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Clara Clara saw the light of day in a basement in the small town of Dijon, France, gathered around a saucepan drumkit, a “shitty” Höner guitar and a My First Sony Microphone. Yet it immediately became the very core of the local spazz rock scene (we’re talking at least 8 people here, all of them shell- shocked by a short stay in town of dutch experimental band The Ex). Basically made up of Charles and François Virot (the latter being famous enough under his own name) and Amélie Lambert (a school book of whom cued the band with its name)...

Helen McCookeryBook (Dr Helen Reddington) was the bassist and lead singer with Brighton-based punk band The Chefs during the late 1970s and early 1980s. She later formed Helen And The Horns before continuing her career as a solo artist, writer and lecturer.

Female-fronted art-rockers The Neutrinos have drawn comparisons with the likes of PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, Portishead and The Pixies. With Karen Reilly on vocals, Jon Banknote (bass), Mark Travis Howe (guitar) and Simon Bob Morrison on drums, the band blend feminine fury with dark, edgy melancholy and arty guitars. Their influences include Violent Femmes, Stooges, PJ Harvey, Patti Smith and The Pixies.

Swearin' is from NYC and Philly! Swearin' is Allison Crutchfield, Kyle Gilbride, Keith Spencer, and Jeff Bolt. Some of their other musical endeavors include: PS Eliot, Big Soda, Bad Blood Revival, Bad Banana, Big Eyes, Dear Marje, and countless others. You can hear the influences of these bands in Swearin's sound along with bands like the Breeders or the Rentals. All of Swearin' has come up and been involved with with the DIY scene for a long time. Not much has changed with this band, they record their own songs, make their own merchandise, and self released their first tape "What a Dump".

Read more about Swearin' on Last.fm.