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John Paul Jones

John Baldwin (born January 3, 1946 in Sidcup, London), better known by his stage name John Paul Jones, is an English musician and was the bassist, keyboardist, and mandolin player for Led Zeppelin from its inception until the band's breakup following the death of John Bonham in 1980. A versatile musician, he also plays guitar, mandolin, koto, lap steel guitars, autoharp, ukulele, cello, and the three over-dubbed recorders heard on "Stairway to Heaven". He is widely respected as both a musician and a producer and is considered as one of the most influential bassists in Rock music.

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Brainstorm

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Brainstorm is a power/thrash metal band from Germany, formed in 1989. The band features American born lead singer Andy B. Franck, who is also famous for his other band, Symphorce. They are known to play a somewhat darker style of music than most power metal groups. Formed in 1989 by Torsten Ihlenfeld and Milan Loncaric on guitars and Dieter Bernert on drums, Brainstorm released their first demo "Hand Of Doom" after one year of existence.

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Hells Belles

1) HellsBelles was a British heavy metal band formed in England in 1984 at the latter stages of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM). The band, now reformed by original member Paul Quigley as HellsBelles, originally released one LP in 1986 on the Raw Power label of Castle Communications "Hell's Belles", one 12" single 'Barricades' also in 1986 on the Raw Power label and various tracks released throughout the 1990s on various rock compilation albums, tracks such as "Long Legs", "If It Don't Make Your Ears Bleed...

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Killer

There are at least seven artists that have used the name Killer:
1. A metal band from the United Kingdom
2. A metal band from Belgium
3. A rock band from Finland
4. A rock band from Switzerland
5. A punk band from Germany
6. A calypso musician from Trinidad
7. A death metal band from the United Kingdom 1) Killer were a NWOBHM band from Salisbury, England who later changed their name to Genghis Khan, and then again to Tokyo Blade. 2) Originally founded in 1980, the Belgian Heavy Metal Band, Killer, released 4 albums until 1990 when they ceased performing and recording.

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Unit Nine

Unit Nine are a Cambridge 5 piece metal band, formed by members of other local bands who wanted to try something different. What came out was a band drawing influences from Southern American metal bands such as Down, and British screamo bands such as Raging Speedhorn. After only 3 gigs, Unit Nine qualified for the Cambridge Battle of the bands final 2010, eventually losing out on the first prize, but did win the audience vote for band of the night. Their debut album "The Dead Stay the Same" is scheduled to launch on 16/10/10 with a launch party at The Portland Arms, Cambridge.

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TNT

There are at least 10 artists called TNT. 1) TNT is a heavy metal band formed in Trondheim, Norway in 1982, by vocalist and rhythm guitarist Dag Ingebrigtsen , guitarist Ronni Lé Tekrø , bassist Steinar Eikum and drummer Morten "Diesel" Dahl . They released their self-titled debut album the same year — their only album that features Norwegian lyrics — and got a hit with the single "Harley Davidson".

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Wizard

There is more than one artist with this name:
1. A German heavy metal band.
2. A hard rock/psychedelic rock band from Florida, USA.
3. Young hip hop producer from United Kingdom
4. A Japanese visual kei band, also known as Wizard JAPAN in Europe. 1.Wizard is a German power metal band, formed in 1989 by the drummer Sören van Heek. The band is often called "Germany's answer to Manowar". The lyrics are similar: which often are about battles, metal, war, steel and such subjects. (The exception is the album Odin, which is a concept album about Norse mythology).

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The Devil's Blood

The Devil's Blood (http://thedevilsblood.com) is an occult rock band from the Netherlands formed in 2006. "We will serve you with what can best be described as a Satanic Ritual in which crowd participation becomes pivotal. You will wear our blood, you will taste our hunger, you will devour our spiritual release. Although far above you and unattainable for you in the current stages of your evolution, We, the acolytes of His immortal will, welcome you to join us in a night of violence, substance abuse, love and hate.

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