good friends. Bazan said that their friendship has even been strengthened by the breakup. Bazan toured in support of Fewer Moving Parts, his solo debut EP. His first full length album is in the works for 2008. Walsh returned to his career as a Web application developer & is busy with his band, The Soft Drugs, and their debut release, In Moderation. Pedro The Lion was managed by Bob Andrews at Undertow Music. David Bazan is expected to release his debut solo LP on Seattle-based Barsuk Records in 2009.
Discography
Albums
* It's Hard to Find a Friend (CD) - Made In Mexico/Jade Tree - 1998
* Winners Never Quit (CD) - Jade Tree - 2000
* Control (CD) - Jade Tree - 2002
* Achilles Heel (CD) - Jade Tree - 2004
EPs
* Whole (CD) - Tooth & Nail - 1997
* The Only Reason I Feel Secure (CD) - Made In Mexico/Jade Tree - 1999
* Progress (CD) - Suicide Squeeze - 2000
* Tour EP '04 (CD) - Self-released/Jade Tree - 2004
* Stations (CD) - 2004

Pearl Jam is an American rock band that formed in Seattle, Washington in 1990. Since its inception, the band's line-up has included Eddie Vedder (lead vocals, guitar), Jeff Ament (bass guitar), Stone Gossard (rhythm guitar), and Mike McCready (lead guitar).

The band's current drummer is Matt Cameron, formerly of Soundgarden, who has been with the band since 1998. Formed after the demise of Ament and Gossard's previous band Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam broke into the mainstream with its debut album, Ten. One of the key bands of the grunge movement in the early 1990s, Pearl Jam was criticized early on most notably by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain as being a corporate cash-in on the alternative rock explosion. However, over the course of the band's career its members became noted for their refusal to adhere to traditional music industry practices, including refusing to make music videos and engaging in a much-publicized boycott of Ticketmaster. In 2006, Rolling Stone described the band as having "spent much of the past decade deliberately tearing apart their own fame." Since its inception, the band has sold over thirty million records in the U.S., and an estimated sixty million albums worldwide. Pearl Jam has outlasted many of its contemporaries from the alternative rock breakthrough of the early 1990s, and is considered one of the most influential bands of the decade. Allmusic calls Pearl Jam "the most popular American rock & roll band of the '90s."
Musical style and influences
Compared with the other grunge bands of the early 1990s, Pearl Jam’s style is noticeably less heavy and harkens back to the classic rock music of the 1970s. Pearl Jam has cited many punk rock and classic rock bands as influences, including The Who, Neil Young, and the Ramones. Pearl Jam’s success has been attributed to its sound, which fuses "the riff-heavy stadium rock of the '70s with the grit and anger of '80s post-punk, without ever neglecting hooks and choruses." Gossard's rhythm guitar style is known for its sense of beat and groove, while McCready's lead guitar style, influenced by artists such as Jimi Hendrix, has been described as "feel-oriented" and "rootsy." Pearl Jam has broadened its musical range with subsequent releases. As he had more influence on the band's sound, Vedder sought to make the band's musical output less catchy. He said, "I felt that with more popularity, we were going to be crushed, our heads were going to pop like grapes." By 1994’s Vitalogy, the band began to incorporate more punk influences into its music. The band’s 1996 album, No Code, was a deliberate break from the musical style of Ten. The songs on the album featured elements of garage rock, worldbeat, and experimentalism. After 1998’s Yield, which was somewhat of a return to the straightforward rock approach of the band's early work, the band dabbled with experimental art rock on 2000’s Binaural and folk rock elements on 2002’s Riot Act. The band’s latest album, 2006’s Pearl Jam, was cited as a return to the band’s early sound. Critic Jim DeRogatis describes Vedder's vocals as a "Jim Morrison-like vocal growl." Greg Prato of Allmusic said, "With his hard-hitting and often confessional lyrical style and Jim Morrison-esque baritone, Vedder also became one of the most copied lead singers in all of rock." Vedder's lyrical topics range from personal ("Alive", "Better Man") to social and political concerns ("Even Flow", "World Wide Suicide"). His lyrics have often invoked the use of storytelling and have included themes of freedom, individualism, and sympathy for troubled individuals. When the band started, Gossard and McCready were clearly designated as rhythm and lead guitarists, respectively. The dynamic began to change when Vedder started to play more rhythm guitar during the Vitalogy era. McCready said in 2006, "Even though there are three guitars, I think there's maybe more room now. Stone will pull back and play a two-note line and Ed will do a power chord thing, and I fit into all that."
Discography
* Ten (1991)
* Vs. (1993)
* Vitalogy (1994)
* No Code (1996)
* Yield (1998)
* Binaural (2000)
* Riot Act (2002)
* Pearl Jam (2006)

