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Joe Elliott

1. The lead vocalist of the British heavy metal band Def Leppard. 2. A Hollywood fusion guitarist. Started playing at 13 and was performing gigs by the age of 15. He studied with Nashville guitarist Jimmy Bird and toured the U.S. and Canada non-stop from 1980-1985 with his own band. In 1999, Joe released his first solo CD entitled Joe's Place, a seven track instrumental offering of melodic rock. Currently working with his own original instrumental group and with the band, Mama O.

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Apollonia

Born Patricia Kotero on August 2, 1959 in Santa Monica, California, Apollonia Kotero is a swimsuit model, actress and singer of Italian and Mexican descent. She joined Prince's entourage after the departure of Vanity, Denise Matthews, as lead in the film Purple Rain and as lead-singer of recording group Apollonia 6. Kotero had taken part in nationwide audition to find a replacement for Vanity before being cast by Prince in the role that had originally been given to Vanity.

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Greg Proops

Gregory Everett Proops (born October 3, 1959, in Phoenix, Arizona) is an American actor and stand-up comedian, and works largely in Europe as a comic and improviser. Raised in San Francisco, Proops studied improvisation and acting at San Francisco State University. After graduation, he joined an improv group with Mike McShane, which proved to be his ticket to stardom. Both Proops and McShane impressed producers Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson, who put them on their show, Whose Line Is It Anyway?.

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Clint Boon

Three years after the 1995 break-up of Madchester baggy hitmakers Inspiral Carpets, keyboardist Clint Boon teamed with guitarist Matt Hayden, bassist/trumpeter Richard Stubbs, keyboardist Kathryn Stubbs and drummer Tony Thompson to form the Clint Boon Experience! Signing to the Rabid Badger label, the group issued its debut single, "Only One Way I Can Go"; the follow-up, "White No Sugar," cracked the UK pop charts, and in the wake of a third single, "Comet Theme # 1...

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