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Kurt

1) KuRt is a Japanese Visual Kei indies band that officially disbanded in February 2007. The band’s final line-up consisted of: てんてん (Tenten) on vocals, 伶希 (Ryouki) and 癒マ (Yuma) on guitar, Zill on bass, and 規明 (Kiaki) on drums. Tenten is currently working on a number of new projects, while Zill has gone on to play bass in Moran. 2) Kurt is a German (Post) Hardcore/Noise Rock band formed in 1994. Kurt takes the musical principles of melody and harmony and rips them to shreds. This is noise and this is rock – driving bass beats, crisp and loud guitars, pounding drums and powerful vocals.

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Erika

There are at least four artists named Erika. 1) Erika De Bonis is an Italian dance singer better known for her popular song I Don't Know. Erika's first releases were under the label of Rossano Prini A&R SPY records. The young Italian artist became famous when she released the song Relations. This track jumped to No. 1 on all Italian charts in the first half of 2001. Erika released some other tracks that became very popular in dance clubs: Right or Wrong and Ditto. She is the sister of Magic Box. Erika's Official Myspace is myspace.com/erikapop

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Heartless

1) Hardcore punk band from Pittsburgh, PA. 2) Hard rock band from Tampa, FL. 3) Visual kei band from Japan. Please use the tag ?????. 4) Black metal band from China. 5) Metalcore band from Ontario, Canada. 6) Pop punk band from New Bedford, MA.
Further info: 2) Heartless is a hard rock/hair metal band formed in Tampa in the late 80s and performed together for several years. Through the later 90s, the band transformed and became 'Kenne McGey and Lefty' and are still active in local Tampa scene.

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access

Producer/Composer Daisuke Asakura (浅倉大介) and Vocalist Hiroyuki Takami (貴水博之) (real name Hiroyuki Fukuda) formed access in 1992. They released three orginal albums (Fast Access, Access II, and Delicate Planet) under the record label "BMG FUNHOUSE" before disbanding in 1995. Before access, Takami appeared on Asakura's album "D-Trick" performing the songs "1000 Nen no Chigai", "Toy Box in the Morning", and "Cosmic Runaway" (which later would be known as Daisuke Asakura PRED. AXS - Cosmic Runaway).

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Shame

1 - Shame is independent band from Brazil 2 - Shame is a japanese rock band. 3 - Shame is a rapper from New York who's track "Bronx Bounce" featured on 1988's The B-Boy Boogie Down Sampler 2 4 - Shame is a bay area rapper, he released 2 street albums California and Random Acts. His deep lyrics and sharp delivery created a fresh, unique sound. 5 - Shame is a Swedish dancehallband http://www.shame.se/

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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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Dip

Dip is the name for six different bands. 1.) An alternative rock band from Japan that formed in 1991. (dip with a lower case d)
2.) A Japanese visual kei band that formed in 2005 (dip with a lower case d)
3.) A power pop band from the United Kingdom.
4.) A D.I.Y. psychedelic and progressive indie band from South Florida, 1996-2000.
5.) Experimental drum and sample group from Reykjavík,Iceland.(Jónsi from Sigur Rós sings in one song
'Skyscraper Heart' calling himself Frakkur)

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Toshi

Toshi is a healing music artist and a current lead singer of a legendary Japanese rock band X JAPAN. Не was born in 1965 in Tateyama, Chiba, Japan. Toshi has a very beautiful voice that goes over about three octaves. Не started his solo career in 1993 when he was still an active member of X JAPAN before their Last Live. Toshi left X Japan in 1997. In the same year, he released an album, "Beautiful Love Song" , which showed a change of his music style, from a rock star to a healing music artist.

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