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Girlschool

Girlschool started in 1975 when Enid Williams (Bass, Vocals) and Kim McAuliffe (Rhythm Guitar, Vocals) formed an all girl rock covers band called ´Painted Lady´ in South London. Kelly Johnson and Denise Dufort later joined and in April 1978 they changed their name to ´Girlschool´ Their first single ´Take it all away´ was released on the ´City Records´ label which led to them gaining a Motörhead support slot on the Overkill tour in 1979. After signing with Lemmy´s record company Bronze later that year, the band released their first album ´Demolition´ in 1980.

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Wolf

There are multiple artists with this name: 1) Wolf is a heavy metal band from Sweden (active). Current line-up:
Niklas "Viper" Olsson – Lead Guitars & Vocals
Anders "Tornado" Modd – Bass
Richard "Raptor" Holmgren – Drums
Johannes "Axeman" Losbäck – Guitar 2)WOLF is a heavy/speed metal group from Japan (disbanded). 3) Wolf is a NWOBHM band from Cheshire, UK (disbanded). 4) Wolf is a NWOBHM band from Newcastle, UK. Previously known as Black Axe. (disbanded)

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Prowler

There are multiple artists with the name Prowler... 1) A Beatdown style UK Hardcore band from North London on rucktion records http://www.myspace.com/prowlerukhc
http://www.rucktion.com 2) An electro/punk band from Philadelphia 3) A DJ Solo artist. Martijn first came in contact with hardcore when he heared the Thunderdome CD's together with his sister. Directly he was infected with the hardcore virus, and also wanted to make hardcore music himself. With a program he got from a friend called 'MMEdit' he began making his first hardcore tracks.

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Cry Wolf

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) A melodic hard rock band from the San Francisco Bay Area, originally named Heroes formed in the mid ‘80’s with Tim Hall (vocals), Steve McKnight (guitar), Phil Deckard (bass), John Freixas (drums) and JC Crampton (Keyboards). 2) An American indie-electronic duo formed in 2010 in Raleigh, North Carolina, comprised of members Justin Phillips and Johnluke Lewis, known for their unique mix of Dub-step and Indie music.

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Radium

There is more than one Radium on last.fm: 1. Hardcore fan since 1992. In 1993 Daniel Tecoult started producing extreme electronic music with a friend from school. In 1994 they decide to give their project a name and Micropoint is born. Also Daniel starts a solo-DJ career as Radium. The first Micropoint vinyls are released on B.E.A.S.T. Records and Epiteth Records in 1995. 1996, Radium starts Audiogenic and his first own label called Psychik Genocide and with 2 other producers from Paris, Micropoint starts Dead End Records.

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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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Tysondog

Tysondog were a English heavy metal band formed in Newcastle, in the year 1983 during the NWOBHM boom. They quickly signed to Neat Records and issued their debut single 'Eat the Rich' that same year. 1984 saw their first full-length, 'Beware of the Dog,' which was produced by none other than Cronos of Venom. Cronos even perfomed backing vocals on the track "Demon" (listen for him in the chorus). An EP, 'Shoot to Kill' was released in 1985...

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