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The Fallen

There is more than one artist with this name. (For the American rock band featuring Carly Smithson and Ben Moody, please use the tag We Are The Fallen.) 1. An American alternative band formed in 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Fallen is an alternative band formed in 2005 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania featuring Mark Bolger (keyboards/guitars), Gabe Horning (guitars), Audra McLaughlin (vocals), and Dwight Sensenig (drums).

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I, The Hunter

I, THE HUNTER are a Rock and Roll band. Mixing the sound of the music each member grew up with and still loves to this day, with their favourite parts of the modern hard rock scene, I, THE HUNTER are here for the fun of it all, not the glory. Formed by cousins JOHNNY SHOTGUN (ex-THIS SHOTGUN KISS and INANE EMINENCE) and Ryan, now aka RY, THE HUNTER (ex-THIS SHOTGUN KISS) in early 2008, the project started as nothing more than the two writing fast paced 80's influenced rock songs as a bit of fun.

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Petra

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Petra is a Christian Rock band formed in 1972 by Bob Hartman, Bill Glover, John DeGroff, and Greg Hough. "Petra" means "rock" in NT Greek, making the band name a triple pun. Rising from the jesus music movement, and initially signed to Myrrh Records, they fought to gain acceptance and recognition in a church culture that at the time believed rock music to be off-limits.

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Halloween

There are 5 different groups with this name: 1.) Halloween, a French symphonic prog band. They existed between 1988-2002 and recorded 5 albums.
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=143 2.) Halloween, an obscure 70's Disco-Band. They only recorded one album, "Come See What's It All About". 3.) Halloween, an American heavy metal band that formed in 1984.
www.halloweentheband.us 4.) Halloween, a Portuguese Rapper, has been in the business since the early 90s.

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Slander

Slander was formed in 1990, following a last minute request from the Blackpool Gazette to make up the numbers for a local Rock Battle. Andy Saxon - Lamb and Steve Slater were given 24 hours notice to recruit musicians and rehearse their set. After rehearsing through most of the previous night, they hammered out a thirty minute set to an unsuspecting crowd. From the positive audience reaction it was clear that their brand of heavy metal was a winning formula. In late 1990 Slander’s "Fighting Talk" appeared on Radio 1’s Friday Rock Show’s "Rock Wars".

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Dragnerve

Dragnerve shunts out a sledgehammer of heavy, melodic tunes, reminiscent of the pounding grooves of Pantera, the brutality of Machine Head and the powerhouse riffs of old Metallica but with their own particular Dragnerve twist. They are creating uncompromisingly heavy music incorporating thunderous grooves that they feel is sorely lacking from some of todays metal genre. www.myspace.com/dragnerve
DRAGNERVE is: Andy (vocals)
Grizz (guitars)
Alain (bass)
UncleP (drums)

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Megadeth

Megadeth is an American thrash metal band led by founder, front man, guitarist, and songwriter Dave Mustaine. Formed in 1983 Los Angeles, California with bass player David Ellefson following Mustaine's departure from Metallica, the band has since released twelve studio albums, six live albums, two EPs, thirty singles, thirty-two music videos, and three compilations. As a pioneer of the American thrash metal movement, Megadeth rose to international fame in the 1980s, but experienced numerous line-up changes, due partly to the band's notorious substance abuse problems.

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Pharoah

Pharoah played the role of the east coast’s tonic to the masses for the over saturated 1980’s L.A. Glam Scene. Pharoah was best known for their outrageous stage antics, half blond and half black hairdo's and beat-conscious rock ‘n’ roll. Armed with their self-indoctrinated credo “Sex, Glam, Gloom” the band would dominate the tri-state area’s music scene during the 1980’s.

With Pharoah being on everybody’s “A” list for record executive parties, (including guests like Paul Schaeffer...

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