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Fish

Derek William Dick, better known as Fish (born 25 April 1958 in Dalkeith, Midlothian) is a Scottish progressive rock singer, writer and actor. After an early career as a gardener and forestry worker, he came to public attention in 1981 with the British group Marillion, which he left in 1988. Album sleeve artwork for his four Marillion albums and most of his solo albums has been done by Mark Wilkinson. Fish is not to be confused with Phish, Chris Squire (“The Fish”), grossa or Bradley Fish.

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Stapleton

Stapleton are an independent rock band from Scotland. Since forming in April of 1997, they have released three albums, two EP's and played almost 300 shows. Their fourth album, 'Rest And Be Thankful', will be released on 5th may 2008 by Xtra Mile Recordings.

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The Lost Soul Band

This Scottish band published two albums on Silvertone records in 1993. Their self-released swan song album Hung Like Jesus disappeared from general release almost as soon as it had been released. The album recorded in as a trio (Gordon Grahame, Richard Buchanan and Gavin Smith) has a bit rougher edge to it than the previous country-tinged albums. Gordon Grahame has since released an album with Ben Townsend under the name Lucky Jim in 2003, and recently a solo album One Thousand Songs...>>

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Grant Campbell

Grant Campbell is a Scottish singer-songwriter living in Glasgow.

2005 saw the release of his debut album ‘Postcards from Nowhere’ on a small local independent label.

The album was recorded on a four track at home in Clydebank over several years. It was all recorded, performed and mixed by Campbell. These thirteen tracks made up a debut that even despite a low key release managed to accomplish an impressive array of press attention including the holy grail of UK reviews, “Album of the Week” in The Sunday Times.

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Karine Polwart

Karine Polwart (born 1971) is a Scottish singer-songwriter. She writes and performs music with a strong folk and roots feel, and her songs cover a wide area, from alcoholism to genocide. Despite winning the Horizon Award for Best Newcomer at the BBC Folk Awards 2005, Karine Polwart is no newcomer to the folk world, having previously been a member of Malinky and Battlefield Band. Her solo career is new, and it is for this that she has been particularly recognised.

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Holocaust

There are multiple artists named Holocaust:
1. A Heavy Metal band from Edinburgh
2. A Wu-Tang clan affiliate aka Warcloud aka Robot Tank aka Alcatraz
3. A 60s garage punk band
4. A Canadian black metal duo, also known as Cumming Jehovah
5. A German black metal band.
6. A 1980s punk band from Christchurch, New Zealand. 1. Holocaust is one of metals most influential and pioneering bands. Tributes have been paid by no less than Metallica ("The Small Hours"), Six Feet Under ("Death or Glory"), and Gamma Ray ("Heavy Metal Mania"), among others.

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The Twilight Sad

The Twilight Sad are an indie rock band from Kilsyth, Scotland formed in late 2003. The band is composed of James Graham (vocals), Andy MacFarlane (guitar, accordion), Craig Orzel (bass, glockenspiel) and Mark Devine (percussion). The band's debut album, Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen Winters, was released on FatCat in 2007, drawing widespread critical acclaim. The band played a couple of gigs at the 13th Note in Glasgow, creating half hour-long pieces of music using guitars, bass, drums, theremin, tape loops from films and old folk/country songs...

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Erstlaub

Erstlaub is the creation of Dave Fyans of Perth, Scotland. Dealing in brooding drones and dense atmospheric soundscapes. He draws his inspiration from both man-made and natural sounds from real life and deconstructs and rebuilds them in his own stark vision by means of modular synthesis. http://www.erstlaub.co.uk/

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The Anteaters

"The Anteaters" are a five piece ensemble formed by members of the original Penguin Cafe Orchestra. They are: Geoffrey Richardson, who played with the PCO from 1976 onwards, on viola, cuatro, clarinet and ukulele; Jennifer Maidman, with the PCO from 1984 on, plays guitar, ukulele and bass; Steve Fletcher, a member since 1988, on piano, keyboards and cuatro; Annie Whitehead, who first appeared on the album 'Broadcasting From Home' in 1984 and joined the live ensemble in 1988...

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Superstar

The vehicle for the pop genius of Joe McAlinden. Joe was previously a member of The Groovy Little Numbers, and recorded for 53rd and 3rd Records of Edinburgh. He has been in Bellshill scene bands with members of Teenage Fanclub, Soup Dragons and The BMX Bandits. They released a mini-album in 1992 on Creation Records called greatest Hits Vol. One. This featured Neil Grant, Raymond Prior and Mark Hughes.

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