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Prime Years |
| Wakefield | | | Wakefield has brothers Ryan and Aaron, along with their cousin, Mike. | |
| Walkmen | 2002 - | | The Walkmen made their ’00 debut in New York’s East Village (Joe’s Pub) with an EP rolling out shortly thereafter. | |
| Wallflowers | 1998 - 2005 | | Quickly rebounding, the Wallflowers; Dylan, Rami Jaffe (keyboards), Greg Richling (bass), Michael Ward (guitar) and Mario Calire (drums) hooked up with Interscope Records and got a second chance at making a first impression. | |
| Joe Walsh | 1972 - 1975 | | Many Rock musicians have a sense of humor but Walsh was one of the few to who wore it on his sleeve. | |
| Wang Chung | 1984 - 1986 | | After their debut, Wang Chung was picked up by Arista Records who put out “Points On A Curve” in ‘84. | |
| Warrant | 1987 - 1992 | | Warrant’s Glam-Metal is actually fun – in a late ‘80s kind of way. “Dirty Rotten Filthy Stinkin' Rich” and “Cherry Pie” are the albums that matter. | |
| The Wavves | 2008 - | | “King Of The Beach,” easily the Wavves best effort to date, refines and expands the band’s mix of Punk cut with Surf. | |
| We Are The Fallen | 2010 - | | We Are The Fallen could be called “Evanescence 2.0” since 3/5ths of the band are Evanescence alum - Ben Moody, John LeCompt and Rocky Gray. | |
| Weezer | 1995 - | | Produced by former Cars frontman Ric Ocasek, Weezer’s self-titled debut scored a series of out of the box hits - Undone (The Sweater Song), Buddy Holly, and Say It Ain't So – all helped by clever videos | |
| Scott Weiland | 1998 - | | With Stone Temple Pilots’ future uncertain, Weiland issued his solo debut 12 Bar Blues in ’98. A decade later, following his departure from Velvet Revolver Weiland unfurled Happy (In Galoshes). | |
| Wheat | 2003 - | | Wheat plies a loose, friendly sound fronted by Levesque’s evocative vocals. | |
| The Whigs | 2008 - | | The Whigs self-produced/released Give 'Em All A Big Fat Lip before landing with ATO Records, a label co-founded and operated by Dave Matthews. | |
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| Jack White | 2000 - | | The future Jack White was born with the name John Anthony Gillis in ’75 (7/9). His first career was as an upholsterer. | |
| White Lies | 2009 - | | With pumping bass lines, synth flourishes and Harry McVeigh’s dour, foreboding vocals, White Lies are more ‘80s than the ‘80s. | |
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| The Who | 1967 - 1978 | | The Who arrived in the mid-'60s with youth anthems like My Generation and The Kids Are Alright. | |
| Widespread Panic | 1991 - | | Many will argue that Widespread Panic is better live and that may be. But “Free Somehow” is an impressive studio set. | |
| Wilco | 1995 - | | Wilco’s fourth album, ‘02’s “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot,” was rejected by their label, Reprise. Not only that, the label decided to drop the group. | |
| Wild Flag | 2011 - | | Wild Flag's self titled ’11 debut was preceded by a pair of singles; “Future Crimes” b/w “Glass Tambourine,” which was issued on Record Store Day 2011 (4/16) and “Romance,” which dropped the following June. | |
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| Willowz | 2004 - | | The Willowz Talk In Circles shows the virtues of lean, energetic guitar Rock with a lot of thrills and next to no fluff. | |
| Wings | 1972 - 1975 | | The best Wings albums, which were recorded between '73 and '75, are Band On The Run and Venus and Mars. | |
| Edgar Winter | 1973 - 1976 | | Edgar Winter's music touched Soul and Funk but he is best known for straight-ahead '70s Rock. | |
| Johnny Winter | 1969 - 1971 | | While never the huge commercial success his original record label had hoped, Johnny Winter Rocked. | |
| Steve Winwood | 1981 - 1988 | | After building a stellar reputation with the Spencer Davis Group, and then Traffic, expectations were high for Steve Winwood’s solo career. | |
| Wire Train | 1984 - 1985 | | Wire Train formed in San Francisco with guitarist/vocalist Kevin Hunter, bassist Anders Runland, drummer Fredrico Gila-Sola and guitarist Kurt Herr. | |
| Wishbone Ash | 1970 - 1976 | | Wishbone Ash peaked commercially in ‘72 with the album “Argus,” which went to #3 in the U.K. | |
| Wolf Parade | 2005 - | | Wolf Parade's keywords are Modest Mouse, Brock, Boeckner, Krug and Apologies To The Queen Mary. | |
| Wolfmother | 2005 - | | Wolfmother won the ‘05 J Award from the youth radio network Triple J for the best Australian album of the year. | |
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| Ron Wood | 1974 - | | For the record, “I Can Feel The Fire” (from “I’ve Got My Own Album To Do”) is Ron Wood’s best solo song. | |
| Wussy | 2005 - | | Wussy is an indie Folk-Rock band. That means that they jangle and can stretch their sound to the early Pretenders (Gone Missing). | |
| xx | 2009 - | | xx has a sparse sound augmented effectively by the vocal interplay between Romy Madley Croft and OliverSim. | |
