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Dri

(For the Hardcore / Crossover band see D.R.I.) Adrianne Verhoeven has spent her music career lending her vocal and keyboard chops to bands like The Anniversary, Art In Manila, Fourth Of July, and Extra Classic but Dri, as she is known to her friends, has spent her twenties seeing the world, falling in and out of love, getting lost in the hazy days and buzzed nights of Lawrence, Kansas, and dreaming all the while of stepping out and rocking the mic on her own.

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Alessio Ballerini

Alessio Ballerini, sound designer and electroacoustic musician, uses a computer and other devices to create experimental, electroacoustic, minimalist and multi-stratified sounds.
He explores real and imaginary landscapes by using field recordings, guitar, piano and digital composition, so that the sound finds its beauty in the harmonic ambient substrate.
He has been a member of the cinematographic group Postodellefragole since 2004. In 2009, together with Pietro Baldoni, he created Abellira, a production studio for soundtracks, sound locations and sound design for multimedia products.

Read more about Alessio Ballerini on Last.fm.

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Concrete Sox

Concrete Sox were an early hardcore punk/thrashcore band of the 80's hailing from nottingham, UK. Fans of the band often consider Concrete Sox an early style crossover band which later was popularized by other bands like Suicidal Tendencies. They mixed hardcore punk influences with huge metal influences in the vein of thrash metal (this is very evident on the bands earlier material, with a very huge Metallica worship sound on some songs.) Concrete Sox were a very outspoken band, lyrically speaking about protecting the environment and animal rights.

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Mace

MACE, the Seattle area Thrash band that debuted as a trio on the 'Metal Massacre V' album and Northwest Metalfest. MACE at that time, contributing the track 'Marching Saprophytes', comprised of lead vocalist and drummer Vence Le Rose, guitarist Dave Hillis and bassist Kirk Verhey. Verhey would take over the lead vocal position in time for 1985's debut 'Process Of Elimination'. Shane White departed before the second album and MACE drafted drummer David Kopler.

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Endo

1/ Endo were a four-piece nu metal/hard rock music group from Miami, Florida. The band formed in 1995 with Lou Orenstein, Diego Ponsa, Reggie Barret, and Gil Bitton. A local production company, "Concrete Management", signed the band in the late 90's, where they opened for such bands as the Foo Fighters and Static-X. They were later signed to DV8/Columbia Records, and released two major albums in Evolve (2001) and Songs for the Restless (2003). The group also appeared at the Ozzfest Tour in 2003.

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Son Lux

Son Lux is Ryan Lott. His debut recording, At War With Walls and Mazes (2008), earned him the title of "Best New Artist" by NPR's All Songs Considered. In 2011 he followed up this release with We Are Rising which Consequence of Sound described as “the dark, operatic middle ground between Owen Pallett and In Rainbows-era Radiohead or Wild Beasts’ fantastic, operatic heights.” In the last 4 years Lott has built an impressive list of collaborators including everyone from indie-rock darlings such as Sufjan Stevens...

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the spindle sect

The Spindle Sect is a Sci-Fi Indusro-Hop project
that was founded in 2003 by the brothers Darren and Garreth Carikas in Cape Town, South Africa. With their fusion of hip-hop, progressive rock, electronica and a Sci-Fi concept, The Spindle Sect has earned a substantial underground following over the years. After some personal shifts, the five-piece lineup has settled around: Bassist producer and all round driving force The SciFientist, vocalist Cavin Chambers, vocalist Snake Pliskin, drummer Holocaust Andy and guitarist Aya.

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Suicidal Tendencies

Suicidal Tendencies is a hardcore punk band formed in 1982 in Venice, California. Sometimes regarded as the progenitors of skate punk, they later incorporated significant heavy metal and thrash elements. The group, led by Mike Muir ("Cyco Miko"), had a rough start that included being voted "Worst Band/Biggest Assholes" in Flipside in 1982. Using the opposition to fuel creativity, they quickly gained a following, performing larger and larger gigs.

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SSS

The band SSS, which stands for Short Sharp Shock, hails from Liverpool, UK and plays hardcore influenced thrash metal (also called crossover thrash). The band is currently signed to Earache. They were founded in 2005 and are still active today. The band released a six track demo in May 2005, a four track EP the next year and their debut album Short Sharp Shock soon thereafter. Their label at the time was Thrashgig / Dead & Gone Records. Their switch to Earache Records meant the album was re-issued in early 2007 with bonus tracks.

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