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The Go-Katz

The Go-Katz were originally formed as a five piece band in 1986. Howard Raucous (v), Giles "Beaker" Brett (g), Mark "Moff" Moffat (b), Andy Young (g) and Johnny "Wolf" Basford (d) decided to form The Go-Katz after they met in a bar in Loughborough, UK. Because the band wasn't a big factor in the London Psychobilly circuit at that time, Howard decided to release their first EP on his own. Howard´s "Raucous Records" had already started as a mail-order service, and so a new record label was born. In 1988, they continued without the rhythm guitar of Giles Brett and Dave replaced Wolf on drums.

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Silent Majority

There are at least three artists with the name Silent Majority. 1. Silent Majority formed on long island in the mid-90's and became one of the most influential hardcore bands from the area. Tom currently sings for Capital. Many people consider them to be the best hardcore band originating from Long Island of their time 2. Silent Majority are a four piece melodic hardcore/punk band from the Eastern Shores of Hobart, Tasmania, made up of a bunch of best mates who met in high school.

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Spraynard

The self-proclaimed "demi-gods of horror-core", taking cues from Danzig, ABBA, and Blessid Union of Souls. Though they claim to support many progressive social causes, Pat was recently seen at an rally supporting the Iraq war. In his defense, Pat said that he "thinks it's time for the United States to rise as a true global power, and I don't think that it's wrong to be patriotic". This coupled with the fact that Dos keeps shaving his head has led many to assume that Spraynard is now a nationalist skinhead band.

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The Sharks

There are several artists with this band
1. A rockabilly revival band from the United Kingdom
2. A new wave band from the United States
3. A rock band from the United Kingdom featuring Chris Spedding
4. A rock and roll band from the Netherlands
5. A rocksteady/ska band from Jamaica
6. A rock and roll band from Norway
7. A rock band from Canada 1. The Sharks were formed in the late 1970's by guitarist Alan Wilson and were initially a 50's style Rockabilly band. A line up change in 1982 brought in Steve Whitehouse on slap bass and Paul 'Hodge' Hodges on drums.

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The Griswalds

Pure 'fun-psychobilly'. Yes, who framed those bastards, who played pretty good Psycho/Neo-Rockabilly music? Led by vocalist Gary Griswald they recorded only one album and a few singles. Listen to this album and you'll get a happy hour. Now back on stage and reformed you can check the latest news out at myspace.com/thegriswalds or contact Gary trough myspace.com/griswaldspsychobilly.

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The Surf Rats

The Surf Rats have been touring and recording their own unique style of psychobilly since the dawn of the UK scene in the early 1980's. The band's original line-up recorded two classic "must-have" psychobilly albums for Lost Moment Records.
During the decline of the psychobilly scene in the 1990's, the original line-up continued to perform and record under different names, moving more towards a rockabilly sound.

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