recursal/Fanatic-Fandom huggingface dataset:
The Dave Matthews Band

## genres

* roots rock
* country rock
* jam rock
* blues rock

## significance

* All of their albums have gone platinum except for *Away from the World*, which went gold
* six platinum live albums with *The Gorge* going gold and two others being hits
* *Live Trax Vol. 6* was a hit
* compilation *The Best of What's Around Vol. 1* went gold
* numerous rock hits and four pop hits with *American Baby* as their biggest hit at number sixteen. The song also went gold.

## recommended songs

Corn Bread

Crash Into Me
The Marcels

## genres

* rock and roll
* doo wop

## significance

* Vocal Group Hall of Fame
* their hit *Blue Moon* was placed on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll.
* they had two hit singles with *Blue Moon* making it to number one and *Heartaches* making it to number seven
* phenomenal in the Commonwealth
* their music has been used in film
* *Blue Moon* was part of the inspiration for the Kid Rock hit *Bawitdaba*.
Soft Cell

## genres

* post punk
* new romantic
* synthrock

## significance

* Their debut album was a hit
* *Tainted Love* was a hit single
* three dance hits
* phenomenal in Europe

## recommended songs

* Tainted Love
* Where Did Our Love Go?
* Memorabilia

## note

although often found on 80s new wave compilations, they are not categorized as such here because I define new wave as any band with a style similar to that of Talking Heads, Devo, or The B-52's
Sex Pistols

## Genres

* Hardcore punk
* Hard rock
* shock rock

## Significance

* Noted for their controversial *Nevermind the Bollocks*, which includes a song that criticizes Queen Elizabeth. This is considered greatly developmental in the history of punk.
* Considered the ancestor of hardcore punk.
* Influenced many artists of the punk and other genres
* Considered greatly significant by *Rolling Stone Magazine*
* referenced in the Neil Young song *Into the Black*
* punk band Buzzcocks named an album *Nevermind the Buzzcocks,* after the Sex Pistols album.

## Note

When inducted into the Hall of Fame, they refused to attend the ceremony. This was in protest of how the Hall of Fame is run like a corporation rather than an honor system, and focuses on major artists rather than worthy musicians. The Sex Pistols sent a letter to the Hall, calling it a "piss stain".

## recommended songs

Pretty Vacant

God Save the Queen
T-Bone Walker

## genres

blues

jump blues

## significance

* pioneer and innovator of blues and jump blues
* considered one of the greatest guitarists of all time by *Rollong Stone Magazine*
* best known for his song *Call it Stormy Monday,* successfully covered by The Allman Brothers Band
* Blues Hall of Fame
* Influenced Jimi Hendrix and Chuck Berry
The Kinks

## Genres

* garage rock
* psychedelic rock
* power pop
* hard rock
* pop rock
* punk
* rock and roll
* new wave
* alternative

## Significance

* They had eight hit studio albums.
* They had numerous hit singles with *Tired of Waiting for You* and *Come Dancing* being their biggest hits at number six.
* They had two hit compilations.
* They were a part of the British Invasion of the sixties.
* Their song *You Really Got Me* was successfully covered by the heavy metal band Van Halen.

## Trivia

* Some of their hits have since become classic rock staples.
* Their song *Lola* has the line "tastes just like Coca-Cola", which had to be changed to "cherry cola" in Britain due to laws regarding product placement. This increases the value of the unaltered version.

## Recommended Albums

* Kinda Kinks
* The Village Green Preservation Society

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* Lola
* You Really Got Me
* All Day and All of the Night
* Sunday Afternoon
* Dedicated Follower of Fashion
* A Well Respected Man
* Picture Book
* Catch Me Now I'm Falling
* (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman
* Apeman
* Tired of Waiting for You
* Holloway Jail

### Other

* Waterloo Sunset
* Come Dancing
* Destroyer
* Do it Again
* Til the End of the Day
* Permanent Waves
* Add it Up
* A House in the Country
* Powerman
* I'll Remember
* Victoria
* Big Sky
Tesla

## genres

* blues rock
* hard rock
* metal

## Significance

* Three straight platinum albums with *Psychotic Supper* going double platinum and *Bust a Nut* going gold. Three other albums were also hits.
* Live album *Five Man Acoustical Jam* was a hit
* Compilation *Time's Makin' Changes* went gold
* Numerous rock hits with *Love Song* and *Signs* also pop hits

## Recommended Songs

* Edison's Medicine
* Hang Tough
* Changes
* The Way it Is
* Modern Day Cowboy
* Love Song
XTC

## genres

* post punk
* alternative
* hard rock
* new wave

## significance

* six rock hits
* Album *Black Sea* nearly made the top forty. Two others were also close.
* phenomenal in their native Britain

## trivia

named after a nickname for the sedative valium

## recommended songs

* Earn Enough for Us
* Grass
* Dear Madam Barnum
* Making Plans for Nigel
* Senses Working Overtime
* Generals and Majors
* Rook
* Then She Appeared
* Thanks for Christmas
* The Mayor of Simpleton
Taj Mahal

## genres

* blues rock
* jazz rock
* reggae rock

## significance

* noted for his use of world music in his work
* part of the Greenwich Village sound
* his father was called a genius by Ella Fitzgerald
* formed the band Rising Sons with Ry Cooder
* Grammy award for Best Contemporary Blues Album twice
* Grammy award for Best Historical Album of the Year in 2006
* Nominated for Best Contemporary Blues Album in 2008
* His music has been used in film and on television
* also performed for Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band
Spin Doctors

## genres

* blues rock
* funk rock

## significance

* Their debut album went five times platinum and the following album went platinum
* several rock hits with two pop hits, *Two Princes* at number seven and *Little Miss Can't Be Wrong* at number seventeen
* *Homebelly Groove...Live* was a minor hit album
* *You Let Your Heart Go Too Fast* nearly made the top forty
* performed at the Woodstock silver anniversary festival
Rush

## Genres

* progressive rock
* hard rock

## Significance

* They had six gold albums, eight platinum, *2112* went triple platinum, *Moving Pictures* went four times platinum.
* They had two platinum live albums and three gold.
* Their compilation *Chronicles* went double platinum and *The Spirit of Radio* went gold.
* Their compilation *Vapor Trails Remixed* was a hit.
* Their box set *Archives* went platinum.
* They had numerous hit singles.
* Most of their video albums have gone at least gold.

