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Firehouse

FireHouse is an American band formed in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1989. The band reached stardom during the early 1990s with hit singles like "Don't Treat Me Bad" and "All She Wrote", as well as their signature ballads "I Live My Life for You", "Love of a Lifetime", and "When I Look Into Your Eyes". At the 1992 American Music Awards, FireHouse won the award for Favorite Heavy Metal/Hard Rock New Artist; chosen over Nirvana and Alice in Chains.

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DJ Krust

DJ Krust (or sometimes just Krust) is part of the Bristol-based Reprazent collective, as well as releasing his own solo material. In his own right, he is probably most well-known for the mid-90s release "Warhead," which was one of a handful of tunes released in early 1997 which saw drum and bass move towards a more streamlined sound. "Warhead" has been remixed several times by both Krust and other artists. Krust is also well known for his 1996 release "Angles" on V Recordings.

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Astoria

There are at least 5 Astorias. (1.)-----------------------
Astoria (Orange, Ca) Formed in 2001 and released their only EP "Start Again." Its original memebers have gone on to form such bands as The Color Turning, Jamison Parker, and now lead singer Alex Hovis is fronting Paper Models. He joined up with ex-JamisonParker members Ted Vega and Jarrod Alexander and ex-Home Grown guitarist Dan Hammond to form Paper Models in 2005. (2.)------------------------

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The Outside Agency

The Outside Agency are DJ Hidden and Eye-D, hardcore and drum & bass artists from Goes, Netherlands. The Producers As true dissidents within the hardcore scene, The Outside Agency has always had its own unique sound. This was already evident on their first release, which they produced for Mokum Records in 1996. After that period hardcore suffered a drastic change in direction and the two members of TOA no longer felt at home in the genre and focused their attention on drum & bass instead.

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Rude Kid

Rude Kid is a grime producer, and is working on 'Are You Ready Volume 1', which will be a production mixtape featuring many of the grime scene's top artists. The beats for the mixtape have been completed, and will be released after the vocals are finished. Rude Kid was going to work on a mixtape with Griminal, but the project has now been cancelled, although he still gives beats to him. He is currently working with Black The Ripper on his forthcoming projects.

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Jnr Hacksaw

JNR Hacksaw (Alexis Cousins) brings the electrobreaks flava as a stalwart of the trigger.uk imprint. This artist tends to be dropping the unexpected, glitchy twist into the mix. It's definitely a notch beyond "party breaks" when the "hacksaw" cuts in with a barrage of his trademark uptempo tweakbeats. Jnr's tracks are available exclusively through www.addictech.com

http://www.discogs.com/artist/Jnr+Hacksaw

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DJ Isaac

Roel "DJ Isaac" Schutrups was born in Winschoten in the northern part of Holland on June 8th 1974. He started his music career as a remixer for Dutch radio stations with an oldschool tape recorder and a small Casio sampler. Through the years he bought new and better equipment and started to develop his own unique style of production which resulted in his first record called "Bad Dreams" which was released in 1995 and became a huge Dutch hardcore techno hit. DJ Isaac started deejaying as well and became one of the pioneers of Dutch hardcore techno.

Read more about DJ Isaac on Last.fm.

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