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The Machine

There is more than one artist named The Machine.
1. A Dutch psychedelic rock band
2. Matt Edwards also known as Radio Slave
3. An American Pink Floyd tribute band
4. A Lithuanian electronic musician 1.The Machine is a traditional heavy rock powertrio. With two releases available, Shadow of the Machine (CD, 2007) and Solar Corona (CD+2LP, 2009), the band is gaining (inter)national attention with their mixture of stoner rock riffing, retro psych and some occasional acid blues jams. The subsequent effort entitled "Drie" was released in December 2010.

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HANDSHAKE

Handshake was the supergroup of the North Andover, MA music scene.
Take the primary songwriting force behind SDH, Ian Douglas (bass) and Mike Moschetto (drums/production), and transfer them to the rhythm section.
Now put the songwriters from Told In Photographs, Josh Bolduc (guitar/vocals/production) and Mike Wolfenden (vocals), at the forefront to handle the hooks.
Throw in guitarist Chris Phaneuf for good measure, and you have some of the strongest songs North Andover has ever seen, in the form of the limited-release Compliments EP.

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Drowning Pool

There are 2 bands by this name: 1. Drowning Pool is a / band from Dallas, Texas formed in 1997 that rose to prominence while playing along with Ozzy Osbourne during Ozzfest. Their 2001 debut album, Sinner, was certified platinum within six months and the video for its first single "Bodies" was frequently aired on various music video channels. After the September 11th attacks the song "Bodies" was infrequently heard on many radio stations due to the sensitivity of those families' loved ones who jumped from the towers.

Read more about Drowning Pool on Last.fm.

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Julia

There are two (and quite possibly more) bands by the name Julia, 1) Julia was an american / band, active in the mid 1990's.
Their style resembled the frantic sound of eastcoast (more specifically DC) emo, complete with octave chords and dark, yet melodic, basslines, thundering and slow drumming and intensly emotional vocals. On many occasions it sounded like Mathew was about to break down. Some members were playing on Lumber. Members:
Mathew Yeager (Vocals)

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Nemesea

Nemesea is a band founded by vocalist Manda Ophuis and guitarist Hendrik Jan de Jong in September 2002 in Groningen, The Netherlands. The band currently consists of Manda Ophuis (vocals), Hendrik Jan de Jong (guitars), Sonny Onderwater (bass), Lasse Delbrugge (keyboards) and Steven Bouma (drums). In April 2003 the band had their first performance as support act for After Forever, and remained that band's support for a year.

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Blindside

There are at least two bands called "Blindside".
1. Band from Stockholm, Sweden.
2. 90s Straight Edge Hardcore band from Pennsylvania, USA. Members went on to form Stillwater and Atari.
3. Band from Australia (1992 - 1995) that appeared on the Summershine label. 1. Blindside is a / band from Stockholm. They formed in 1994 as "underFree" and kept that name for two years before releasing their debut EP in 1996.

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Killjoy

There are six artists sharing the name Killjoy. 1. Killjoy is a breakcore producer from Sydney, Australia.
Producing and releasing under the name Killjoy (sometimes written kill//joy) since 2002, he has toured in many different countries and released material on major breakcore labels such as Kamikaze Club (Fr), Murder Channel (Jpn) and BRK (Fr). Killjoy CD and Vinyl releases can be purchased at various online record stores including:
Switch Records: www.switchrec.com (France)
Noise Exchange: www.noisexchange.com (Australia)

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Anna

There are several artists called Anna:
1) Anna Santos (Spanish/Japanese) of Latin band BON-BON BLANCO, who solos as "Anna"
2) German pop band (written "AnnA")
3) 90's Rock band from Croydon, England
4) Techno Project ("Schneewittchen EP")
5) Swiss rap artist (Debut: "Still Young", 2006, muve/Musikvertrieb)
6) Ukrainian nu-metal band. 1) Anna Santos is the vocalist of Latin band BON-BON BLANCO. She releases her solo work under just "Anna".

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Disconnect

There is more than one band with the name Disconnect. 1. A post-hardcore band from Reno, Nevada between 2002 and 2005. 2. A hardcore band from Vermont with members of Crucial Times, Fight Back and My Revenge!. 3. Disconnect is a progressive rock band featuring Erich O'Dell (guitars, bass, keyboards, voice) and Brian Eschrich (drums, percussion, synth) formed in late 2009. Their first album "Radio Hostile" was released in May, 2010. Their follow up release, "Fragments", came out three months later featuring songs that were recorded during the "Radio Hostile" sessions.

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Arhythmia

Members: Michele Canu - voice
Matteo Lombardo - guitar voice
Riccardo Bevitori - guitar
Luca Moro - bass
Gabriele Angius - drums Arhythmia is a italian alternative metal/hardcore band formed in 2004 in Alghero, Sardinia.
Since the early years the band has always had an intense live activity, opening concerts for various big groups of the Italian scene and not(SEPULTURA/HATEBREED/LINEA77/EXTREMA/Cripple Bastards) , and participating in numerous local and regional context, always finishing at the top.

Read more about Arhythmia on Last.fm.

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