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Winnepeg, Manitoba-based indie-pop quartet B’ehl was formed in 1994 by singers/guitarists Allison Shevernoha and Melanie Barnes, bassist Bob Somers (concurrently a member of the Bonaduces) and drummer Dan McCafferty (who split his time in Painted Thin)
The Belle Stars were an all-female British pop group of the early ’80s that split off from the Bodysnatchers The lineup was Sarah-Jane Owen (guitar), Miranda Joyce (saxophone), Judy Parsons (drums), and Jennie McKeown (bass)
Formed after the breakup of instrumental math rockers Don Caballero, Bellini united Don Cab drum virtuoso Damon Che with the husband-and-wife team of Agostino Tilotta (guitar) and Giovanna Cacciola (vocals), both formerly of Sicilian noise rockers Uzeda
Although they began and still work as a duo, John Spiers (melodeon) and Jon Boden (fiddle and vocals) had a vision of a larger sound for their music In 2004 they put together Bellowhead (the name derived from their album Bellow) to play the Oxford folk festival
Bells Of was primarily the project of Washington, DC-based singer and multi-instrumentalist Lawrence McDonald, who debuted in 1992 with 11:11, an eclectic collection of home recordings cut with a variety of guest musicians
The Minneapolis-based alternative country-rock quartet Bellwether was led by singer/guitarist Eric Luoma and guitarist Jimmy Peterson, who first collaborated as an acoustic duo before recruiting bassist Phil Tippin and drummer John Crist, a former member of the Athens, Georgia band Dashboard Saviors
This French duo lined up bass player Fred (formerly on guitars and vocals for Daily Planets) and Franck (ex-Mush member) on drums The two guys met at a university and began to jam not knowing if there would be a guitarist or not in the band
The Belmont Playboys are a rockabilly revival band, formed around 1990 in Charlotte, NC The band’s mission is to combine traditional rockabilly instrumentation and songs with strong original material, delivered with the energy and intensity of a punk band
Creating glorious sonic landscapes from dense sheets of guitar-generated noise, Belong are a collaboration between guitarist Michael Jones and producer Turk Dietrich (the latter is also a member of Benelli with Joshua Eustis of Telefon Tel Aviv)
Belouis Some was probably the least-known act on 1986’s Pretty in Pink soundtrack, an assemblage of previously unfamiliar new wave darlings such as the Psychedelic Furs, Echo & the Bunnymen, and the Smiths