## Trivia

* Many of their hits have since become classic rock staples.
* Their song *The Spirit of Radio* references the Simon and Garfunkel song *The Sound of Silence.*
* They were awarded with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
* They have a notable cult following

## Recommended Albums

* Rush
* Fly By Night
* Caress of Steel
* 2112
* A Farewell to Kings
* Hemispheres
* Permanent Waves
* Moving Pictures
* Signals
* Grace Under Pressure
* Power Windows
* Hold Your Fire
* Presto
* Roll the Bones
* Counterparts
* Test for Echo
* Vapor Trails
* Snakes and Arrows
* Clockwork Angels

## Recommended Songs

### Top Ten

* Tom Sawyer
* Limelight
* Freewill
* Fly By Night
* The Body Electric (1001001 SOS)
* The Temples of Syrinx
* Working Man
* The Spirit of Radio (Begin your day with a friendly voice)
* Closer to the Heart
* New World Man

### Favorites

* The Big Money
* Red Barchetta (My Uncle Has a Country Place that No One Knows About)
* 2112
* Finding My Way (Back Home)
* Anthem
* Bastille Day
* Lakeside Park
* A Farewell to Kings
* La Villa Strangiato
* A Passage to Bangkok
* Subdivisions (In the school halls, in the shopping malls)
* Red Sector A (All That We Can Do is Just Survive)
* Force Ten (Tough Times)
* Time Stand Still (I'm not looking back but I want to look around me now)

### Other

* Test for Echo
* Middletown Dreams
* Xanadu
* The Trees
* The Analog Kid
* Show Don't Tell (Show Me Don't Tell Me)
* Roll the Bones
* The Enemy Within
* Manhattan Project
* Mystic Rhythms
* Countdown
* Vital Signs
* What You're Doing
* Distant Early Warning

## Note

"2112" is actually a twenty-minute track divided into seven subtracks, *The Temples of Syrinx* being one of them. I like that part in particular, so I have it listed as a separate track from the rest of the opera.
The Jeff Beck Group

## genres

* blues rock
* jazz rock
* progressive rock

## Significance

* four gold albums and two platinum
* one live album went gold
* video album *Performing This Week...* went platinum
* members included Rod Stewart
* former member of The Yardbirds
* also a member of Beck, Bogert, and Appice

## Note

Only Beck got into the actual Hall of Fame, although Stewart did get in as a solo artist and later as a member of Faces. If the whole group were to be inducted, Stewart would become only the second artist to be inducted three times, after Eric Clapton.

## recommended songs

* I Ain't Superstitious
* Beck's Bolero
* Situation
* Sophie
* All Shook Up
* I've Been Used
* Jailhouse Rock
* Air Blower
The Bob Seger System

## genres

blue eyed soul

blues rock

## significance

* frontman Bob Seger went on to have a very successful solo career
* Their *Ramblin' Gamblin' Man* was a hit single at number seventeen. The album was a minor hit. Glen Frey, who later had great success as a member of Eagles, played backup. It was number one on the airplay charts.
* The later album *Mongrel* was a minor hit, as was the single *Lucifer*
Santana

## Genres

* Latin rock
* blues rock
* jam rock

## Significance

* All of his albums up to 1982 went at least gold. *Supernatural* went diamond. *Shaman* went double platinum. *All That I Am* went gold. *Corazon* went double platinum. They had several other hit albums.
* They performed at the Woodstock Music Festival of 1969.
* They had numerous hit singles with two chart-toppers.
* They were awarded with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

## Trivia

* Their member Gregg Rolie was also a member of Journey.
* *Smooth* features Rob Thomas of Matchbox Twenty on vocals.
* They are part of the Haight-Ashbury sound of the sixties.
* They are often considered to be the most popular Latin rock band of all time.
* He has collaborated with Phil Lesh of Grateful Dead.

## Recommended Albums

* Abraxas
* Santana
* Supernatural
* Santana III
* Santana IV
* Moonflower

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* Oye Como Va
* Jingo
* Black Magic Woman
* No One To Depend On
* Evil Ways (Baby)
* Smooth
* Soul Sacrifice
* Open Invitation

### other

* Europa
* All I Ever Wanted
* Dealer/Spanish Rose
* Maria Maria
* Samba Pa Ti
* Corazon Espinado
* Gumbo

## Notes

* His entire *band*, named simply Santana, was inducted, not just Carlos.
* Although often considered a part of the sixties counterculture, their first album was not released until 1969. Thus, they are categorized here as seventies.
The Lovin' Spoonful

## Genres

* folk rock
* soft rock
* country rock
* pop rock

## Significance

* They had numerous hit singles with *Summer in the City* being a chart-topper
* three hit albums
* their founder John Sebastian performed solo at Woodstock
* they were a part of the Greenwich Village sound
* Although unconfirmed, the line in the Don McLean hit *American Pie* "Do you believe in rock and roll?" could be a reference to their hit *Do You Believe in Magic*.

