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Dmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich (25 September [O.S. September 12] 1906 – 9 August 1975) was a Russian composer of the Soviet period and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century. Shostakovich achieved fame in the Soviet Union under the patronage of Leon Trotsky's chief of staff Mikhail Tukhachevsky, but later had a complex and difficult relationship with the Stalinist bureaucracy. His music was officially denounced twice, in 1936 and 1948, and was periodically banned. Yet he also received accolades and state awards and served in the Supreme Soviet of RSFSR.

Catholic Discipline was a short lived los angeles punk rock band headed by Slash Fanzine editor Claude Bessy, nicknamed Kickboy Face on vocals. The band was started in 1979 and played a series of shows around the Los Angeles area before ultimately breaking up in 1980. However they are best known for their appearance in the 1980 Penelope Spheeris rockumentary film The Decline of Western Civilization, in which they played two songs.

There is more than one artist with the name The Offbeat The hand-crafted sounds of this Midlands four-piece delivers a contemporary take on folk music, not only imaginative and experimental but extremely sophisticated. It was the shared desire to explore Roots, Indie, World, Pop music that drew these four talented musicians together in 2010. They have since embarked on a creative journey which has so far produced a delicate musical interplay capable of creating something evocative and subtle whilst keeping its recognisable fresh sound.

Lonski & Classen are from Berlin.