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Chill

chILL's music can be described as some kind of "controlled chaos", where grunge driven rock blends seamlessly into brutal metal. The band's goal is to make internationally competitive music without any kind of restrictions or preconceptions, and to create something genuine and special in these times of superficial recycled entertainment. All the solutions in their music are not necessarily always by the book and they shouldn’t have to be. Grungy vocals and monster metal riffs mixed with plenty of catchy hooks and beautiful melodies will keep you coming back for more.

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Stewart Copeland

Stewart Armstrong Copeland (born July 16, 1952) is an American musician. He was the drummer for the band The Police and is an influential drum stylist. Copeland is also popular for a wealthy catalogue of SOUNDTRACKS. During the early days of The Police he also released music under the (then secret) pseudonym of Klark Kent. In the late 80's's Copeland formed the band Animal Logic, who released two albums before their demise. He is also a member of the supergroup Oysterhead.

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Keith Urban

Keith Lionel Urban (born 26 October 1967) is a New Zealand-born country music singer, songwriter and guitarist whose commercial success has been mainly in the United States and Australia. Originally the front man for The Ranch, a three-piece group that released one album in 1997 to critical acclaim, Urban disbanded the group to pursue a solo career. In 2004 his album "Be Here" was nominated for best country album at the Grammy Awards and at the Academy of Country Music Awards.

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Paul Hardcastle

British synth player, born December 10, 1958. Enjoyed success on the scene in the early 80's before breaking into the mainstream with "19", an international smash which spent five weeks at number one in the UK. In the latter half of the 1980s he specialised in work. He made the theme tunes for Top of The Pops and Saturday Live, popular British entertainment shows. Paul now records mainly under the pseudonym Jazzmasters. Early tracks of note include the popular 'Rain Forest' and 'King Tut', both were big dance hits in the U.S.

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Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft

The Deutsch-Amerikanische Freundschaft (DAF) is an influential industrial / neue deutsche welle band from Düsseldorf, formed in 1978 in Wuppertal, Germany featuring drummer/synth player Robert Görl, vocalist Gabi Delgado-Lopez, guitarist Wolfgang Spelmans, Kurt Dahlke "Pyrolator", Michael Kemner, bassist and bassist/keyboardist/saxophonist Chrislo Haas. The band's name is a term that had originally been used in West Germany, without irony, in the early years of the Cold War, at the height of German popular enthusiasm for all things American...

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Big Black Delta

Big Black Delta is Jonathan Bates' (Mellowdrone) "new musical endeavor" which aims to release new free music every few weeks. The bands first release "BBDEP1" was released for free download on August 16, 2010. The followup lp, "BBDLP1", was released on September 26th, 2011, available for free download for the first week and also offering a variety of special merch packages.

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Graham Parker & The Rumour

Graham Parker and the Rumour (led by British rock musician Graham Parker, with Brinsley Schwarz and Martin Belmont on guitars, Bob Andrews on keyboards, Andrew Bodnar on bass and Steve Goulding on drums) formed in the summer of 1975 in London, England, and began doing the rounds of the British pub rock scene. The band was also augmented at times by a four-man horn section known as The Rumour Brass: John "Irish" Earle (sax), Chris Gower (trombone), Dick Hanson (trumpet), and Ray Bevis (sax).

Read more about Graham Parker & The Rumour on Last.fm.

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Figures

1. Figures is an alternative rock/electronica band formed in Nantes, France in 2010 by - Mathieu Poterie (keyboards, electronic percussions, computer)
- Mickaël Menu (lead vocals, guitars, computer)
- Silvan Giraud (bass, drums, guitars, backing vocals) The debut EP "Cycle" can be downloaded for free (Creative Commons) at their offical website: www.figures.fm.
2. Heavy Soft Rock band outta New Bedford, MA. Members:
- Jerry Howland - Vocals / Guitar
- Mike Dantowitz - Guitar
- Bill Contois - Guitar

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Steve Kilbey

Self-described genius and musical megalomaniac, committed blogger at The Time Being and compulsive music-maker. Multi-instrumental arch wit and vegan. His band the Church have survived for almost 30 years (since 1980) in spite of/because of him. A joker, a toker, a midnight sleeper with five incredible daughters in two hemispheres. Handle with extreme caution.

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