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4ft Fingers

4FT Fingers play loud, tuneful and anthemic punk rock with elements of Oi, self described as "beer-skate-punk." Hailing from Cheltenham in the United Kingdom, the band have grown to be one of the most popular UK punk bands of the modern era.
Bio from http://www.4ftfingers.com - visit to check out the band, music videos, download tunes and wallpaper, buy merch.... "Formed in Cheltenham in 1996, the band went through several line-up as well as name changes before they finally settled on 4ft Fingers.

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Belvedere

Belvedere was a canadian / band formed in 1995. Originally not meant to play a show, they gained a cult following in Canada's scene. Known for their blazing speed and vocals, the band also appeared on the Warped Tour and Groezrock Festival bills.
Taking their name from the '80s sitcom, Belvedere began in Calgary, Alberta, Canada in 1995 as the three-piece of Steve Rawles (guitar/vocals), Brock (bass), and Dan Hrynuik (drums).

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Disaster Area

Disaster Area were a skate punk band from Berlin, Germany. Disaster Area is also an up-and-coming power metal band from Melbourne, Australia. Disaster Area are a glam rock/metal band from Scotland, featuring members of Common Gods and Whyte Tiger. Likely named for the "plutonium rock" band of the same name in Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series, which was described as "not only the loudest rock band in the Universe, but in fact the loudest noise of any kind at all".

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Hook

Firstly, an epic 60's psychedelic band. Secondly, Hook, everyone relates it to fuckin' Peter Pan, unless for a few freaks that would have kicked Peter Pan's ass till he claims for mercy. Hook starts in february 2005 when Chipi, guitar and vocals, moves from the far north and decides that beer is not the only in heis life, so he starts the band together with Eric black bassplayer from NBA league, and a drumming toy (aka fruity loops drums).

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Overhead

Overhead the name of four popular bands. One is a French alternative/indie band and the other is a progressive rock band from Finland. There was also a third band called Overhead from Portugal. The fourth one is a band from New Zealand that plays rock and roll. The following information refers to the Finnish band. Alex Keskitalo: vocals and flute
Jaakko Kettunen: guitars
Tarmo Simonen: piano and keyboards
Janne Pylkkönen: bass
Ville Sjöblom: drums

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Suffer

There are at least 7 bands called Suffer: 1. Suffer is a hardcore punk / powerviolence band from Perth, Australia. To date, the band has released a self-titled demo cassette (2008), a CDR / cassette titled 'Blood Wars' (2009), a split 7" with Pathetic Human (2010), and have recently released their first full-length LP titled 'Lone' (2010). 2. Swedish Suffer formed in 1988. The band had a raw, yet somewhat technical sound, unlike many "straight to the point" bands.

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Digger

There are at least five bands with this name. 1) Digger is a lyric driven pop punk band who were from Allentown PA. Their members changed over the years (1996-2002) but their sound reamined the same. Good energetic pop punk. 2) Digger is a band from Poland 3) Digger was the name for the German heavy metal band Grave Digger for a short period of time. The band worked under the name Grave Digger from 1980 (the year the band was formed) to 1987, when their original guitarist Peter Masson departed and was replaced by new guitarist Uwe Lulis.

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