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Powerful melodic punk band from New Jersey, USA. The band doesn't exist for the moment, but maybe someday they'll have a reunion. Let's cross our fingers for that. All I know that they recorded self titled Ep and they were on VMS COMP. Band members:
GIL- LEAD VOCALS AND DRUMS
MIKE- BASS AND BACKING VOCALS
OREN- GUITAR

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Gogol Bordello

Combining elements of punk, gypsy music, and Brechtian cabaret, Gogol Bordello tells the story of New York's immigrant diaspora through debauchery, humor, and surreal costumes. Leader and singer Eugene Hütz's taste in music was spun out of black-market tapes of the The Birthday Party and Einstürzende Neubauten in his native Ukraine. After being evacuated to Western Ukraine in 1986 following the Chornobyl disaster, H

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Ultra Bide

Avant-garde rock/psych-tinged punk since 1978.
Based in New York in the late 80s, and signed to Alternative Tentacles, Ultra Bide have been working out of Kyoto since 2003: a power-trio featuring twin basses and no guitar. Ultra Bide are: Hide - Bass, Vocal
Chimaki - Drums
Maki - Bass http://ultrabide.net/

Read more about Ultra Bide on Last.fm.

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Heartsounds

Heartsounds came into being after the demise of Light This City, when Ben Murray and Laura Nichol decided to pursue their passion for punk rock by writing and recording a full length record consisting of 12 fast and melodic tracks, entitled Until We Surrender. Ben and Laura once again returned to Light This City producer, Zack Ohren for the recording, mixing and mastering of the record. Until We Surrender saw a release in late August 2009 on gatefold vinyl and digipak CD, through Ben's label, Creator-Destructor Records.

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Lugosi

At the end of 2007, Ferry Lauwerijssen (ex-Bob Miller and the Nightmares), Robert-Jan de Pauw (ex-Bob Miller and the Nightmares) and Hans Wilders (ex-Bob Miller and the Nightmares/ex-Stockholm Syndrome) teamed up to form a new Rockendale band. It was quickly decided that Fer and Rob would play guitar and Hans would play drums. Since, they were still short on a bass player, John de Haas (who, at that time, had never played bass before in his life) was asked to join the group.

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Sweet Jesus

There is more than one artist called Sweet Jesus. 1. A hardcore band from MA/RI. Members play/have played in other bands. Demo available here. An EP will be released on BBB sometime in 2012. 2. Sweet Jesus was a promising Shoegazer band, strongly influenced by latter-day My Bloody Valentine, but with a distinctive pop sensibility all its own. They released a 45 and three EPs in the early '90s, filled with accomplished music which was well received by those fans of the style who discovered them but went entirely unnoticed otherwise.

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The Burbs

The Burbs are a 3-piece band from Northwest Indiana. Bridgind the gap between legendary Chicago punk band Naked Raygun and California's Descendents, The Burbs engineer their own unique style of melodic punk rock. But don't think of them as just another punk band; they incorporate elements of all genres ranging from hardcore to indie rock, making them an appropriate fit on any bill. Rob Pozen - Guitar, Vocals
Lee Pozen - Bass
David Anthony - Drums, Vocals The Burbs are signed to Mutant Rape Records. They played their last show on June 7th, 2011.

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