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The Riots

There are three bands with this name; 1) The Riots are a mod revival band from Perm, Russia. Previously known as The White Trainers Community and Bank Holiday, the band changed its name in 2009 with addition of new bass and keyboard players. Sound changes followed as well, two tone/ska influences are clearly heard in new tracks. Current lineup consists of Sasha Bolotov (vocals, guitar), Alex Shanin (drums), Konstantin Tarasov (bass) and Ilya Chebonenko (keyboards). 2) The Riots was a ska band from Jamaica, and was signed up with the famous Trojan Record Label.

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Purple Hearts

Purple Hearts were often considered one of the best British mod revival groups. The Story of mod revivalists the Purple Hearts begins in 1977 when teenagers Jeff Shadbolt, Simon Stebbing, Bob Manton, and Nicky Lake formed in Romford Essex as The Sockets in 1977 before they even knew how to play their instruments (taking a cue from the then-prevailing DIY aesthetics of the punk rock movement) for the sole purpose of getting a support slot at a Buzzcocks gig at the East London Ploytechic, to debut their tounge-in-cheek Rock Opera 'Reg'.

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Blue Movies

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Derek Martin

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The Scratch

The Scratch are a St.Albans based five peice band formed in 2002. Influences are mainly found in the realms of classic English rock from The Buzzcocks, T-Rex, The Kinks, Primal Scream, Blur, Happy Mondays, Be Bop Deluxe, Adam and the Ants, The Fire Engines, Killing Joke and Wire, but also include more modern acts such as Hot Chip, New Young Pony Club, Cage the Elephant and The Mighty Boosh and legendary US acts such as Devo, Pere Ubu, Sparks and The Nuggets compilation albums.

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The Creation

The Creation were an English psychedelic rock band formed in 1966 by Kenny Pickett on vocals, Eddie Phillips on lead guitar, Mick Thompson on rhythm guitar, Jack Jones on drums and Bob Garner on bass. (The first four mentioned had been in Mark Four, accompanied by John Dalton who had left to join The Kinks. Bob Garner had previously been in the Tony Sheridan Band.) Their style was originally loud pop-art, similar to The Kinks and The Who, but developed into a more typically mid-60s psychedelic/prog sound. The most popular Creation tune up to this day remains probably "Painter Man", which made the U.K. Top 40 late 1966 and hit even #8 in the German charts in April 1967. The song also featured, in the second half, lead guitarist Phillips's trademark of playing his instrument with a violin bow.

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Geno Washington

Geno Washington (Born William Francis Washington, December 1943) is a British R&B musician born in Evansville, Indiana, released five albums with The Ram Jam Band between 1966 and 1969 (see Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band), and eight solo albums beginning in 1976. He is also the man who in 1984 met Ian Brown at a birthday party in Manchester, telling young Brown that he was a star who should begin singing. Brown went on to form The Stone Roses, the legendary British guitar band, and have a successful, critically acclaimed solo career.

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The Teenbeats

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Thee Attacks

Thee Attacks are a rock band hailing from Aalborg in the Northern part of Denmark who have since relocated to Copenhagen. Terry, Johnny and Jimmy are founding members and in 2008 Ritchie joined. Thee Attacks play rock n' roll with soulful vocals complemented by a '65-era, Townshend-inspired guitarist. Grammy Award-winning producer Liam Watson (record producer) has produced their debut album and has also had his hands on their second album - due on the backend of the summer of 2012

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