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| MC5 | 1968 - 1970 | | Though the MC5 were founded in ’64, Rob Tyner (vocals), Wayne Kramer and Fred Sonic Smith (guitars) Michael Davis (bass) and Dennis Thompson (drums) didn’t get much traction until ’68 when they made the cover of Rolling Stone magazine without even having an album out. | |
| Magic Numbers | 2005 - 2005 | | Plying ‘60's Country-Folk-Rock styles, with other, more contemporary influences, the Magic Numbers’ ‘05 self-titled debut was co-produced by Craig Silvey (The Coral). | |
| Malin, Jesse | 2007 - | | Following an eight year stand, that ended in ’99, with New York’s D Generation, Jesse Malin launched a couple short-lived projects before going solo. | |
| Manfred Mann's Earth Band | 1971 - 1972 | | South African Jazz pianist, Manfred Lubowitz immigrated to England in the early ‘60s and started, with drummer Mike Hugg, the pop oriented Manfred Mann (the group’s name taken against Mann’s wishes). | |
| Marilyn Manson | 1994 - 2002 | | Following Portrait of An American Family, Marilyn Manson took two years to create the riff driven, nihilistic blaster Antichrist Superstar. | |
| Maroon 5 | 2003 - | | With Levine’s expressive vocals and surprising falsetto, Maroon 5 often sounds like Dave Matthews with a Rock sensibility. | |
| The Mars Volta | 2002 - 2008 | | The Mars Volta owes a lot to the throw it all in the pot, stir it up and see what happens mentality. | |
| Marshall Tucker Band | 1973 - 1975 | | The Marshall Tucker Band formed in ‘71, recorded their self-titled debut two years later and hit the road opening for the Allman Brothers Band. | |
| Mastodon | 2004 - | | Mastodon recorded a demo and spent much of '00 touring the east coast as an opening act, including a stint with Queens Of The Stone Age. | |
| Matchbox Twenty | 1998 - 2007 | | Matchbox Twenty’s Yourself Or Someone Like You with Real World has more bite, energy and force than the follow-up Mad Season. | |
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| Brian May | 1975 - 1980 | | Brian May showed an early musical aptitude, first on the ukulele, then guitar and piano. | |
| John Mayall & The Bluesbreakers | 1966 - 1970 | | The first thing people mentioned about John Mayall was who played in the Bluesbreakers. The list is long and illustrious. Almost all of the musicians who joined were unknown when they signed on. | |
| John Mayer | 2001 - | | John Mayer's Continuum marks a change of direction, though hardly as major or significant, as it’s been it’s been made out to be. | |
| Paul McCartney | 1972 - 1977 | | Paul McCartney's legend looms largest not with Wings or as a solo artist, it is for taking the helm during The Beatles' final years serving as the group's de facto leader, songwriter and singer. | |
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| Meat Loaf | 1977 - 1978 | | After a stint as Ted Nugent’s vocalist, the Texas born, L.A. bred, Meat Loaf (known to his parents as Marvin Lee Aday) set out on a rather unusual solo career. | |
| Megadeth | 1983 - 1994 | | Launched in '83, Megadeth's debut Killing Is My Business… And Business Is Good hit less than two years later. | |
| John Mellencamp | 1978 - 1985 | | Starting with Ain't Even Done With The Night, Mellencamp wrote and performed several Rock classics from a unique American perspective. | |
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| Metallica | 1983 - 1997 | | Had Metallica run out of steam at the end of the '80s they would have had an exceptional run. | |
| Metric | | | Like several bands, Metric uses the ‘80s as a touchstone. | |
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| Steve Miller Band | 1968 - 1977 | | After forming the Steve Miller Band in San Francisco the group played the Fillmore West and the Monterey International Pop Festival (with Hendrix, the Who, Animals, etc.). | |
| Rhett Miller | 2001 - | | Rhett Miller's music is slightly reminiscent of the early Eagles but lyrically he's more adventurous and challenging. | |
| Minus The Bear | 2001 - | | Imagine a solo Sting trying to do a progressive version of the Police. That’s Minus The Bear. | |
| The Misfits | 1977 - 1983 | | The Misfits can be viewed as a Speed Metal take on Alice Cooper with ghoulish images, horror movie themes and tales of aliens (not the ones from Mexico), delivered with a sick sense of humor. | |
| Missing Persons | 1981 - 1983 | | Though their recorded history was brief, Missing Persons should have been huge since their synth-Rock sound was perfectly in tune with the times, as was Dale Bozzio's eye grabbing appearance. | |
| Moby Grape | 1967 - 1969 | | Moby Grape was a band of five extraordinarily talented musicians who all sang and wrote songs that merged Folk, Country, Blues and Jazz. | |
| Modest Mouse | 1997 - | | Hailing from Issaquah, WA, due east of Seattle, Modest Mouse formed in ’92 with Isaac Brock, Eric Judy and Jeremiah Green. | |
| Moe | 1997 - 2007 | | From Utica, NY, by way of the University of Buffalo, Five Guys Named Moe, founded by bassist/vocalist Rob Derhak and guitarist/vocalist Chuck Garvey, distilled their name down to Moe in the early ‘90s. | |
| Molly Hatchet | | | Rolling out of Jacksonville, FL in '75 Molly Hatchet made their recording debut just three years later. | |
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| Montrose | | | Ronnie Montrose decided to start his own group in '73 with Sammy Hagar on vocals. | |
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| Van Morrison | 1968 - 1972 | | Van Morrison left the Irish (Belfast) group Them! in '66, Despite artistic compromise, the group's fortunes had hardly changed so Morrison decided it was time to strike out on his own. | |
| Morrissey | | | (Stephen Patrick) Morrissey’s solo career began as the Smiths came crashing to a halt. | |
| Moth | | | A Virgin Records recording contract was inked in ‘01 and Moth released their debut “Provisions, Fiction & Gear” the following year. | |
| Motorhead | | | Motorhead's No Remorse in '81 was the perfect example of the band's all-out, no compromise, Heavy Metal attack | |
| Mott The Hoople | | | Pulling themselves together in the late '60s Mott The Hopple tried blending the Rolling Stones-type Rock with Bob Dylan's lyrics | |
| Mountain | | | Mountain didn't start as a power trio. The group had east coast guitar maven Leslie West, Pappalardi on bass, drummer Corky Laing and Steve Knight on organ. | |
| Mudcrutch | 2008 - | | In the same year that Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers performed during the Super Bowl halftime (don’t get much bigger than that) and a couple years after the group was inducted into the Rock N’ Roll Hall of Fame, Petty got the idea to revive Mudcrutch. | |
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| Mudvayne | 2000 - | | Mudvayne’s self-released debut Kill I Oughta got them signed to Epic | |
| The Muse | | | After calling yourself Gothic Plague, Fixed Penalty and Rocket Baby Dolls settling on The Muse sounds a bit pedestrian. | |
| My Bloody Valentine | 1988 - 1991 | | My Bloody Valentine started in ’84 with New York born but Dublin raised Kevin Sheilds and childhood friend Colm O’Ciosoig. | |
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| Motley Crue | 1983 - 1989 | | Dr. Feelgood, with a surprising number of great songs, and Theatre of Pain are Motley Crue's memorable achievements. | |
