There are at least two bands called GEM (or Gem): 1. GEM is a rock band from Utrecht, The Netherlands.
2. Gem is a 1990s band from Ohio with members from Guided By Voices, Doug Gillard and Tim Tobias. * * * 1. The four-piece rock band GEM from Utrecht, The Netherlands, was founded in 2003 and plays energetic rock, mixing grit with melody. GEM has released three albums of which NEW (2008) is the most recent.
Conforce is the moniker of Boris Bunnik from the Island of Terschelling (the Netherlands). Nowadays he lives in the city of Leeuwarden and finished several media studies in The Netherlands. After two debut EPs on Rush Hour and releases on Curle and Modelism, he just released his well received first album on UK's Meanwhile label. His Grace EP was released on Delsin Records, featuring some slick produced atmospheric tunes, in style of label mates like Delta Funktionen, Quince and D5. http://www.myspace.com/conforce
Solo is the Dutch songwriter Michiel Flamman in co-operation with among others Simon Gitsels. Flamman, debuted as J Perkin with the self-produced record Exhibit a few years back and has been performing at Dutch festivals and clubs since. In the meantime he's become something of a critics favorite and gained an ever growing fan base. In 2004 Flamman joined up with his piano playing friend Gitsels to record the album Songs 'n Sounds in as little as two weeks time. In the Netherlands it was released by Excelsior Recordings.
1. Dutch Black Metal band:
Walpurgisnacht is a Melodic Black Metal band from Holland, Netherlands. They play a raw old style black metal, but combine this with a melancholic and epic touch, which is expressed in the melodic style of guitar riffing. Inspiration for both music and lyrics is mainly drawn from some obscure Dutch legends and the (original) grim and gloomy quality of "De Peel" - a once huge and impenetrable area of marshes, moors, fens and woods in the south of the Netherlands.
Noblesse is a three-piece alternative rock band based in The Hague.
The band recently completed their sophomore album We Are Not Humanity, produced by the American producer Gordon Raphael who has previously produced the first two albums of The Strokes, as well as albums for Regina Spektor, Skin and Beatsteaks. The album was released on the 12th of March, 2010, with a special release performance in the Melkweg (The Max) in Amsterdam.
There are at least two bands with this name: 1) Despite a song title like The Long Way on its repertoire, Amsterdam-based band Moke has taken the shortcut to success. In the first 18 months of its existence, Moke managed to get main stage slots on festivals such as Pinkpop, Lowlands and Parkpop in their home country and Sziget in Hungary. At the end of 2006 Moke played the support slot for two Paul Weller shows at London’s Forum theatre.
There are at least 2 bands called Rubber: BAND 1:
Rubber is a Canadian rock/pop band, featuring Harry Hess on vocals and Pete Lesperance on guitar, previously known as the band Harem Scarem. Rubber's first single, "Sunshine", had a music video with two guys who looked quite similar to Jay and Silent Bob. The video parodied many movies that were released at the time including American Pie.
(From wikipedia) BAND 2: