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Theatre Royal

Medway's Theatre Royal were formed after a day spent breaking into a derelict Chatham theatre in 2009 with Billy Childish and Lupen Crook, they have since recorded and released a debut album and EP on fledgling label The Preservation Society Presents. Their songs range from hurtling Garage clatter through to straight up Pop, taking in Alt Country, Psychedelic West Coast Pop and Punk/New Wave along the way. Inflluences include classic British bands such as The Smiths, Echo and The Bunnymen and The Beatles to iconic American groups such as The Velvet Undergound anf Buffalo Springfield.

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The Babies

There are two bands named "The Babies": 1) The Babies are a band formed out of Brooklyn composed of: Cassie Ramone (Vivian Girls), Kevin Morby (Woods), Nathanael Stark (Bent Outta Shape) and Justin Sullivan (Ringers).
2) THE BABIES (named after 1977 punk classic song: ''Boston Babies'' - SLAUGHTER & THE DOGS) are garage punk'n'roll trio from Zagreb/Vinkovci, Croatia. They're playing furious screamin' punk'n'roll in style like THE STOOGES, THE DEAD BOYS, THE SAINTS...

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The Barracudas

This London-based Anglo-Canadian band, whose members include Jeremy Gluck (vocals), Robin Wills (guitar), David Buckley (bass), and Nick Turner (drums), was formed in 1979 and scored a U.K. chart hit in 1980 with the neo-surf song "Summer Fun." Turner and Buckley left after the release of the first album Drop Out With the Barracudas (1981) and were replaced by Jim Dickson and Terry Smith. Chris Wilson also joined on guitar.

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Lime Spiders

The Lime Spiders are an Australian band which play a hybrid of garage and psychedelic rock. Lead Singer Mick Blood formed the band in the early '80s with guitarist Gerard Corben, bassist Tony Bambach and drummer Ricky Lawson. The Spiders released their monumental single 'Slave Girl', on the Citadel label, in 1983. In the years to follow, the Spiders issued one amazing single after another: 25th Hour, Out of Control, Weirdo Libido, My Favourite Room, and Volatile. Slave Girl would go on to be one of the best selling independent singles of the 1980s.

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The Sound Explosion

There are two bands that go by the name of The Sound Explosion. 1)The first Sound Explosion, now shortened to The Sound Ex are a band from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. They combine fast rock n roll, blues and punk to form an upbeat, raw and energetic sound. Their live shows have gained much respect in the music community for their thrashing limbs, occaisional ventures into the crowd and screeching feedback.

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White Fang

White Fang is four lifelong friends (Erik Gage, Kyle Handley, Jimmy Leslie, Chris Uehlein). Formed in Portland, OR in 2005 while still in high school, first as a recording band, then as a folk band, then as a punk band, then as a noise band, then as a punk band again. There used to be a lot of people in the band, rotating on a undefined lineup, including past, present and future members of Boom! and Typhoon.

Read more about White Fang on Last.fm.

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Dan Melchior

Blues musician Dan Melchior was born in England, but he is currently living in Durham, NC. He has collaborated with Holly Golightly and Billy Childish, but most of his recordings are made with his band Broke Revue, Das Menace or solo.

Dan Melchior on Last.fm.

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Amen Dunes

Amen Dunes, the solo project of Damon McMahon, began with recordings made in the fall of 2006 in upstate New York. Those tapes were initially put on the shelf as personal recordings he never intended for release, and the following summer, McMahon moved to China and all but stopped making music. He would live in Beijing for the next few years, writing and recording only occasionally. With the release of DIA on Locust Music in 2009, however, he decided to move back to the States and form a band around Amen Dunes.

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Dan Sartain

Dan Sartain is an American rockabilly musician from Birmingham, Alabama. He has released records for Swami Records, One Little Indian, Skybucket Records, Cass Records and Bent Rail Foundation. Although he has released several self-produced albums over the years, his first commercially-available studio album Dan Sartain Vs. The Serpientes was released by Swami Records in 2005. This was followed in 2006 with Join Dan Sartain on the same label.

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The So So Glos

The So So Glos are a Punk influenced Rock and Roll Band from the Bay Ridge neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. Two of the band members are brothers and one is a step-brother. In 2008 they co-founded the Market Hotel venue with promoter Todd P. They have toured excessively in the United States and Canada and have opened for ...Trail of Dead and The Virgins in Europe. Currently they are working on new material for a 2010 release.

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