## Recommended Songs

* Summer in the City
* Do You Believe in Magic?
* Daydream
* Nashville Cats
* You Didn't Have to be So Nice
* Darling Be Home Soon
* Did You Ever Have to Make Up Your Mind?
The Ace of Cups

## genres

* garage rock
* psychedelic rock
* hard rock

## significance

* opened for The Jimi Hendrix Experience
* manager Ron Polte also managed Quicksilver Messenger Service
* payed at the Avalon Ballroom and the Fillmore
* performed on the same TV program as Jefferson Airplane and Grateful Dead
* opened for The Band
* contributed vocals to Jefferson Airplane's *Volunteers* and an album by Michael Bloomfield
* part of the Haight-Ashbury sound
Queen

## Genres

* hard rock
* progressive rock
* glam metal
* glam rock
* power pop
* pop rock

## Significance

* They had eight gold albums, *Jazz* went platinum, *A Night at the Opera* went triple platinum, and two went four times platinum.
* Two of their live albums went platinum.
* Two of their compilations went platinum.
* Their box set *The Platinum Collection* went double platinum.
* They had numerous hit singles with *Bohemian Rhapsody* being their biggest hit at four times platinum.
* Their extended play *Five Live* was a hit.
* They were awarded with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

## Trivia

* A Broadway musical has been made based around their work.
* They were often noted for the song *Bohemian Rhapsody*, considered the first "rock opera". The song did not become famous, however, until it was used in the hit comedy film *Wayne's World*.
* They participated in the rockabilly revival of the eighties.
* Their song *Under Pressure* features David Bowie and was controversially sampled by rapper Vanilla Ice for his hit *Ice Ice Baby*, with no credit given to Queen or Bowie until a lawsuit ensued.
* Their single *Fat Bottomed Girls* originally featured a woman with a naked posterior, but was later censored for store shelves. This makes the original copies rare and valuable.
* Their songs *We Will Rock You* and *We are the Champions* have become popular sports anthems and are often played back-to-back on the radio.
* Their song *Another One Bites the Dust* has become a popular sports anthem.
* Many of their songs have since become classic rock staples.
* They participated in the rockabilly revival of the eighties.
* They helped pioneer speed metal.
* They were parodied by Weird Al Yankovic.

## Recommended Albums

* A Night at the Opera
* Hot Space
* News of the World
* Sheer Heart Attack
* The Game
* Jazz
* The Miracle
* The Works
* A Kind of Magic
* A Day at the Races

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* Bohemian Rhapsody
* We Will Rock You/We are the Champions
* Another One Bites the Dust
* Under Pressure
* Somebody to Love
* Killer Queen
* Crazy Little Thing Called Love
* Radio Ga Ga
* Fat Bottomed Girls
* You're My Best Friend
* Bicycle Race
* Let Me Entertain You

### Other

* I Want it All
* Rock It
* Don't Stop Me Now
* Keep Yourself Alive
* Tie Your Mother Down
* I Want to Break Free
* Who Wants to Live Forever?
* Stone Cold Crazy
* Seven Seas of Rhye
* Hammer to Fall
* Sheer Heart Attack
* See What a Fool I've Been
The Guess Who

## Genres

* psychedelic rock
* hard rock
* pop rock

## Significance

* They had two hit studio albums.
* Their concert album *Live at the Paramount* was a hit.
* The compilation *The Best of* was a hit.
* They had numerous hit singles with two chart toppers.
* They are phenomenal in their native Canada.

## Trivia

* Their member Randy Bachman would go on to form Bachman-Turner Overdrive.
* They provided the counterculture staples *Share the Land* and *New Mother Nature.*
* The song *American Woman* has a psychedelic intro which was removed for the single version, making the long version more valuable.
* Several of their hits have since become classic rock staples.

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* No Sugar Tonight/New Mother Nature
* American Woman
* These Eyes
* Undun
* Hand Me Down World
* No Time
* Share the Land

### Other

* Clap for the Wolfman
* Laughing
* Shakin' All Over
* Hang on to Your Life
* When Friends Fall Out
* Albert Flasher
Rainbow

## genres

* hard rock
* power metal

## significance

* Member Ronnie James Dio would go on to found Dio and replace Ozzy Osbourne as lead vocalist of Black Sabbath for many years.
* *Stone Cold* was a hit single
* several rock hits
* Phenomenal in their native Britain
* Helped pioneer what eventually became power metal

## Recommended Songs

* The Man on the Silver Mountain
* Stone Cold
* Long Live Rock and Roll
* Since You Been Gone
Quiet Riot

## genres

* glam metal
* hard rock
* glam rock

## significance

* the album *Metal Health* went six times platinum. *Condition Critical* went platinum. *QR III* was also a hit.
* *Bang Your Head* and *Cum On Feel the Noize* were hit singles with the latter a top five
* The re-recording of *Slick Black Cadillac* was a rock hit
* Frankie Banali guested with Player

## recommended songs

* Bang Your Head
* Cum on Feel the Noize
* Mama Weer All Crazee Now
Bo Diddley

## Genres

* rock and roll
* country rock
* rockabilly

## Significance

* Helped popularize the Latin clavé sound of "One. Two. Three...four five" rhythms. This rhythm has been successfully used by other artists, including covers of his work.
* *Who Do You Love?* was successfully covered by George Thorogood and the Destroyers
* *I'm a Man* was successfully covered by The Yardbirds.
* He was a Rockabilly Hall of Fame inductee.

## Recommended Songs

* Bo Diddley
* Who Do You Love?
* I'm a Man
* Hey Bo Diddley
* Pretty Thing
Warren Zevon

## genres

* country rock
* hard rock
* folk rock
* soft rock
* blues rock

## significance

* Album *Excitable Boy* went platinum with *Bad Luck Streak in Dancing School* and *The Wind* also hits
* compilation *A Quiet Life* went gold
* *Werewolves of London* was a hit while three other songs were rock hits

## Recommended Songs

Werewolves of London

Poor Poor Pitiful Me
The Allman Brothers Band

## Genres

* Southern rock
* blues rock
* jazz rock
* soft rock
* folk rock
* country rock
* hard rock

## Significance

* They had three platinum studio albums and three gold.
* Three hit singles. *Ramblin' Man* was their biggest at number two.
* They had eight rock hits.

## Trivia

* They performed at the Woodstock silver anniversary festival.
* Duane Allman is featured on the Boz Scaggs song *Loan Me a Dime* and would go on to have a successful solo career. He has also performed with Derek and the Dominos and Aretha Franklin.
* Their member Gregg Allman would go on to have a successful solo career, including a hit rendition of *Midnight Rider.*
* Many of their songs have since become classic rock staples.
* They were often noted for their long instrumental jams.
* One of their songs is entitled "In Memory of Elizabeth Reed", inspired by a woman Dickey Betts was involved with. She was also the girlfriend of Scaggs. The title was inspired by a graveyard at a local cemetery where the band used to hang out.

