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Pretty Boy Floyd

There are 2 bands with the name Pretty Boy Floyd:
- A glam metal band from Los Angeles, California, fronted by Steve "Sex" Summers. They are most famous for their debut album Leather Boyz With Electric Toyz. They formed in 1988 in Hollywood, CA. After 8 shows they were snapped up by MCA Records and had two of their promotional videos featured on MTV. The Pretty Boy Floyd line-up is constantly a revolving door scenario, with many Glam metal musicians passing through the ranks. Vocalist Steve Summers remains the sole original member.

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Tango

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Midlands based uk hardcore, jungle and now drum n bass DJ and producer. Tango released some massive tunes in the early days of hardcore on labels including Formation, F-Project and Creative Wax. He has also collaborated with artists such as Essence of Aura, Dj Ratty & DJ Pulse. Tango is a trained chef and after taking a break from the scene for a few years he is now back producing and DJing drum & bass.
2) Tango is a brazilian experimental project started in 2006 that mixes alternative rock with influences of tango.

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The Awful Truth

There are two artists listed under The Awful Truth. 1) The Awful Truth were a progressive metal band from the late 1980s based in Houston, Texas, United States. They were a three piece consisting of Monty Colvin, Alan Doss and David von Ohlerking. They released one album, the self-titled The Awful Truth. After the band split, Colvin and Doss formed the Galactic Cowboys. 2) The Awful Truth is the name that Brent Colbert from Salt Lake City, Utah records under.

Read more about The Awful Truth on Last.fm.

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UV Pop

IN THOSE formative moments, names and reputations are built at the drop of a plectrum.
Choosing a name is not easy, so how can you sum up hours of ideas, days of invention in a few simple tongue-tingling syllables?
UV PØP, now that’s a good one. Ultra Violent Pop. A contradiction in terms, maybe, a bright hopeful collective, perhaps. Whatever it sounds like, it’s got to be a blow in the right position, a carefully aimed assault on the senses. It could have been such a con - often what looks convincing on paper falls uncomfortably flat when put into practice.

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King

There are 7 artists with this name: 1) King was a British new wave pop band of the mid-80s.
2) King is a Canadian black metal band.
3) King is a symphonic death metal band of Slovakia.
4) King is a Japanese all-female hip-hop group.
5) King is a Japanese rock band.
6) King is an American metal band.
7) King was an English punk rock band in 1978. 1) King was an England-based band which was formed in 1983 after the break-up of ska revivalists the Reluctant Stereotypes of which Paul King (vocals) was a member.

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Rosemary's Baby

There is more than one artist with this name. 1) Rosemary's Baby was an italian industrial band active in the mid '80s. It was connected with Thee Temple Ov Psychick Youth when Genesis P. Orridge was still involved with it: they founded Centro Ricerche Studi Babalon, an italian branch of TOPY.
They released "Magia Sexualis" demotape, "Love Songs By Rosemary's Baby" and "Andrew Woodhouse" LPs. 2) Rock band from France.

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