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Punishment of Luxury

Punishment of Luxury, also known as Punilux was an independent band which existed in the late 1970s and early 1980s. From a background working in left-wing English fringe theatre groups, Punishment Of Luxury were formed in December 1976 in the north-east of England, and released a single, Puppet Life on the Small Wonder label in June 1978. In 1979 they signed to United Artists and released the single Jellyfish/Engine Of Excess and the album Laughing Academy.

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Billy no mates

Billy No Mates is the solo project from Snuff drummer and lead singer Duncan Redmonds. When playing Live, Billy No Mates consists of two Bands;
Billy No Mates East - touring Japan, and Billy No Mates West - touring Europe. Three albums have been released; The Japanese Tour EP, We are legion and C'monletmeseeyoupogo. On the first release, We Are Legion, the entire album was recorded just by Duncan. For C'monletmeseeyoupogo, the album was recorded by Billy No Mates east.

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Uk Subs

Formed in 1976, as the UK Subversives, in London, United Kingdom the original line up consisted of Harper, Nicky Garrett (guitar), Pete Davies (drums) and Paul Slack (bass), although the line-up of the band changed frequently. Their style combined the energy of punk and the rock and roll edge of the then thriving pub rock scene. Early success was found with singles such as "Warhead", "I Live in a Car", and "Tomorrow's Girls", with several of their songs managing to enter the United Kingdom's Top Forty. Their biggest selling album came with 1980's Crash Course.

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Briggs

Briggs aka Milk Man is an indigenous rapper out of country Victoria, Australia (Shepperton). Bringing humour, social commentary, drunkeness and polished delivery he's a monster on the mic soon to snatch Aussie hip-hop back like the colonists did this great land of ours. Briggs' current release is the "Homemade Bombs" EP with his debut album on the way. "Homemade Bombs" was released in March, 2009 in association with Peepshow Entertainment (home of Adelaide's Funkoars crew). For more information on Briggs visit his myspace profile: http://www.

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Hard-Ons

Band members * Keish De Silva - vocals, drums (1982-2001)
* Peter "Blackie" Black - guitar, vocals
* Ray Ahn - bass guitar
* Pete Kostic - drums (2002 - present) The Hard-Ons are a band from Sydney, Australia formed in the early 1980s by three students from the Punchbowl Boys High School. The multicultural trio of drummer/vocalist Keish De Silva (of Sri Lankan descent), guitar/vocals Blackie (Yugoslavian heritage) and bassist Ray Ahn (Korean ancestry) were initially too young to play in licensed venues, but honed their skills playing at parties and school dances.

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Mest

Mest was a pop punk band from Blue Island, Illinois. -
Cousins Matt Lovato and Tony Lovato formed the band together in October of 1995. The band's last guitarist, Jeremiah Rangel, joined the band in 1998. Their previous guitarist was Steve Lovato, Tony Lovato's brother. He left the band due to creative differences. Nick Gigler played drums for Mest from 1997. In 1998, the band self-released Mo' Money, Mo' 40z.

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