Dave Formula, (born David Tomlinson 1946), is an English keyboardist and film score composer from Manchester, UK who played with the post-punk band Magazine, and New Romantic ensemble Visage during the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s, in Ludus and in the "world music" band The Angel Brothers. He started out in the mid-sixties (ca. 1965) and achieved some success with the R&B / Blues / Soul band St.
1. Conquering Lion aka Congo Natty aka Rebel MC is the stage name of Jungle producer and Toaster Michael West. "Conquering Lion" is short for "the Conquering Lion of the Tribe of Judah," one of emperor's Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia many titles. 2. Conquering Lion (http://www.myspace.com/conqueringli0n) is also a dub/reggae/hardcore band from Tetovo, Macedonia. This is the official last.fm page of this band: http://www.last.fm/music/Conquering+Lion+%28Mk%29
The band formed mid 2004, Verax
Death Defying Life formed back in 2003 and rapidly became a well known name around York, playing fresh sounding flat-out punk rock at every available opportunity and venue, all across the UK. In 2004 they took it upon themselves to organise a West Coast US tour, playing shows from Bellingham to San Francisco, including a Fat Wreck Chords show with punk band Western Addiction.
On return, bassist Jonah called it a day and left Death Defying Life.
The Deviants (formerly the Social Deviants) were a musical group in the United Kingdom. Out of the Ladbroke Grove UK Underground Community, a number of bands would emerge. Perhaps the most anarchistic band of the Underground was the Deviants founded and fronted by singer/writer Mick Farren, the Social Deviants, later just the Deviants, made three bizarre albums in two years. Mick Farren states that The Deviants were a community band which "did things every now and then - it was a total assault thing with a great deal of inter-relation and interdependence".
Crispy Ambulance were formed in Manchester (UK) in 1978 by Alan Hempsall (vocals), Keith Darbyshire (bass), Gary Madeley (drums) and Robert Davenport (guitar). Following a self-released debut single From the Cradle to the Grave (Aural Assault, 1980) the band joined Factory Records. Singles Not What I Expected (Factory, 1980) and Live on a Hot August Night (Factory Benelux, 1981, produced by Martin Hannett) preceded the album The Plateau Phase (Factory Benelux, 1981), and final single Sexus (also Factory Benelux, 1981).
Sounds move with curious steps in the music of Lapalux, the solo project of Essex's Stuart Howard. His IDM and hip-hop influenced beat collages unfold like individual short stories, their layered tones playing into your emotions. The thud of bass pulses throughout his tracks, a steady stream of heartbeats that rise in and fall reaction to the excitement, the trepidation and the moments of calm reflection set by the marriage of vocal samples and experimental beatmaking.
In March 2003, Razorwire released their debut album LEAGUE OF THE GODLESS which received excellent reviews all over the world. A seemingly never-ending tour followed which took them all over the UK from Aberdeen to Penzance, and everywhere in between. They also played a handful of dates in Germany, Belgium and Holland. The bands music is a diverse mix of traditional metal, rap, punk and hardcore with loads of energy.
Formed in 2010 in Suffolk, Stark Adders began with James Plant on guitar & vocals (Brigade) and Andrew Ames on bass. As the riffs, tunes and passion for Stark Adders grew, so did the band’s line-up. Stark Adders now consists of Fim on drums (Brigade, Mills, Mt. Desolation) and Mark Fisher on guitar. In February 2013, Stark Adders ventured to Bristol to record some demo tracks. Since returning to Suffolk, they have released a select few tracks to the world that is social media and have had a great response.