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Danny Elfman

Daniel Robert "Danny" Elfman (born May 29, 1953) is an American composer, best known as the lead singer and songwriter for the rock band Oingo Boingo, from 1976 to 1995 and later for scoring music for television and film and creating The Simpsons main title theme as well as the 1989 Batman movie theme. He has scored the majority of the films for his long-time friend Tim Burton. Born in Los Angeles, he entered the film industry in 1976, initially as an actor. He made his film scoring debut in 1980 for the film Forbidden Zone directed by his older brother Richard Elfman.

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nightmare before christmas

the nightmare before christmas

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Mark Adams

Singer song writer & multi-instrumentalist Mark Adams aka Duke was born & bred in the West End on Newcastle, in his teens Mark let rip with a passion for the golden age of rock n

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Corbeau

Québec rock group from the 70' and 80' lead by female singer Marjo.

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Airwolf

Airwolf was an power/speed metal band from Duisburg, Germany. They recorded 1 full-length album in the late 80's and then split-up. Last known line-up: Frank Zellmann - Vocals, Guitars
Guido Braun - Guitars
Andreas Roschak - Bass
Thomas Alkämper - Drums

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old school thrash metal

under 2000 listeners

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Advance

Italo disco project known for the 80s club classic "Take Me To The Top" on X-Energy records. A production of Alvaro Ugolini and Dario Raimondi (also producers of X-Energy act Fun Fun).

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Foxy

There are multiple artists called Foxy: 1) Foxy is a Latin Dance/disco group formed in 1976 in Miami, Florida. The group consisted of Ish "Angel" Ledesma (vocals, guitar, talkbox) (born October 2, 1952, Cuba), Richard "Richie" Puente (percussion), Charlie Murciano (keyboards), Arnold Paseiro (bass guitar) and Joe Galdo (drums). Puente (who died on July 18, 2004 at age 51) was the son of the late famous bandleader, Tito Puente.

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Asia

Asia is a progressive rock supergroup formed in the spring of 1981 by bassist and vocalist John Wetton (from King Crimson and UK), guitarist Steve Howe (from Yes), drummer Carl Palmer (from Emerson, Lake & Palmer) and keyboardist Geoffrey Downes (from The Buggles and Yes). The band sold over nine million albums worldwide with their first self-titled Asia, that include the singles Heat of the Moment and Only Time Will Tell.

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All About Eve

All About Eve is an 80's British goth rock group with a unique, folk-rock-influenced take on the style. The creative core consists of Julianne Regan (vocals) and Andy Cousin (bass guitar), with other members changing over the years. Julianne Regan, a former journalist, played bass for the popular rock group Gene Loves Jezebel for a little while. The initial core of All About Eve was Regan, guitarist Tim Bricheno, and bassist Andy Cousin from Aemotti Crii.

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Mercy

1) American one-hit wonder pop group from Florida. They released an album in 1969 entitled Mercy - Love Can Make You Happy; this peaked at #38 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 200 chart[1] as a result of the success of their hit single, "Love (Can Make You Happy)". The tune spent two weeks at #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, and also peaked at #2 on the Adult Contemporary chart. 2) Metal band from Sweden. The death of its remaining member in 2005 ended the group, which generally passed unnoticed.

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Fuck Off

There are mutliple artists with this name: 1) Fuck Off is a split-up Spanish thrash metal band formed in 1986. They have two full length releases: Another Sacrifice and Hell On Earth. After Hell On Earth the band split-up in 1991. Josep Casas moved to a thrash band called Barbarian.

2) Fuck Off is a swedish constellation with Stefan Sundström, Johan Johansson & Guld-Lars (both from the Swedish punk band KSMB), Pappa Mats and maybe some other members.

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