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Ultra Bide

Avant-garde rock/psych-tinged punk since 1978.
Based in New York in the late 80s, and signed to Alternative Tentacles, Ultra Bide have been working out of Kyoto since 2003: a power-trio featuring twin basses and no guitar. Ultra Bide are: Hide - Bass, Vocal
Chimaki - Drums
Maki - Bass http://ultrabide.net/

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LANDS

There are multiple artists tracked as "LANDS" on last.fm. 3. Melodic hardcore from United Kingdom 1. LANDS is a special unit made up of ??? (Jin Akanishi; former co-lead vocalist of KAT-TUN) and ???? (Takeshi Kobayashi), a producer known for his work with Mr.Children, My Little Lover and other well-known contemporary pop/rock acts in the Japanese music industry, in promotion of the film "BANDAGE" which Kobayashi directed and Akanishi starred in.

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Apoptygma Berzerk

Apoptygma Berzerk is a Norwegian // musical group, formed in 1989. The current lineup includes Stephan Groth (vocals, programming, guitars, samples), Brandon Smith (guitars) and Thomas Jakobsen (drums). The group has achieved moderate commercial success with a unique brand of gloomy, danceable gothic , winning awards and Top-10 spots in Germany and Scandinavia. The band's name is commonly abbreviated to APOP or APB.

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Glacier

Actually there are at least 7 bands/artists called Glacier around at this moment. 1) An American power metal band that released only a self-titled EP in 1985 and two demos before breaking up. 2) Glacier is the alias of Melody D's ambient piano tunes.
Glacierisation was released independently on December 6th, 2005 and Songs From Under Umbrellas was finished as of September 28th, 2006. Another album is currently in the works. 3) Glacier is a Hamburg-based indierock/shoegaze-band who released their debut-album A Sunny Place For Shady People on October 13th, 2006.

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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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NoGoD

1) NoGoD (Previously known as 新興宗教楽団NoGoD) is a with style band formed in 2005 in Tokyo, Japan. The band consist of 団長 (Danchou, Vocals), Kyrie (Guitar), Shinno (Guitar), 華凛 (Karin, Bass) and K (Drums). Since 2010, they have a major-contract on KING RECORDS. During their Indies-era on ART POP ENTERTAINMENT, they released 2 studio-albums ("夢幻教" in 2008 and "極彩色" in 2009), 2 mini-albums and 10 singles. Their major debut on KING RECORDS was their single "カクセイ" (Kakusei) released on June 9th, 2010.

Read more about NoGoD on Last.fm.

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Fenrir

There are several bands that share the name Fenrir: [1] A Celtic folk metal band from Nancy, France. Their official weblog can be found here. Their Myspace page can be found here. Their album, entitled "Whispers from the Old World," can be downloaded from Jamendo. [2] A melodic death metal band from Granollers, Spain. More information on this band can be found on their Myspace page here. [3] An RAC/Oi band.

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Softball

Softball is an all-female pop-punk band from Chiba, Japan. The band members — Moe (vocals/guitar), Nomiya (bass), and Rie (drums) — got together while still in high school. Mike Park signed them to Asian Man Records, and they made their self-titled first American release in 1999.

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