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Larry Gus

He started to write music as Larry Gus (larigas: greek for throat, larynx) in 2006, inspired by the rural enviroment of his hometown (Veria, Imathia). His early influences have been Creedence Clearwater Revival and Minor Threat. He had been member of the seminal bass and drums duo Ginger, fusing hardcore punk aesthetics and hip hop beats. When Ginger broke up, he started composing music for TV commercials, which were in fact his first works as Larry Gus. Later on, he got his name due to some chaotic live perfomances, incorporating live looping techniques in an improvised pop manner.

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Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons

The Four Seasons (since 1967, known off and on as Frankie Valli & The 4 Seasons - although not shown that way on any of their hit records), is an American and group from Newark, NJ. They also had a sound somewhat reminiscent of , although they were not thought of as a quartet. By the mid 1960s, The Four Seasons had become an internationally famous group. In 1960, the group known as The Four Lovers evolved into The Four Seasons...

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Cyan

There are multiple artists called Cyan: 1) Cyan is a Spanish pop-rock band from Barcelona.
Their music is intimate and emotional, in a combination that ranges from pop to rock, with epic flavors, introspective lyrics and prominent melodies.
After some years showcasing their work in concerts in Barcelona and Madrid, in 2008 they present their first album, Cyan, masterized by the Grammy awarded Adam Ayan.
Official web site: www.somoscyan.com

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Echidna

There are 2 metal bands with this name: A greek (Progressive Death Metal) and a portuguese (Thrascore/Melodeath Metal) one. 1) Greek one:
They were formed in 2004 in Thessaloniki, Greece. The line-up consists of G. Chionidis (drums), N. Parastatidis (guitars), P. Bouklis (guitars), T. Deligiannidis (vocals) and A. Roditis (bass). They have released a demo in 2006 entitled This Suffering. Zero Tolerance (UK) magazine awarded them the Demo of the Issue (September/October 2006) and Metal Hammer (GR) magazine awarded them the Demo of the Month (July 2007).

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SELOFAN

booking europe : madaboutmusic@live.be strictly analogue narrations about love and the loss of it, death and the fear of it, sexuality and the repression of it, addictions, psychological weaknesses or strengths, all our own personal ghosts, which distinguish humans from other species.

Read more about SELOFAN on Last.fm.

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Rotting Christ

Legendary Greek entity Rotting Christ are a true certainty in terms of delivering abstract, yet fundamental album releases ever since their early foundation in 1989. Experimenting and stylistically metamorphosing throughout different, yet always obscure layers of elements from varying styles of heavier music has truly driven Rotting Christ to achieve a very distinct sound, giving the band a very special position within the realm of the black metal scene.

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Giannis Ploutarxos

Giannis Ploutaxos, Yiannis Ploutarhos (or Yiannis Kakossaios as this is his real name) was born in 18th December 1970 in a small village outside Orxomenos called Mavrogia. He lived there until the age of sixteen, he then decided to go to Athens to make his dream come true: to become a singer. He sang professionally for the first time in a small music hall in Koridalos area. Disappointed by the conditions prevailing in the music business, he abandoned it twice and occupied himself with other professions and in particular hairdressing so as to make a living.

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The Rockets

There are at least six bands called The Rockets. 1) The band from which Neil Young formed Crazy Horse. The band began in 1962 as the doo wop group Danny & the Memories, with guitarist/singer Danny Whitten, and counting future Crazy Horse stalwarts Billy Talbot and Ralph Molina as members, the latter two are the only individuals present in every incarnation of the band. The group evolved through nascent San Francisco folk-psychedelia...

Read more about The Rockets on Last.fm.

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Nino

There are at least 4 artists with the name Nino. 1) Nino is a Dutch rap artist. 2) Nino or Amir Rešić was a popular turbo folk singer in the former Yugoslavia. Rešić was raised in Bosnia, but lived most of his life in Kruševac, Serbia. There he converted from Islam to Serbian Orthodoxy and changed his Muslim name Amir to Christian Nikola (Nicholas, shortened to Nino). He released over ten albums, and some of his songs (e.g. Usne vrele kao žar) are considered to be big hits. He died from pancreas perforation caused by prolonged alcoholism in October 2007.

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