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Scissor Sisters

Scissor Sisters are a five-piece American glam pop/disco band from New York. The band was formed in 2000 by lead vocalist Jake Shears (born Jason Sellards) and keyboardist/bass guitarist Babydaddy (born Scott Hoffman). The other members are Ana Matronic (born Ana Lynch), lead vocals, Del Marquis (born Derek Gruen), guitar, and Randy Real, drums - who replaced Paddy Boom after he parted from the band in 2008. The group was named after a sex position between two women. The lyrics of their songs, largely written by Shears and Babydaddy, are known for their mixture of wit and tragedy.

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Skintight Jaguars

Gallows, Rise Against, Billy Talent, AFI, Motorhead, Turbonegro, Dead Boys, New Bomb Turks. Skintight Jaguars have toured with Backyard Babies and played with The Eighties Matchbox B-Line Disaster, Torqamada, The Dead Formats, Vultures United, The Dead City Stereo, The Lords Of Altamont, Black Radio, Young Heart Attack blah blah blah.

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Shame

1 - Shame is independent band from Brazil 2 - Shame is a japanese rock band. 3 - Shame is a rapper from New York who's track "Bronx Bounce" featured on 1988's The B-Boy Boogie Down Sampler 2 4 - Shame is a bay area rapper, he released 2 street albums California and Random Acts. His deep lyrics and sharp delivery created a fresh, unique sound. 5 - Shame is a Swedish dancehallband http://www.shame.se/

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The Priscillas

Jenny Drag (singing), Guri Go-Go (axe), Kate Kannibal (the bass), Hege Hotpants (the drums) have released two singles (Gonna Rip Up Your Photograph/Brain Surgeon and All My Friends Are Zombies) and one mini album on CD (Aloha From Holloway) on Damaged Goods (Holly Golightly, The Headcoatees, The Manic Street Preachers, The Buzzcocks, and Billy Childish). The two sell-out singles were played on Radio 1, BBC 6Music, Xfm, and WFMU.

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Black Rain

For French glam/hard-rock band, see Blackrain. There are at least eight bands with the name Black Rain:

1) Black Rain, the NYC post punk / industrial group began in '89 with Stuart Argabright, Bones, Shin Shimokawa , Thom Furtado and Dave Vulcan, emerging out of the ruins of seminal post-punk outfit Ike Yard. After playing CBGB's, The Bank, Tompkins Square Park show commemorating the Riots there and the last GG Allin show at the Gas Station on LES ( Lungcast cassette ), this phase of the group went on to work in the Studio with Roy Mayorga (Thorn / StoneSour ) on drums and guitar riffage.

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The Rockets

There are at least six bands called The Rockets. 1) The band from which Neil Young formed Crazy Horse. The band began in 1962 as the doo wop group Danny & the Memories, with guitarist/singer Danny Whitten, and counting future Crazy Horse stalwarts Billy Talbot and Ralph Molina as members, the latter two are the only individuals present in every incarnation of the band. The group evolved through nascent San Francisco folk-psychedelia...

Read more about The Rockets on Last.fm.

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Helter Skelter

There are eight artists with the name Helter Skelter 1. A German Britrock band
2. A stoner/doom metal band from Dunedin, New Zealand.
3. A roots rock band from new york and new jersey: http://www.myspace.com/belaandelvis
4. Polish dark fetish electro band from Poznań.
5. A British pre-punk band.
6. An 1990s underground rave collective.
7. A rock band from Trondheim, Norway.
8. A solo project from Cheshire, United Kingdom.

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