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Gotthard

Gotthard, a hard-rock band from Lugano in the Italian part of Switzerland and Bern in the German part, was founded in 1990 by mentor and co songwriter Chris von Rohr, best known as Krokus' bass player. Gotthard is definitely one of the most famous and successful Swiss artists ever and almost every album has topped the Swiss charts since 1990. With 2 million albums sold (1 million of which were sold in Switzerland, which only has 7 million inhabitants), they managed to get multi-platinum awards in different parts of the world.

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Eno

'Eno' is a name used by at least three musical performers: 1. "Eno was the original stage-name of experimental musician Brian Eno prior to the release of the Discreet Music album. Eno studied at art school, taking inspiration from minimalist painting, but he had little musical education or playing experience when he joined the band Roxy Music as their keyboards and synthesisers player in the early 1970s.

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The Rockets

There are at least six bands called The Rockets. 1) The band from which Neil Young formed Crazy Horse. The band began in 1962 as the doo wop group Danny & the Memories, with guitarist/singer Danny Whitten, and counting future Crazy Horse stalwarts Billy Talbot and Ralph Molina as members, the latter two are the only individuals present in every incarnation of the band. The group evolved through nascent San Francisco folk-psychedelia...

Read more about The Rockets on Last.fm.

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The Dandies

This seductive, rock n roll band The Dandies' were formed by a shared love of classic Amercian rock n roll by brothers Adrian Weber (Vocals / Guitarr) & Eric Weber (Lead Guitar / vocals) whose roots are in Baltimore, USA and their two Swiss friends Fabian Voirol (Drums) and Samuel Weber (bass). Hailing from Lucerne, Switzerland,influenced by rock bands Kings of Leon, Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Velvet Underground and

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