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Associates
Associates
Scottish rock band
1
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show
American rock band
2
Billy Burnette
Billy Burnette
American musician
3
Pure Prairie League
Pure Prairie League
American country rock band
4
Nazareth
Nazareth
Scottish hard rock band
5
Abraham Laboriel
Abraham Laboriel
Mexican musician
6
Mr. Mister
Mr. Mister
American pop rock band
7
Bernard Sumner
Bernard Sumner
English singer, songwriter, musician and record producer
8
Blondie
Blondie
American rock band
9
Eric Gale
Eric Gale
American musician
10
Jay Berliner
Jay Berliner
American musician
11
Jimmy Bain
Jimmy Bain
Scottish bassist, songwriter
12
Rob Mounsey
Rob Mounsey
American musician, composer, and arranger
13
Robert Gordon
Robert Gordon
American rockabilly musician
14
Billy Squier
Billy Squier
American rock musician
15
The Searchers
The Searchers
English band
16
Outlaws
Outlaws
American band
17
The Pretenders
The Pretenders
English-American rock band
18
Survivor
Survivor
American rock band
19
Cedar Walton
Cedar Walton
American hard bop jazz pianist
20
Change
Change
Italian-American post-disco group
21
Billy Idol
Billy Idol
English musician, singer, songwriter, and actor who holds dual British and American citizenship (born 1955)
22
Fred Tackett
Fred Tackett
American musician
23
Billy Rankin
Billy Rankin
British musician
24
Buzz Feiten
Buzz Feiten
American singer-songwriter, guitarist, session musician, and luthier
25
Russ Kunkel
Russ Kunkel
American musician
26
New Order
New Order
English rock band
27
Hiram Bullock
Hiram Bullock
American jazz guitarist
28
Nona Hendryx
Nona Hendryx
American musician
29
Jeff Baxter
Jeff Baxter
American musician
30
Davey Johnstone
Davey Johnstone
Scottish rock guitarist and vocalist
31
Budgie
Budgie
Welsh hard rock/heavy metal band
32
Larry Coryell
Larry Coryell
American guitarist
33
Japan
Japan
English new wave band
34
Bruce Sudano
Bruce Sudano
American musician
35
Atlanta Rhythm Section
Atlanta Rhythm Section
American band
36
Tom Malone
Tom Malone
American musician
37
Inner Circle
Inner Circle
Jamaican reggae group
38
Thin Lizzy
Thin Lizzy
Irish rock band
39
Miami Sound Machine
Miami Sound Machine
American musical group
40
David Spinozza
David Spinozza
American musician
41
Miles Jaye
Miles Jaye
American musician
42
Eyeless in Gaza
Eyeless in Gaza
English post punk band
43
Starship
Starship
American rock band
44
Billy Rush
Billy Rush
American musician, guitarist, composer, producer, arranger and engineer
45
Neal Smith
Neal Smith
American rock drummer
46
James Honeyman-Scott
James Honeyman-Scott
British musician
47
Mick Ronson
Mick Ronson
English guitarist, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, arranger and record producer
48
Anthony Phillips
Anthony Phillips
British musician
49
Alabama
Alabama
American country and rock music band
50
Dazz Band
Dazz Band
American funk band
51
The Nightingales
The Nightingales
British band
52
Humble Pie
Humble Pie
English rock band
53
Larry Carlton
Larry Carlton
American musician
54
Commodores
Commodores
American funk/soul band
55
Section 25
Section 25
band
56
The Silencers
The Silencers
Scottish rock band
57
The Comsat Angels
The Comsat Angels
English post-punk band from Sheffield and Doncaster, England, initially active from 1978 to 1995
58
Pete Levin
Pete Levin
American musician
59
David Hungate
David Hungate
American musician
60
Black Oak Arkansas
Black Oak Arkansas
American Southern rock band
61
The Professionals
The Professionals
band
62
Bow Wow Wow
Bow Wow Wow
English new wave band
63
Spandau Ballet
Spandau Ballet
British new wave band
64
Spoons
Spoons
Canadian band
65
Eric Burdon
Eric Burdon
English singer-songwriter
66
Billy Cobham
Billy Cobham
American jazz drummer
67
Orleans
Orleans
American rock band
68
Berlin
Berlin
American synthpop band
69
Reggie Lucas
Reggie Lucas
American musician
70
Bob Kulick
Bob Kulick
American musician
71
Pablo Cruise
Pablo Cruise
American band
72
Simon Raymonde
Simon Raymonde
British musician
73
Siouxsie and the Banshees
Siouxsie and the Banshees
English rock band
74
James Gadson
James Gadson
American musician
75
James Burton
James Burton
American guitarist
76
Foghat
Foghat
British band
77
Joy Division
Joy Division
English rock band
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"Polyrock" (1980)

Polyrock was an American post-punk/new wave band formed in New York City in 1978 and active until the mid-1980s. Strongly influenced by minimalism, the group was produced by the composer Philip Glass and Kurt Munkacsi. The band, led by singer/guitarist Billy Robertson (formerly of the group Model Citizens), had a keyboard-heavy, pattern-based sound strongly reminiscent of Glass's work; in fact, Glass performed on their first two albums.

Polyrock's lineup also included vocalist Catherine Oblasney, guitarist Tommy Robertson, drummer Joseph Yannece, keyboard player Lenny Aaron, and Curt Cosentino. The group signed with RCA by 1980, and delivered their debut album that same year. Another album followed in 1981 (Changing Hearts), but Polyrock disbanded in 1983. The band are sometimes said to have released another album in 1981 (Electro-Romantic), but, apparently, no such album exists.

They were often compared by critics to Talking Heads, another band of the same era, though they never approached that band's fame.

In 1990, Billy Robertson and Catherine Oblasney formed the group 9 Ways to Sunday and released a self-titled album.

Robertson died in September 2018. A memorial was held September 24, 2018, at the Brooklyn Ice House bar in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn, near where Robertson lived.