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The Selecter Featuring Pauline Black

The Selecter featuring Pauline Black came into existence from 2010 after 2 Tone / Ska band The Selecter's founding members Neol Davies and Pauline Black each went on their own way with a version of UK band The Selecter. On October 31st 2010 Pauline Black and Arthur “Gaps” Hendrickson played under The Selecter name to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the seminal debut album, ‘Too Much Pressure’, by performing the whole album live at the “Sinners Day Festival”, Ethias Stadium, Hasselt, Belgium. They also performed at The Bloomsbury Ballroom, London on Saturday 13th 2010.

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No Respect

There is more than one artist with the name 'No Respect': 1)No Respect was a german skapunk-band with mostly political lyrics. The main topics are antifascism, anarchy and freedom. 2)Some nasty and ripping metal that smacks of the bad boy L.A. scene of old, conjuring images of GNR, L.A. Guns, and early Skid Row, as well as some of the early carefree work of both Saigon Kick and Ugly Kid Joe.

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The Brow Horn Orchestra

A wooden dance floor is left perforated in tatters after a 360-degree crowd flock around an unsuspecting festival stage (Fairbridge 2011). On another occasion, walls are scaled over in desperation as last minute fans dodge past security to join a heaving 700 plus size party at the band

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Fenster

There are several artists called Fenster. 1. FENSTER (Bln via NYC) // Formed in 2010 by JJ, a New Yorker, Jonathan, a Berliner, and later completed by percussionist/journalist Lukas FENSTER makes de-constructed pop music, exploring electro acoustic arrangements peppered with traffic noises and bird calls. Their lyrics are often carefully constructed dream narratives, finding inspiration in the world of ghosts, graveyards. trains, religious imagery, and broken machinery. In their music, they build songs around errors, blending melodic chords with broken beats or minimal percussion.

Read more about Fenster on Last.fm.

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The Cat Empire

The Cat Empire is a six-piece alternative band from Melbourne, Australia. Their sound has been described as a fusion of jazz, funk, and rock with heavy latin / salsa influences (not to mention reggae, ska and dub). Currently, the Cat Empire consists of Ollie McGill (keyboard and backing vocals), Ryan Monro (bass and backing vocals), Felix Riebl (percussion and vocals), Harry James Angus (trumpet and vocals), Will Hull-Brown (drums), and Jamshid "Jumps" Khadiwhala (decks, percussion).

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Skaface

Formed in 1988, Skaface has a unique sound which combines ska with many different genres of music including rock, punk and jazz. They have toured extensively throughout Canada and New York State, including dates with popular 70s two-tone groups Bad Manners, and The Selecter. They were also honored to have old school great Laurel Aitken on stage with them earlier in their career and played with Toots and the Maytals at the Canadian National Exhibition.

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Charlee Drew

Charlee Drew is a singer songwriter from England (UK)
He was born in the midlands and expressed his passion in music from a very early age.
Writing his first song when he was 10 years old, he began to teach himself to play the piano and guitar to enable his songwriting to progress.
By 14 Charlee was performing across the country in his first band *Special Guests*
He then went on to perform in international touring band Fandangle

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James Owen Fender

Vocals & guitar - James Owen Fender
Drums - Tom Knox
Bass - James Knox James Owen Fender might be the new boy on the musical block, but at just 24 years old he’s got a bundle of songs full of catchy hooks that are currently getting everyone excited about this talented newcomer. Born and raised in Leeds, James relocated to London aged 17 in search of musical success. Having played in his group project, The Tarka Groove Experiment since the age of 16, he decided to go it alone for a while and concentrate on solo material.

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