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C.N.Blue

C.N.BLUE (Korean: 씨엔블루), stylized as CNBLUE (Code Name Blue), is a rock band from Seoul, South Korea, which debuted under F&C Entertainment on August 19, 2009 in Japan with the band's first mini album, Now or Never. The group released four teasers for their 1st album Bluetory, starring one member per each of the videos in the sequence of Jonghyun, Minhyuk, Jungshin and lastly, Jung Yong Hwa on the 6th, 8th, 11th and 13 January respectively. On the January 14, CN Blue debuted their first mini-album with lead single "I'm a Loner" (Korean: 외톨이야).

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Versailles

There is more than one artist with this name. 1) A Japanese symphonic metal band, known in the U.S. as Versailles -Philharmonic Quintet-. 2007: Formation
In March 2007, Versailles was formed by Kamijo (ex- LAREINE), Hizaki (ex- Sulfuric Acid), and Jasmine You (Yuu, ex- Jakura). Later, Teru (ex- Aikaryu) and Yuki (ex- Sugar Trip), who were recommended by the Rock May Kan venue in Tokyo joined the band.

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Perfume

Perfume is the name of at least two bands. Perfume is a three person / group from Hiroshima who debuted locally in 2001 and nationally in 2005. In 2001, three 11-12 year old girls from an Artist School formed a group together in their hometown of Hiroshima. Consisting of Ayano Ōmoto (Nocchi), Yuka Kashino (Kashiyuka), and Ayaka Nishiwaki (A-Chan). Because all three members had the Japanese character (香) for fragrance in their names, they named the group Perfume. In 2002, they released two limited edition singles only in Hiroshima, called “OMAJINAI★ペロリ” and “彼氏募集中”.

Read more about Perfume on Last.fm.

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GOTHIKA

GOTHIKA (EUTHANASIE) is a Japanese industrial/new wave band formed in 2001. Their influences include Rammstein, Bauhaus and Orchestral manouvers in the dark. They currently have 3 albums ("Savage Messiah", "Gloomy Sunday" and "Queer Chronicle" and a DVD (I hate myself NOW!!!.) out and, in November 2006, embarked on their first European Tour, 'Delusions A go go'. The members are andro (vocals) and n@o (guitar). #449 (keyboard & programming) joined in 2003. In the same year the band released their first album Savage Messiah.

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TMG

Also known as Tak Matsumoto Group. TMG was a supergroup formed in Japan in 2004 as a side-project of of B'z guitarist 松本孝弘 and comprised almost entirely of American performers. The group's recording line-up consisted of Tak Matsumoto, vocalist Eric Martin (Mr. Big), bassist/vocalist Jack Blades (Night Ranger, Damn Yankees) and drummer Brian Tichy (Billy Idol, Ball). Tichy was replaced by Chris Frazier for the subsequent "Dodge The Bullet" tour.

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Annabel

There are at least 4 artists named Annabel:
1. Annabel, a japanese doujin music singer.
2. Annabel, an indie-rock band from Kent, Ohio
3. Annabel, a heavy-metal band from Prague, Czech Republic
4. Annabel, a dutch female singer
1. Annabel is a Japanese doujin music singer, she was born in Argentina and educated in Japan. binaria is another circle that she sings with やなぎなぎ. She is also the singer of Annina with the composer is bermei.inazawa. She also features in many game and anime themes. The ending theme from Sankarea, "Above your hand", was her first song with a videoclip.

Read more about Annabel on Last.fm.

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Reaction

Four acts use(d) this name: * Reaction (Japan)
Reaction was a heavy metal band from Tokyo, Japan, which was formed back in 1983. It was counted among the important band from Kanto (East Japan, Tokyo-Yokohama area) metal movement, alongside heavy metal stalwarts Anthem and Sabbrabells. Kanto movement was seen as a rival movement to the Kansai (West Japan, Osaka-Kyoto-Kobe area) metal movement. They released 5 full length albums and 6 singles.

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アンティック-珈琲店-

アンティック-珈琲店- (An Cafe) is an independent Japanese Oshare kei band formed in early June of 2003 signed to the LOOP ASH label. The band consists of: みく (Miku) on vocal (ex レヴェリー as 羽琉)
Takuya on guitar
カノン (Kanon) on bass and programming
ゆうき (Yuuki) on keyboard
輝喜 (Teruki) on drums (ex feathers-blue, also in V-Friends) Ex-member:
坊 (Bou) on guitar Their music tends to be up-beat and poppish with a mixture of punk and even rock while their lyrical content - typical of Oshare kei fashion - consists of topics usually pertaining to love.

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