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Slowdive

Slowdive is a / band that formed in 1989 in Reading, England, United Kingdom. Signed to Creation Records in 1990 and initially championed by the British music press, the band scored a UK top forty entry with their debut album Just for a Day. The band consists of Rachel Goswell (vocals/guitar), Neil Halstead (vocals/guitar), Nick Chaplin (bass), Christian Savill (guitar), and Simon Scott (drums, 1990-1994, 2014-present); additionally, Ian McCutcheon replaced Scott from 1994-1995. Goswell and Halstead had known each other since early childhood in Reading, Berkshire.

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The Race

There are two bands called The Race, one hailing from Reading, in England, and the other from Chicago, USA. 1)When The Race released their debut album "Be Your Alibi" in 2006, the acclaim it met with was positive and across the board. They were quickly tacked onto NME club tours, toured the UK and Europe with the likes of Cooper Temple Clause and Seafood, and invited to perform live from Maida Vale for Radio 1’s Huw Stephens’ in a show celebrating the 10th anniversary of the band’s highly distinguished record label shifty disco.

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Sequoia

Sequoia is (1) a band from Chicago. They released their debut album, "Monday Morning" in 2005. Their sophmore album, "Time to Change", was released in May of 2008. In 2009 they added Cully Johnston from Grinner/Powers on guitar and in 2011 released their third full-length, "Couple Two Tree." It was engineered/produced by Allen Epley (Shiner, The Life and Times) and Eric Abert (The Life and Times, Ring Cicada) and recorded at Matt Talbott's (HUM) studio, Earth Analog.

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Piranha

This is the band Paul Baloff was in (in 1988)after his Exodus days (and before joining Exodus again some 8 years later). Not much info can be found about this band. Baloff left the band soon after their 2 song demo (and only release - rumoured to be produced by Metallica frontman James Hetfield) to try his luck with Bay area gods Heathen (he only stayed for a 2 song demo here awell).
He then founded a new Piranha with a complete different lineup but they disbanded soon after.

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Andy Raven

The Andy Raven band peddles urban folk, folk pop, and comtemporary folk: poetic and hard-hitting tunes driven by fiddle and percussion with creative acoustic instrumentation. Born in Buckinghamshire UK, ANdy Raven became a chorister at an early age, also learning classical piano, fiddle and trumpet. The Andy Raven band was formed in 2007 of: Andy Raven - fiddle, vocals, piano, keyboards, didgeridoo
Rikk SMith - cajon, bodhran, djembe, yambu, spoons
Ben Humphreys - electric and acoustic bass
Graham Judd - 6 and 12- string guitars

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The Colours

theCOLOURS drive a sharp silver blade through the blood red heart of pop rock. Drawing influences from 80's and 90's dance music their electro edge provides definition and character to their very own brand of melodic pop music. Being called upon for support slots with DAN LE SAC, THE INFADELS, BOY KILL BOY and THE WOMBATS, theCOLOURS now have caught the attention of Radio 1 DJ Edith Bowman. She has selected them as soundtrack to her website www.edithbowman.com

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