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PowerSolo

What do you think of when you hear the name "PowerSolo"? 'Round Denmark way, the moniker apparently conjures the trash-rock psychobilly legacy of Hasil Adkins, the Cramps, and Southern Culture on the Skids. Powersolo may be a power trio, but in this case, the prog-metal acrobatics of rush are replaced with something they call "donkey punk." Two tremolo-loving chicken-scratch, rail-thin guitarists Kim Kix and Atomic Child. And drummer J.C.

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Oldboy

There are two bands called Oldboy. 1. Oldboy could either be the band, or the soundtrack from the film of the same name. Oldboy Oldboy are Kevin Kehoe (vocals) and Wolfgang Schilhaneck (Arrangements). Kehoe comes from Waterford in Ireland and settled in Germany in the summer of 1996. Schilhaneck has been involved since the 80´s in the Reutlingen underground music scene.
In 2006 Kehoe met Schilhaneck while playing with their retrospective bands in diverse clubs in the region and in the autumn 2007 Oldboy was formed.

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Zepher

Zepher are a four piece Blues based Rock & Roll band situated in Cardiff, Wales. After completing their debut EP with producer Marc Dowding (Lady Sovereign, The Binary Kids, Virgin Records, BBC Chart Jackers, TSSF) it is now finished and will be ready for digital release in early 2010. Their electrifying live shows and anthemic Rock riffs will leave you wanting more so make sure you get out and see them in 2010.

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Drag The River

DTR is an alt-country band hailing from Fort Collins, Colorado, United States. The band formed in 1996 when members Chad Price and Jon Snodgrass recorded 20 or so songs which were released as demos in 2000. All the members of the band come from a punk rock background-- Snodgrass ofArmchair Martian, Price and ex-member Karl Alvarez both active in ALL during the 1990s. In 2002 J.J. Nobody of The Nobodys joined the band, and in 2004 Casey Prestwood of Hot Rod Circuit and Dave Barker of Pinhead Circus joined and picked up the steel & lead guitar, and drums respectively.

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George Hamilton IV

Proclaimed the International Ambassador of Country Music thanks to his world tours in the '70s, George Hamilton IV began his career in the late '50s as a teen-oriented pop star. After his first hit, "A Rose and a Baby Ruth," hit number six on the pop charts in 1956, he toured with Buddy Holly and the Everly Brothers. However, his later pop efforts stalled on the charts, and in 1959, Hamilton joined the Grand Ole Opry.

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Miranda Lambert

Miranda Lambert is a who gained fame as a finalist on the 2003 season of USA Network's talent competition Nashville Star. Biography Miranda Lambert was born on November 10, 1983 in Lindale, Texas, about 80 miles east of Dallas. Both of her parents are private investigators, but father Rick is also a country guitarist and songwriter. Lambert became seriously interested in country music after attending a Garth Brooks concert as a young girl, and soon began singing in talent contests under the tutelage of her father.

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Sun Kil Moon

Sun Kil Moon is the current project of Mark Kozelek, best known for his previous band, Red House Painters. Sun Kil Moon sees Kozelek undertake all the writing, composing, singing and guitar playing accompanied by Tim Mooney and Anthony Koutsos (also an ex-member of RHP) on drums, and Geoff Stanfield on bass. The band is named after bantamweight boxer Moon Sung-Kil. Their debut album, Ghosts of the Great Highway, was written entirely by Kozelek, and released by Jetset Records in 2003.

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