## Recommended Albums

* Eat a Peach
* Brothers and Sisters
* Idlewild South
* The Allman Brothers Band
* Enlightened Rogues
* Win, Lose or Draw

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* One Way Out (Might Be Your Old Man, I Don't Know)
* Ramblin' Man
* Whippin' Post
* Midnight Rider
* Ain't Wastin' Time No More
* Blue Sky (You're My Sunny Day)
* Melissa
* Southbound
* Seven Turns (Somebody's Callin' Your Name)
* Jessica
* Good Clean Fun
* Trouble No More

### Other

* Soulshine
* Angeline
* Statesboro Blues
* In Memory of Elizabeth Reed
* Revival
* Mountain Jam
* Hot 'lanta
* Black Hearted Woman
* Little Martha
* Come on in My Kitchen
* Dreams
* End of the Line
The Count Five

## genres

* garage rock
* hard rock
* psychedelic rock

## significance

* *Psychotic Reaction* was a hit
* *Psychotic Reaction* was was deemed one of the "songs that shaped rock and roll" by *Rolling Stone Magazine*
* *Psychotic Reaction* was deemed one of the greatest songs of all time by *Paste Magazine*
* their work has been used in gaming, in film, and on television
* a part of the San Francisco sound
Traffic

## Genres

* jazz rock
* blue eyed soul
* psychedelic rock
* soft rock
* progressive rock

## Significance

* They had three gold albums with *The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys* going platinum.
* Members include Steve Winwood
* Two hit live albums
* they performed at the Woodstock silver anniversary festival
* Their *Feelin' Alright* was successfully covered by Joe Cocker
* Their member Dave Mason went on to have a successful solo career, including a collaboration with Cass Elliot of The Mamas and the Papas.

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys
* Dear Mr. Fantasy
* Feelin' Alright
* Forty Thousand Headmen
* Empty Pages
* John Barleycorn (Sir John)
* Smiling Phases

### Other

* Light Up or Leave Me Alone
* Rock and Roll Stew
* Medicated Goo
* Heaven is in Your Mind
* Evening Blue
* Hole in My Shoe
* Glad/Freedom Rider
Tool

## genres

* hard rock
* alternative metal
* alternative
* shock rock
* shock metal

## significance

* all of their albums have gone platinum
* their first first extended play was a hit
* their compilation made the top forty
* almost all their video albums were hits with *Salival* a chart topper
* numerous hit singles with *The Pot* their biggest at number nineteen

## recommended songs

* Sober
* Forty-Six and Two
* Stinkfist
* H.
* Schism
The Temptations

## genres

* rock and roll
* psychedelic rock
* funk
* psychedelic soul

## significance

* numerous hit singles with four chart toppers
* numerous hit albums
* collaborated with The Supremes
* *Aint Too Proud to Beg* was successfully covered by The Rolling Stones
* provided the counterculture staple *Ball of Confusion*
* part of the Super Bowl XXXII halftime show
* late member Dennis Edwards was also a member of The Contours
* *Get Ready* was written by Smokey Robinson
* provided the song *War*, successfully performed by Edwin Starr

## recommended songs

### favorites

* My Girl
* Papa Was a Rollin' Stone
* Ain't Too Proud to Beg
* Just My Imagination
* Get Ready
* The Way You Do the Things You Do
* Ball of Confusion

### other

* I Wish It Would Rain
* Since I Lost My Baby
* I'm Losing You
* Cloud Nine
* I Can't Get Next to You
* Psychedelic Shack
The Patti Smith Group

## genres

* punk
* hard rock
* alternative

## significance

* *Because the Night*, written by Bruce Springsteen, made it to number thirteen
* two rock hits with *Up There Down There* being a modern rock hit
* two hit albums
* Listed as one of the greatest artists of all time by *Rolling Stone Magazine*

## note

Only Patti Smith was inducted into the actual Hall of Fame

## recommended songs

* Because the Night
* People Have the Power
Van der Graaf Generator

## significance

* influenced goth rock
* performed at the same university as Cream, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Pink Floyd, and The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
* guest performers included Robert Fripp of King Crimson
* influenced Yes and Emerson, Lake, and Palmer
* inspired Rush, John Lydon of Sex Pistols, Marc Almond of Soft Cell, Graham Coxon of Blur, Mark E. Smith of The Fall, John Frusciante of Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden.
Yaz

## genres

synthrock

pop rock

## significance

* Their debut album went platinum with the followup also a hit
* Phenomenal in Europe

## recommended songs

Don't Go

Situation

## note

Although often featured on 80s new wave compilations, they are not categorized as such here because I define new wave as any band with a style similar to that of The B-52's, Talking Heads, or Devo
Them

## genres

* blues rock
* blue eyed soul
* pop rock

## significance

* members include Van Morrison
* two hit singles
* Their hit *Gloria* was covered by several other artists, including The Doors. It was also inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. *Rolling Stone Magazine* ranked it as one of the greatest songs of all time.
* part of the British Invasion

## recommended songs

Gloria

Baby Please Don't Go
The Standells

## genres

garage rock

hard rock

## significance

* Called the "punk band of the sixties"
* Appeared on the novelty sitcom *The Munsters*
* Members included Dewey Martin, later of Buffalo Springfield
* Best known for their hit *Dirty Water*, which reached number eleven and is considered "One of the Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll" by *Rolling Stone Magazine*
* *Some Good Guys Don't Wear White* was covered by Minor Threat and The Cramps
* three minor hits
Todd Rundgren

## genres

* soft rock
* pop rock
* folk rock

## significance

* member of Utopia
* Numerous hit singles with *Hello It's Me* his biggest at number five
* Album *Something/Anything?* went gold with several others being hits
* Live album *Back to the Bars* was a minor hit