Merrill Beth Nisker (born 1968 in Toronto, Ontario), better known as Peaches, is an electronica musician whose songs are notable for their use of sexual imagery. She is currently living in Berlin.

History
Before she became Peaches, Nisker was an elementary school music and drama teacher. She plays almost all the instruments for her songs, programs her own electronic beats and produces her records. She released her first album, Fancypants Hoodlum, under the name Merrill Nisker in 1995, and subsequently developed the style and persona that would take her to international fame as Peaches. In Toronto before rising to fame, she was the roommate of fellow recording artist Feist. Her songs have been featured in movies such as Mean Girls, Waiting..., Jackass Number Two, My Little Eye, and Lost in Translation. Her music has also been featured on television shows such as Showtime's The L Word and Ugly Betty, and has been used for the promotion of Dirt. Peaches performed guest vocals on Pink's album Try This, on the song "Oh My God," and on the Chicks on Speed album 99 Cents, on the song "We Don't Play Guitars." For her fourth album, 2006's Impeach My Bush, Peaches enlisted guest musicians Joan Jett, Greg Kurstin, Josh Homme, Samantha Maloney, Beth Ditto, Feist, Dave Catching, Brian O'Connor and Radio Sloan to perform on several of the tracks. The Herms (short for hermaphrodites) were formed in spring 2006 as Peaches' live backing band. They played at small and large venues alike with sex and sex related themes as the "shock factor" for the audience. "Herms" is a reference to 70's duo Peaches & Herb and blending of words her and him. Peaches and Herms was the opening act for Nine Inch Nails and Bauhaus during the second half of their 2006 summer U.S. tour. Peaches played two shows in New Zealand in September 2008 with Germany based band Sweet Machine. Her sold out show at San Francisco Bath House in Wellington featured several songs from her forthcoming album I Feel Cream, including opening number "Showstopper" and the tender "Lose You" which took the artist in a softer direction than many of her fans may be used to seeing. Peaches played live at the Parklife Festival in Australia, October 2008, and performed a DJ set at the Parklife after party (Afterlife) at the Met Nightclub in Brisbane on the October 4. Her new album, I Feel Cream, will be released on May 4th in Europe and May 5th in North America. The first single from the project is a double a-side of Talk To Me and More.
Discography
Albums
* Fancypants Hoodlum (1995, as Merrill Nisker)
* The Teaches of Peaches (2000)
* Father (2003)
* Impeach My Bush (2006) #168 US, #98 CAN
* I Feel Cream (2009)
Singles/EPs
* "S/T EP on Teenage USA Recordings" (2000)
* "Lovertits" (2000)
* "Set It Off" (2001, 2002) #36 UK
* "Rockshow (featuring Iggy Pop on his Release Skull Ring|Rockshow" (2003)
* "Operate" (2003)
* "Kick It" (featuring Iggy Pop) (2004) #39 UK
* "Shake Yer Dix" (2006) (Download Single)
* "Downtown" (2006) #50 UK
* "Boys Wanna Be Her" (2006)
* "Wild Thing Peaches Remix" (2007)
* "Talk To Me / More" (2009)
Remixes
* Luis Jacob ("Without Persons-The Pathfinder")
* Daft Punk ("Technologic")
* Le Tigre ("TKO")
* Basement Jaxx ("Get Me Off")
* The Bird and the Bee
* The B-52's ("Funplex")
* Tone Loc ("Wild Thing")
* Queens Of The Stone Age ("Broken Box")
* Yeah Yeah Yeahs ("Cheated Hearts")
* Bonde Do Role ("Marina Gasolina")
* Gibby Haynes ("Red Neck Sex")
* Yoko Ono ("Kiss Kiss Kiss")
* Pink Grease ("Peaches")
* Ladyhawke ("Paris Is Burning")

