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The Primitives

There were 4 bands called The Primitives.
1. A British rock band active in the 1960's
2. A American parody dance band active from 1964 to 1965 which was a precursor to The Velvet Underground
3. A popular alternative rock band active in the 80's and 90's and best known for their hit single "Crash"
4. An alternative country band who quickly changed their name to Uncle Tupelo The Original Primitives, from Northampton, were also known as Mal & the Primitives.

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Julian Lloyd Webber

Widely regarded as one of the most creative musicians of his generation, Julian Lloyd Webber has collaborated with an extraordinary array of musicians from Yehudi Menuhin, Lorin Maazel, Neville Marriner, Esa-Pekka Salonen and Georg Solti to Stephane Grappelli, Elton John and Cleo Laine. Julian has made many outstanding recordings including his Brit-Award winning Elgar Concerto conducted by Yehudi Menuhin (chosen as the finest ever version by BBC Music Magazine) the Dvorak Concerto with Vaclav Neumann and the Czech Philharmonic...

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Krush

There are at least three artists with this name:
1) Krush were a successful dance music outfit who had a major crossover hit with "House Arrest (The Beat Is Law)" in 1987. The group consisted of artists Mark Gamble, Cassius Campbell and producers Mark Brydon and Robert Gordon. Their second single "Walking On Sunshine" was a club hit in 1992. The featured vocalist on both of these tracks was Ruth Joy. Brydon continued his success by later working as a producer with house act Moloko.

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The Kiss Off

There are currently two bands with the name The Kiss Off - an English band active since 2001 and a US group formed in 2006. The English bunch are from Bolton, Lancashire, and claim to be 'made up of mill dust, dirt, grime and things that make your eyes water, all of which lazily took around 100 years to congeal into mucky stains. We're indolent, notoriously stubborn, belligerent and pretty much impossible to get rid off.'

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Babe

There are seven groups with this name. 1* Babe (Grandmothers) is a rock band from Belgrade, Serbia.
2 * Babe is a Finnish Eurodance group.
3* Babe is a rock band from Sankt Augustin, Germany.
4* Babe is a "girl-next-door" pop act from Berlin, Germany.
5* Babe is a Dutch girl band.
6* Babe is an American pop punk band affiliated with Teenage Prayer.
7* BaBe - with both "B"s capitalized - is Tomoko Kondo (近藤 智子) and Yukari Nikaido (二階堂 ゆかり), a Japanese pop duo who notably sang the end theme for the "Project A-Ko 3". (* See also: BaBe)

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The Darling Buds

There are multiple bands with the name The Darling Buds. (1) The Darling Buds were an indie band from Caerleon near Newport, Wales. The band were formed in 1986 and took their name from a British novel called The Darling Buds of May. (2) A band from London/Hampshire, that formed in 2006 with Jamie Campbell-Bower, Jordan Spiers, and Dan Smith.
Influenced by the catchy simpler sound of the early Beatles, the band created very melodic hook driven short duration singles.

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Meanstreak

There are two artists named Meanstreak: 1) Meanstreak is a legendary female thrash metal band from New York, formed in 1985. They recorded one full-length album called "Roadkill", which is considered the best female thrash metal album of all times. Although they never reached world fame, in the circles of thrash metal fans, they earned an status of pure classic.
Meanstreak played some gigs as the supporting act to bands such as Manowar, Overkill, Motörhead, Anthrax, and Dream Theater. Last known lineup:

Read more about Meanstreak on Last.fm.

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Vic Godard

Vic Godard (born Vic Napper in Bristol, England) is a British singer-songwriter formerly of the punk rock group Subway Sect. He is now a solo performer. In 1976, Godard formed Subway Sect with three other fans of the Sex Pistols at the suggestion of Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren, who wanted another band for the line-up of the now legendary 100 Club Punk Festival in 1976. Other bands sharing the bill were the Pistols. The Clash, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Buzzcocks and The Damned. Despite their inexperience, Subway Sect made a successful debut at the festival.

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