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The Front

"The Front" applies to at least five bands. 1. The Front is a band formed in the late 80's and composed of band members Michael Anthony Franano (Vocals, Rhythm Guitar), Bobby Franano (Keyboards), Mike Greene (Lead), Shane Miller (Drums), and Randy Jordan (Bass, Vocals). Michael and Bobby are brothers. A great hit single with "Fire" and a strong self-titled album filled with classic-rock fueled songs could not overcome the little publicity given to the band. In the end, little fame came their way.

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invader

Invader is the name of several artists: 1. Invader, a / DJ & Producer from Derby, England. Real name Benjamin Handbury, he started his career in 2001 as a DJ and owner of the label Innervision. In the summer of 2005 Trancewarez was set up by Ben Handbury (Invader) and Jeremy Trimby (Vandall); Ben left Trancewarez by October 2006, he has since been persuing a solo career.

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Status Quo

Status Quo are a British rock band with strong boogie line. The group was founded by bassist Alan Lancaster and guitarist Francis Rossi in 1962. They began as a rock and roll freakbeat band called The Spectres. By 1967, with very little commercial success, they discovered psychedelia and changed their name to Traffic (later Traffic Jam, to avoid confusion with Steve Winwood's Traffic.) At this time the line-up also included organist Roy Lynes and drummer John Coghlan.

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Blackalicious

Gift Of Gab (Tim Parker) and Chief Xcel (Xavier Mosley) met at John F. Kennedy High School in 1987 in Sacramento, California and formed the group in the early 1990s. They released their first recording, "Swan Lake", on . The Solesides Crew consisted of the duo, as well as other friends of theirs they had met at University of California - Davis, including DJ Shadow, Lyrics Born and Lateef The Truth Speaker. The single was an underground hit, but label trouble prevented the duo from immediately capitalizing on their fame.

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Jets

1. JETS is bass/house collaboration between Machinedrum and Jimmy Edgar. 2. JETS (acronym for Just Enjoy This Shit) are a group founded by New Orleans rapper Curren$y under his label Jet Life Records. The starting line-up for the JETS includes Curren$y, Trademark Da Skydiver, and Young Roddy. Other JETS affiliates include former No Limit artist Fiend, Street Wiz, Wiz Khalifa, Dee-Low, Corner Boy P, and most recently, Sir Michael Rocks of The Cool Kids and Smoke DZA.

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Hidden Charms

There have been more than one band called Hidden Charms: 1 - A Swedish power pop band of the 1980's, who released at least one album, "Volume" in 1986. 2 - The Hidden Charms is a three-piece garage punk band from Muenster, Germany. Their first LP "The Square Root
of Love" was releaed on Alien Snatch in 2006.

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Air Supply

History Formation
The two met in May 1975 while performing in the Australian production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical, Jesus Christ Superstar. Later that year, the duo, along with Chrissie Hammond and two others, formed Air Supply as a five-man group. Hammond left the band and was replaced by Jeremy Paul in time for the group's first Australian hit single, "Love and Other Bruises.

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