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A Witness

A Witness were an alternative rock band formed in 1982 in Stockport, Cheshire, England, by Rick Aitken, Vince Hunt and a drum machine, in 1986 replaced by Alan Brown (ex Big Flame). Keith Curtis and Noel Kilbride joined the group in 1983. Initially signing to the Ron Johnson label, debut EP Loudhailer Songs put them at the forefront of a wave of Beefheart-influenced bands that emerged in the mid-1980's. They gained further attention due to the inclusion of the track "Sharpened Sticks" on the NME's C86 cassette in the following year.

Everything Everything

Everything Everything are based in Manchester, hailing originally from the Newcastle/Northumberland area, as well as Kent. Their music has been described as 'surrealist neo-classical avant-pop for the digital age'. Influences include: Michael Jackson, The Beatles, The Smiths, Ezra Pound, Steve Reich, Destinys Child. Debut single 'Suffragette Suffragette' b/w 'Luddites and Lambs' was released in December 2008 on XL imprint Salvia to widespread popular and critical acclaim, garnering support from such Manc luminaries as Stuart Maconie, Marc Riley, Dave Haslam and Johnny Marr.

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The Distractions

The band was originally formed in 1975 by college friends Mike Finney (vocals) and Steve Perrin (guitar),[1] alongside Lawrence Tickle (bass) and Tony Trap (drums).[2] The band changed tack with the advent of punk in 1977 and Finney and Perrin recruited a new line-up of Pip Nicholls (bass), Adrian Wright (guitar), and Alec Sidebottom (drums, formerly of The Purple Gang), now mixing punk rock with sixties influences.

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Paul Morley

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The Freshies

The Freshies is the name of a band from Manchester, England formed in the mid 1970's. Their first single, The Freshies EP, was released in 1978 on the RAZZ record label. Their biggest selling and best known song is 1980's "I'm In Love With The Girl On The Manchester Virgin Megastore Checkout Desk" renamed as "I'm In Love With The Girl On A Certain Manchester Megastore Checkout Desk" on request from Virgin Records, which reached number 54 in the UK charts in 1981.

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Houghton Weavers

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The Maybes?

The anthesis of dreary dull mainstream indie.
This is sex, drugs and rock and roll.

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Diamanthian

Diamanthian's logo was designed by the infamous Jeff Walker (Carcass) who also oversaw the recording of the band's debut album 'The Infinite Descent' under the alias of "Offalmangler". Diamanthian are big in Finland, often apparently having achieved better more rabid enthusiasm from the Finns than some people on home soil.
Diamanthian were voted eighth Best Unsigned Band in Terrorizer's Reader's Poll 2002; and the following year were voted Best Unsigned Band and 9th Best Live Act in the Reader's Poll of 2003.

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old school death metal

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The Houghton Weavers

The Houghton Weavers are an English folk music band formed in 1975 in Westhoughton, in the borough of Bolton in Lancashire, England. The current three band members are David Littler (acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin, banjo-ukulele, bouzouki, piano accordion and vocals), Steve Millington (bass guitar, keyboards, acoustic guitar, piano accordion and vocals) and Tony Berry (lead vocalist). David Littler and Tony Berry are both founder members of the band, whilst Steve Millington joined in 1996.

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Sophie Hosken-Taylor

Sophie Hosken-Taylor is a singer-songwriter based in Somerset. She was born in Bristol but grew up in Widnes, North West England.
Sophe takes influence from many artists such as; Nick Drake, Joni Mitchell, KT Tunstall, Jamie Cullum, Sam Little, Jose Vanders and many more.. She has a select backing band which includes Brandon James on drums; and Conor Davies on bass. http://www.myspace.com/sophiehoskentaylor http://www.facebook.com/sophiehoskentaylor

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