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Quiet Child

Quiet Child are a four piece alternative rock band from Adelaide, South Australia, consisting of Paul on drums, Jason on guitar, Pete on vocals and guitar and Brent on bass. Their music ranges from two minute blasts of furious riff filled rock, to long, grandiose epics propelled by major dynamic shifts and melodic and rhythmic complexities. Quiet Child released their self titled debut e.p. in early 2007.

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Pitchblend

Pitchblend is a band formed in 2000 in Reading, Berkshire. The band consists of Rich Savage (Vocals, Guitar), Alex Wilson (Guitar), Mark Peacock (Bass) and Andy Lambert (drums). In 2002 Kerrang! magazine after a vote announced Pitchblend as "Best Unsigned Band" for the year. The band had it's popularity spread among the cities of Reading and London, building a big fanbase over the years. Pitchblend was working on their album since 2006 and they actually released their debut album on 3rd March 2008.

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Make Good Your Escape

MAKE GOOD YOUR ESCAPE is Mike Yates, Steve Wattis, Tim Fleet and Tim Foreman. After years of playing in various bands in their rather uninspiring hometown of Chichester, slowly honing their abilities and developing an intense love for playing live, MGYE was born in the summer of 2004. In September 2007, MGYE announced they were to split. http://www.myspace.com/makegoodyourescape

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Morning Theft

Morning Theft is a New York City band, comprised of four guys that love loud guitars and loud drums. Most importantly, Morning Theft enjoys making music together. The band, formed in 2004, has just released its new album, "Between Walls," having recorded and mixed it themselves. Morning Theft's live shows involve lots of singing, dancing, jumping, blood, sweat, and ear plugs. Give them a listen and you're bound to have the band's songs stuck in your head for weeks. The band's recently released "Between Walls" is a 10-song album available as a free download at www.morningtheft.net

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Dan Reed Network

Dan Reed Network are a modestly successful funk-rock band from Portland, Oregon.
Consisting of singer and guitarist Dan Reed, guitarist Brion James, bassist Melvin Brannon II, drummer Dan Pred and keyboardist Rick DiGuiarllonado, the Dan Reed Network started off in 1984, and released three studio albums (Dan Reed Network, Slam and Heat) before their unofficial breakup in 1993.
The band were renowned to their fans as excellent live performers, and they capitalised on this by releasing a two-disc live album (Live At Last! Halfway Around The World) in 1997.

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Eight Days From Sunday

There are two groups with the name "Eight Days From Sunday": 1) A British punk band formed in 2009
2) An American rock band formed in 2002, disbanding in 2011 before an eventual reunion in 2012. 1) Eight Days From Sunday is a British group based in Orpington, Kent, currently consisting of Ben Brazier (guitar, vocals), Lewis Fife (drums) and Philip Whitehead (bass guitar). Formed as Footsteps From The Fable in October 2009 by Ben Brazier (guitar), Mike Lane (bass) and Lewis Fife (drums) and Billy O'Brien (vocals), although after about a month Billy O'Brien left the group.

Read more about Eight Days From Sunday on Last.fm.

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EQ

A few EQ's exist out there... 1.
EQ is Nicholas Hunt, an underground rap-artist from Reston, Virginia. He released his debut mix-tape, Define Dreamer on Datpiff in April 2011. His second mixtape is called Never There Yet, and was put out in August of the same year. 2.
A Finnish jazz fusion band called EQ (active late 90's) is something hard to categorize. Something about jazz, afro, contemporary music, tango and ambient techno - a creation of Finnish composer and pianist Jukka Linkola. The EQ line-up consists of some heavy weight top pros of Finland:

Read more about EQ on Last.fm.

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Witch Hats

Rummaging through the bones of 60s pop, late 70s post-punk, 80s and 90s noise rock, Melbourne four piece Witch Hats are the ideal antidote to a world that celebrates the vacuous pursuits of the celebrity classes, cheap corporate rhetoric and the disposable lifestyle. Think The Birthday Party jamming with Andrew Wk while Mark E. Smith and The Beatles look on knowingly, and you get some idea of the Witch Hats sound.

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