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El Caco

El Caco is a band from Lillestrøm, Norway. The members, Øyvind Osa (vocals and bass guitar), Thomas Fredriksen (drums) and Anders Gjersti (guitar), began working together in 1998. Fredrik Wallumrød joined the band in 2008. About El Caco (MySpace)
One listen to the masters of the road El Caco and the smell of hot leather and burning rubber will return with vengeance. These Norwegian road bandits have the ability to grasp the finer elements of their influences and mould them into their own diverse sound.

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Dear Superstar

Hailing from the industrial wastelands of Manchester, gutter-rock-n-rollers Dear Superstar are blazing thier unscrupulous and depraved rollercoaster ride full of booze, babes and the blues right into your life! Ever since their conception in 2004, Dear Superstar have been provoking titanic waves on the live scene and destroying stages across the UK and Europe with thier never surrender attitude and heartstopping shows!!

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3 Doors Down

3 Doors Down is a post-grunge band from Escatawpa, Mississippi, United States, formed in 1996, consisting of Brad Arnold (vocals), Matt Roberts (guitars), Todd Harrell (bass), Chris Henderson (guitar), and Greg Upchurch (drums). The band signed to Universal Records in 2000 for their first album, The Better Life. They received international attention with the release of the single "Kryptonite". The album went on to sell over 6 million copies.

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Woe Is Me

Woe, Is Me is an American rock band from Atlanta, Georgia. Formed in 2009, the group is currently signed to Rise Records and its subsidiary, Velocity Records. Their debut album, Number[ s], was released on August 31, 2010 and charted at number 16 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers. Current members:
Hance Alligood - clean vocals (since 2011)
Kevin Hanson - rhythm guitar (since 2009)
Austin Thornton - drums, programming (since 2009)
Andrew Paiano - lead guitar (since 2011) Former members Tim Sherrill - lead guitar (2009–2010)

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C.N.Blue

C.N.BLUE (Korean: 씨엔블루), stylized as CNBLUE (Code Name Blue), is a rock band from Seoul, South Korea, which debuted under F&C Entertainment on August 19, 2009 in Japan with the band's first mini album, Now or Never. The group released four teasers for their 1st album Bluetory, starring one member per each of the videos in the sequence of Jonghyun, Minhyuk, Jungshin and lastly, Jung Yong Hwa on the 6th, 8th, 11th and 13 January respectively. On the January 14, CN Blue debuted their first mini-album with lead single "I'm a Loner" (Korean: 외톨이야).

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Future Of The Left

Scuzzy noise-rock threepiece featuring ex-members of mclusky and Jarcrew. Welsh noise-rock trio mclusky was one of the bright spots in the British indie scene's post-Britpop hangover, forming in 1999 and releasing three appealingly noisy albums before splitting in January 2005. During the same period, Welsh electro-punks Jarcrew released two albums before also splitting in early 2005, reportedly due to the drummer finding religion.

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Dead by Sunrise

Dead by Sunrise (previously known as Snow White Tan) is the side project of Linkin Park's lead vocalist, Chester Bennington. The band also features Amir Derakh and Ryan Shuck of the band Orgy, and Anthony "Fu" Valcic. When asked in an interview about the difference between Dead By Sunrise and Linkin Park, Bennington responded, "It’s hard to describe. Like, describe the difference between Soundgarden and Alice in Chains, you know what I mean? It’s almost impossible. There are obvious things about it that when you listen to it, you’ll know it’s not a Linkin Park record.

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Billy Talent

Billy Talent is a Juno Award-winning Canadian rock band formed in 1993. They performed and recorded together for about a decade before finding a wide mainstream following. Originally called Pezz, the group originates from Streetsville, in Mississauga, Ontario, but now hail from Toronto, Ontario. The band are currently on tour, promoting a new album due to be released in July. The name is inspired by a character named "Billy Tallent" in the 1993 book "Hard Core Logo" by Michael Turner (filmed in 1996) and it has been the name of the band since 2001, after a dispute with the American Pezz.

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Wo Fat

Tearing through the speakers like a swamp monster summoned from some dark cosmic morass, Texas riffmasters Wo Fat unapologetically blast out a southern fried, blues-infused version of Psychedelic Doom, conjuring up visions of hoodoo shacks, prowling undead, hell hounds at the crossroads, Lovecraftian cultists and ghouls, and worlds beyond where the riff reigns almighty. Wo Fat rose from the deep and began their psyche-doom-adelic quest circa 2003 when guitarist Kent Stump formed the band with drummer Michael Walter and bassist Tim Wilson.

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The Scabs

There are at least four bands called The Scabs: 1. - the SCABS are a Belgian band that made one of the most popular Belgian songs ever: "Hard Times". Lead singer: Guy Swinnen, Drums: Frank Saenen, Bass: Fons Symons, Guitars Willy Willy. The band, formed in 1982, had their greatest successes in Belgium in the late eighties and early nineties. After splitting up in 1996, the band came together again in september 2007 for three sold out concerts in the Brussels "Ancienne Belgique" hall.

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