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The Reverend Horton Heat

The Reverend Horton Heat is a three-piece American rockabilly and psychobilly band from Dallas, Texas and the stage name of its singer and songwriter, Jim Heath (born in 1959 in Corpus Christi, Texas). The group originally formed in 1985, playing its first gigs in Dallas's Deep Ellum neighborhood. Its current members are Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath on guitar and lead vocals, Jimbo Wallace on the upright bass, and Paul Simmons on drums. Through relentless touring and a manic stage show, they have established themselves as one of the most popular underground acts in America.

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The Bookhouse Boys

Sailing on the good ship "The Bookhouse Boys" are a rag tag outfit of nine sea gypsies and city pirates longing to be swept away by a storm of lost surf guitar and raging drums. These good folk travel around the city of London and the Islands of Britain preaching their cause to the converted. PAUL VAN OESTREN:- Vox, Guitar.
BILLY BOB:- Bass,Vocals.
CHRISTOPHE REALBOY:- Guitar.
CITTY:- Vocals.
ZACHERY:- Stand Up Drums.
J.P. RUINED:- Keys, Roll Ups.
NATTY:- Trumpet.

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Heavy Trash

Heavy Trash is an American band based in New York City formed by Jon Spencer of The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion and Matt Verta-Ray, formerly of New York bands Madder Rose and Speedball Baby. The band's music draws from an eclectic mix of genres, including Americana, blues, alternative rock, rockabilly, and punk.
They are currently signed to YepRoc records, having released three albums. Their 2005's Heavy Trash.

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PowerSolo

What do you think of when you hear the name "PowerSolo"? 'Round Denmark way, the moniker apparently conjures the trash-rock psychobilly legacy of Hasil Adkins, the Cramps, and Southern Culture on the Skids. Powersolo may be a power trio, but in this case, the prog-metal acrobatics of rush are replaced with something they call "donkey punk." Two tremolo-loving chicken-scratch, rail-thin guitarists Kim Kix and Atomic Child. And drummer J.C.

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Dave Edwards

1) Dave Edwards – Detroit’s Rockin’ Soul Survivor
2) Dave Edwards - New Zealand artist found here as fiffdimension to avoid confusion.
3) Dave Edwards - A super-talented producer and multi-instrumentalist from New Jersey - http://www.daveedwardsmusic.com/ 1) Dave Edwards, rock-and-soul singer and guitarist, has been a vital part of the Detroit metro musical landscape for over thirty years. From the heady days of national fame in the ‘80s, to the tight , energetic performances with which he pays homage to his musical roots today, Dave has outlasted many a Detroit rock meteorite.

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Johnny Hickman

Hickman is best known for co-founding the band Cracker, in which he is the lead guitarist, occasional vocalist and a co-songwriter. In 2005 he released his first solo album, Palmhenge. Additionally, Hickman was a member of the 1980's band The Unforgiven, and had earlier briefly teamed up with future Cracker bandmate David Lowery in a pre-Camper Van Beethoven outfit known as the Estonian Gauchos.

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Bill Haley

Early life and career Haley was born William John Clifton Haley (some sources append "Junior" to his name, but his eldest son states that this is erroneous) in Highland Park, Michigan and raised in Pennsylvania. Many sources (almost universally predating his death in 1981) state that Haley was born in 1927, which is due to Haley knocking two years off his age for publicity purposes in the 1950s. A few recent sources erroneously give a birth year of 1924.

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The Griswalds

Pure 'fun-psychobilly'. Yes, who framed those bastards, who played pretty good Psycho/Neo-Rockabilly music? Led by vocalist Gary Griswald they recorded only one album and a few singles. Listen to this album and you'll get a happy hour. Now back on stage and reformed you can check the latest news out at myspace.com/thegriswalds or contact Gary trough myspace.com/griswaldspsychobilly.

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