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Albert Hammond, Jr.

Albert Hammond, Jr. (born April 9, 1980, in Los Angeles) is a musician best known as the guitarist for the rock band The Strokes. Outside of the band, he has released two solo albums. The son of Gibraltarian-British songwriter Albert Hammond, Albert Jr. was sent to the elite boarding school Institut Le Rosey in Switzerland at the age of 13. While there, he met Julian Casablancas, who would go on to be a fellow band member. In 1998, Albert met up with Julian in New York City and together they formed a band with Julian's former schoolmates: Nick Valensi, Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti.

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Soundgarden

Soundgarden is a Seattle rock band who helped to define the sound that came to be called . Despite starting years earlier, and having a sound that more closely resembled Black Sabbath or Led Zeppelin than their contemporaries, they are usually considered one of the "big four" of the '90s Seattle grunge bands, along with Alice in Chains, Nirvana and Pearl Jam. The band was formed in 1984 by Chris Cornell (vocals, and originally drums) and Hiro Yamamoto (bass), to be joined later by Kim Thayil (guitar) and Scott Sundquist (drums).

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THE SPACE AGENCY

PSYCHEDELIC INSTRUMENTAL BAND FROM ENGLAND MORE INFO AT www.tremolorecords.com The Space Agency were formed by English Psychedelic Wizard Simon Jones(formerly of Vibrasonic)& Hiromi Fukuzawa from Japan. They have released 3 albums of Instrumentals featuring splendid Mosrite & Fender guitar Action with many Otherworldly, Psychedelic Sounds.
Their albums feature many styles of music including Eleki, Surf, Go Go. Also, You can check them out at MySpace www.myspace.com/thespaceagency

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Shut Up And Dance

Shut Up And Dance - british breakbeat pioneers from scratch. Started with Hip Hop tunes and set up a soundsystem with DJ Hype but soon they integrated House and Techno influences and sped up the beats. With Reinforced SUAD could count as inventors of UK Hardcore. Early classics like Lamborghini, 10 Pounds To Get In, Greenman, The Art Of Moving Butts or the famous Raving I'm Raving saved them a place in the Hall Of Fame of UK Hardcore. After having problems with several unauthorized samples their own label "Shut Up And Dance" disappeared - but rose again from the dust in the last few years.

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Emily's Army

The debut's album of the band is called “Don’t Be a Dick”. Words of wisdom from the mouth of new teenage pop punk band Emily’s Army. Influenced by the rich East Bay music scene, Gilman Street, classic power pop, and garage rock, Emily’s Army craft heartfelt teenage anthems dealing in cautionary tales, politics, and the pressures of adolescence.
The band members have known each other for most of their lives and discovered their passion for music together.

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Dirty

Dirty is a southern rap duo notable for releasing albums like The Pimp & Da Gangsta that experienced remarkable popularity in their hometown of Montgomery, Alabama and The Art Of Storytelling that charted #18 on the Top Rap Albums and #40 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums on Billboard. Group members Big Pimp (born 1978) and Mr. G Stacka The Gangsta (born 1983) fuse quick-firing styles with a unique Alabama style.

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Black Lips

The Black Lips are a self-described "flower punk" band from Atlanta, Georgia. While still teenagers, they formed in 2000 after guitarist Cole Alexander and bassist Jared Swilley left the Renegades, and guitarist Ben Eberbaugh left the Reruns. Drummer Joe Bradley joined a few months later. They released their first 7" in late 2001/early 2002 on their own Die Slaughterhaus label. Just days before a tour was to begin in December 2002, Ben Eberbaugh was driving a car that was struck by a drunk driver going the wrong way on a highway.

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The Gents

There is more than one artist with this name. 1. The Gents were a UK mod revival band from the mid to late 1980s. The Gents recently re-released How It All Began on CD and is available here: http://www.detour-records.co.uk/GENTSINFOPAGE.htm see: www.thegents.org.uk =SINGLES= ==7" Singles== 1. 7" The Faker b/w Le Pink Panther - 1981 (double A-sided single) No pic sleeve. POSH001 2. 7" Schooldays b/w True Stories - 1982 (50 pic sleeves, for promotional use only. KOS6886

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