## recommended songs

* Bang the Drum All Day
* I Saw the Light
* No. 1 Lowest Common Denominator
* Hello It's Me
* Devil's Bite
* You Left Me Sore
* It Takes Two to Tango
* The Last Ride
* Cold Morning Light
* Song of the Viking
Rockwell

## genres

synthrock

funk rock

## significance

* their debut album went gold
* single *Somebody's Watching Me* went gold and features Michael Jackson and Jermaine Jackson from The Jackson 5
* Obscene Phone Caller was also a hit

## note

although often featured on 80s new wave compilations, they are not categorized here as such because I define new wave as any bands with a style similar to that of Talking Heads, Devo, or The B-52's
Sly and the Family Stone

## genres

* funk
* pop rock
* psychedelic rock
* soft rock
* psychedelic soul

## significance

* two platinum albums and two gold
* *Greatest Hits* went five times platinum
* numerous hit singles with three chart toppers
* part of the Haight-Ashbury sound
* Woodstock performer

## trivia

Their song *Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)* references other Family Stone songs.

## note

although commonly associated with the sixties due to their hits *Everyday People* and *Dance to the Music* and their performance at Woodstock, they are labeled here as seventies due to their greater success then

## recommended songs

* Everyday People
* Dance to the Music
* (I want to Take You) Higher
* Smilin'
* Family Affair
* Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)
The Vapors

## genres

* power pop
* pop rock

## significance

* Their debut album was a minor hit
* phenomenal throughout the Commonwealth
* *Turning Japanese* was a hit single while *Jimmie Jones* was a rock hit

## note

although often featured on 80s new wave compilations, they are not categorized as such here because I define new wave as any band with a style similar to that of Talking Heads, Devo, or The B-52's
Wynonna Judd

## significance

* three platinum albums with *The Other Side* going gold and three others being hits
* compilation *Love Heals* was a hit
* Live album *Her Story* was a hit. The video album went gold.
* *A Classic Christmas* was a hit on both the country and holiday charts
* numerous country hits with many being chart toppers
* formerly of country duo The Judds
Timbuk3

## genres

new wave

post punk

## significance

* Their debut album was a minor hit and the followup was almost a hit
* *The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades* was a hit single at number nineteen. Two other singles were rock hits.
* Nominated for a Best New Artist Grammy in 1987
* *The Future's So Bright* has been used on television and in film
* phenomenal in the Commonwealth
The Supremes

## genres

* rock and roll
* pop rock
* psychedelic rock
* psychedelic soul

## significance

* numerous hit singles
* their *Where Did Our Love Go* was successfully covered by new wave band Soft Cell
* their *You Keep Me Hangin' On* was successfully covered first by psychedelic band Vanilla Fudge and later by synthpop musician Kim Wilde
* lead vocalist Diana Ross went on to have a successful solo career, including a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame and performing the Super Bowl XXX halftime show
* *You Can't Hurry Love* was successfully covered by Phil Collins
* *Where Did Our Love Go?* was the first number one hit by a girl group
* Hollywood Walk of Fame
* Diana Ross was a part of the charity supergroup USA for Africa

## recommended songs

* You Keep Me Hangin' On
* Where Did Our Love Go?
* Baby Love
* You Can't Hurry Love
* Stop! In the Name of Love
* I Hear a Symphony
* Someday We'll Be Together
* Come See About Me
* Back in My Arms Again
* My World is Empty without You
* Love Child
Vanilla Fudge

## genres

psychedelic rock

hard rock

## significance

* five straight hit albums with their debut album being their highest at number six
* Their version of The Supremes *You Keep Me Hangin' On* made it to number six. *Take Me for a Little While* was also a hit.
* member Carmine Appice was also a member of Beck, Bogert, and Appice
Winger

## genres

* glam metal
* progressive metal
* hard rock
* progressive rock
* glam rock

## significance

* two platinum albums
* several hit singles with two nearly missing the top forty
* has influenced modern prog metal bands
* featured on popular adult-oriented cartoon *Beavis and Butt-Head*

## recommended songs

* Easy Come Easy Go
* Seventeen
* Headed for a Heartbreak
* Hungry
* Madalaine
* Can't Get Enuff
Thompson Twins

## genres

* alternative
* post punk
* new romantic
* pop rock

## significance

* Album *Into the Gap* went platinum. *Here's to Future Days* went gold. *Side Kicks* was also a hit.
* Numerous hit singles with *Hold Me Now* their biggest at number three
* Their music has been used in soundtracks including *Ghostbusters*
* Phenomenal in their native Britain

## recommended songs

* Hold Me Now
* Doctor! Doctor!
* Lies
* In the Name of Love
* King for a Day

## note

although often found on 80s new wave compilations, they are not categorized as such here because I define new wave as any band with a style similar to that of Devo, Talking Heads, or The B-52's
X

## genres

punk

psychobilly

hard rock

## significance

* Their first two albums were declared some of the greatest albums of all time by *Rolling Stone Magazine*
* Received an official Certificate of Recognition from the City of Los Angeles for their contribution to LA culture
* Three albums were minor hits
* *Burning House of Love* was a hit single
* participated in the rockabilly revival
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

## Genres

* hard rock
* folk rock
* soft rock
* blues rock
* roots rock
* country rock
* Southern rock
* pop rock

## Significance

* Most of his albums went at least gold.
* His live album *Anthology: Through the Years* went gold, *Playback* went platinum, and *Greatest Hits* went diamond.
* He had numerous hit singles.
* He had four gold video albums with *Runnin' Down a Dream* going platinum.
* He was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

## Trivia

* Many of his hit singles became classic rock staples.
* He collaborated with Stevie Nicks.
* There is a Sirius XM station dedicated to his work.
* While not the first predominantly-eighties artist inducted into the actual Hall of Fame, he was the first truly worthy eighties musician inducted.
* He performed the Super Bowl XLII halftime show.
* His *I Won't Back Down* was successfully covered by Johnny Cash.

