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The Sound and the Fury

The Sound and The Fury is most commonly known as a hard rock band from Kansas City, MO, which was founded in 1995, and broke up in March 2006. The band featured Jeff Wood (guitar and vocals), Aaron Ogle (guitar), Jay Kassen (bass guitar and vocals), and Nathan Russel (drums). Another band who uses the name is a hardcore/Christian band from Kokomo, IN. The band features Tyler Koronich, Benji Zirkle, Isaiah Baker, Derek Hoover, and Bill Tipton, and is currently on hiatis due to Tyler leaving the band.

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DEATHGAZE

DEATHGAZE (typeset as simply deathgaze from 2004 to 2006) is a Japanese alternative metal/metalcore band formed in July of 2003 in Nagoya. The band's current-line up hasn't changed since 2009, and its only founding members still in the band are vocalist Ai and drummer Naoki. Current line-up:
藍 (Ai) - Vocals (2007-present), guitar (2010-present), bass (2003-2008)
貴樹 (Takaki) - Guitar, backing vocals (2009-present)
孝介 (Kosuke) - Bass, backing vocals (2008-present)

Segression

Segression is a heavy metal band from Wollongong, Australia. Originally known as Eezee and playing sleaze metal, the group decided to change its name after moving into in a thrash direction in mid-1994. As Eezee, the band had recorded an EP in 1993 and the 1995 album Rise From Darkness. The group had also played support shows with Morbid Angel, Machine Head and Deicide. The line-up at this time was Christiaan Rand (bass, vocals), Chris Sellin (guitar), James Broadbent (guitar) and John Buckley (drums).

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Backwater

There are at least 3 bands with the name Backwater: (1) Backwater (Germany) Thrash Metal band formed in 1981 who released two full-length albums: "Revelation" (1984) and "Final Strike" (1986). Changed name to Tai Pan, releasing "Slow Death" (1995), and then changed their name again to X-Ray, under which they released "Dehumanized" (1996).
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Miguel Di Muzio - Bass
Thomas Guschelbauer - Guitars (1981-1993, 2008-present), Vocals (1981-1988)
Achim Schmietow - Vocals, Bass (1981-1987), Guitars (2008-present)

Dogfight

1. An all girl feminist-punk band from Southern California. 2. An alternative Metal band from Massachusetts: www.myspace.com/dogfight. 3. A Hardcore Punk band from Richmond, Virginia. Dogfight is heavily influenced by bands like Down to Nothing, Righteous Jams, Guns Up!, as well as other Richmond hardcore bands. However, as of early 2007, they have changed their name to "Clocked Out". There was also a punk band from Minneapolis called Dogfight. In the second half of the Nineties there was Dogfight, a hardcore band from Den Bosch, The Netherlands.

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Chevelle

Chevelle is an alternative metal band from Grayslake, IL. They formed in 1994 with the members of Sam Loeffler, Pete Loeffler (brothers) and Matt Scott. Matt was later replaced in 1996 by Joe Loeffler as bass player. On July 10, 2005 Joe was fired because of "irreconcilable differences". Geno Lenardo (Filter) filled in until August 2005, when Dean Bernardini (brother-in-law to the Loefflers) became the new bass player of Chevelle.

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Twin Falls

There is more than one artist with this name. 1. TWIN FALLS - an alt.country, indie band from London, England (2006 - Present). Signed to Nordic Fir Records.
2. TWIN FALLS - an unsigned US metal band from Pheonix who released one album in 2006 Twin Falls, a collective (of sorts) that started life as the nom-de-band for London based singer/songwriter Luke Stidson, took shape from the dying embers of UK indie label Exercise1 (responsible for debut singles from Twin Thousands and Jeremy Warmsley, as well as the widely acclaimed 50minutes compilation).

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28 Days

28 Days were a seminal Australian punk rock band formed in Frankston, Australia during 1997. At their career peak, they had a #1 album (Upstyledown) on the Australian ARIAnet Albums Chart and also a #12 single ("Rip It Up") on the ARIAnet Singles Chart. The current members as of 2007 are Jay Dunne (vocals), Simon Hepburn aka 'Hep' (guitar), Damian Gardiner (bass) and Adrian Griffin (drums). Original drummer Adam was replaced by Scott Murray in 2000. Tragically, on 18 November 2001, Murray was killed in a hit-and-run accident in the Melbourne suburb of Kew.

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Genedefect

genedefect, a 4 piece metal band from western sydney, jumped into the metal scene in late 2005 with support shows all around sydney, recording and releasing thier first demo cd in 2005 gave them and understanding of where they were in the industry and were confident that they could make thier mark in the metal scene. through 2006 genedefect have been perfecting thier sound and performance which has brought them to this point in 2007 with a release of thier new demo in april and an EP by the end of the year...

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