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AWOL

Awol formed in early 2008 in Edinburgh, Scotland, They have went through a couple of line-up changes and are now at there strongest with the addition of Marc Reid(ex your fears) on bass.
We Will soon be back on our feet stronger than ever with new material after a few practises with Marc,
Awol are a band that love to just play shows and are not in it for money,
if there is a slot available that you would like us to play please hit us up and we can sort stuff out.

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Sharkbait

Sharkbait (one word) was a San Francisco based industrial group active from 1986 to 1996. They were a true industrial band, in the vain of Einstürzende Neubauten, using multiple percussionists in their songs and live performances. Everything from Taiko drums, sheets of metal, oil drums, huge metal springs, and many other tribal percussion instruments were used. On top of the rythmic assault were layers of noise, distorted and manipulated instruments, tape loops, samples, and vocals by multiple singers (male and female).

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HOLA GHOST

After his last US-tour with Danish psychobilly band NEKROMANTIX in 2004 guitar player Peter Sandorff was hanging out in Los Angeles having beers with his friend, graphic artist GRIS GRIMLY. They decided that Gris should make a movie about cannibals and Peter should write the music. Peter immediately called his old friend Jeppe B. Jessen who also used to be the bass player in their postrock band SCHWARZWALD LIBRARY in the 90's.

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The Meteors

The Meteors are a psychobilly band from the United Kingdom, who are often credited with giving the genre its distinctive sound. Although the origins of psychobilly are debatable, the Meteors consider themselves the first and only psychobilly band. Fans of the band are known to use the slogan "Only the Meteors are pure psychobilly" (often shortened to just "OTMAPP") as a rallying cry. The Meteors were started in 1980 by P.

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The Creepshow

The Creepshow is a psychobilly band from Burlington, Ontario; Canada. The band formed in 2005 when the four members (Hellcat, Sickboy, McGinty, and Pomade) got together with the purpose of starting a hellbilly band. The Creepshow writes the majority of their songs about Horror Films, with the music fitting the horror punk genre. The band has its roots in the 905 music scene with most members having been in various garage bands before The Creepshow.

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Foxgang

Ryan Denton (vocals), Joe Brand (guitar), Pawel Banach (drums), and a cat named Wojtek "Bala" Balawender are Foxgang. Since forming in 2005 in Krakow, Poland, Foxgang have called many cities their home: Krakow, Edinburgh and now Glasgow, Scotland. But these fine gents bring with them some of the most interesting tunes wherever they go. Their unique mixture of punk attitude, rock, rockabilly and indie music, plus their ultra-cool stage presence has led to a huge number of followers. As of October 2008, they have played over 300 gigs.

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The Pharaohs

There are three bands with this name: 1- A psychobilly/rockabilly band from the UK.
The Pharaohs were a british psychobilly band from Harlow in Essex. Their vocalist and second guitarist, Glenn Daeche, wrote most of their songs. They were regulars at the Klub Foot and other low-life places in the 80's. As one of the 'first generation' of psychobilly bands, one can see that their roots were firmly embedded in rockabilly.
http://www.myspace.com/thepharaohsband

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Assjack

Assjack is one of the three features of Hank Williams III's live show, and they started off playing the Hellbilly material throughout 1999-2002, until they evolved in to a strictly hardcore/punk metal band. The band features Hank Williams III on Guitar and Vocals and JoeBuck on Bass. Assjack has had a revolving drum slot and background vocalist slot throughout the years and has no official release to date, save for three bootlegs. Discography
Bootleg #1
Bootleg #2
Bootleg #3 Pre-Release
Bootleg #*@&

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Agent X

There are multiple artists by the name Agent X. 1) An underground Hip-Hop artist from Los Angeles, California.
http://agentx.bandcamp.com/ 2) A British record production, songwriting and DJ team, originally founded as a duo in London by Music College classmates Greg Bonnick and Leon Price, adding Hayden Chapman and Peter Renshaw to the collective in 2009. The music genres include Dance, Urban and Pop. 3) 80's hard rock band from Hollywood, CA

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