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ムック

ムック (MUCC) is a japanese rock band formed in Ibaraki, Japan in 1997. The band has four members: 逹瑯 (Tatsurou Iwakami, vocals), ミヤ (Masaaki Yaguchi, guitar), YUKKE (Yusuke Fukuno, bass) and SATOち (Satoshi Takayasu, drums). In 1997, ex-member Hiro was the bassist, replaced by YUKKE in 1999. The band’s name, decided upon by guitarist ミヤ, was originally the name of a character from the Japanese children’s program "Ponkickies.

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J

There are at least five artists who use "J" as their name. 1. Jun Onose, or J, is the former bassist of the Japanese band LUNA SEA. He was born August 12, 1970. He still plays bass, but also sings lead vocals in his own band. 2. J is a rapper from Stuttgart. He made his first appereance on the "Lass Spitten EP" from Ronald & Ca$.
At the time he was working on a mixtape called "Mein Mixtape". 3. J is a South African rock artist, making his 2006 debut with the album "Closure" released by Just Music. The album is notable for being released on CD and USB memory stick.

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Craze

There is more than one artist with this name:
1) CRAZE was a Japanese rock band consisting of vocalist TUSK (Tasuka Itaya, 板谷祐; ex Zi:Kill) guitarist CIPHER (Ichiro Takigawa, 瀧川一郎; ex D'ERLANGER) bassist Seiichi Iida (飯田成一; ex Zi:Kill) and drummer Tetsu Kikuchi (菊地哲; ex D'ERLANGER, Zi:Kill). They played their final live without TUSK on 9 January 2006.
2) DJ Craze (Arith Delgado) is a DJ who plays hip hop, breaks, drum n bass, and practices turntablism. He is the only solo DJ in history to claim the World DMC Champion trophy 3 times consecutively.

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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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Sophia

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Indie band Sophia includes The Flower Shop Recordings mainman and former The God Machine singer/guitarist Robin Proper-Sheppard. After the sudden and tragic death of schoolfriend and God Machine bassist Jimmy Fernandez, Proper-Sheppard began searching for a new musical outlet. Together with friends and fellow musicians from other Flower Shop bands Elevate, Ligament and Oil Seed Rape, Proper-Sheppard began working on the music that would become known as Sophia.

Read more about Sophia on Last.fm.

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SCREW

SCREW is a band from Japan.
They originally started out in March 2006 under Speeddisk label and are now signed under the 'Indie PSC' label (PS COMPANY Co.,Ltd). SCREW expresses the concept that "everybody has darkness inside -- the poisonous chemicals of darkness have to be screwed out of the body." They were originally a four-piece band, but became a twin guitar band when Manabu joined in June 2007. At the start of 2010, their new bassist Rui (ex Jewel joined the band, after their previous bassist Yuuto left the band in the beginning of the year.

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Valhalla

There are many bands under the name of Valhalla, 10 of them are metal. 1) The best known Valhalla hails from Petrozavodsk, Rusland and has released one album under the name of "Hail To The Fallen Majesty" in 2003. 2) There is another Valhalla originating from Bedfordshire in England from 1979 playing progressive metal. They had two national single releases on the NEAT records label, "Coming Home" and the double A sides of "Jack" and "Still in Love with You" together with tracks on the compilation album sponsored by the popular music paper SOUNDS.

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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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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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Mello

メロ (Mello) are a Japanese Visual Kei band which started activities at the end of 2005. Their first maxi-single was released in April 2006. The members are:
Vo. 天聞 (Amonn)
Gt. 峻 (Shun)
Ba. 智 (Sato) ex member:
Gt. 夢時 (Yumezi) The band was once signed to Loop Ash but after Yumezi left the band on September 26th 2008, they went major and are now a part of Crown Records. Until now they released two mini-albums, two singles, three maxi-singles and they have been on omnibuses as well released several live-sold songs.

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