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Saboteur

There are at least six artists/bands named "Saboteur": 1)
Saboteur harkens back to a day in the not too distant past when lyrical intelligence and musical proficiency was not the exception in punk rock. They blend the existing facets of their other musical projects with tough guy pop punk and socio-political lyrics. The songs are loud, well crafted and instantly quotable. Influences range from Gang of Four to Rocket From the Crypt, and they're recommended if you like those bands as well as The Clash, Alkaline Trio and Queens of the Stone Age.

Qua

Qua is Melbourne based Cornel Wilczek who started the project in 2001. It started with an invite to play with Pretty Boy Crossover in Melbourne, Australia. From the pressure of sorting out a live set .. and finishing songs, something became apparent - the songs actually worked. Over the next year of live performances the album "Forgetabout" was formed and eventually released in August 2002. The next 2 years saw Qua becoming a regular in the Australian live scene.

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Grumbling Fur

Partners in crime:
Daniel O'Sullivan (Guapo, Mothlite, Miasma & the Carousel of Headless Horses, Æthenor, live Sunn O))), etc.)
David J. Smith (Guapo, The Stargazer's Assistant, Amal Gamal Ensemble, etc.)
Antti Uusimaki (Mothlite, PANIC DHH)
Alexander Tucker (solo, Ginnungagap, etc.)
Jussi Lehtisalo (Circle)
Arrtu Their debut album is Furrier, soon to be realeased on Aurora Borealis Records. Psyche!

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Checkpoint Charlie

Multiple bands go or have gone by the name Checkpoint Charlie. The MOST IMPORTANT IS GREAT EARLIEST KRAUTROCK BAND 1. Checkpoint Charlie (named after the notorious checkpoint in the Berlin Wall) have often been acclaimed as the first truly German rock band. They originated from Karlsruhe, and, as early as 1967, they were performing their own uniquely groundbreaking "Terror Rock" music in German! An extremely radical political rock band, especially so in their early days...

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Straight Shooter

There are at least two bands called Straight Shooter: 1. Straight Shooter (Düsseldorf, Germany), Straight Shooter was a late 70's kraut-/hardrockband. Frontman is singer and producer Georg Buschmann. Their best-known song is My Time - Your Time. They had 5 albums from 1978 until 1983.
The rest of the line-up was:
Günther Striepling (guitar, bass), Hans Plankert (keyboards, piano), Roland Haase (bass), Peter Kegler (drums, percussion), Friedhelm Misiejuk (drums), Peter Rabowski (guitar), Frank Kobe (guitar), Mark Wulf (bass) and Great Zeebee (drums)

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Beat DJs

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Desiree

Desiree, not to be confused with the English pop/soul vocalist Des'ree, were a German private press krautrock band with progressive and psychedelic influences.

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Beak>

Beak> is the new project of Geoff Barrow (of legendary Portishead) with fellow Bristol musicians Billy Fuller and Matt Williams. Their self-titled debut will be out October 19 in the UK on Barrow's own Invada, and Ipecac will release it the next day in the U.S. In contrast to Barrows extreme perfectionism when creating Portisheads music, Beak>'s album was written in just 12 days.

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Max Waves

Check out the new album "Music for Microworlds"! Born in Treviso in March 1969, at the age of six Max Waves started studying the piano through private lessons, before entering the conservatory "B. Marcello" in Venezia in 1980.
A lifelong passion for computers and technology in general soon led him to prefer the study of the synthesizer rather than classical exercises to the point where he inevitably abandoned his academic studies and dedicated himself totally to electronic music.

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