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Dumpy's Rusty Nuts

Dumpy's Rusty Nuts first appeared on the London, UK Rock scene in 1981. After a short time DRN released their first single "Just for Kicks" which went into the Heavy Metal charts. This was soon followed by their second single, the now legendary Bikers Anthem "Boxhill or Bust". The success of the singles along with a UK tour with the Blues Band fronted by ex Manfred Mann singer Paul Jones saw that the bands future was secure.

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The Wild

There is more than one band called The Wild. 1. The Wild is a 4 (sometimes 5) piece folk-rock band currently based in Atlanta, Georgia. The Wild also help run WonderRoot, a nonprofit community center in Atlanta that provides a low-cost/free recording studio, darkroom, computer lab, library, conference room for the local kids as well as an all-ages show space for tons of bands passing through. 2. The Wild is a 3-man alternative / indie-hip hop band from Auckland, New Zealand.

Read more about The Wild on Last.fm.

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Richter

Richter are a contemporary electropop band from Toronto, Canada.
Richter is also the online alias of a member of OverClocked ReMix. Richter coordinated the "Hedgehog Heaven" project to ReMix the game "Sonic the Hedgehog 2." Finally, Christoph Richter is an austrian artist who released his full-length debut album Audioexile in 2006 on DZihan & Kamien's Couch Records. Just like back in the days, when you turned on your favourite record and nothing else really mattered, Richter takes you there again.

Read more about Richter on Last.fm.

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Young Blood

1. Young Blood is a nwobhm band formed in 1983 in Darlington, UK. They released a self-titled EP in 1984 on Lanslide records. It was their only official release. The bad has apparently re-united in the 2000's though as of yet, no fficial meterials have been released. For more info, including album reviews, go the bands page at: http://www.metal-archives.com/band.php?id=1895 2. Young Blood is a dance project produced by the S.A.I.F.A.M group.
Singles: "Step It Up".

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Stampede

Stampede refers to several artists. 1. A NWOBHM band formed in 1981 by song writing duo Reuben and Laurence Archer. The two had previously made inroads into the NWOBHM movement with Lautrec, Lionheart and Wild Horses and toured with the likes of Def Leppard, Whitesnake and Gary Moore. In 1982 the band played the prestigious Reading and Mildenhall festivals - material from which was recorded and released as the band’s first album: The Offical Live Bootleg.

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Shiva

(Not to be confused with DJ Shiva. If you are here because of that artist, Fix your artist tags.) Though signed to the classic Heavy Metal label during the height of the NWOBHM, Shiva had little in common with many of their contemporaries, opting for a melodic style influenced a bit by progressive rock rather than the rough style of the era. Firedance was an interesting album, but a bit lost in time, and possibly because of this, they were unable to survive, breaking up in the summer of 1983 and then reuniting for one final show in 1986.

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The Sweat

The Sweat was a power-pop outfit from Belfast, North Ireland in the late 1970s and early 80s. They're perhaps best known for their single "Why Did You Have to Lie" from their LP No More Running. The group was originally called No Sweat before being sued by Pete Townsend's Eel Pie Record label who promoted a group of the same name.

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Fist

There are at least 3 artists known under this name: 1) Fist (originally called Axe) was one of several early NWOBHM bands who were signed to MCA records at about the same time (others in this group were Quartz, Tygers Of Pan Tang, and White Spirit). Their sound wasn't too different from their contemporaries, with the exception being they had a slightly more melodic feel to their songs. Two albums were released, and like many other NWOBHM bands, they faded away soon after, disbanding in 1984.

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