Index of 'M' artists and bands

Madonna was born in 1958. She was signed to Sire Records in 1982. In 2000 she launched her newest album Music as well as having her second child Rocco and getting married in Scotland to Guy Richie. Madonna has had a long career spanning the 1980s and 1990s and has produced around a dozen albums during this time.

Manic Street Preachers started out as a four-piece rock band from Wales but are now a three-piece since the tragic disappearance of rhythm guitarist Richey Edwards in 1994. They are a band with strong politcal beliefs, chiefly in left-wing entities such as Communism.

Massive Attack made their mark as one of the pioneering forces behind the rise of trip-hop. Their history dates back to 1983 with the formation of the hip hop soul collective 'Wild Bunch' in Bristol (UK). Massive Attack's first album, 'Blue Lines', is released in 1991. Their influence can beheard in the music of several groups today, including Portishead and Tricky.

Outstanding vocalist-performer, Meat Loaf, was born Marvin Lee Aday, on January 22nd, 1946 in Dallas, Texas. Meat Loaf's multiple-hit single producing Bat Out of Hell epics, which saw him collaborating with reknown composer, Jim Steinman, are legendary.