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The Rockets

There are at least six bands called The Rockets. 1) The band from which Neil Young formed Crazy Horse. The band began in 1962 as the doo wop group Danny & the Memories, with guitarist/singer Danny Whitten, and counting future Crazy Horse stalwarts Billy Talbot and Ralph Molina as members, the latter two are the only individuals present in every incarnation of the band. The group evolved through nascent San Francisco folk-psychedelia...

Read more about The Rockets on Last.fm.

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Redwood

Biog of Swiss based Redwood (1997 - present) 2007
REDWOOD releases their album "We're all gonna die". 2004
REDWOOD releases their debut album "Everything Under the Sun" on March 8th 2004 in collaboration with distributor MUVE.
Album release concert on the 12th of March 2004 at the Abart Club in Zurich
REDWOOD releases their first videoclip "lights"
March - July 2004 played over 30 shows, including 4 support shows for German band "Beatsteaks"

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Erika Stucky

Erika Stucky (* 1962 in San Francisco) is a Swiss jazz singer, harmonica and tuba player and cabaret performer. In the 1970ies the Stucky family moved to a little town in Oberwallis. Switzerland. Shocked by the cultural change Erika Stucky quickly developed her own mixture of a Swiss-American-Feel-Of-Life. Her musical influences ranegd from The Monkees, Nancy Sinatra and Donovan to D‘Bossbuebe, Trio Eugster, and "Jodelchöre".

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Round Table Knights

The Round Table Knights are a DJ / Producer duo consisting of DJ Questionmark and DJ Atomik. If you had to chose one single word to characterise them it could only be diversity. The RTK play all kinds of Electronic/Accoustic/Futuristic/Exciting/Romantic/Intense music. Their musical horizon kept them behind the decks in clubs and at festivals all over Europe. "It's all about the mix" they say. Since 2002 the Knights are throwing parties all over Switzerland and inviting guests from different musical genres.

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Elijah & Skilliam

Elijah & Skilliam are Grime Djs from East London, UK. They both run popular grime blog Butterz.co.uk, which has interviews, free downloads, and videos with some of the best in the scene. They have been on Rinse FM since the end of 2008 and so far has had Terror Danjah, Swindle, Rude Kid, Silencer and DJ Spyro DJ JJ and Oneman as special guests. Check their radio show here - http://grimepedia.co.uk/wiki/Butterz_Sets

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Delay

Delay is a moniker for multiple bands: 1) An American powerpop band
2) An American shoegaze band
3) A Swiss synthpop group 1) Delay (Ohio) are a power pop punk trio from the surrounding Columbus, Ohio area. They've been putting out all of their own records since they were thirteen and still print and press most of their records. Lots of tight harmonies and high energy are to be expected. They have 6 records, the latest record Rushing Ceremony was released on Shout Out Loud Prints.

Read more about Delay on Last.fm.

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Optiv

Edd Holmes, better known in the Drum & Bass scene as Optiv, first started his music career in the early 90s working at Dance 2, his local record shop in Guildford. At about the same time he was learning his production skills at SAE in London and also found time to hold a weekend job of assistant engineer at Ministry of Sound nightclub. Having completed his studies, he became a main player for the Drum & Bass outfit Pressure Rise.

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TNT

There are at least 10 artists called TNT. 1) TNT is a heavy metal band formed in Trondheim, Norway in 1982, by vocalist and rhythm guitarist Dag Ingebrigtsen , guitarist Ronni Lé Tekrø , bassist Steinar Eikum and drummer Morten "Diesel" Dahl . They released their self-titled debut album the same year — their only album that features Norwegian lyrics — and got a hit with the single "Harley Davidson".

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