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Dir en grey

Dir en grey is a Japanese alternative metal band formed in 1997 from the disbanded visual kei band La:Sadie's, that have maintained a consistent lineup consisting of 京 (Kyo) on vocals, 薫 (Kaoru) and Die on guitar, Toshiya on bass and Shinya on drums. Dir en grey, in its earliest form, began in Osaka as the band of vocalist 京 and drummer Shinya - 廃人黒薔薇族 (haijin kuro bara zoku "Invalid Black Rose Family").

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Snoozer

Snoozer is the solo project of Susie Ghahremani, proprietor of http://www.boygirlparty.com , painter, illustrator and all around stuff-maker. Her songs range from quiet, homespun melodies with harmonized vocals to synth-driven pop songs with handclaps. Snoozer has shared stages (sometimes ice cream) with Lois, Tami Hart, Sarah Dougher, Pants Yell!, The Snow Fairies, Fred Thomas, Tae Won Yu, Kelly Slusher, Shumai, The Smittens, Helms, The Specific Heats, San Serac, Xiu Xiu, Lovers, and more.

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Javelin

There are at least 4 groups that use this name. Javelin is a hip-hop and electro production duo from Providence, RI.
Tracks can be downloaded from their official Myspace page, http://www.myspace.com/hotjamzofjavelin. Javelin was a visual kei band from Japan.
Alternate listings on last.fm are Javelin and ジャベリン Javelin is a metal band from Germany.
http://www.myspace.com/javelinmetal Javelin is a stoner/doom metal band from Boston, MA.
http://www.myspace.com/javelinboston

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Ezra

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) EZRA are a progrock band from Wales with 3 albums to their credit and signed to F2 music. More information can be found on their MySpace.
2) Ezra is a local metal band from Union County, New Jersey.
They are currently unsigned, but have a four-song self-released demo. Current Members:
Vocals: Irene Soldatos
Guitar: Ed Mazura
Guitar: Jason Cruz
Bass: Bill Benton
Drums: Jorge Jimenez More information can be found on their MySpace. 3) EZRA is a french beatboxer

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c4

There are at least fsixteen bands called C4:
1. a Hardcore band from Bulgaria
2. A rapper from Texas, United States
3. An electronica artist from Ohio, United States
4. A side project of Michael Angelo Batio, a musician from Illinois, United States
5. A DJ from China
6. A hip-hop duo from Florida, United States
7. A rock band from Japan
8. an experimental artist from Belgium
9. A rock band from the United States
10. A reggaeton band from Chile
11. A DJ from Hungary

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アンティック-珈琲店-

ギルガメッシュ (girugämesh/girugamesh) was created in 2003 in the suburbs of Tokyo. However, 2004 should be considered the true beginning, because it was in that year the band formed its present line up: 左迅 (Satoshi, vocals, ex-Venom), 弐 (Nii, guitar), 愁 (Shuu, bass, Kagerou (roadie) and Яyo (drums). girugamesh combines many elements in their music like very low basses and guitars. Their sound is sinister and dark but still melodic.

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Deadman

Deadman refers to three bands. 1) deadman formed in Nagoya at the end of 2000 out of remnants of Lamiel and kein, two closely-knit bands at the forefront of the Nagoya visual kei scene. Mako (vocals), aie (guitar), and yukino (bass), all formerly of kein teamed with Toki (ex.Lamiel) for the original lineup. Soon after their first CD release, yukino left to start his own band, and soon after Takamasa joined as their new bass player. not until 2005 did the lineup change again, when Takamasa left and Kazuya joined, completing the final incarnation of the band.

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ONE OK ROCK

ONE OK ROCK is a Japanese Rock band formed in the summer of 2005. It was started by Toru with High School friends Alex and Ryota after each of them got their musical instruments. After that, Taka joined as their vocalist and they focused on performing shows in the Tokyo area. In 2006 they independently released 2 mini albums. Because of their albums sales, their participation in relatively large festivals that summer and their energetic shows in the outskirts of Tokyo, they were noticed by a foreign record company.

Read more about ONE OK ROCK on Last.fm.

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UnsraW

UnsraW is metal band formed in April of 2006 by Yuuki, Rai, Tetsu, Jun and Sho.The band is led by 勇企 who writes all of UnsraW's lyrics as well as all their music. Vo: 勇企(Yuuki) (CoЯe The Child → UnsraW)
Gu: 哲(Tetsu)
Gu: 円 (Madoka) (PureQ&A alias Zoma)
Ba: 迅 (Jin) (feathers-blue → PROJECT Eden(supp.) → Death Project → THE.LAST(supp.) → Black:List(supp.) → SINCE1889(supp.) → UnsraW)
Dr: 匠(Sho) (CoЯe The Child → UnsraW) Ex-Ba: 准(Jun)
Ex-Gu: 礼(Rai) (JOKER → Death★Rabbits → UnsraW)

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