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John Fogerty

John Cameron Fogerty (born May 28, 1945 in Berkeley, California, USA) is an American rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist, best known for his time with the swamp rock/roots rock band Creedence Clearwater Revival and as a solo recording artist. John Fogerty began a solo career, originally under the name The Blue Ridge Rangers for his 1973 LP debut. Fogerty played all of the instruments on covers of others' country music hits, such as "Jambalaya" (which was a Top 40 hit). Prior to performing country & western tunes he released a rock & roll single in late 1973, also as The Blue Ridge Rangers.

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The LeftRights

The LeftRights are a 3 piece rock band hailing from Manchester, consisting of Paul Ager (guitar and vocals), John Soonaye (bass and backing vocals) and Neil (drums). Since forming in 2004 the band have been developing their style, playing gigs around the manchester area and have just made available their first EP.

The three members have a great many influences ranging from hard rock such as Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, mainstream rock bands such as Red Hot Chili Peppers and Gomez, aswell as folkier sounds such as Ryan Adams and Neil Young.

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The Lonely Souls

The Lonely Souls were born from a desire to play music different from the norm and feeling the need for passionate songs and storytelling that seems to be missing these days. Echoing the spirit of The Faces, The Band and The Rolling Stones they play a heady brew of homegrown Rock, Blues, Soul and Americana. The band are
Paul Clinton - lead vocals acoustic guitars.
Mark Clinton - vocals, lead and slide guitars.
Alan Hislop - rhythm guitar.

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The Cash

Satu lagi band baru yang lahir dari sekumpulan artis. Dua personel band Club Eighties, Desta dan Vincent, gabung dengan Tora Sudiro membentuk band bernama The Cash. Di The Cash, Tora memegang gitar sekaligus vokalis. Desta menggebuk drum dan Vincent memainkan bass.
"Awalnya waktu kita bertiga jadi host bareng dan sering jamming bareng. Tora mengeluarkan ide, kenapa enggak diseriusin bikin band saja. Akhirnya gue dan Vincent setuju," ungkap Desta di Taman Menteng, Jakarta Pusat(27/7).

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Prima Donna

There are at least two bands named Prima Donna: 1) The first of which won the 1980 Making Your Mind Up song contest with "Love Enough for Two" and represented the United Kingdom at the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 where they placed 3rd. 2) The second Prima Donna is a glam punk band from Los Angeles, California, that utilized keyboards and saxophone in their music. Songwriter/guitarist/singer Kevin Preston also joined Green Day's side project Foxboro Hot Tubs for their tour.

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Marvel

There is more than one artist with this name. 1) Marvel (www.myspace.com/marveljersey) is a four piece disco punk band that live in Jersey but now are in the UK! April Uk tour! Recording in June! A new live set to feast your eyes on and new tunes to dance along with.... 2) Marvel is an hard rock band from portugal formed by Ivan Almeida (vocals), Ricardo Fernandes (guitar), Joao Paulo (guitar), Jorge Roque (drums) and Miguel Madeira (bass). They released an album in 2003 entitled Everafter.

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Coroner For The Police

Rock & blues band from Manchester in the UK. Taking influences from The Raconteurs, Karnivool, Band of Skulls and John Lee Hooker they make dirty, loud and big sounding tunes. Coroner for the Police are Dave Labrow - Guitar & Vocals, Nathan Kai Wright - Guitar & Vocals, Dan Woolfie - Bass, John Simm - Drums.

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