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The Ettes

There are, at least, two artists named The Ettes: 1) A Los Angeles band (formed 2004), influenced by early punk, beat bands & country music. http://theEttes.com 2) A three-piece all-girl punk band from Edinburgh, Scotland, formed in April 1979. They played eleven gigs, supporting Another Pretty Face, The Visitors, Shake and The Exploited, and also recorded a five track demo for Fast Product. They played their final gig on 22nd September 1979.

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Shearing Pinx

Shearing Pinx are an Experimental/Punk rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Formed in 2005, the band is made up of Nic Hughes (Vocals/Guitar), Jeremy Van Wyck (Drums) and Erin Ward (Guitar). The band has over 50 releases including vinyl records, cassettes and CDs, most of which are on singer Nic Hughes' own record label Isolated Now Waves. The band is often associated with The Emergency Room venue in Vancouver and was featured in an article about Vancouver's "Weird Punk Scene" in the Canadian Music Newspaper Exclaim!.

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The Fugitives

There are multiple artists named The Fugitives: 1. Garage band who released their sole LP The Fugitives at Dave's Hideout in the summer of 1964. 2. The Fugitives, a combination of multi-talented Vancouver artists Mark Berube, Barbara Adler, and Brendan McLeod, have been classified under many guises: slam folk, folk hop, spoken word cabaret. Yet a common throughline is always their remarkable storytelling abilities.

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Ouroboros

There are at least 5 artists/bands named Ouroboros: 1) A technical death-thrash metal band from Australia (who changed their name from 'DRED' in 2008)
2) A brutal death metal band from France
3) A dark-esoteric-ambient act from Italy
4) A black metal band from Canada
4) A doom metal band from Pittsburgh, PA

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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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The Puppets

There are at least 4 bands named the Puppets. One was a New Wave synthpop band that came to prominence in the early 1980's with their hit "The Way of Life." The other is the collective genius of three young ladies from the Coventry/Leicester region. They formed in 2005, and have since being playing their "cacophany of happiness and sadness" at gigs in the Midlands and London. It is impossible to tie The Puppets to a particular genre, since they constantly experiment with new sounds. However, their live performances have received great critical acclaim, they are a must-see band!

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