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Uprights

In autumn 2007, drummer Craig Clark put a note on the notice board at Mount Temple Comprehensive School in Leeds, looking for people to join a band. Alex Greenwood (aka Bono Vox), Dave Evans (aka The Edge) and Jon Owen joined up. Dave Evans soon left to join the Navy, while the remaining three formed 'Dream Boat' before changing to 'Expert Shooter' and then Uprights.

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Still

1. Still - UK chillout and electronica artist, with a more organic sound than most other chillout. Tracks on LastFM include: "All in the Water (feat Cathy Batistessa)", "Coming Home", "Kumasi Junction", "Time" (feat Anthony Smith" and "Waste"
http://www.myspace.com/stillonline 2. Still (Hsi Chang Lin), former turntablist for abrasive political Hip-Hop troupé Dälek pioneers the notion of "ambient turntablism" with his debut album "Remains".

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Your Demise

Hate filled hardcore / metal from St Albans, UK. Their self released first efforts Your Days Are Numbered and You Only Make Us Stronger put them on the UK Hardcore map and affirmed their place as one of the circuit's leading lights, Your Demise playing alongside anyone and everyone, anywhere and everywhere. An E.P entitled The Blood Stays On The Blade saw their first breakthrough in the UK press.

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Bury Your Dead

Bury Your Dead (sometimes abbreviated to BYD) are a five-piece metallic hardcore band that hails from Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Formed in 2001, Bury Your Dead began as a side project of the band Hamartia featuring Brendan "Slim" MacDonald (guitar) and Mark Castillo (Drums). With the metalcore sound of Hamartia growing tiresome to both Slim and Mark, they started writing less technical songs in their free time.

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True Colors

There are at least two bands with the name True Colors: 1. Summer 2004: former JUSTICE-guitarplayer Dunk had been without a band for a while when things started to itch, so he started a Straight Edge band that would sound like YOUTH OF TODAY’s ‘Break down the Walls’ and the TURNING POINT demo, with maybe a small hint of IN MY EYES… Dunk remembered Packo from his days of fronting BUILDING and figured the guy had everything this newfound band needed: a strong Edge, band-experience, outspokenness and most important of all: too much energy! Packo was down right away...

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Triple Threat

Two artist/groups use this alias-
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Summer 2004: Orange County California Straight Edge Hardcore legends Insted had a three-date east coast romp in the works, and invited long time friend Tim McMahon onto the New Jersey show bill to front whichever of his prior bands he chose (Mouthpiece, Hands Tied, Face The Enemy). Any of your bands, we want you on the show singing they told him. Quite a nice thing to hear for McMahon, who had caught Insted in his teenage years in '89 and '91 and no doubt had fond memories, especially those of Mouthpiece opening for the O.

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Trial

There are at least 4 bands called Trial: 1) Hardcore band from Seattle, Washington, United States. Since forming in 1994 the band has worked desperately to communicate their infusion of activism, emotion, anger and intensity in a world where people are more comfortable remaining sedate. Challenging that attitude, Trial has never given up, all the while fueled by a relentless desire to play hardcore music which is charged with political and personal fury.

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