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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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EAT YOU ALIVE

EAT YOU ALIVE is a band from Nagoya, Japan. Originally named as MaveRick, the group began to perform under the name EAT YOU ALIVE on June 8th, 2008. Since the band's name change, both the music and the image of the band have evolved away from the conventional style. Their new sound and appearance, resembling western bands, make EAT YOU ALIVE a distinctive band in the visual kei scene. Band Members:
ヒロ (Hiro) - Vocalist (ex. MaveRick)
亮平 (Ryouhei) - Guitarist (ex. MaveRick)

Read more about EAT YOU ALIVE on Last.fm.

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Machina Shogunate

Machina Shogunate is a Visual Kei band formed in 2008 by guitarist/composer Jinecou and vocalist/graphic designer V-zhon who released their first demo "Ouroborous" in June of that year. In summer 2008 guitarist Yuforiya joined the band, who then released their second demo "Mechanical Instincts" on 1st January 2009. In early 2009 bassist AZIMA also joined the band, who currently are seeking a drummer and are working on their demo EP ahead of a busy and active summer.

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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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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.

Read more about Fenrir on Last.fm.

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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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Sid

There are at least seven artists named SID: 1) SID (シド) is a visual-kei indies band, consisting of Mao (vocals), Shinji (guitar), Aki (bass), and Yuuya (drums). SID has currently sold out every single and album released so far, and their last two singles have placed in the Oricon Top 30 music charts. 2) Sid Hille, called Sid, is a german pianist who lives in Finland. Sid plays piano songs and has published four CDs: Dunjin's Dance (1993), To be Frank (1997), Deep North - the quiet Place (1997) and Reflections (1998). In November 1997 Sid formed the Platypus Ensemble, a Finnish jazz band.

Read more about SiD on Last.fm.

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Dolly

There are two bands under the name Dolly, one is Japanese (Dolly) and one is French. It's decided that we should respect each band and we should have separate groups for both bands.
Popular French rock group Dolly got together in Nantes, a town in the west of France, in 1991. Their formation came about thanks to drummer Thierry Lacroix and singer Emmanuelle Monet - aka Manu - who shared a mutual passion for English and American music.

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