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two or more artists with the same name

Zola

There are at least 2 artists/bands called Zola:
1. a south african musician; 2. a spanish indie pop sextet from Barcelona. 3 a British math pop group
1.Bonginkosi Dlamini, aka Zola, is a South African poet, actor, and kwaito musician. He also presents Zola 7, a television show named for him, on SABC 1.
Born in the Soweto ghettos of Johannesburg, South Africa, Dlamini spent his formative years in one of the roughest and notorious ghettos around, Zola, hence his name. Unemployment, alcoholism, and single parent families are the norm in Zola.

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Militia

Militia is the name of at least 7 artists.
1) Militia is a Belgian industrial percussion band. It was founded in 1989 by the multi-instrumentalist Frank Gorissen and wind instrument player Jo Billen and now 6 musicians are involved. The band is known for its use of self made percussion and wind instruments and the scrap material they transform into musical instruments. The band's music is often inspired by the anarchic and atheist social views and their concirn about our natural environment, themes that can be found in most of their lyrics and statements.

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Drone

There are at least five groups with the name of Drone. 1) German thrash metal band
2) Welsh IDM producer
3) electronica producer from Frankfurt
4) US altrock band
5) A psytrance act 1) Founded 2004 in Celle (Germany), the metal band "Drone" released a 6-track-EP entitled "Octane" in January 2006. Greatest efforts so far include:
- Winning the international final of "metal battle" contest, which was held in August 2006 at the Wacken Open Air (see www.metal-battle.com)
- Reaching the West-German final of Emergenza contest 2006

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Arcade

There are two Arcade's which inhabit this page now. The details for glam metal band appear first and then electronica act second --- Arcade was a short-lived outfit that included members from some of the biggest bands of the 80's glam metal scene. They recorded two great albums with little fanfare and eventually a chance at regaining past glories would tear the band apart.
Vocalist Stephen Pearcy left Ratt in 1992 and hooked up with drummer Fred Coury who had just walked away from Cinderella himself.

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The Silence

The Silence is a name of at least eight acts: 1) An Orange County, CA, USA alternative rock band, which has been creating relationships with audiences across the USA, since 2004. From their early days of goth rock to the current rock répertoire, The Silence has dedicated their effort to not only entertaining, but connecting with fans. This connection has been made at more than 220 shows over the past two years including 3 National Tours, Bamboozle 2005, Flipside Festival 2005, the 2005 Warped Tour and countless California and Arizona shows.

Read more about The Silence on Last.fm.

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Caleb

There are at least three acts using the name Caleb. One was a psychedelic rock band from the 1960s, featuring Caleb Quaye of Bluesology and later of Elton John's backing band. The other was formed in 2002 and hail from and perform in the UK. The lineup consists of Elyza Nicholos Plays on Keyboards. She also writes and sings with Dan Halamandres (Guitarist). Phil Edey rounds out the group on drums and other percussion). The band's myspace is http://www.myspace.com/calebband

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AWOL

Awol formed in early 2008 in Edinburgh, Scotland, They have went through a couple of line-up changes and are now at there strongest with the addition of Marc Reid(ex your fears) on bass.
We Will soon be back on our feet stronger than ever with new material after a few practises with Marc,
Awol are a band that love to just play shows and are not in it for money,
if there is a slot available that you would like us to play please hit us up and we can sort stuff out.

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Dialogue

Dialogue is the common tag for tracks of famous lines/exchanges in movie soundtracks. There are also at least three groups with the name Dialogue: 1) Dialogue is a project created in 2000 by Stefan Riesen and Niels Jensen straight outta Bern, capital city of Switzerland.Riesen(Founder-manager of Phont Music, SuperBra,Morris Audio,Speaker Attack)joined forces with local young talent Jensen to enter the field of minimal deep dubby clicky house,not afraid of using some tasty samples.Dialogue released several 12"es on labels like Lo-Fi Stereo,Highgrade,Stattmusik and Morris Audio.

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Oceans

There are (6) artists with the artist name OCEANS: (1)Oceans were a post-rock, primarily instrumental band from Urbana and Chicago, Illinois formed in the fall of 2005 at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. Oceans is Ryan Martin, Nick Wakim, Keith Marek, Mike Parkinson, and Luis Belorin. Oceans released a full length album, Nothing Collapses, in early 2009 on Copper Lung Records. Members have gone on to play in Cstvt and Victor! Fix The Sun
www.myspace.com/broceans --- (2)Oceans are an Hardcore/Progressive band based in Burlington, Ontario.

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