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British Punk

The Vibrators

The Vibrators were one of the original London Punk Bands formed in the wake of the emergence of the Sex Pistols in 1976. The original band line up consisted of vocalist/guitarist Ian Knox , bassist Pat Collier, guitarist John Ellis and drummer Eddie. Their 1st single We Vibrate was released in 1976 and was one of the first punk singles released on RAK. Their first album - which is something of a classic - was released in 1977, titled "Pure Mania"

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Verbal Warning

VERBAL Warning’s early eighties incarnation built themselves an uncompromising reputation in the Nottingham area and played with some of the big bands of the day.
Chumbawumba, Conflict, Flux of Pink Indians, Rudimentary Peni, Napalm Death and The Subhumans all shared bills with the original Warning.
Paul, switching to bass, decided to resurrect the band in 2005 and, after using the modern technology of the Internet to find Ian on drums and Lee on guitar, soon it was decided a singer was needed and an old mate of Paul's, John was bought in on vocals.

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The Pigs

Pigs StoryRecorded at Sound Conception Studios, Bristol, August 12th We were the Pigs, a garage band that got lucky - but not that lucky. We formed in March 1977 and we disbanded in March 1978. In those twelve months we hit a few high notes and we hit a few bum notes. High note: first rehearsal, first garage, Henbury.
Ricky was a guitar player, so he plays drums. Kit was a bass player, so he plays guitar. Nigel has never touched an instrument before, so he plays bass. Eamonn is the front man. He has the best shades.

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Steve Roberts

Steve Roberts is a singer-songwriter from Liverpool, UK, described by The Guardian as an acoustic troubadour. His first proper band 16 Tambourines was a sprawling affair that played gigs as a 3 piece (the ‘angry young men’ set) up to an 8 piece with brass, percussion and on occasions a didgeridoo. The band played pubs and basement bars that usually only allowed cover bands. “We practised in the middle of town at a place called The Ministry, were the Bunnymen and Teardrops used to rehearse when they were dead famous and heard loads of great stories about them that just frustrated us.

Read more about Steve Roberts on Last.fm.

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Tigers On Vaseline

Tigers on Vaseline is a band from Denton, TX in 2004, using a badly-abused Tascam four-track, Casio keyboards, Fruity Loops drum programming and dollar-store microphones. The members are Anthony and Dustin from Best Fwends, Ryan from Machine Gun Romantics, and Payton from Wax Museums. A few songs featured extra vocalists. Two songs were later used by Best Fwends: "Dump In The Dark" and "Get Cleen (feat. Tigers on Vaseline)".

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Lockjaw

There is more than one Lockjaw: 1) Lockjaw was formed in Portland, Oregon around 1980 by Del Murry (guitar), Tony Arcudi (vocals), Eric Couch (bass), and Rob Parker (drums)... the band played clubs like The Met, 13th Precinct, and the Satyricon in the early days. By 1984 drummer Rob Parker was replaced with Jeremy J., and guitarist Garrett Garitano was added to the lineup. By that time Lockjaw was labeled "Portland's most hated band."

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