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Face Value

Face Value was formed in June 1989 from the ashes of goofy punk/crossover band The Bagmen after singer Don Foose (currently in Run Devil Run) left to sing for Chris Andrew's SPUDMONSTERS. The band recruited local HC scenester Tony Erba who had just seen his previous band LEK fizzle out.Erba joined, changed the name from the Bagmen to Face Value and guitarist 'Downtown' Brown joined as well and the band remade itself into a posi-HC band inspired by Erba's love of fast,youthful HC ala 7 Seconds, Negative Approach, Minor Threat and DYS.

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Rico Rodriguez

Emmanuel Rodriguez (Rico, Reco, El Reco) (b. 1934) is a Jamaican trombonist. Born on 17th October 1934 in Kingston, Jamaica, by the age of ten he had learnt to play the trombone from strict nuns. In the 1950s, Rodriguez became a Rasta, and became closely musically related to Rasta drummer Count Ossie. He recorded with many producers, including Prince Buster and Lloyd 'Matador' Daley. In 1961, Rodriguez moved to Eng;and, where he continued to play in bands.

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Resolution

Resolution was a recording project of Michael Harding (ex of 1000 Mexicans - now working as a producer and DJ as The Only Michael, and as half of Animat), with tracks released on the Swim, WMO and Ash International labels in 1995 and 1996. The EP 'Ghostwriter/Houses from a train' was produced in collaboration with Intens (Colin Newman and Malka Spigel) and released on their Swim label. This then led to solo pieces on the Mesmer lp and Mesmer Variations cd (also featuring Drome, Gescom, Ryoji Ikeda etc) and a track on the Wire tribute album 'Whore' (also featuring My Bloody Valentine...

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Fatback Band

The Fatback Band (later, simply Fatback) is an American funk and disco band. Most popular in the 1970s and 1980s, The Fatback Band is most known for their Top Ten R&B hits, "(Do The) Spanish Hustle", "I Like Girls", "Gotta Get My Hands on Some (Money)", and "Backstrokin'". Their 1979 single "King Tim III (Personality Jock)" is sometimes considered the first hip hop single.

Read more about Fatback Band on Last.fm.

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