Manchester
The Black Crowes
Although essentially a modern blues rock group, chart-topping Atlanta, Georgia brothers Chris and Rich Robinson, better known as The Black Crowes, cite many musical influences, such as psychedelic pop from the 1960s, Lynyrd Skynyrd, the Rolling Stones and the Faces through to bands such as R.E.M. and the Southern rock scene.
Their landmark 1990 quintuple Platinum debut album Shake Your Money Maker was described by Rolling Stone as, "a guitar-party cracker that marries Southern R&B crunch and Anglo cock-strutting attitude" and spawned UK Top 40 hit "Hard to Handle".
They would go on to have more chart success throughout the 1990s with the hit singles "Remedy", "A Conspiracy", "High Head Blues", "Wiser Time", while their 1992 album "The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion" topped the charts in the USA and was only kept of the top spot in the UK by Iron Maiden's "Fear of the Dark".
