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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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Petra

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Petra is a Christian Rock band formed in 1972 by Bob Hartman, Bill Glover, John DeGroff, and Greg Hough. "Petra" means "rock" in NT Greek, making the band name a triple pun. Rising from the jesus music movement, and initially signed to Myrrh Records, they fought to gain acceptance and recognition in a church culture that at the time believed rock music to be off-limits.

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Petula Clark

Petula Clark, CBE (born November 15, 1932), is an English singer, actress and composer, best known for her upbeat popular international hits of the 1960s. With nearly 70 million recordings sold worldwide, she is the most successful English solo female recording artist to date. Perhaps best known for her massive hit 'Downtown' and whilst being English, Petula's work was heavily French-influenced.In the 1950s, she later was to branch out to become a major success in much of Europe. That success was followed by success in Scandinavia and also in Canada and Australia.

Read more about Petula Clark on Last.fm.

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Milestone

1.) Milestone was a side project of Milo Aukerman while attending college in San Diego (between stints with the Descendents). They had one album. 2.) Milestone is a punk rock band from Long Beach, CA established in 2004 that plays catchy songs in the style of bands like Face to Face, Social Distortion, and Rise Against. 3) Milestone are an Irish band based around Bradford in West Yorkshire, UK.

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New Politics

New Politics: David and Soren had been writing songs together for over three years (for respective solo albums that have yet to see the light of day) when they realized that they had unintentionally started a band. The pair had experimented with every imaginable style of music (every imaginable style) and suddenly recognized that the combination of their musical sensibilities, as witnessed on the 300 songs theyd penned together, created something new and interesting.

Read more about New Politics on Last.fm.

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Negative Approach

Negative Approach is an American band. They are considered one of the pioneers of hardcore punk, along with bands like Minor Threat, Bad Brains and Black Flag. Formed in Detroit, Michigan, Negative Approach existed from 1981-1984, and now again from 2006-present. Like most hardcore bands, they were little known in their day outside of their hometown. They are now idolized in the Detroit underground and the punk subculture, considered to be one of the elite bands of the

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Some Velvet Morning

For some three’s a crowd, but not in the case of London-based trio, Some Velvet Morning. Drummer Rob Flanagan joined brothers Des and Gavin Lambert back in the autumn of 2000, following a brief spell with the 22-20s. Ever since, Some Velvet Morning have been a regular feature on the capital’s live music scene, chalking up over 200 shows to date. It was in Soho’s musical Mecca, Denmark Street, that Rob and Des first met.

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Short Stack

Short Stack was an Australian pop punk band, formed in 2005. The band consisted of members Shaun Diviney, Andy Clemmensen and Bradie Webb. Shannon Hotchkins was also a member of Short Stack before any song was ever performed or recorded. Short Stack have twice been named channel 's Oz Artist of the year, and produced two gold-selling albums, three top ten singles, and ARIA number one chart award and a platinum-selling single.

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