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  • MetallicaIn late 1981, a Danish drummer named Lars Ulrich placed an advertisement in The Recycler newspaper. The ad read "Drummer looking for other metal musicians to…
  • Black Eyed PeasIn 1988, William James Adams Jr and Allan Pineda Lindo met at the all-ages dance venue Club What? in Los Angeles. They formed a hip-hop dance and music crew…
  • Sex PistolsLondon in 1975 was a place of decay and unemployment. John Lydon, then nineteen years old, wore a Pink Floyd T-shirt with the words 'I Hate' handwritten…
  • Prince (musician)Prince Rogers Nelson entered the world at Mount Sinai Hospital in Minneapolis, Minnesota on the 7th of June 1958. His father John Lewis Nelson was a pianist…
  • BTSIn 2010, Big Hit Entertainment CEO Bang Si-hyuk gathered seven young men to form a new hip hop group. The project began with RM, an underground rapper…
  • Ariana GrandeAriana Grande-Butera was born on the 26th of June 1993, in Boca Raton, Florida. Her mother Joan Grande runs Hose-McCann Communications, a marine…
  • Kendrick LamarKendrick Lamar Duckworth was born on the 17th of June 1987, in Compton, California. He grew up in Section 8 housing and relied on welfare and food stamps…
  • Hollywood UndeadOn the 3rd of June 2005, three musicians named Jorel Decker, Aron Erlichman, and Jeff Phillips posted a song titled Hollywood on their MySpace profile.