Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush – Lesser known Canadia Rush. Hendrix reincarnated?
Magnificent, The – Scandi melodic hard rock.
Magnum – I know what you’re thinking: can Brummies play Pomp Rock?
Mahavishnu Orchestra – Fusion pioneers.
Malmsteen, Yngwie – Blackmore wannabe axe hero with classical pretensions.
Manfred Mann's Earth Band – Blinding prog rockers best known for one of the great cover versions.
Manic Street Preachers
Marcus – 70’s hard rock cult heroes.
Marillion – Fish’s backing band.
Marilyn Manson – 90’s Shock Rocker; some would say shocking.
Marshall Tucker Band – Southern Rock pioneers with strong hint of Country.
Marx, Richard – Peaked early with platinum debut (featuring a couple of my playlist perennials) and follow-up.
Mason, Dave – Former Traffic man.
Matchbox 20 – Far from prolific pop rockers who made Kid Rock money with their 12 million selling debut.
Dave Matthews Band – More jam than Robertsons.
Max Webster – Canadian Odd Rockers.
May, Brian – Day job is guitar player with little known regal rockers.
May, Imelda No relation; big voice.
Mayer, John – Housewives' fav.
MC5 – Kick ot the jams mother lovers.
McCartney, Paul – A Beatle whose Band on the Run is one of my favourite albums.
McClean, Don – Good ole boy.
McDonald, Michael – Sweet sounding Doobie Brother.
McLaughlin, John – Mahavishnu guitar maestro.
McVie, Christine – Fleetwood Mac songbird.
Meadows, Punky – Angelic guitarist with famous hair.
Meat Loaf – Heavy rocker. Made a stunning debut with a little help from Todd Rundgren, some E-Steet Band members and the epic words and music of the mighty Jim Steinman.
Megadeath – Major US Thrash band.
Melidian – 80’s melodic hard rock from NY.
Mellencamp, John – The Rural Rocker – simply one of the best.
Men At Work – Aussie Police wannabes.
Metallica – Even more major US Thrash band.
Midnight Oil – Dust rock.
Mike & The Mechanics – Genesis man’s side project.
Miles, John – One hit wonder but it was Music.
Miller, Frankie – Under appreciated blues rocker.
Miller, Steve – No relation; the more successful Miller.
Missing Persons – Bozzios not bozos.
Mitchell, Joni – Canadian singer-songwriter of some reknown.
Molly Hatchet – Great Southern Rock Band from Gator Country.
Money – English AOR from 70’s.
Money, Eddie – Arresting AOR man.
Monroe, Michael – Finnish rocker from Hanoi.
Montrose – Ted Templeman produced two of the greatest hard rock debut albums, the first featured Montrose, Hagar, Carmassi and Church.
Montrose, Ronnie – Played guitar.
Moody Blues – Brummie Prog progenitors.
Moore, Gary – Guitar hero who had the Blues but wasn’t limited to them.
Moraz, Patrick – Prog keyboard whiz and one-time Yes man.
Morissette, Alanis – Jagged Little Pill sold 33 million so, yes, I have a copy.
Morningstar – Kansas City Metal merchants who relased a couple of albums in late 70’s.
Morrison, Van – Mr Grumpy.
Morse / Portnoy / George – Great covers band.
Morse, Neil – Prolific progger.
Mother's Finest – Funk rock’s finest.
Motley Crue – The greatest Hair Metal Band by far.
Motorhead – Everything was louder than everything else.
Mott – Hunterless offshoot.
Mott The Hoople – Magical 70’s Glam Rockers.
Mountain – Cream of US rockers.
Moxy – Classy Eddie Leonetti produced hard rockers.
Mr Big – They were for a time.
Mr Mister – 80’s Pop rock; in the real world they were more than just Broken Wings.
Mudcrutch – Lile Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers but not…
Mullins, Shawn – Grungy pop rocker.
Muse – Popular three-piece.
My Chemical Romance – Not your typical New Jersey rock.
