Entertainment and Leisure : Music : Pop Artists A2Z : Groups : Promo Pages

Ace of Base
www.dacc.cc.il.us/~mulberry/music/aceofbase/aceofbase.html
Fans of the Swedish band whose catchy ABBA-esque pop songs ruled U.S. airwaves in 1994 can learn more about the group here. Find links to biographical information, discographies and the usual vital statistics, images and sounds.

Hittin' the Web with The Allman Brothers Band
www.netspace.org/allmans/
The official Allman Brothers Band home page includes interactive access to the
sights and sounds of the Allman story, starting with a virtual visit to Macon, Ga. Places, faces, reviews and news of the rock group are only a sampling of the online offerings here

America
www.pacificrim.net/~wahlgren/
The America home page profiles the band's members, albums and special releases. Find a photo album, a concert tour schedule, and fan homages to the soft rock group that hit the top of the charts in the 70s.

American Gramaphone Records
www.amgram.com/
American Gramaphone, a recording company developed by Chip Davis of Mannheim Steamroller, promotes the musical works of Davis and his instrumental band, providing album overviews, press releases, tour dates and biographical information.

Anomie
www.armory.com/~anomie
The online home for the group Anomie features a discography, performance information, art and "stuff."

Avacost
fox.nstn.ca/~warobert
This page from Nudibranch Records introduces Avacost as a cutting-edge rock band outside the mainstream. The group's site features an introduction to the band, profiles of band members, a brief history, photos and listings of recordings.

Babbalouie Home Page
www.frontiernet.net/~babbalou/
The Babbalouie Home Page links, for the most part, to promotional pages for bands such as 10,000 Maniacs, and "Toronto's hottest reggae band the Sattalites." Other other links go to pages for the Rolling Stones and Howard Stern.

The Beastie Boys
www.grandroyal.com/BeastieBoys/
For as rowdy as this rap trio is supposed to be, its home page is surprisingly organized. Visitors can access the BB newsgroup, an official record label 'zine, and product information.

The Belizbeha Home Page
www.belizbeh.com
This funkified Web site is filled with the sounds of acid jazz, soul, funk, pop and hip-hop music. Belizbeha, an eight-piece band out of Burlington, Vt., offers info on its debut CD, band member bios and set lists here.

Blur
www.parlophone.co.uk/blur/
Fans of Britpop sensation Blur can visit the band's Web site established by EMI Records, Limited. Download sound clips as well song lyrics from each of the albums, or browse through a touring scrapbook.

The Bobs
www.iuma.com/IUMA/band_html/Bobs,_The.html
The Bobs are an acapella group composed of three male Bobs and one female Bob whose stage show, lyrical humor and musical madness have become their trademark. Visitors to their home page can find out how the players garner great reviews.

The Bon Jovi Home Page
www.bonjovi.com/bonjovi/
Video clips, concert photos and handwritten lyric sheets highlight this deluxe page, promoting Mercury Records' pop-metal band Bon Jovi. Visitors can check tour dates and get a behind-the-scenes look at the shooting of the band's "Lie to Me" video.

The Chemlab Home Page
www.pitt.edu/~ccast3/chemlab.html
The home page of rock band "ChemLab" includes a wealth of band-related news, images and information. Includes sound and video clips, a complete discography, interviews and record label information.

Close Enough
www.demon.co.uk/blaah/index.html
Close Enough -- a "Funky-Blues-Jazz-Dance-Stuff" band from London -- gives its fans a chatty monthly update on its whereabouts, photos of the band, merchandise, booking info and even free beer for Web browsers who request an e-mail voucher and bring it to their shows.

Crash Basket Low-rent Home Page
www.shadow.net/~proub/basket.html
Crash Basket, a band, takes a light-hearted look at itself here and offers information about its recordings and performance schedule. Fans can download pictures and sound files here and join the band's mailing list.

DanceRegina
www.fxol.com/regina/
The !DANCeReGINA! page is devoted to the danceable sounds of this Dallas, Texas, band. Fans can read member bios and find out tour dates. Audio samples from five different selections are also available here.

Dano's Home Page
www.magi.com/~dano
Meet Dano, a lead singer in Ottawa-area bands for the past 15 years. Sound clips from his current band, Junkfiend, are featured on his home page, along with pictures and a calendar of club dates.

