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THE BLUE HEARTS

There are multiple artists tracked as “The Blue Hearts” on Last.fm. Here are the following, listed in order of prominence: 1) A punk rock band from Japan: THE BLUE HEARTS (ザ・ブルーハーツ) was a popular Japanese upbeat punk rock band. Its members were Hiroto Kōmoto (vocalist), Masatoshi Mashima (guitarist), Jun'nosuke Kawaguchi (Bassist) and Tetsuya Kajiwara (Drummer). The group made its major debut in May 1987. THE BLUE HEARTS broke up in 1995 and Koumoto and Mashima went on to found another band, The High-Lows.

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Coal Chamber

Coal Chamber is a nu metal band from Los Angeles, CA, USA formed in 1995. They enjoyed some mainstream success in the mid to late 90's during the nu metal boom which they, along with bands like KoЯn helped create. The band gained a large following early in their career, arguably because they were one of the first 'darker' themed nu metal bands. Coal Chamber signed to Roadrunner Records and recorded their first album (both in 1996) for their self-titled debut in 1997.

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Edenbridge

Edenbridge is a symphonic metal band from Austria which was founded as a studio-project by guitarist/keyboardist Lanvall, bassist Kurt Bednarsky, and vocalist Sabine Edelsbacher in 1998. With the addition of drummer Roland Navratil the line-up was completed for the production of their debut album Sunrise in Eden. Current members are Sabine Edelsbacher (vocals), Lanvall (guitars, keyboards), Frank Bindig (bass), Dominik Sebastian (guitars), and Max Pointner (drums).

Judgement

There are at least four bands named Judgement: 1) Judgement is a Burning Spirit type hardcore punk band from Japan and have shared ex-members from such bands as Crück (Nori), Death Side (Muka-Chin), Bastard (Iizawa, Zigyaku and Tokurow) and Lipcream (JhaJha). The band has released five EPs.
Vocalists have changed through the band's history. First singer Nori (from Crück) was on the first two EPs. On the 3rd EP Tokurow joined the band.

Black Line

BLACK LINE is the new band lead by Mikaru (ex vocalist of Dio - Distraught Overlord) Members:
Vocal. Mikaru (ex. Dio - Distraught Overlord)
Guitar. Yudai (ex. Lostthing of Memory)
Bass. Jun (ex. VizeL)
Drums. Syu (ex. Dio - Distraught Overlord as Denka) OHP: http://blackline-official.com/
Blog: http://ameblo.jp/blackline-official/

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Deadman

Deadman refers to three bands. 1) deadman formed in Nagoya at the end of 2000 out of remnants of Lamiel and kein, two closely-knit bands at the forefront of the Nagoya visual kei scene. Mako (vocals), aie (guitar), and yukino (bass), all formerly of kein teamed with Toki (ex.Lamiel) for the original lineup. Soon after their first CD release, yukino left to start his own band, and soon after Takamasa joined as their new bass player. not until 2005 did the lineup change again, when Takamasa left and Kazuya joined, completing the final incarnation of the band.

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Jelly

There are several artists tagged as 'Jelly' (not in chronological order) : 1) A 90's Indonesian band from Surabaya. 2) A Psychedelic rock band from Tucson, AZ. www.thejellyproject.com. 3) A Japanese rock band, more correctly tagged as JELLY→. 4) A Chinese pop star, more correctly tagged as 赵美彤. 5) A west-coast soft rock band featuring future actress Amy Madigan. The band released one album, "A True Story" in 1977.

Vamps

There are at least 2 bands/artists with the name Vamps. 1) VAMPS is a Japanese rock unit by Hyde (lead vocalist of L'Arc~en~Ciel) and K.A.Z (guitarist of Oblivion Dust, hide with Spread Beaver and Spin Aqua). HYDE and K.A.Z have been working together since HYDE's third solo album FAITH, which was released in 2006. In early spring 2008, they announced the name-change for HYDE's solo project - and officially formed a band. One of the reasons being to give more credit to K.A.Z for his work. Thus VAMPS was born.

Joker

There is more than one artist with this name.

1) Joker is a twenty-year-old programmer/producer from Bristol, UK. Currently producing some of the freshest, most innovative Grime instrumentals on the scene, but equally embraced by the Dubstep world, he mixes influences from Dr Dre-style G-Funk and video game chip music as well as UK bass styles. 2) ＪＯＫＥＲ was a visual kei band formed in 2002. They disbanded in 2005. 3) Joker is a Taiwanese Indie Band from Taichung, Taiwan. 4) Joker is a popular 4-piece contemporary covers band based in Plymouth, England

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Hyde

HYDE (written in capitals) is the solo project of hyde, the singer and main lyricist for the Japanese rock band L'Arc~en~Ciel and VAMPS. Since HYDE keeps his personal information scarce, much about him is either unknown or unofficial, including his real name, purported to be Hideto Takarai. He confirmed his birthdate (January 29, 1969) in an interview for the 2002 March issue of Rockin On Japan.

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