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Michael Paynter

Michael Paynter (born 1986 in Melbourne, Australia) is a singer-songwriter and musician. He will release his debut album in early 2010, entitled This Welcome Diversion. He has released two singles from the album, "Closer" and "A Victim Song". To promote his album, Paynter supported Vanessa Amorosi on her national tour throughout July 2008, and served as the main support act for Shannon Noll on his National tour at the end of 2008.

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X

So far, there are eight known musical acts with the name 'X': 1. American punk band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1977
2. Japanese heavy metal/speed metal/power metal/visual kei band from Chiba, Japan, known as X JAPAN since 1992
3. Australian rock band formed in 1977
4. Austrian DJ Christian Blecha, better known as Deepforces
5. Czech punk band formed in 2003
6. Jordanian thrash metal band, disbanded
7. Bulgarian metal band
8. Latvian lounge act
9. the hero DesX
X (US)

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Per Gessle

Per Håkan Gessle (born January 12, 1959) is the songwriter and male lead singer of the Swedish bands Gyllene Tider and Roxette. He was born in Halmstad, Sweden. He was a founding member of Gyllene Tider in 1979, and together with a friend, singer Marie Fredriksson, started the successful band Roxette in 1986. He has also participated with the Swedish singer Nisse Hellberg in the project The Lonely Boys. As of 2008, he has released seven solo albums: * Per Gessle (1983)

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Glenn Hughes

Vocalist/bass guitarist/songwriter Glenn Hughes is a true original. No other rock musician has carved such a distinctive style blending the finest elements of hard rock, soul and funk. That astonishing voice is Hughes’ calling card. He’s known as a singer’s singer: in fact, Stevie Wonder once called Hughes his favourite white singer. Hughes, a native of Cannock, England, absorbed all kinds of influences, including early British hard rock, The Beatles and, most importantly, American soul and R&B.

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Manic

Ryan Green - drums Paul Gross - vocals/keyboards Zane Smythe - guitars/keyboards Nate Perry - bass/backup vocals Believe it or not, Manic didn’t want to get signed to Suretone, the new label of ex-Geffen president Jordan Schur. Not because they had something against them but they didn’t want their creativity stifled by a corporation. This band, who crafts lush, layered pop rock, wanted to do things on their terms and to be the masters of their own destiny.

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Vein

Born in South Side Jamaica Queens, and raised in Miami, Florida, Vein had massive hoop dreams all the way through high school until a severe foot injury halted his season and what was certain to be a promising college career. Determined to make something of himself, Vein sought a career path elsewhere. In what would be come a critical decision in securing his future, he reacquainted himself with his first love... music.

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Gomez

Gomez are an English indie rock band. Their first album, Bring It On, won the Mercury Music Prize in 1998. The genesis of Gomez was the meeting of four friends from Southport. Guitarist and vocalist Ian Ball and drummer Olly Peacock had previously played together in a local heavy metal band called Severed. They joined with guitarist / vocalist / keyboardist Tom Gray and bassist Paul Blackburn. Ian Ball met vocalist / guitarist Ben Ottewell (from Matlock Bath in Derbyshire) at Sheffield University, where they were both studying.

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The Coroners

The Coroners are a rock band from Birmingham, England. The group was formed from a love of old school punk rock outfits, 1980s electronic and pop music and a increasingly eclectic miscellany inbetween. Summer '06 marked the studio debut for the band as they entered the studio with producer Paul Gray to complete this two track EP - the lead track, 'Still Sorry', available to listen to via last.fm and receiving much interest so far including a favourable review fom indiependent music zine - "Forget what you know about punk meets electronic - The Coroners show us the way to do it right.

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Thursday

Thursday is a post-hardcore band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA that has released five full-length albums: Waiting (1999 Eyeball Records), Full Collapse (2001 Victory Records), War All the Time (2003 Island Records), A City by the Light Divided (2006 Island Records), and Common Existence (2009 Epitaph Records). Band Formation and Waiting:
Thursday was formed in 1997 by vocalist Geoff Rickly, guitarist Tom Keeley, guitarist Bill Henderson, bassist Tim Payne, and drummer Tucker Rule. The band began playing basement shows in New Brunswick, and surrounding areas.

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