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The Devils Rejects

The Devils Rejects are :
Matt on vocals, acoustic guitar and mandolin
Briony on violin and accordian
Rick on bass
Chris on electric guitar
Simon on drums

Based in swanage The Devils Rejects play all over the south. With an original set list of folk fuelled piratey tunes with a kick of punk attitude you will be stomping your feet all night.

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Mr Irish Bastard

Mr. Irish Bastard, or that f@@@ing bastard, as he is fondly known to friend and foe alike, writes drink-drenched songs that capture the spirit of the country and the raw energy of his punk roots. It's rough, it's dirty and it's straight from the heart. The boys and girl have just released "St. Mary

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Mischief Brew

Mischief Brew is an Anarchist folk-punk band. It is a wicked concoction by Erik Petersen – a musical feast falling somewhere between the categories of pirate punk, Celtic folk, gypsy swing, devilish jazz, American olde-tyme and country. It’s good music to stomp, kick, pogo, jitterbug, waltz, drink, twist and shout to – whether the performance is solo acoustic or with a backing band of accordion, drums, and mandolin.

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Attila the Stockbroker's Barnstormer

Attila the Stockbroker's Barnstormer is the band formed by Sussex poet and songwriter Attila the Stockbroker in 1994, as an additional project alongside Attila's continuing solo career as a performance poet and musician, which began in 1980 and is his main activity to this day. The band have done about 400 gigs since then, mainly in the UK, Germany, Holland, Austria and Switzerland, and released 3 albums: 'The Siege of Shoreham' (1996) 'Just One Life' (2000) and 'Zero Tolerance' (2004) Loads of tracks have also featured on compilation albums...

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Mutiny

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Mutiny is a band formed by Jerome "Bigfoot" Brailey after he left Funkadelic when George Clinton's mothership splintered at the end of the 1970s.Jerome Brailey and Glen Goins were working on the concept of Mutiny when Glen's untimely death occured in 1978. Jerome Brailey continue on with the vision and formed the group Mutiny, which performed in a style which is similar to the classic P-Funk style with a lot of emphasis place on the dual lead guitar work.

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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.

Read more about Camper Van Beethoven on Last.fm.

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jonny one lung

Jonny One Lung a.k.a. Jon Fawkes, Is a Former member of ska-punk band "The Filaments" and current member of Dub/Reggae band "Suicide Bid" and Acoustic Folk band "The 241ers". Originally from Chelmsford in Essex, he now lives in Philadelphia. Of his solo material, he says: "I first started singing songs just me and my guitar when my friend Hannah was fitted up at the G8 protests in Gleneagles and I was asked to play a benefit for her legal funds. It was fun, so I kept writing songs..."

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Great Big Sea

Great Big Sea (often shortened to GBS) is a Canadian folk-rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs. The band also performs original material. On March 11, 2010, Great Big Sea celebrated their seventeenth birthday as a band. And like almost every one of their many anniversaries spent together, they celebrated it by playing a concert, this one in Omaha, Nebraska.

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