Paz Lenchantin (born December 12, 1973 in Mar del Plata, Argentina) is an Argentine-American musician. She came to Los Angeles, California with her family at the age of four.

She speaks fluent Spanish and English. She was motivated to follow their path and began playing piano at age five. She then took violin lessons at age eight and taught herself how to play guitar at age twelve. Her sister, Ana is a musician and a frequent collaborator. She and her late brother Luciano Lenchantin also collaborated frequently.
Musical career
Lenchantin joined Billy Howerdel, Josh Freese, Troy Van Leeuwen, and Maynard James Keenan in forming the band A Perfect Circle. She contributed to their albums, Mer de Noms, (strings, bass guitar, and backing vocals), and Thirteenth Step (co-writing the song "Gravity"). Lenchantin later left the group to join with Billy Corgan, Jimmy Chamberlin, Matt Sweeney, and David Pajo to form Zwan. In 2002, Lenchantin, with Melissa Auf der Maur (Smashing Pumpkins/Hole), Samantha Maloney, and Radio Sloan (The Need), created a new band called The Chelsea. The all-female supergroup played only one show before going their separate ways. Lenchantin returned to play strings and piano with A Perfect Circle in recording their cover album eMOTIVe, released November 2, 2004 and debuting at #2 on the Billboard 200. She also contributed a solo cover of the song "The Hollow" to A Perfect Circle's CD/DVD release, aMOTION. Since 2005, Lenchantin has been collaborating with Entrance on their album Prayer of Death, as co- producer as well as contributing bass and violin. She also appeared on the previous Entrance album Wandering Stranger (2004). She is now a seemingly permanent member of the Entrance Band.
Other appearances
Lenchantin also appeared on Queens of the Stone Age's album, Songs for the Deaf. She has played with David Pajo in Papa M, and contributed fiddle on the Silver Jews record, Tanglewood Numbers. She has toured with RTX/Jennifer Herrema of Royal Trux. In 2002, she performed on TRUSTcompany's album The Lonely Position of Neutral. In 2005 she played violin on the Kaura track "Dividing Lines". She has also contributed to and toured with Jarboe of Swans. Lenchantin also played bass on Brightblack Morning Light's 2006 self-titled album on Matador Records. She worked with director Michael Mann on his film Miami Vice contributing violin on several scenes. She contributed playing "strings" on Melissa Auf der Maur's first solo album Auf der Maur. In 2008, Paz co-wrote the Ashes Divide song "Denial Waits", and she played violin on Jenny Lewis' second studio album Acid Tongue. She will appear on Into The Presence's new album to be released in 2009, playing the bass.
Solo work
Throughout her career as a member of numerous prominent bands Lenchantin has found time to write/produce two of her own solo albums currently available on her MySpace page; Songs For Luci (2006), and Yellow mY skYcaptain (2000).
Solo discography
* Yellow mY skYcaptain (2000)
* Songs For Luci (2006)

Pavement was an American indie rock band in the 1990s. Although they experienced only moderate commercial success, they achieved a significant cult following & were one of the more popular and influential lo-fi rock bands of the 1990s.