Danzig Home Page
american.recordings.com/American_Artists/Danzig/index.shtml
The American Recordings label maintains this site for its recording group, Danzig. Visitors will find photos, bios, video, cover art, promotion schedules and links to related sites.

D'Cuckoo
matisse.net/dcuckoo.html
This page offers concise contact information on D'Cuckoo, the "techno tribal dance band." Access the D'Cuckoo home page from here for an overview of the troupe, sound clips and performance history.

Deluxe
ultraviolet.com/uvr/deluxe/
San Francisco-based Ultra Violet Recordings promotes the music of Deluxe via this (somewhat) official page. Find a discography featuring audio clips and critical reviews.

The Exceptions
www.colby.edu/wmhb/revenge/ex.html
The Exceptions, a Detriot, Mich.-based ska music group, maintains this site with about the band's latest releases and performance schedules.

Faith No More
www.repriserec.com/FaithNoMore
Faith No More fans can read about the band here, find out tour dates and download a music video. Reprise Records, the band's label, maintains the page and posts a link to its home page.

Fugazi
www.southern.com/southern/band/FUGAZ/index.html
The Fugazi home page provides information on the band that invented the DIY ethic, along with details about its musicians and touring schedules. Includes a discography, links to the group's recording label and merchandise info.

Glass Billies Home Page
www.abc.se/~m9503/gb
Swedish band the Glass Billies makes its Web home on this page that includes lyrics to the group's recordings and a photo gallery.

God Street Wine
www.netspace.org/gsw/
The God Street Wine page plugs fans into a digest of information about this rock group, including tour dates, ordering options and a few surprising links that interact. Hear sound bites from GSW albums here as well.

Official Grateful Dead Home Page
grateful.dead.net/
Check out the long, strange trip of the Grateful Dead on this official site. Band members are no longer touring under the name Grateful Dead, but tour dates are listed here. The site also hints at future archive releases and details the band's charitable work. Deadheads can order merchandise here, too.

Official Grateful Dead Home Page
www.dead.net/
Grateful Dead fans can plug into this official site to fill their eyes with images, their ears with interviews and their heads with Dead details. A tribute to the late, great Garcia is included, along with music and merchandise ordering.

Hole
geffen.com/hole.html
Maintained by Geffen Records, this home page contains a witty bio describing the history and members of histrionic rock band Hole. Includes sound and video clips, plus a link to Geffen's main Web site.

Holler Sisters: Cowgirls
www.enteract.com/~cowgal /
Edith Frost, cowgirl singer extraordinaire, has created this downhome Web page with information about herself and her band, The Holler Sisters. There's information here on just about every little thing on the Web that has to do with cowgirls and twangy music, including a link to the official Roy Rogers and Dale Evans Web site.

Indigo Girls
www.music.sony.com/Music/ArtistInfo/IndigoGirls.html
Sony's official, multimedia Web presentation starring the Indigo Girls offers the usual photo album, record album info, tour stuff, and fan club facts. But also find audio and video clip highlights, plus an unexpected look at the duo's independent recording label, Daemon Records.

Jartery
www.dnai.com/~jar
Jar, a San Francisco-based band, is featured here. Visitors can download video and sound clips, lyrics, interviews and reviews. The official site also contains gig and merchandise information.

The Jesus and Mary Chain
american.recordings.com/American_Artists/Jesus_And_Mary_Chain/jamc_home.html
American Recordings' page for alternative rockers The Jesus and Mary Chain contains audio files, album covers, images and information on the band.

Letters to Cleo
www personal.umich.edu/~hstahl/letters.html
This home page for the music group Letters to Cleo contains articles, lyrics, pictures, guitar tablature, audio/video clips, tour dates, and a mailing list.

Live Home Page
live.cerf.net/live_new/HTML/main_index.html
Find the official scoop on the modern rock band Live at this promotional site. Fans can read interviews, reviews and touring information or view publicity photos and QuickTime movies of the band here.

Lords of Acid
american.recordings.com/American_Artists/Lords_Of_Acid/lords_home.html
American Recordings sponsors this page to promote the Lords of Acid, a Belgian rock and roll band. Visitors can read the group's bio, see still photos of band members and find out what makes them the "cause [of] the biggest scene since the year pasties became optional."

