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Big Bang

BIG BANG are a South Korean pop group comprised of five members. The group was created by YG Entertainment through a long audition process that was aired as a 10 episode documentary. One member was dropped, and the official group debuted at the YG Family 10th Anniversary Concert on August 19th, 2006. In spite of the members' young ages, they are a multi-talented group, trained in all aspects of music (i.e. singing, rapping, dancing, composing, and writing lyrics). Big Bang's leader, G-Dragon, has trained with YG for six years; fellow trainee Tae Yang also trained for six years.

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Too Hot

Too Hot....to handle?
Not really - it's the title of a song by Prince Buster which was also covered by The Specials. We're a ska band based in South Devon, playing a blend of original material, Jamaican ska and classic Two Tone. Who's who in the band and what are their loves and hates?
Glyn Wilcox, lead vocals - he loves his mini and hates meat!
Rob Murphy beats out a mean rhythm on the drums, loves scooters and hates "soap-dodgers".

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Swagger

1. Swagger formed in September 2007 with the purpose of creating powerful, honest music. The combined vision of three men, they took their bluesy, old-school rock and roll roots and started crafting new sounds.
Singer/guitarist Ryan Crowley and bassist Jordan Bennett grew up playing in bands together, and when they found themselves living in the same town again after achieving separate musical success years later, they rejoined.

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Tasha

T or Tasha (also known as Natasha Shanta Reid) is an American born R&B singer and rapper born in Portland, Texas on May 31, 1981 to an African American father and a Korean mother. She is one of the leading female hip-hop/R&B/Soul singers in Korea. Known as Queen of Soul in Korean music industry, she has been appointed as the ambassador/spokeswoman for DaMoonWha (Muti-Cultural Youth Organization).

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The Cross

There are four bands with that name: 1) Roger Taylor's band
2) The Korean band
3) The progressive metal band
4) A Japanese duo
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The Cross was a separate band project put together by Roger Taylor (the drummer for Queen) from 1987 to 1991. The four other members were Spike Edney (who went on to form 'Spike's All Stars' - the SAS Band), Clayton Moss, Peter Noone, and Joshua J. McCrae.

Read more about The Cross on Last.fm.

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Xeno & Oaklander

Xeno and Oaklander is a minimal wave/synth duo from Brooklyn, New York, comprising Sean McBride (Martial Canterel, Three to forgotten) and Miss Liz Wendelbo (Xeno and Staccato, Three to forgotten). They began writing music in 2004 and they record their songs live in their studio and play analogue synthesizers and instruments exclusively. Discography:
- Vigils (2006) (Xanten)
- Saracen (2009) (Wierd Records)
- Sentinelle (2009) (Wierd Records) Other:

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Tempo

David Sánchez Badillo (nacido el 25 de septiembre de 1979 en Ponce, Puerto Rico) mejor conocido como Tempo, es un cantante de rap y reggaeton. Es uno de los artistas más influyentes del genero reggaetón y es considerado para muchos el rey del rap latino. David Sánchez Badillo es uno de los raperos más activos en producciones musicales dentro del género del “rap”. La trayectoria musical de Tempo se categórico por sus criticas al gobierno, la policía, y temas de índole social.

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HJ Lim

The rising pianist whose Beethoven recordings for EMI Classics have received critical acclaim from The New York Times, BBC Music and The Telegraph, South Korean breathtaking performer HJ Lim, is becoming a classical music phenomenon as we speak. In 2010, her extraordinary decision to encompass in live concerts the complete Beethoven piano sonatas, performed in Paris in August 2010, in over eight consecutive days, created a sensation in the classical music world.

Read more about HJ Lim on Last.fm.

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