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The Astronauts

Four bands use the name "The Astronauts": 1) Surf band from Colorado in the early 1960's. Their appeal was primarily regional, but their 1963 single "Baja" drew national attention and reached #94 on the Billboard pop charts.

2) A nostalgic surf rock band from Bielefeld, Germany. Their style is instrumental space-surf rock n' roll. The liner notes from their 10" EP "Lost in Space", released in 1993 by Pin Up Records, shed some light on their retro aesthetic: "Do you play your Pin Up Monaural long-play recordings on a Mono phonograph? Please do.

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World Service

World Service founded in 2005, Drammen, Norway. All their songs are self produced, in the genres pop-rock/rock/alternative. World Service consists of four guys born in ‘92. Highlights have been winning a couple of talent shows locally and playing at the first skateboard festival arranged in Norway. Also they have played several venues all over the eastern-southern part of Norway. They recorded a demo at NISS (Nordic Institute for Stage and Studio) in Oslo, Norway in 2008 & 2099. The demo can be listened on MySpace and on their page on NRK Urørt (http://nrk.

Read more about World Service on Last.fm.

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Toxik Ephex

Toxic Ephex come from Aberdeen in the north of Scotland. They got together in 1979 and made the vinyl debut on the Bullshit Detector compilation LP on Crass records in 1982 with the track Police Brutality. They released there first 7", the classic Fallout Shelter on local Aberdeen record label Green Vomit records in 1986. First few copies that appeared had a hand made black and white sleeve glued together by the band themselves as they could not wait for the proper sleeves to arrive! Also on Green...

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Hiatus

Hiatus refers to at least 2 artists: 1. Hiatus formed in May 1989.They played in a Doom/Discharge/E.N.T. style.Political D.I.Y band from belgium, that would become well known in the underground Hardcore/Punk scene of that time. Technically good for the kind of music they made, they were one of the ensigns of crust-core in early 90's. Hiatus would later redefine their sound completely on their final release, and finest work, "The Brain" as they grew sick of the songs they had constantly toured.

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Ash Victim

Ash Victim is a singer-songwriter who plays stripped down acoustic folk-punk consisting mainly of vocals and acoustic guitar with a strong DIY ethic. He started out busking in the streets of Jersey (channel Island) playing a mixture of covers and originals. In August 2011 he moved to Basingstoke, England, where he continued to busk, began putting more effort into his original music and playing as many shows as possible.

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