The group remained signed to an independent label throughout their entire career. Pavement formed in Stockton, California in 1989 as a studio project of guitarists and vocalists Stephen Malkmus and Scott Kannberg, known originally only as "S.M." and "Spiral Stairs", respectively. Their debut EPs were extremely lo-fi releases titled Slay Tracks (1933-1969), Demolition Plot J-7, and Perfect Sound Forever. They were recorded at Louder Than You Think, the home studio of Stockton local and former hippie Gary Young who also played drums on the recordings. Upon first hearing the duo's songs, Young was quoted as saying, "this Malkmus idiot is a complete songwriting genius". After the release of Slay Tracks, a new drummer, Jason Fawkes, was drafted to replace Young both live and in the studio. However, after just one tour and a handful of recording sessions, when it became apparent Fawkes and Malkmus did not get along well, Fawkes was soon ousted and Young reinstalled. Pavement's most obvious influence during this time was English rock band The Fall, although Kannberg stated in a 1992 interview that he preferred The Replacements to The Fall. The Fall's primary member, Mark E. Smith, would often angrily claim through the years that Pavement was a "rip-off" of his band & that they didn't "have an original idea in their heads". However, some of the other members of The Fall have been quoted as saying they liked the band. Around 1992 Pavement became a full-time band, with the addition of bassist Mark Ibold who had been one of the band's first fans—and extra percussionist Bob Nastanovich to help Young keep time. Their debut album, Slanted and Enchanted, was released commercially in 1992 after copies had been circulated on cassette tape for nearly a year. Though the percussive influence of The Fall was still pervasive (as was that of English post-punk band Swell Maps), many of the songs also exhibited a strong sense of melody. The following year, the band released the EP Watery, Domestic, which represented a balance between their earlier and later styles.
Discography
* Slanted and Enchanted (1992)
* Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994)
* Wowee Zowee (1995)
* Brighten the Corners (1997)
* Terror Twilight (1999)

Paula Cole (born April 5, 1968, Rockport, Massachusetts) is an American singer/songwriter. Her single "Where Have All the Cowboys Gone" reached the top ten of the Billboard Hot 100 in 1997, and the following year she won a Grammy Award for Best New Artist.

Cole was born to Stephanie, a visual artist, and Jim Cole, a polka-playing entomologist. She has a sister named Irene. She lived in Rockport with her parents, where she attended elementary school. She was an active and popular student in middle school and high school, holding offices as class president and student council member. In addition, she was very active in the school's theatre arts program, starring in many productions, among them Flower Drum Song and Whose Life Is It Anyway?. She was a French Club member and traveled to France as part of a well-established exchange program founded by Foreign Language department head Mary Hayes. Cole entered the Berklee College of Music in Boston when she was 18, where she studied jazz singing and improvisation.
Discography
Albums
* Harbinger (1994)
* This Fire (1996) U.S. #20
* Amen (1999) U.S. #97
* Greatest Hits: Postcards from East Oceanside (2006)
* Courage (2007) U.S. #163

Paul Antony Young (born 17 January 1956) is an English pop musician. Paul was born in Luton, Bedfordshire, England. He has an older brother, Mark Young, and a younger sister, Joanne Young.

After school, he went to work at the Vauxhall Motors factory and in his spare time played in several bands as a bass guitarist. The first group for which he became lead singer was Kat Kool & The Kool Kats. In the late 1970s he joined the Streetband, who had one Top 20 hit in the UK, with the humorous, novelty track "Toast", reaching No. 18 in November 1978. Paul met his wife, ex-model Stacey Smith, on his video for Come Back and Stay in 1983. They married while they were living in Los Angeles in November 1987. Together they have 3 children, daughters Levi (born March 1987), Layla (born August 1994), and son Grady Cole (born January 1996). Paul and Stacey split in May 2006, however in March 2009 it was announced that they had reconciled.

Paul Weller (born John William Weller 25 May 1958), is an English singer-songwriter. Starting with the very successful punk-rock band The Jam (1976-1982), Weller then went on to branch out musically to a more soulful style with The Style Council (1983-1989).

