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Marc Almond

Marc Almond (born Peter Mark Sinclair Almond on 9 July 1957 in Southport, Lancashire, (now in the county of Merseyside, England) is a popular English singer, songwriter and recording artist, who originally found fame as half of the seminal synthpop/new wave duo Soft Cell. Marc Almond has had a long and varied career spanning almost 30 years. During this time, after a career with Soft Cell and Marc and the Mambas, he has collaborated with an extremely wide range of artists including Antony and the Johnsons, Jools Holland, Siouxsie Sioux, Nick Cave, P.

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Space

There are different bands under the same name:
1. A British alternative rock group active in the 1990's and best known for their single "Female Of The Species".
2. A French synthpop group active in the 1970's and the 1980's
3. An alias of Jimmy Cauty of The KLF
4. The project of an Australian guitarist active in the 2000's
5. A rapper signed to Black Eye Records 1)Space were a britpop band from Liverpool, who released a few prominent records (including top 20 hit single "Female of the Species" and the songs "Ballad of Tom Jones" and "Avenging Angels") and then fell back into obscurity...

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The Floor

There are three bands by the name of the Floor. One is a band based in Dundee, Scotland. Another is from Edmonton, Alberta foursome The Floor released a series of LP's and EP's culminating with Personnel, an extension of the band's flirtation with noise rock like Ride and the dance rock of Interpol and bands of that ilk. The band are on again off again, although they are opening for Trans Am in a few weeks, indicating the shoegazers are indeed on again. Floor is a sludge metal band from florida on no idea records and now has members in Torche

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Danny Vaughn

Danny Vaughn is an American singer. Danny has performed with Waysted, Tyketto and Vaughn and now performs and releases under his own name. In 2003 Danny Vaughn played the part of Lancelot on Gary Hughes's rock opera Once and Future King Part I. The latest line up of Danny's backing band consists of guitarist Tony Marshall ( contagious ), Pat Heath ( Brave New World ), Steve McKenna ( Ten ) and Lee Morris ( Paradise Lost ).

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Trixie's Big Red Motorbike

Trixie's Big Red Motorbike is a band formed in 1981 on the Isle of Wight, U.K. They are working on a new album of pop songs to be released early in 2013. Current members:
Mark Litten
Jane Litten https://www.facebook.com/Trixieland

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Mike and the Mechanics

Mike & The Mechanics debuted with their stellar eponymous album in 1985 which highlighted Rutherford’s innovative guitar work and the vocal talents of the two Pauls, amongst other guest vocalists. Initially, the group’s albums were released between Genesis albums, all three Genesis members having solo projects of their own, most notable in the huge chart success of singer/drummer Phil Collins. This ended with the disbanding of Genesis in 1998.

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John Farnham

John Peter Farnham (born July 1, 1949) is an English-born Australian pop singer. Domestically he has remained one of Australia's best-known performers over a career spanning more than 30 years. He is the only Australian artist to have a number one record in five consecutive decades (echoing Sir Cliff Richard in the United Kingdom). Between 1982 and 1986 he fronted Little River Band. Born in Dagenham, East London, United Kingdom, Farnham spent the first years of his life in England before migrating to Australia in 1959.

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Last Dance

Last Dance were one of six acts who featured on 4AD's first-ever compilation 12" Presage(s), released in September 1980. They promptly vanished into obscurity, though their track "Malignant Love" was resurrected for a full-length label compilation titled Natures Mortes – Still Lives, which was initially released on vinyl only in Japan, then eventually reissued as a mail-order CD. They are different from the more recent band The Last Dance.

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Strangeways

STRANGEWAYS (UK) 2009 Are 6, predominantly Northern lads who met at university in London, thriving on their 'ragbag' of underground styles and their punkoid dual vocal attack. Now after a year locked away in the studio, shedding bucketsfull of blood and sweat, they emerge to welcome the latter half of 2009, armed with a truckload of new exhilerating tracks and having inflamed interest in all the right quarters by their full on juggernaut of a live performance.

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