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Camper Van Beethoven

Camper Van Beethoven is an alternative rock band that was founded in 1983 in Redlands, California, though the band soon moved to Santa Cruz, California. Camper Van Beethoven mixed elements of pop, ska, punk rock, folk, country, and acid rock into an eclectic, catchy and sometimes mysterious ensemble, years before the so-called alternative rock moniker came to mainstream attention. The group's trademark violin-coated melodies and their ironic take on American culture put them one step away from being a novelty act in the eyes of many critics.

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Jim O'Rourke

American indie rock and avant-garde musician, composer and producer Jim O'Rourke has been a key component in the increasing overlap of the American and European music , working in everything from and to and and building many a bridge in between. A Chicago native, his work has found equal luck with experimental jazz and fanatics, room denizens, and bedroom experimentalists, and has had the resultant effect of cross-pollinating many otherwise isolated compositional communities.

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Onlookers

Onlookers are a young band made up two brothers and two close friends, based in Faversham, Kent, that play a cross between Stripped down blues rock and Alternative rock. The band consists of the brothers Dale Norton (Vocals/Rhythm Guitar) and Callum Norton (Drums/Backing Vocals) and close friends Jamie Darby (Lead Guitar) and Thomas Ford (Bass). Onlookers first release, the 7" single 'Mine' on 1965 came out in 2007. ----------------------------------------------------------------------

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Bill Frisell

Bill Frisell was born in Baltimore, but was raised in Denver, CO. Once a classical clarinetist, he established a firm base in his traditional harmonic knowledge early on in life. Throughout high school and college he also played guitar in various rock and R&B groups in the Denver area. During high school, however, he became profoundly interested in jazz guitar. In 1971 Frisell attended Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA, and also began studying with Jim Hall, one of the prominent jazz guitarists of the 1960s.

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Soundgarden

Soundgarden is a Seattle rock band who helped to define the sound that came to be called . Despite starting years earlier, and having a sound that more closely resembled Black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin than their contemporaries, they are usually considered one of the "big four" of the '90s Seattle grunge bands, along with Alice in Chains, Nirvana and Pearl Jam. The band was formed in 1984 by Chris Cornell (vocals, and originally drums) and Hiro Yamamoto (bass), to be joined later by Kim Thayil (guitar) and Scott Sundquist (drums).

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The Last Shadow Puppets

The Last Shadow Puppets is a band that consists of Alex Turner of Sheffield band Arctic Monkeys and Miles Kane of The Rascals. They released their debut album, The Age of the Understatement, on the 21st April 2008 in the U.K., and 6th May in the U.S. The album also features James Ford (producer and half of the duo Simian Mobile Disco) and string arrangements from Owen Pallett a.k.a Final Fantasy. The album went straight to number one in the U.K. Albums Chart.

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Eli

1) ELI - 2004 - Present, Chicago IL Ever wonder what metal would sound like that melted through your speakers and made you catch fire? Imagine when you were burning a thunderous, well sang chorus precipitated over your head drenching you in its amazing-ness. That's what you'll get when you listen to ELI.
Interested aren't you?... Buy "The Second Coming EP" on Itunes, Amazon, & Cdbaby! For more news, tunes, and shows, visit http://www.myspace.com/elirises
to download Eli's first EP "Awaiting A Purifying Process" from 2004 go here: http://www.mediafire.com/?zdqmkjnmkmn

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