Soon after the formation of The Style Council, Weller and Dee C. Lee, Style Council's backing singer, formed a romantic relationship. The couple married, and have two children; though later divorced. Weller has five children in total: two with Lee, one from a short relationship, and two with Samantha Stock, his partner from 1995-2008. Shortly before Christmas 2008, Weller left Stock to move in with his backing singer.In 1991 he re-established himself as a successful solo artist, and continues to remain a respected singer, lyricist and guitarist, a fact reaffirmed by his recent awarding of the 2009 BRIT award for 'Best Male Solo Artist'. He has remained essentially a national rather than an international star, which may be unsurprising considering much of his songwriting is rooted in British culture. He is also the principal figure of the 1970s Mod revival and is often referred to as the Modfather. Weller had a good relationship with his father, John Weller, who acted as his manager from the formation of The Jam in 1976 until John's health began to deteriorate in 2003-4. Weller's father died on April 22, 2009.
Discography
Albums
* Paul Weller - (1992) #8 UK
* Wild Wood - (1993) #2 UK
* Stanley Road - (1995) #1 UK
* Heavy Soul - (1997) #2 UK
* Heliocentric - (2000) #2 UK
* Illumination - (2002) #1 UK
* Studio 150 - (2004) #2 UK
* As Is Now - (2005) #4 UK
* 22 Dreams - (2008) #1 UK

Paul van Dyk (born December 16, 1971 as Matthias Paul in Eisenhüttenstadt, Brandenburg, Germany) is a grammy-award nominated artist, and one of the world's leading electronic dance music DJs and producers.

He was named "World's No.1 DJ" by DJ Magazine in 2005, and in 2006. He has remained in the "Top 10" since 1998. As of 2007, he has sold over 3 million albums worldwide. A trance producer in the early-late 1990s, Paul quickly achieved popularity with his famous remix of 'Love Simulation' by Humate in 1993, and his hit single, For an Angel, but in recent times he no longer likes to describe his music as trance, but rather simply as electronic dance music. He is married to Natascha van Dyk, who also appears on some of his releases (Vocals on "Together We Will Conquer"). The two were married in Cancún, Mexico.
Discography
Albums
* 1994: "45 RPM"
* 1996: "Seven Ways"
* 2000: "Out There and Back" - #12 UK, #19 Germany, #41 Australia
* 2003: "Reflections" - #8 Germany, #3 U.S. Top Electronic Albums
* 2003: "Global"
* 2007: "In Between" - #20 Germany, #63 UK, #88 Switzlerland, #115 Billboard 200, #2 Top Electronic Albums
* 2008: "Hands on in Between"
* 2010: TBA
Singles
* 2008: "Let Go" - #13 U.S. Hot Dance Club Play, #21 Germany, #45 Russia, #7 Netherlands, #2 Latvia, #3 Greece
* 2007: "White Lies" - - #3 U.S. Hot Dance Club Play, #73 Austria, #38 Germany,
* 2005: "The Other Side" - - #58 U.S. Hot Dance Club Play, #33 Germany,
* 2004: "Crush" - #48 Germany, #42 UK
* 2003: "Time of Our Lives/Connected" - #41 Ireland, #34 Eurochart, #28 UK, #14 Germany, #47 Austria, #70 Switzerland
* 2003: "Nothing But You" - #11 Germany, #6 Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play, #44 Eurochart, #34 Irish Singles Chart, #14 UK, #76 Switzerland
* 2000: "We Are Alive" - #14 Germany, #15 UK, #29 Netherlands
* 2000: "Tell Me Why (The Riddle)" - #7 UK, #45 Germany
* 1999: "Another Way/Avenue" - #13 UK, #26 Netherlands, #49 Eurochart, #52 Germany
* 1998: "For An Angel" - #28 UK Singles Chart, #44 Germany, #74 Eurochart

Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and musician, perhaps best known for his partnership with Art Garfunkel in the duo Simon & Garfunkel. In 2006, Time magazine called him one of the 100 "people who shape our world."