## Recommended Albums

* Full Moon Fever
* Damn the Torpedoes
* Hard Promises
* Wildflowers
* Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* Free Fallin'
* Runnin' Down a Dream
* You Wreck Me
* Learning to Fly
* American Girl
* Mary Jane's Last Dance
* Refugee
* The Waiting
* Yer So Bad
* Don't Do Me Like That
* Breakdown
* I Won't Back Down

### Other

* Rebels
* Louisiana Rain
* You Don't Know How it Feels
* You Got Lucky (Good Love is Hard to Find)
* Wildflowers
* Into the Great Wide Open
* Here Comes My Girl
* Don't Come Around Here No More
* Change of Heart
* Restless
* Jammin' Me
Randy Newman

## genres

* roots rock
* country rock
* soft rock
* pop rock
* jazz rock

## significance

* well known for his film scores
* three hit albums with *Born Again* nearly making the top forty
* his soundtrack to *Cars* made it to number six
* single *Short People* made it to number two
* wrote *Mama Told Me Not to Come* for Three Dog Night

## recommended songs

Mama Told Me Not to Come

You've Got a Friend in Me
Violent Femmes

## Genres

* college rock
* hard rock
* punk
* alternative

## Significance

* their debut album went platinum
* compilation *Add It Up* went gold
* three rock hits
* Mentioned on sitcom *Sabrina: the Teenage Witch* as a favorite of Sabrina's.
* Their music has been used in various soundtracks

## Recommended Songs

* Children of the Revolution
* Blister in the Sun
* Gone Daddy Gone
* Fat
The Reverend Horton Heat

## genres

punk

hard rock

psychobilly

## significance

* Combines rockabilly revival with a "B horror movie" theme to create the "psychobilly" subgenre, which he leads
* three minor hit albums with three hits on the "heat" chart and three on the "indie" chart
* *One Time for Me* was just barely an alternative hit
* referenced many times in pop culture
The Judds

## genres

country rock

Southern rock

## significance

* numerous awards and accolades
* four platinum albums with *River of Time* going gold
* three gold compilations with *Greatest Hits* going double platinum and *I Will Stand By You* also a hit
* *Christmas Time with the Judds* went platinum
* extended play *Wynonna & Naomi* went gold
* numerous country hits, many chart toppers
* three gold video albums and two platinum

## trivia

* member Wynonna Judd would go on to have a successful solo career
* part of the Super Bowl XXVIII halftime show
Warrant

## Genres

* glam metal
* hard rock
* glam rock

## Significance

* They had two straight double platinum albums with *Dog Eat Dog* going gold.
* *Rockaholic* was a hit on the hard rock album charts.
* *The Best of* went gold.
* they had numerous hit singles with *Heaven* their biggest at number two.
* Their debut video album went platinum while *Cherry Pie* went gold.

## Recommended Songs

* Cherry Pie
* Heaven
* Down Boys
* Uncle Tom's Cabin
* Big Talk
* Sometimes She Cries

## Note

Despite often found on 80s glam metal compilations, they were more successful in the early nineties and are thus categorized as a nineties band.
Tori Amos

## genres

* alternative
* piano rock
* pop rock
* synthrock

## significance

* Her first two albums went double platinum. *Boys for Pele* went platinum. *From the Choirgirl Hotel* went platinum. *To Venus and Back* went platinum. *Scarlet's Walk* went gold. Several others were hits.
* Compilation *Tales of a Librarian* was a hit
* Live album *To Venus and Back* went platinum
* fourteen rock hits
Waylon Jennings

## significance

* four gold albums with *Ol' Waylon* going platinum
* *Waylon Live* went gold
* *Greatest Hits* went five times platinum
* two of his collaborations with Willie Nelson went gold with *Waylon and Willie* going double platinum
* collaboration *Leather and Lace* went gold while *Wanted!* went double platinum
* was a part of charity supergroup USA for Africa
* numerous awards and accolades
Z.Z. Top

## Genres

* Southern rock
* blues rock
* hard rock
* power pop
* pop rock
* soft rock
* country rock

## Significance

* They had four gold studio albums, four platinum, and *Eliminator* going diamond.
* They had numerous hit singles. Their biggest hits are *Legs* and *Sleeping Bag* at number eight.
* Their concert album *Live From Texas* went double platinum.
* Their compilation *The Best of ZZ Top* went double platinum. *Greatest Hits* went triple platinum.

## Trivia

* Their music has been used in film, including *Back to the Future*, and in video gaming.
* They were a part of the blues rock revival of the eighties.
* Most of their hits have since become classic rock staples.
* They are often noted for their unique image, which includes long beards and never beeing seen without sunglasses. Their drummer Frank Beard is ironically the only one without a beard.
* They were a part of the Super Bowl XXXI halftime show.

## Recommended Albums

* Eliminator
* Tres Hombres
* Afterburner
* Fandango!
* El Loco
* Deguello

## Recommended Songs

### Top Ten

* Cheap Sunglasses
* My Head's in Mississippi
* I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide
* Tush
* Gimme All Your Lovin'
* Give it Up
* Party on the Patio
* I Thank You
* Waitin' for the Bus
* Gun Love

### Favorites

* Doubleback
* Rough Boy
* Sharp Dressed Man
* Just Got Paid
* Sleeping Bag
* Pincushion
* Legs
* Got Me Under Pressure

### Other

* Tube Snake Boogie
* Viva Las Vegas
* Velcro Fly
* Move Me On Down the Line
* Beer Drinkers and Hell Raisers
* She Loves My Automobile
* Goin' Down to Mexico
* Pearl Necklace
Angel

## genres

* glam rock
* progressive rock
* hard rock

## significance

* discovered by Gene Simmons of Kiss
* frontman Frank DiMino was featured on the *Flashdance* soundtrack
* member Fergie Frederiksen went on to play for Toto
* member Ricky Phillips also played for The Babys, Bad English, and Styx
* Dimino also played with the frontman for UFO
* Bassist Felix Robinson also played with White Lion
* album *White Hot* was a minor hit
* member Gregg Giuffria would go on to found the band Giuffria
UFO

