Gladys Knight & the Pips Gladys Knight & the Pips Gladys Knight & the Pips were an R&B/soul family musical act from Atlanta, Georgia that remained active on the music charts and performing circuit for three decades. Starting out as simply The Pips in 1952, derived from a cousin's nickname, the founding members were Gladys Knight, brother Merald "Bubba" Knight, sister Brenda Knight and cousins Eleanor and William Guest. After a couple of years performing in talent shows, the group signed with Brunswick Records in 1957, recording a couple of singles that failed to chart. Brenda Knight and Eleanor Guest were eventually replaced by another
A Gun Called Tension DJ's Andy Sells and Monesa Yamakawa, Coady Willis and Spencer Moody of Murder City Devils, Blood Brother Morgan Henderson, Pretty Girls Make Graves singer Andrea Zollo, and producer Phil Ek. A Gun Called Tension A Gun Called Tension is a band with Dann Gallucci, from the bands Modest Mouse, The Murder City Devils, Triumph of Lethargy Skinned Alive to Death, and Sean Reveron of The Beta Band, Exodus 77, and The Free Association, and Spencer Moody, of the Murder City Devils The band's sound is a mix of Dancehall, Hip-Hop, Ragga, and Electronic styles, although listeners seem to group them