As of 2007, he resides in New Canaan, Connecticut. imon has been married three times. His first marriage was to Peggy Harper; they were married in late autumn 1969. They had a son, Harper Simon, in 1972. They divorced in 1975. The song "Train in the Distance," from Simon's 1983 album, is about this relationship. Simon's 1972 song "Run That Body Down," from his debut solo album, casually mentions both himself and his then-wife ("Peg") by name. His second marriage was to actress and author Carrie Fisher to whom he proposed after a New York Yankees game. (The song "Hearts and Bones" was written about this relationship.) He married folk singer Edie Brickell on May 30, 1992. They have three children together.
Work on Broadway
* Rock 'N Roll! The First 5,000 Years (1982) - revue - featured songwriter for Mrs. Robinson
* Asinamali! (1987) - play - co-producer
* Mike Nichols and Elaine May: Together Again on Broadway (1992) - concert - performer
* The Capeman (1998) - composer, co-lyricist and music arranger - Tony Nomination for Best Original Score
* The Graduate (2002) - play - featured songwriter
Studio albums
* 1965 - The Paul Simon Songbook
* 1972 - Paul Simon
* 1973 - There Goes Rhymin' Simon
* 1975 - Still Crazy After All These Years
* 1980 - One Trick Pony
* 1983 - Hearts and Bones
* 1986 - Graceland
* 1990 - The Rhythm of the Saints
* 1997 - Songs from The Capeman
* 2000 - You're the One
* 2006 - Surprise

Paul Oakenfold (born 30 August 1963 in Greenhithe, Kent, UK) is a record producer and a popular trance DJ. Paul Oakenfold's career was set to be a chef,

After having hopes of becoming part of a band, he describes his early life as a "bedroom deejay" on an interview in a podcast for Vancouver's 24 Hours stating he grew up listening to The Beatles. Later 21 year old Paul Oakenfold and Ian Paul grew up in 254 West 54th Street, Studio 54's Steve Rubell ran the place and only allowed popular people inside, they used fake passes to sneak into places in New York where they met Maze, Bobby Womak and Bob Marley who they even interviewed as they said to be NME and Melody Maker journalists. Other people were Brooke Shields, Cher, Donald Trump and Bianca Jagger, Warhol, Dali and Yves Saint Laurent. Paul Oakenfold’s musical career began in the late 70's, he started playing soul in a Covent Garden wine bar when he met Trevor Fung as well as Rumours in London where he played Earth, Wind and Fire and popular British bands. In 1984 he spent several months in New York City's West Harlem. During this time hip-hop was the most popular sound in the area (see 1984 in music). Larry Levan, one of the early deejays during this period performed at the Paradise Garage weekly with the hypnotic mixing style that would become the acid house that has evolved into and whose influence was absorbed by Paul. As he returned to his home country in the UK, Paul began utilizing the foreign sounds he once met and became one of the leading authorities of hip-hop in the United Kingdom. He began breaking into the mainstream as he was working as an A&R man for Champion Records, he signed at that time the unknown DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, as well as Salt-n-Pepa. He also appeared on the Blue Peter tv show from BBC programme for children with a breakdancing crew, he also became promoter & British agent for the Beastie Boys and Run-D.M.C.; Since then, he began his presentations at The Project in Streatham playing soul and jazz music.
Discography
Studio Albums
* 2002 - Bunkka
* 2006 - A Lively Mind
* 2009 - Pop Killer
DJ Tools
* 2000 - Bust A Groove
* 2000 - Sampladelica: The Roots of Paul Oakenfold
* 2006 - The Ultimate DJ Sample Box
DJ Mixes
* 1994 - Journeys By DJ 5: Journey Through The Spectrum
* 1995 - A Voyage Into Trance
* 1996 - Perfecto Fluoro
* 1997 - Fantazia Presents the House Collection 6
* 1997 - Cream Anthems 97
* 1997 - Global Underground 004
* 1998 - Tranceport
* 1998 - Global Underground 007
* 1999 - Resident: Two Years of Oakenfold at Cream
* 2000 - Perfecto Presents: Travelling
* 2000 - Perfecto Presents: Another World
* 2000 - Essential Selection Vol. 1 with Fatboy Slim
* 2001 - Swordfish (soundtrack)
* 2001 - Perfecto Presents Ibiza
* 2003 - Perfecto Presents: Great Wall
* 2004 - Creamfields
* 2005 - Perfecto Presents: The Club
* 2007 - Greatest Hits & Remixes, Vol. 1
* 2008 - Anthems UK Edition
Filmography
* 2002 - The Rules of Attraction (Himself)
* 2003 - Dancestar USA 2003 (Himself)
* 2003 - No Cover (Guest)
* 2003 - MTV Europe Music Awards 2003 (Himself)
* 2004 - The Club (Himself)
* 2007 - Post Military Trip (Guest)

Sir James Paul McCartney MBE (born 18 June 1942) is a multiple Grammy Award-winning English singer-songwriter, poet, composer, multi-instrumentalist, entrepreneur, record producer, film producer, painter, and animal rights activist.