## genres

* space rock
* progressive metal
* hard rock
* progressive rock

## significance

* *Lights Out* made it to number 23 on the albums chart while *Obsession* nearly made the top forty. A few others were minor hits.
* Live album *Strangers in the Night* nearly made the top forty
* *The Wrighter* was a rock hit
* Phenomenal in their native Britain

## recommended songs

Rock Bottom

Doctor Doctor
Van Halen

## Genres

* glam metal
* glam rock
* hard rock
* pop rock

## Significance

* They had one gold studio album, eight platinum, and two diamond.
* Their concert album *Live: Right Here, Right Now* went double platinum and *Tokyo Dome Live in Concert* was also a hit.
* Both of their compilations went platinum.
* They had numerous hit singles, many of which have since become classic rock staples. *Jump* is their only chart-topper.

## Trivia

* The title of their album *1984* was inspired by the iconic George Orwell dystopian novel as well as the album's release date.
* They are noted for the album *For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge*, controversially turned into the acronym "FUCK".
* Their fans are divided between the David Lee Roth era and the Sammy Hagar era of Van Halen, claiming the latter turned the group into a sellout pop metal band. Both would go on to have successful solo careers. Hagar is best known for his hit *I Can't Drive 55*. Roth returned in 1996, but only for that year. Hagar returned in 2003, and remained unti 2005, after which Roth returned until 2008.
* They participated in the rockabilly revival of the eighties.
* Their founder Eddie Van Halen would provide the guitar solo for the Michael Jackson hit *Beat It*.
* *Jamie's Cryin'* was sampled in the Tone Lōc song *Wild Thing*, which led to a $180,000 lawsuit.
* they were parodied by Weird Al Yankovic

## Recommended Albums

* Van Halen
* 1984
* Van Halen II
* 5150
* Fair Warning
* For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge
* OU812

## Recommended Songs

### Top Ten

* Best of Both Worlds
* Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love
* Pretty Woman
* Runnin' with the Devil
* Panama
* Dance the Night Away
* Jamie's Cryin'
* You Really Got Me
* Beautiful Girls
* Where Have All the Good Times Gone?

### Favorites

* And the Cradle Will Rock...
* Unchained
* Everybody Wants Some!!
* Why Can't This Be Love?
* Right Now
* Jump
* Love Walks In
* Top of the World

### Other

* Feel Your Love Tonight
* When It's Love
* Dreams
* Finish What Ya Started
* Summer Nights
* Dancing in the Streets
* Drop Dead Legs

## Note

The name Van Halen refers to the *band*, not just Eddie.
Wham!

## genres

* pop rock
* soft rock
* synthrock

## significance

* Their debut album went gold, *Music from the Edge of Heaven* went platinum, and *Make it Big* went six times platinum
* numerous hit singles, two going platinum
* phenomenal in Europe, especially their native Britain

## recommended songs

* Last Christmas
* Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go
* Everything She Wants

## note

although often found on 80s new wave compilations, they are not categorized as such here because I define "new wave" as any band with a style similar to that of Talking Heads, The B-52's, or Devo
The Stooges

## genres

* garage rock
* punk
* hard rock
* psychedelic rock
* shock rock

## significance

* They are considered important in the development of what would become punk rock
* frontman Iggy Pop would go on to have a successful solo career
* recurring Super Mario boss Iggy Koopa was named and designed after Iggy Pop
* considered one of the greatest artists of all time by *Rolling Stone Magazine*
The Smiths

## Genres

* post punk
* alternative
* hard rock

## Significance

* They had two gold studio albums.
* Their compilation *Louder Than Bombs* went gold.
* Their single *How Soon is Now?* was a hit.
* They are phenomenal in their native Britain.
* Their frontman Morrissey went on to have a successful solo career.
* They are often considered a major influence on modern indie bands, especially Editors and Interpol.

## Trivia

* *How Soon is Now?* is noted for its unique riff.

## Recommended Albums

* The Queen is Dead
* Meat is Murder
* Strangeways, Here We Come
* The Smiths
* The World Won't Listen

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* There is a Light that Never Goes Out (Take Me Out Tonight)
* How Soon is Now? (I Am the Sun and the Air)
* Panic
* Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
* Ask (Shyness is Nice)
* Bigmouth Strikes Again
* Sweet and Tender Hooligan
* Cemetry Gates
* A Rush and a Push and This Land is Ours
* Pretty Girls Make Graves
* What Difference Does it Make? (It Makes None)

### Other

* This Charming Man (Will you come out tonight)
* Half a Person (Call Me Morbid, Call Me Pale)
* Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want
* Girlfriend in a Coma (Do You Really Think She'll Pull Through?)
* Stop Me if You Think You've Heard This One Before
* William, it Was Really Nothing
* Frankly Mr. Shankly
* This Night Has Opened My Eyes
* Well I Wonder
* That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore
* The Boy With the Thorn in His Side (Still They Don't Believe Me?)
Twisted Sister

## Genres

* glam metal
* glam rock
* punk
* hard rock
* shock rock
* shock metal

## Significance

* They had five rock hits, three going platinum.
* *We're Not Gonna Take It* was a pop hit at number 21
* They were phenomenal in Europe.
* Their album *You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll* went gold
* The album *Stay Hungry* went triple-platinum.
* A few of their hits became classic rock staples.

## Recommended Songs

* We're Not Gonna Take it
* I Wanna Rock
* The Price
* Hot Love
Tina Turner

## genres

soft rock

pop rock

## significance

* two gold albums, *Break Every Rule* went platinum, and *Private Dancer* went five times platinum
* soundtrack *What's Love Got to Do With It* went platinum
* two platinum compilations
* *Divas Live '99* went gold
* numerous hit singles with *What's Love Got to Do With It* a chart topper
* formerly of Ike and Tina Turner
* two gold video albums with *One Last Time Live in Concert* going platinum
* part of the *Goldeneye* soundtrack
Three Dog Night

## Genres

* hard rock
* country rock
* soft rock
* blue eyed soul
* pop rock

## Significance

* They had seven gold albums with their debut album going platinum.
* They had two gold live albums.
* They had four gold compilations.
* They had numerous hit singles.
* Many of their songs have since become classic rock staples.

