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Lynyrd Skynyrd

Lynyrd Skynyrd (IPA: /ˌlɛnɚdˈskɪnɝd/) (leh-nerd skin-nerd) is an iconic U.S. southern rock band formed in Jacksonville, Florida in 1964. The band reached prominence during the 1970s under the leadership of vocalist and primary songwriter Ronnie Van Zant, until he died, along with several other members of the band (Steve Gaines and Cassie Gaines and assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick), in a plane crash on Oct. 20th, 1977 in a Gillsburg, Mississippi swamp. Their album, named "Street Survivors," released just 3 days before the crash, showed them standing in flames.

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The Plight

THE PLIGHT began in Leeds in late 2004, and after several practices they recorded a demo at Ghost Town Studios in Leeds. After sharing the stage with bands such as Send More Paramedics and Sick Of It All, and selling out of hundreds of demos, they signed with Thirty Days Of Night Records and recorded their first self titled offering at Nottingham's Moot Studios (Bring Me The Horizon, Send More Paramedics, The Wireless Stores).

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Forgotten Tomb

Forgotten Tomb is a band formed in Piacenza, Italy in 1999 by Ferdinando "Herr Morbid" Marchisio. The band is well-known for being among the pioneers of the so-called subgenre. They have modified their style over the years by adding classic rock influences to the typical eerie sound. The lyrical themes of the early albums revolve mostly around depression and suicide, while the recent albums lyrics deal with negativity and nihilism.

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Junior Brown

Junior Brown (born 1953) is an American country guitarist and singer from Kirksville, Indiana. He first learned to play piano from his father "before I could talk". His music career began in the 1960s, and he worked through that decade and the next developing his astonishing guitar skills. By the mid-80s he was teaching guitar at the Hank Thompson School of Country Music at Rogers State University, in Claremore, Oklahoma.

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Cash Money

The Chicago punk-blues duo Cash Money was formed in 1994 by singer/guitarist John Humphrey, an alumnus of God and Texas. After founding the jazz-rock unit Late Great Danes, Humphrey enlisted former Rosehip Scott Giampino to play drums; when the Late Great Danes went on hold, Humphrey and Giampino continued performing together as Cash Money. After a single on the tiny Tug-O-War label, the duo signed with Touch and Go, and entered Chicago's Idful Music studios; produced by Red Red Meat drummer Brian Deck, Cash Money's full-length debut Black Hearts and Broken Wills emerged in early 1997.

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Arc Angels

A short-lived affair with ties to some of the biggest southern rock bands, one album of bluesy and gritty AOR was, until recently, all that would be left behind from the Arc Angels. The band formed in Austin, Texas around Charlie Sexton (vocals/ guitar), Doyle Bramhall II (vocals/guitar), Tommy Shannon (bass) and Chris Layton (drums). Previously Sexton had a mildly successful solo career that peaked in 1985 with the song "Beat's So Lonely" while Bramhall, the son of Lightning Hopkins drummer and Stevie Ray Vaughan collaborator Doyle Bramhall...

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Cowboy

there is more than one artist with this name
1> A southern country rock from the united states. Members had previously been in the bands 31st Of February and We the People. Cowboy was signed to Capricorn Records and shared the stage with The Allman Brothers Band.from gainsvill fl they had two albums 2> A rapper who was involved with Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five. Many people often think of Melle Mel when Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five is mentioned, but along with Scorpio, Cowboy was the backbone of the group.

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The Sheepdogs

This band won the contest to be the first unsigned artist to be featured on the cover of the Rolling Stone magazine. From the prairie city of Saskatoon, Canada come the Sheepdogs, 4 young gentlemen who revel in the joy of rock n roll so wholeheartedly, it's downright contagious. Sporting the long-haired looks of their musical forefathers, the lads make the most of their 2 guitars, bass and drums combo.

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