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Emily's Army

The debut's album of the band is called “Don’t Be a Dick”. Words of wisdom from the mouth of new teenage pop punk band Emily’s Army. Influenced by the rich East Bay music scene, Gilman Street, classic power pop, and garage rock, Emily’s Army craft heartfelt teenage anthems dealing in cautionary tales, politics, and the pressures of adolescence.
The band members have known each other for most of their lives and discovered their passion for music together.

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GEM

There are at least two bands called GEM (or Gem): 1. GEM is a rock band from Utrecht, The Netherlands.
2. Gem is a 1990s band from Ohio with members from Guided By Voices, Doug Gillard and Tim Tobias. * * * 1. The four-piece rock band GEM from Utrecht, The Netherlands, was founded in 2003 and plays energetic rock, mixing grit with melody. GEM has released three albums of which NEW (2008) is the most recent.

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The Moderns

There are several bands called The Moderns. 1. The Moderns (also known as 'Moderns') was a band from Sweden that existed from 1979 to 1981. It was made up of three high school friends that had previously served in the band Buddyboys. They self-released an EP, "Got to Have Pop", in January 1979. They also released their final 45 "Ready for the 80s" in 1980 and-- after a successful tour in the UK-- their only LP "Tro, Hopp & Fruktan" in 1981.

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Billy Childish

A cult figure in America, Europe and Japan, Billy Childish is by far the most prolific painter, poet, and song-writer of his generation. In a twenty year period he has published 30 collections of his poetry, recorded over 70 full-length independent LP’s and produced over 1000 paintings. Born in 1959 in Chatham, Kent. Billy Childish left Secondary education at 16 an undiagnosed dyslexic. Refused an interview at the local art school he entered the Naval Dockyard at Chatham as an apprentice stonemason.

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Caleb

There are at least three acts using the name Caleb. One was a psychedelic rock band from the 1960s, featuring Caleb Quaye of Bluesology and later of Elton John's backing band. The other was formed in 2002 and hail from and perform in the UK. The lineup consists of Elyza Nicholos Plays on Keyboards. She also writes and sings with Dan Halamandres (Guitarist). Phil Edey rounds out the group on drums and other percussion). The band's myspace is http://www.myspace.com/calebband

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Dead Gaze

R. Cole Furlow fronts Dead Gaze, a skuzzy but very poppy lo-fi band out of Mississippi. In 2010, after Dead Gaze's first cassette release, End of Days, Why Not You on Mirror Universe, the group released a split with Gray Things on Clan Destine. The same year, they also released a two-song 7” single on Fire Talk Records, which found them moving from their early Flaming Lips sound in a chillwave direction with drum machines and synthesizers. ~ Jason Lymangrover, Rovi

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Coroner For The Police

Rock & blues band from Manchester in the UK. Taking influences from The Raconteurs, Karnivool, Band of Skulls and John Lee Hooker they make dirty, loud and big sounding tunes. Coroner for the Police are Dave Labrow - Guitar & Vocals, Nathan Kai Wright - Guitar & Vocals, Dan Woolfie - Bass, John Simm - Drums.

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Mika Bomb

Lead singer Mika Handa arrived in London in 1998, with the goal of playing in a punk band. Recruitment for the band began with the arrival in London of the guitarist Agi. Another Mika (Mika Kanayama) on bass introduced an element of musicality to the bass department while a North London boy, Ergi, provided the drums. In 2000, they signed with the Beastie Boys' label Grand Royal. Mika Bomb performed in the West Country plugging their singles "Super Sexy Razor Happy Girls" and "Heart Attack".

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