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Krokodil

There's few bands and projects called "Krokodil": 1) Swiss Krautrock group from the 70s; 2) Swedish jazz duo; 3) Resnik experimental metal project; The first group consists of three musicians, two of them from Zurich, Switzerland and an Englishman - Krokodil were an early 70's Swiss-Krautrock group who mixed blues based jam music with psychedelic Indian sitar and tablas. Drummer Dude Durst had been in the popular Swiss 60's beat band Les Sauterelles.

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Plus

A number of artists go by the name Plus: 1) A '60 prog/psych band, whose only album, "The Seven Deadly Sins," was produced by Simon Napier-Bell and Ray Singer. 2) An Argentinian hard rock/blues band composed of Saul Blanch (vocals), Julio Saez (guitar, vocals), Hugo Racca (bass, vocals) & Cacho Darias (drums). 3) An indierock band from Mainz/Germany that is part of the Knertz Collective and is sometimes compared to bands as Bright Eyes or The Cure. (Website, Myspace)

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Brian Auger's Oblivion Express

In 1965 Auger formed the group Steampacket along with Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll and Rod Stewart. With Driscoll and the band Trinity he went on to produce several hit singles, notably a cover of Bob Dylan's This Wheel's on Fire. In1965 Auger formed the group The Steampacket, along with Long John Baldry, Julie Driscoll, Vic Briggs and Rod Stewart. With Driscoll and the band, Trinity, he went on to record several hit singles, notably a cover version of David Ackles' "Road to Cairo" and Bob Dylan's "This Wheel's on Fire", which was featured on Dylan Covered.

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