The Gamma Rays | en

There are multiple artists using the name "Gamma". 1) Gamma is a band formed by guitarist Ronnie Montrose back in the 70s, after his band Montrose released several LPs, including the classic Montrose/Montrose(Bad Motor Scooter, Rock The Nation). From Northern California, Gamma received relatively little airplay even though their music was very high-quality with stellar musicianship and songwriting. 2) Gamma is a UK Hip-Hop crew on the label Big Dada. 3) Gamma is a Chiptune musician. He/She/It/They have a 9 track album entitled "live" free to download on Kittenrock.co.uk 4) Gamma is one of the early hard/progressive trance aliases used...

Founded in 1989 by Kai Hansen in Hamburg, Germany after leaving Helloween, Gamma Ray borrowed straight from the Helloween classics, and continued to pioneer Hansen's style of power metal. After four years with Helloween, Kai Hansen decided to leave the band at the height of their career. He then went on to do some studio work with Blind Guardian. Kai and his friend Ralf Scheepers from Tyran' Pace decided to start a project. They recruited bassist Uwe Wessel and drummer Mathias Burchard. The resulting sound was very close to Helloween's power metal style. The first album Heading For Tomorrow was...

There are several bands called the Stingrays. Most listings on last.fm refer to the UK based band from the 80's often labelled under Phychobilly. see: The Stingrays The Sting-Rays .

At least three bands have called themselves The Stingrays 1)Power-pop/punk band from the UK that formed in 1977, released a a three song EP in 1980 on Fried Egg records, a single, and a song on the Avon Calling compilation out of Bristol, UK. A live album came out some time later. Russ Mainwaring seems to have been the only constant member. Stingrays Line up 1: Russ Mainwaring - Guitar Bill Stair - Bass Pete Thelke - Vocals Dean Sidney - Drums This line up is heard on the album The Stingrays at the Dugout (1977): The Sound of Two...