The Charter Members | en

Swollen Members was founded in the mid-1990s by Vancouverites Mad Child, Prevail and Moka Only. Having begun a solo career while living in San Francisco, California, Mad Child returned to Vancouver for some work. There he met Prevail and Moka Only, working as partners and making a name together on Canada's West coast hip hop community. The trio saw each other's abilities, thought they heard opportunity knocking, and joined together under the name Swollen Members. Soon after, however, Moka Only decided he wanted to pursue a solo career and left the group. In 1996, Mad Child and Prevail went to...

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The Members were formed in 1977 by Nicky Tesco. Tesco was a graduate who, having failed to emigrate to Canada, had returned to Camberley, Surrey, UK, and had been working in a variety of jobs when the opportunity arose to form a band. Linking up with a friend and local guitarist Gary Baker an initial four piece was formed. Tesco soon added trainee merchant banker Jean Marie Carroll, known as JC, to the lineup having been a long admirer of his style and songwriting abilities. Carroll was dismissed by other members of the band but it was the Tesco-Carroll axis...

There are 2 artists under this name: 1. Charter was formed late 2009 in Berlin. It consist of Antti Koskinen (VOX, Guitar), Tilman Class (Guitar), Thomas Stieger (Bass) and Bernhard Range (drums). The band started playing gigs all around in the capital in early 2010 and gained very quickly an interest from Labels, Bookers and media. The band played several high profile shows including: Hoerprobe in Munich, Popkomm in Berlin and Radio Fritz Nacht Der Talente in Admirals Palast and they finished the year touring with a London band "The Boxer Rebellion". For Charter the year 2011 looks bright as...