Man or Astroman?
www.astroman.com/
Man or Astro-Man? is just one of the many bands riding the swelling wave of popularity for guitar-heavy surf music, and fans of the retro sound of Man or Astro-Man? can get all kinds of goodies on the band here. Audio and video clips, the rundown on what the band's done so far, even the Astro newsletter can be had.

Many Hands
webservices.comp.vuw.ac.nz/artsLink/ManyHands
Many Hands is a New Zealand percussion band that utilizes a variety of multicultural styles. Visitors to its Web page will find band member profiles and an extensive collection of audio clips.

MARTENSVILLE
www.islandnet.com/~moron/deterrent/martensville/marten.html
Martensville is more than just another industrial band, it's a self described "machine driven unit with three human accomplices." Browsers will find an "atonal soundtrack," an interview and other details about the group.

NegativWorldWideWebLand
www.negativland.com
Negativland is an alternative rock band concerned with politics and intellectual property issues as well as music. Visitors can read through a discussion of the U.S. Copyright Act and discover why the band "hates the Information Superhighway," as well as check out its discography and order music.

Nirvana Page
geffen.com/nirv.html
This official Nirvana page is filled with information about the short-lived band that inspired a legion of followers, devotees and hangers-on. At this Geffen site, fans can download photographs, sound samples and cruise through band info tidbits.

The Official Oasis Home Page
www.oasisinet.com/
Here's the story, morning glory: Britpop sensation Oasis is dissected, celebrated and examined at this officially sanctioned page.Includes tour news, a "gigography," fan club info and much more.

Phreeworld
www.art.net/Music/Phreeworld/Phreeworld.html
Pacific Northwest band Phreeworld introduces its music and members to the world through this Web site, which is packed with images and CD soundbytes.The page also includes a Quicktime video of concert clips.

Go! Discs/Portishead
www.godiscs.co.uk/godiscs/porthead.html
Here's a multimedia page devoted to the U.K. musical group, Portishead. Find a biography, photos, Quicktime and MPEG movies, plus links to related sites.

The Poster Children
www.prairienet.org/posterkids/
A Reprise Records group, the Poster Children host this site promoting the band, its music and its branded merchandise. Check out tour dates, get polled, or linger over lyrics and band news.

Pounce International Web Site
www.infinet.com/~pounce
Furnace Records recording artist Pounce International is featured at this site, which includes information about new releases and photos. The band is described as "aggro-ambient ... kind of like Enigma meets Godzilla."

The Official Home Page for Promise
www.europa.com/~tarie/ccci.html
The Christian music trio Promise is profiled on this official site. The site includes a discography, photos and links to other Promise sites.

Queen Home Page
queen-fip.com/
The official Web site for the legendary rock band Queen is a sophisticated and low-key site. It heralds the release of the band's first new album since the death of singer Freddie Mercury and provides information about Queen's recent videos, television appearances and philanthropy.

Refreshments
rampages.onramp.net/~micheleb/refresh.html
The Refreshments, a Phoenix, Ariz.-based rock music group, maintains this promotional site. Visit here to learn about its members, music, and upcoming performance and recording plans.

R.E.M. - Monster
www.iuma.com/Warner/html/R.E.M..html
R.E.M.'s album, "Monster," is promoted and dissected at this site, with a list of tracks and band member's comments. The page, maintained by the Internet Underground Music Archive, includes 1995 tour dates and a quick time video clips.

The Rolling Stones: JAVA Lounge
www.stones.com/java_lounge.html
This JAVA Rolling Stones site seems strangely incomplete and devoid of graphics; perhaps it is under construction. Nonetheless, Stones fans can link to song lists and lyrics and answers to FAQs on the dinosaur rock band.

The Rolling Stones Web Site
stones.com/
The Voodoo Lounge is the official Rolling Stones Web Site. (Your first clue is that the URL ends in ".com.") This state-of-the-art promo site provides sound and video clips of Mick and the boys in action, interviews with the Stones' extended family, and plenty of the naughty-but-nice imagery for which this raunchy rock band is famous.

Stonesworld: The Rolling Stones on the Web
www.stonesworld.com/
Catch up on the latest news about the Rolling Stones, including concert news and rumors about new albums. Check into the message board to sound off about Stones topics.

The Rutles Home Page
www.primenet.com/~dhaber/rutles.html
Here browsers can find out about the legend of the Rutles, a "legend that will last a lunchtime." Read all about the Prefab Four, also known as Dirk, Nasty, Stig and Barry. The Rutles.

