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Shihad

Shihad are a four-piece band from New Zealand, comprising Jon Toogood (guitar/vocals), Tom Larkin (drums), Karl Kippenberger (bass) and Phil Knight (guitar). Their style is best described as "hard rock", although they were described as "metal" in their formative years. Shihad were formed in 1988 in Wellington, New Zealand. They were briefly known between 2002-2004 as "Pacifier". During this time the band was attempting to break into the US market and it was decided that Shihad sounded too much like the arabic word 'jihad', thus the name change. Their major albums and EPs include:

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dreadnaut

Dreadnaut was formed in 2003 in Thompson Manitoba and soon moved to the nearest urban center of Winnipeg, Manitoba, where they made their live debut at the The Zoo Cabaret. By the summer of 2004, the band had released a debut self titled six song E.P. that was voted Top 3 local albums of the year in the Best of Winnipeg edition of weekly entertainment magazine The Uptown.

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Patent Pending

Patent Pending is a pop punk band from Mt. Sinai, New York. The band has been together since 2001 and has played hundreds of shows all across the United States, including a few Vans Warped Tours and a few Bamboozle Festivals. They have played with many bands, including Taking Back Sunday, Gym Class Heroes, Motion City Soundtrack, Cobra Starship, Catch 22, MC Lars, Suburban Legends, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Family Force 5 and Bowling for Soup.

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Paranoid

There are several artists called as Paranoid: Russian metal band, Old school EBM band, Electronic artist from Northern Ireland, and Dutch rock/metal band.
1. old school ebm band with several albums released in very early 90's, with strong influence from the 80's.
2. Russian alternative metal with modern metal elements band from Moscow. Band formed in 2005. They've recorded EP in 2006. ParanoiD's site: http://myspace.com/paranoidofficial

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Full Scale

Full Scale was an alternative-metal band from Perth, Australia formed in 1998. The band moved to Melbourne in the year 2000 and released two EPs, "White Arrows" and "Black Arrows" they were released by Popstar Records and Full Scale toured the east coast extensively. Further down the track the band moved to Los Angeles and was signed to Columbia Records (Sony BMG) and released their full length self-titled debut in 2005. Full Scale was known to tour with other popular alternative-metal Australian bands such as The Butterfly Effect and their strong politically motivated lyrics.

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TerrorHate

Terrorhate is the lesbian girlfriend of DJ The Blade. In his spare time he produces electronic music for Marionette records and himself.

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Flapjack

Polish hardcore/metal band active since 1994. Original lineup: Litza (Acid Drinkers, 2TM2,3, Kazik na Żywo) Ślimak (Acid Drinkers), Guzik (Ndingue, Homosapiens), Hrap-luck, Jahnz.

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Volcano Choir

Volcano Choir is an American indie band that started as a collaboration between Justin Vernon (of Bon Iver) and Collections of Colonies of Bees. Their debut album is Unmap and was released on September 22, 2009. It reached number 92 on the Billboard Top 200 chart. A second album, Repave, was released on September 3, 2013.
The project originally came together with songs being written in 2005. It was not recorded until the fall of 2008 in Fall Creek, Wisconsin, USA.

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a campire and a tent and a flashlight and some matches and a tree and that river and my glasses and a spaceship and a really really big bear but the bear is really really far away

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i will hand clap for your happiness

astro folk

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The Paradox

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Wayne Static

Wayne Static (real name Wayne Richard Wells, born on November 4, 1965) is an American musician who was born in Muskegon, Michigan, and is currently the singer, guitarist, and programmer for the Industrial band Static-X. His hometown is Shelby, Michigan and he graduated from Western Michigan University. Before Static-X, he worked as an asparagus picker. Wayne is also a vegetarian because he opposes animal captivity.

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