He gained worldwide fame as a member of The Beatles, with John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. McCartney and Lennon formed one of the most influential and successful songwriting partnerships and wrote some of the most popular music in rock and roll history. After leaving The Beatles, McCartney launched a successful solo career and formed the band Wings with his first wife, Linda Eastman McCartney, and singer-songwriter, Denny Laine. He has worked on film scores, classical music, and ambient/electronica music, released a large catalogue of songs as a solo artist, and taken part in projects to help international charities. McCartney is listed in Guinness World Records as the most successful musician and composer in popular music history, with 60 gold discs and sales of 100 million singles. His song "Yesterday" is listed as the most covered song in history by over 3,700 artists so far & has been played more than 7,000,000 times on American television and radio. Wings' 1977 single "Mull of Kintyre" became the first single to sell more than two million copies in the UK, and remains the UK's top selling non-charity single. (Three charity singles have since surpassed it in sales; the first to do so in 1984 was Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?", whose participants included McCartney.) According to britishhitsongwriters.com he is the most successful songwriter in U.K. singles chart history based on weeks that his compositions have spent on the chart. His company MPL Communications owns the copyrights to more than 3,000 songs, including all of the songs written by Buddy Holly, along with the publishing rights to such musicals as Guys and Dolls, A Chorus Line, and Grease. McCartney is also an advocate for animal rights, vegetarianism, and music education; he is active in campaigns against landmines, seal hunting, and Third World debt.
Film
McCartney was interested in animated films as a child, and later had the financial resources to ask Geoff Dunbar to direct a short animated film called Rupert and the Frog Song, in 1981. McCartney wrote the music and the script, was the producer, and added some of the characters voices. Dunbar worked again with McCartney on an animated film about the work of French artist Honore Daumier, in 1992, which won both of them a Bafta award. They also worked on Tropic Island Hum, in 1997. In 1995, McCartney directed a short documentary about The Grateful Dead.
Music videos
* 1970 - Maybe I'm Amazed
* 1971 - Heart Of The Country
* 1972 - Hi Hi Hi
* 1972 - C Moon
* 1973 - My Love
* 1973 - Helen Wheels
* 1974 - Mamunia
* 1974 - Band on The Run
* 1976 - Silly Love Songs
* 1977 - Mull Of Kintyre
* 1978 - With A Little Luck
* 1978 - I've Had Enough
* 1979 - Goodnight Tonight
* 1979 - Baby's Request
* 1979 - Wonderful Christmastime
* 1980 - Coming Up
* 1980 - Waterfalls
* 1980 - Ebony and Ivory
* 1982 - Take It Away
* 1982 - Tug Of War
* 1983 - Say Say Say
* 1983 - Pipes Of Peace
* 1984 - No More Lonely Nights
* 1985 - Spies Like Us
* 1986 - Press
* 1986 - Pretty Little Head
* 1987 - Once Upon A Long Ago
* 1989 - My Brave Face
* 1989 - This One
* 1989 - Figure Of Eight
* 1990 - Birthday
* 1990 - All My Trials
* 1990 - Put It There
* 1993 - Hope Of Deliverance
* 1993 - Off The Ground
* 1993 - C'mon People
* 1993 - Biker Like An Icon
* 1997 - Little Willow
* 1997 - Beautiful Night
* 1999 - Brown Eyed Handsome Man
* 1999 - No Other Baby
* 2005 - Fine Line
* 2007 - Dance Tonight
* 2007 - Ever Present Past
* 2008 - Sing The Changes