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HOW TO USE THIS SITE
Rockdetector is an extremely detailed database and is updated on a daily basis. Each artist has an individual entry. Major artists whose careers span over decades are sometimes broken down chronologically. Simply click on the entry you require.
Within the historical text there are hyperlinks to other artist pages. Often biographies extend beyond the initial viewed page. Simply select 'Full biography' to read the rest of the historical text. Scroll down the artist entry page for further information on recorded output and reviews.
SEARCHING
1. ARTIST SEARCH - This allows you to search for an individual artist. Results are displayed alphabetically starting with a direct match then near matches.
Tips:
- Some band names begin with ’The’, for example: THE WILDHEARTS.
- Solo artists are listed by their given names first, for example: ALICE COOPER.
- Some artists commonly use abbreviations. Artist titles in this database are logged under their full title such as EMERSON, LAKE AND PALMER or MICHAEL SCHENKER GROUP.
2. TRACK SEARCH - This facility allows the user to look for an individual song title either from the Singles data or from Album tracklistings.
Tips:
- Some song titles include brackets, for example: (EVERYTHING I DO) I DO IT FOR YOU.
- Some song titles include punctuation, for example: SCHOOL’S OUT.
3. RECORDING SEARCH - This facility allows the user to look for an album or single title either from the Singles or Album data.
4. KEYWORD SEARCH - Useful for looking for a particular musician, band membership, sessions and associations. Extremely useful for users who need a more detailed search result or to track the full recorded history of an individual or group. You can type any word in here and the database will search all the biographical texts. Results are displayed within context to give you a better idea of the match.
5. LINE UP SEARCH - Search for a particular musician. Results display name of band and instruments performed.
6. GENRE SEARCH - You can search the Rockdetector database by style of music. As part of our ’advanced search’ function you can also filter by country and (for USA) by state. For example, you can display all Glam Rock listings in California, USA.
6. TERRITORY SEARCH - You can search for artists from specific countries or (for USA) by state.
7. LABEL SEARCH - The artists recorded output is also searchable by record label. This search will show all registered artists that have recorded with a particular label.
RECORDINGS
Recordings are displayed by tab selection, showing career albums by default with user options for compilations, re-issues and archive, promos and rarities, Singles/EPs and DVD / Video. Recordings are displayed chronological in order to show most recent first.
Each release is shown with information as known including tracklisting, label, release date and catalogue number. Foreign license and re-issue information is displayed where known.
Sales links to Amazon globally (USA, Canada, UK, Germany & France) are given where applicable.
Global chart positions are denoted by territory flags.
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