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There are more than one band named The Vickers. Japan - Forming in 2003 after Chisato, formerly of the all-female punk band THUG MURDER (TKO Records), and Kenta666, from the hardcore band REAL SHIT, started collaborating, THE VICKERS quickly carved a name for themselves as one of Japan's fiercest rock n' roll acts. They released their first mini-album Stab Your Back, now out-of-print, which was quickly followed up with three brutal albums as well as Chisato's final recording with the group Don't Slow Me Down.

1.) From http://mindintrusion.blogspot.com/2010/01/cut-7.html :
"while their compatriots where playing the fast/melodic/screamy sound france became known for in the mid 90s, these guys were opting for a much ulgier, noisier sound.......something i havent heard from any french band (or really any band) since............the sound occupies the nebulous space between that old german band abyss and maybe deadguy.............

This is a quite unique collaboration, an unexpected one between the italian composer Teho Teardo and Blixa Bargeld, leader of Einstürzende Neubauten and former Bad Seeds. They first met during the realization of Ingiuria, a theatre pièce and right after that they collaborated on a song for a soundtrack, "A Quite Life". That song started the whole process of writing and producing an album together where songs and more experimental pieces could find a common ground.

Read more about Teho Teardo & Blixa Bargeld on Last.fm.

Imagine a journey. A journey that takes in the sights & sounds of places such as Sicily, Texas, Mexico, Buenos Aires, London, Dublin, Antanarive and Cape Town. The perfect soundtrack to that journey is the atmospheric debut of The Second Grace, now ready to be taken on the road. The Second Grace sound evolved from a singer-songwriter ethos but gives more than a passing nod to lo-fi influences with its acoustic foundations, slide guitars, freaky percussion, accordian and fragile cello tones.