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| Lacuna Coil | 2002 - | | When Milian’s Goth Metal group Lacuna Coil (meaning empty spiral) emerged in ’94 it caught people’s attention, especially because it had female and male co-vocalists in Cristina Scabbia (contralto) and Andrea Ferro (tenor). | |
| Lamb Of God | 1999 - | | Several promoters banned the group because they thought Burn The Priest was an “evil” or satanic name. So they became Lamb Of God. | |
| Land Of Talk | 2008 - | | Vocalist/guitarist Elizabeth Powell started Land Of Talk with bassist Chris McCarron and drummer Mark Wheaton. | |
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| Avril Lavigne | 2002 - | | Tagged as the anti-Britney Spears, eighteen year old Avril Lavigne sold over three million copies of her '02 debut Anything But Ordinary. | |
| Led Zeppelin | 1968 - 1980 | | Generally thought of as Heavy Metal founding fathers, Led Zeppelin, even in its earliest days, mixed acoustic and electric instruments on Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You and Your Time Is Gonna Come from Led Zeppelin. | |
| Lemonheads | 1992 - 1996 | | The Lemonheads were one of those bands who seemed to garner more attention than their popularity warranted. | |
| Len Price 3 | 2004 - | | It’s funny that the '60's post-invasion/pre-psychedelic era lasted a little over a year but the Len Price 3 have worked that vein far longer. | |
| John Lennon | 1969 - 1980 | | John Lennon was the first Beatle to appear as a solo (more or less) when he launched the Plastic Ono Band. | |
| Julian Lennon | 1984 - 1985 | | Julian’s debut album spawned three hits, the huge ballad Valotte, the mid-tempo ode to his late father, Too Late For Goodbyes and the best of the lot, Say You’re Wrong, which had the least chart success of the three - figures. | |
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| Jenny Lewis | 2006 - | | The Las Vegas born Jenny Lewis came by her performing instincts naturally. Her parents had a Vegas lounge act and her mother’s Country music collection was a major influence. | |
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| Juliette Lewis | 2005 - | | Juliette Lewis' “Like A Bolt Of Lightening,” “You’re Speaking My language” and “Four On The Floor” are gems. | |
| Libertines | | | The Libertines got picked up by Rough Trade where they released the double-sided UK hit single What A Waster/I Get Along and that success attracted Mick Jones, former guitarist with the legendary Clash, who produced the group's rough-edged neo-Punk, debut album Up The Bracket. | |
| Lifehouse | 2000 - | | Adding a drummer Lifehouse began playing every Friday at a local school auditorium. Soon these performances were attracting a few hundred teens. | |
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| Linkin Park | 2000 - | | Linkin Park burst out of the So. Cal music scene with their debut, Hybrid Theory followed by Meteora. | |
| Little Joy | 2008 - | | Little Joy took its name from a cocktail lounge just down the street from where band memebers lived. | |
| Little Richard | 1955 - 1958 | | Born in Macon, GA, to a deeply religious family, Richard Penniman began performing at age eight belting out R&B and Gospel songs. | |
| Lit | 1999 - 2001 | | Being the top group in Fullerton, CA, may not seem like much but it was enough to get Lit a record deal. | |
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| The Living End | | | Living End guitarist/singer/songwriter Chris Cheney was a major Stray Cats fan. | |
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| Longwave | 2003 - | | Longwave acquired a manager, Jim Merlis and his company also handled publicity for The Strokes whose manager offered Longwave a couple opening slots. | |
| Lostprophets | 2000 - | | Lostprophets are often compared to Linkin Park and other Nu Metal groups. | |
| Louis XIV | 2005 - | | Louis XIV released the EP “Illegal Tender” in ’05 and followed that with their debut album, “The Best Little Secrets Are Kept,” a couple months later. | |
| Love As Laughter | 1996 - | | Love As Laughter started as a Punk outfit and progressively took their foot off the accelerator to check out other possibilities. | |
| Courtney Love | 1994 - | | Since Hole bit the dust Courtney Love (the widow Cobain, mother of Frances Bean and wrangler of the Nirvana legacy) has managed to keep in the public eye, and in the tabloids, with several incidences of reckless behavior (often fueled by drugs), drug busts (see), court appearances (along with some no-shows) and a child custody hearing. | |
| Love Is All | 2006 - | | Recording for the New York based What’s Your Rupture? label the Love Is All released the reckless and noisy “Nine Times That Same Song” in ’06. | |
| Love | 1966 - 1967 | | Unlike most bands around during the birth of Acid psychedelic Rock and Hard Rock Love was actually a great band. Revolving around leader/singer/multi-instrumentalist Arthur Lee | |
| Lovemakers | 2005 - 2005 | | In '02, when guitarist vocalist Scott Blonde and vocalist, bassist, violinist Lisa Light got kicked out of a band they decided to form the Lovemakers. | |
| Loverboy | 1981 - 1983 | | Loverboy was one of many ‘80s bands with an innate ability to apply a pop sheen to their sound. | |
| Lovin' Spoonful | | | Influenced by the Beatles, Folk singers Sebastian and Yanovsky started the group taking their name from Mississippi John Hurt's 'Coffee Blues'. | |
| Nick Lowe | | | More people have heard of Nick Lowe (as a producer, songwriter or ex-spouse) than have heard his music. | |
| John Lydon | | | One minute, you're John Lydon, kid on the street and the next you're Johnny Rotten, penultimate Punk Rocker. | |
| Lynyrd Skynyrd | 1973 - 1977 | | Recorded just before the plane went down Street Survivors (That Smell and What's Your Name) is Lynyrd Skynyrd's hottest studio album. | |
