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Red Box

Red Box is a British pop group formed in the 1980s. The group was originally a five-piece band, and released its debut single "Chenko" on Cherry Red Records in 1983. Following this, the band slimmed down to a duo, Simon Toulson-Clarke and Julian Close, and took on a more synthpop direction. Their second single "Saskatchewan" (a cover of the Buffy Sainte-Marie song) brought them to the attention of WEA, who signed the duo.

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Anti Nowhere League

Anti-Nowhere League are an English punk band formed in 1980, by lead singer Animal (Nick Culmer), rhythm guitarist Magoo (Chris Exall), Bones (Tony Shaw) on drums and Baggy Elvy on bass. They play in a punk rock musical style. Early days
Their first gig was at the Tunbridge Wells annual carnival, at which they got arrested. This led to their first press coverage with the local newspaper describing their gig as a 'cacophony of noise'.

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Iris

There are at least 19 different artists named Iris:
1) An American band formed in 1993.
2) A Romanian group formed in 1977.
3) A Chilean band.
4) An instrumental band featuring Marillion members Ian Mosley and Pete Trewavas.
5) A Spanish singer from Barcelona.
6) A music group specialized on Touhou and it's music.
7) An Australian band.
8) A German band.
9) A Portuguese band.
10) A British band from Derby.
11) A Hungarian band.

Read more about Iris on Last.fm.

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Lombard

Lombard is a Polish rock band popular during 1980s and the beginning of 1990s. Lombard was formed in 1981. In 1982 one of the vocalists, Wanda Kwietniewska left the band to form her own band called Banda i Wanda. In 1983 the band took part in National Festival of Polish Song in Opole and won the Audience Price and 2nd Jury Price for the song "Szklana Pogoda". In 1985, Lombard decided not to participate in the Soviet Song Festival which caused their absence in Opole that year. In 1999 Małgorzata Ostrowska left the band to start her solo career and Marta Cugier took her place.

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Matinee

There are at least two artists named Matinee:
1. A short-lived Leeds based band.
2. A Greek two-piece experimental / post-punk band. 1. Short lived Leeds based two-piece, formed from the ashes of Trampoline and featuring James Heward and Daniel Austin (later of Horton Parks). 2.OK, there's this guy, John. He reads a lot, writes a lot, loves art, but he's nothing much of a musician. He lives in Ioannina. And there's this other guy, Panagiotis.

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Shakespear's Sister

Shakespear's Sister were pop/rock duo consisting of former Bananarama member Siobhan Fahey and (from 1989 - 1996) singer/songwriter/guitarist Marcella Detroit (real name Marcy Levy). Detroit had previously performed with Eric Clapton, released a solo album in 1982, and has since released more solo material as well as a blues album with the Marcy Levy Band. Fahey was born in Dublin, Ireland, and Detroit was born in Detroit, Michigan, USA, hence her stage name.

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Amethyst

There are several bands called Amethyst. 1. A trance / progressive house duo. http://www.discogs.com/artist/Amethyst 2. A Melodic Death / Melodic Black Metal band from the Netherlands. 3. Heavy / Progressive Metal band from Australia. 4. A Thrash Metal band from Italy. 5. A Progressive Metal band from Sweden. 6. A Progressive Metal band from the USA. 7. A Power Metal band from Canada. 8. A Power / Thrash Metal band from the USA. 9. A defunct Pop Rock band from Youngstown, OH, USA.

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