There are at least six artists on last.fm with the name Raven: 1) British heavy metal band 2) Czech artist and multiinstrumentalist Vladimír Kučera 3) A 1960s Band from Buffalo, N.Y. 4) Norwegian black metal band 5) Japanese project by bassist Terui Toshiyuki. 6) Project of the german band Sleipnir

1) Raven is a band associated with the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, that formed in 1975. They also opened for punk bands The Stranglers and The Morders. They had a hit with the single On & On, and refer to their music as "Athletic Rock".

Band Members:
John Gallagher - Bass, Vocals (1975-Present)
Mark Gallagher - Guitar (1975-Present)
Joe Hasselvander - Drums (1988-Present)

Former Members:
Paul Bowden - Guitars (1975-1979)
Pete Shore - Guitars (1979-1980)
Paul Sherrif - Drums (1975-1976)
Mick Kenworthy - Drums (1976-1977)
Sean Taylor - Drums (1977-1979)
Rob "Wacko" Hunter - Drums (1979-1988)


2) Raven is also the Czech artist and multiinstrumentalist Vladimír Kučera (*1966), who's released four albums so far - Bubny a píšťaly (1991), Salome a další písně Karla Kryla (1993), Harmonie (2002) and Kamení (2006). More info at: www.raven-web.cz


3) Raven was an influential band from Buffalo, N.Y., in the 1960s. Raven began as Stan Szelest's backing band in Stan and the Ravens, which featured Tom Calandra on bass and Gary Mallaber on drums. When Stan and the Ravens broke up, Calandra and Mallaber joined a band called The Rising Sons with vocalist Tony Galla, guitarist John Weitz, and pianist/keyboardist Jimmy Calire.

Raven manager Marty Angelo, trying to book gigs for the band outside of Buffalo, met Jimi Hendrix at Steve Paul's Scene in New York City in 1967. Hendrix was so impressed with the tape he heard, that he convinced the club's owner to book Raven.

Later that same year, Angelo sent the same tape Hendrix had heard to Beatle George Harrison. Harrison sent a letter back to Angelo which expressed an interest in signing Raven to Apple Records.


4) Raven:
Genre: Black Metal
Lyrical theme: Misanthropy
Origin: Norway
Formed in: 1993
Label: No Colours Records
Last known line-up:
Rune Vedaa (Forgotten Woods, Joyless)
others - unknown

Member(s) of Forgotten Woods involved in this. Their demos were released under the name Ravn.

Rumours say that Raven is now a solo band, changed their name to Mengele, and is still making music, but not recording. Might, against all odds, release an MCDlater this year.

5) RAVEN:
Solo project by Terui Toshiyuki (照井利幸), bassist of BLANKEY JET CITY and ROSSO. In 2003, RAVEN released one album, Kagirinaku aka ni chikai kuro (限り無く赤に近い黒), most notably featuring Chiba Yusuke of Thee Michelle Gun Elephant and ROSSO on vocals for most of the tracks.


6) Raven:
A project of the german band Sleipnir.