## Trivia

* They were named fof how the Inuit determine how cold a night was, basing it on how many dogs they had to sleep with.
* A character in the Animal Crossing series of video games is a frog named Jeremiah, after the first line to the Three Dog Night song *Joy to the World*.

## Recommended Albums

* Three Dog Night
* It Ain't Easy
* Suitable for Framing

## Recommended Songs

* Joy to the World
* Mama Told Me Not to Come
* Shambala
* An Old Fashioned Love Song
* Never Been to Spain
* One
* Eli's Coming
Japan (Oda Nobunaga)

### UA

**Bushido**: Units fight as though they were at full strength even when damaged. +2 Culture from each Atoll, and +1 Culture from Sea Resources.

### UU 1

**Zero**: Replacing the fighter, the Zero can perform normal air missions, but the use of its ranged attack will kill it. However, it has a 300% combat strength increase against land and naval units. It also generates golden age points if it kills an enemy plane during an air mission, and does not require oil.

### UU 2

**Samurai**: Elite Infantry unit of the Medieval and Renaissance. Replaces the Longswordsman. Is initially stronger than the Longswordsman, and starts with Shock I. Gains increased combat after Gunpowder, and the Leadership promotion after Chivalry. Is more expensive to maintain. Can build fishing boats without being consumed.

### Subreddit

/r/HowAboutSunriseLand/

Japan was the civilisation chosen, out of 9 candidates, for the Japan region.
Wang Chung

## significance

* Album *Points on the Curve* was a hit while *Mosaic* went gold.
* Five hit singles with *Everybody Have Fun Tonight* their biggest at number two. *To Live and Die in L.A.* was nearly a top forty hit but was a rock hit. Two additional songs were dance hits. *Praying to a New God* was a rock hit.

## recommended songs

* Everybody Have Fun Tonight
* Dance Hall Days
* To Live and Die in L.A.
Great Britain

Symbol changed to this, colours will also be changed

### UA

**Sun Never Sets**: Gain gold when settling. The amount increases the further the city is from your capital. Cities on other continents contribute 10% of their science and production to the capital.

### UU 1

**First-Rate**: Frigate replacement that is more expensive to build, but has increased combat strength and +1 sight. Also provides +20% defence for adjacent naval units.

### UU 2

**Redcoat**: Rifleman replacement that can ignore terrain cost and can move through foreign lands without open borders. Offsets production penalties from unhappiness when garrisoned.

### Subreddit

/r/TheSubNeverSets

Great Britain was the civilisation chosen, out of 16 candidates, for the British Isles region (Much to the distaste of Robert the Bruce ). Their inclusion was announced along side The Netherlands and The Moors on the 31st of December by CBR narrator Burgerkrieg in a video
Tiffany

## genres

pop rock

synthrock

## significance

* her debut album went four times platinum with *Hold on a Friends Hand* going platinum
* six hit singles, two of them chart toppers
* provided the voice of Judy Jetson for The Jetsons Movie as well as the song *You and Me*
* parodied by Weird Al

## recommended songs

I Think We're Alone Now

You and Me

## note

although often found on 80s new wave compilations, she is not categorized as such here because I define new wave as any band with a similar style to that of The B-52's, Talking Heads, or Devo
Tommy Tutone

## genres

* Power pop
* pop rock

## significance

* Two hit singles with *867-5309/Jenny* going gold
* *Tommy Tutone 2* wa a hit album with their debut album a minor hit.
* It has been often noted that the Bruce Springsteen and the E. Street Band hit *Radio Nowhere* sounds similar to *Jenny*. Tutone has never expressed interest in filing suit.
The Everly Brothers

## Genres

* rockabilly
* pop rock
* country rock
* rock and roll

## Significance

* They had three hit albums.
* Compilation *Very Best of the Everly Brothers* went gold.
* They had numerous hit singles, including B-sides.
* Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inaugural inductee.
* They were covered by Simon and Garfunkel.
* their *Love Hurts* was famously covered by Nazareth.
* They were awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
* Dave Edmunds single *Here Comes the Weekend* uses a style very reminiscent of the Everly Brothers.

## Recommended songs

* All I Have to Do is Dream
* Bye Bye Love
* Cathy's Clown
* Wake Up Little Susie
* I Kissed You
* Crying in the Rain
* Bird Dog
* Walk Right Back
* Love Hurts
* Poor Jenny
The Animals

## Genres

* blues rock
* psychedelic rock
* blue eyed soul

## Significance

* They had three hit studio albums.
* Their compilation *Best of* was certified gold.
* They had numerous hit singles, with *The House of the Rising Sun* being their lone chart-topper.

## Trivia

* They were a part of the British Invasion of the sixties.
* They performed at the Monterey International Pop Festival of 1967, even providing a song later about the festival.
* Their lead vocalist Eric Burdon would go on to found the Latin funk band War, who have even been considered for induction previously.
* Although Burdon claims the song is about World War I, *Sky Pilot* is often viewed as a Vietnam protest song and has since become a counterculture staple.
* Their song *Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood* was successfully covered in disco form by Santa Esmeralda.
* Some of their hits have since become classic rock staples.

## Recommended Albums

* Animal Tracks
* Animalization
* Animalism
* The Twain Shall Meet
* The Animals

## Recommended Songs

### Favorites

* The House of the Rising Sun
* Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood
* We've Gotta Get Out of This Place
* It's My Life
* Don't Bring Me Down
* Sky Pilot

### Other

* When I Was Young
* San Franciscan Nights
* See See Rider
* Monterey
* Boom Boom
* Baby Let Me Take You Home
* I'm Mad Again