Seefeel
hyperreal.com/music/artists/seefeel/seefeel.html
This home page has information on the band Seefeel, with facts about the band's recordings and links to interviews and sound files.

Simple Minds -- Good News From the Web
matahari.cv.com/people/Simon.Cornwell/simple_minds/
Simple Minds fans can follow the band on this unofficial fan page. The extensive site includes a discography, lyrics, biographies and tour news. Visitors can link to sites that sell Simple Minds items, too.

Slash's Snakepit
geffen.com/slash
Big-haired rocker Slash, taking a break from Guns N' Roses, enlisted some former bandmates plus artists from Alice in Chains and Jellyfish to form Slash's Snakepit. Geffen Records lures listeners here with audio files from Slash's Snakepit's 1995 release: if you like what you hear, click and buy.

Slayer Home Page
american.recordings.com/American_Artists/Slayer/slayer_home.html
The Slayer home page contains information about the speed metal band, their music and a discography. Includes interviews, lyrics archive and an image gallery of their album covers.

Creation Records: Slowdive
www.musicbase.co.uk/music/creation/slowdive/
The British band Slowdive posts its upcoming concert dates, info about the group's recordings and more through this promotional site.

SM Home Page
www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~dfarmer/sm.html
The self-described "foremost blues-death band" SM features its hard core lyrics and antics at this home page. Visitors can read lyrics or listen to sound clips.

Sonic Youth
geffen.com/sonic.html
Geffen Records maintains this site to provide information about prototypical indie noise rockers Sonic Youth. Photos and bios are available, as is an opportunity to buy the group's albums.

Soul Coughing
www.iuma.com/Warner/html/Soul_Coughing.html
Warner Brothers promotes the debut album of the New York band Soul Coughing at this Web page. Find links to sound clips, short biographies of the band members and a tour schedule.

Stone Roses
geffen.com/sroses.html
Read all about British pop band Stone Roses or listen to a few sound clips through this official page from Geffen Records. It features a rare photo as well as an obligatory biography of the band.

Swing Shift Home Page
www.pitt.edu/~cxm2/Swingshift.html
The acoustic swing music of the band Swing Shift comes to the Web through this home page. Visitors can meet the band, listen to .au sound samples from their album, learn about upcoming concert appearances and view pictures of the band in action.

Ten K Maniacs WWW Site
www.maniacs.com/
Visit here for discographies, photos and the latest news about the 10,000 Maniacs. Fans can also order t-shirts and signed CDs or jump to Natalie Merchant pages (she left the band in 1993 to pursue a solo career).

This Perfect Day Home Page
www.iuma.com/MNW/Soap/html/This_Perfect_Day.html
Music fans can listen to "Headache" from the Swedish popsters This Perfect Day at the group's Web site, located in the Internet Underground Music Archive. This page also contains a photo of the five-member band and the story of the group's development.

The Tragically Hip
www.cimtegration.com/tth
Check out the latest from the band The Tragically Hip: where they've been, where they're headed and what they've sounded like over the years. Links include contact information, .wav sound files and jumps to a usenet newsgroup devoted to the band.

Violet Arcana
www.violet.arcana.com/
Violet Arcana presents a collection of clips, pictures, art, lyrics, multi media and reviews of esoteric music here. The band describes itself as providing "dreamy, ethereal, melodic, moody, ambient soundscapes for the surreal music listener."

Weezer Page
geffen.com/weezer.html
Geffen Records' Weezer Page celebrates the L.A.-based band that made their mark with a song about sweaters. Photos, sound samples and bio included.

White Zombie: Planet Zombie
geffen.com/planetzombie
Planet Zombie provides standard-issue biographical information along with audio, video and picture samples of American heavy metal/industrial rockers White Zombie.

Welcome to YELLO on the Net
www.yello.ch/index_nonjava.html
The Swiss collaboration of Dieter Meier and Doris Blank, YELLO, waves a digital hello to the Internet world through this home page that features QuickTime and MPEG movie clips. The page also has links to sound clips.

Yep! Home Page
www.cs.umass.edu/~greene/yep.html
Official information about the music group yeP! can be found at this site, including articles, photos, biographies, sound clips, graphics and merchandise. Visit here to learn about the band and find performance and recording updates.