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Deadlock

There are at least 8 bands that use the name Deadlock: 1. Deadlock are a German band that combine metal with the harsh atmospheric nature of today’s modern sounds. Founded in the later half of 1997, Deadlock took their time to find a solid line-up and the right attitude towards cultivating a sound all their own. After their first self-titled 7 Inch was released, the band gained further attention with their MCD "I’ll Wake You When Spring Awakes". The quintet started to include keyboards and clean female vocals to their songs during the period of their release “The Arrival.

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the vexed

Out of the ashes of Yorks last wave of punk bands (The Hazard/Carnival Rejects) comes an all new assault on the punk scene! Dicko and Bilo have been trying to start a street punk band for years and since the Hazard split Bilo has switched from lead vocals to drums to sort the constant problem of drummers quitting... With the line-up now completed by Jim and James, bringing their own influences, they should be available to gig this Spring/Summer 2009! they have a new demo planned for July when Dicko returns from his travels to America ..

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Zoltan

There is more than one artist called Zoltan: 1. Zoltan is a and music four-piece band from R?ga, Latvia formed in 2002. Since then, the band has gone through many band member changes, also there is a big difference between nowadays musical genre and the beginning. They have played many shows around the Latvia area - including performance with Captain Everything, Argies, Oz One, Part Time Killer, One Hidden Frame, and Go Back Home.

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Rejected

There are 3 acts called Rejected: 1. A Finnish streetpunk band;
2. A Dutch techno duo consisting of Joris Voorn and Edwin Oosterwal.
3. Old school harcdore band from Kutina, Croatia.
4. A Swedish southern rock band. 1. Rejected is a streetpunkrock outfit formed in 1998 in Lappeenranta, Finland. They started out as a 3 -piece project of Pete -bass and vocals, Pietu -guitar and Jani (1982-2000 R.I.P.) -drums. The original drummer was shortly changed as Jaakko (former guitarist for a local death/grind band, Buried Alive) came in.

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System

System is a name of at least four acts: 1) A Danish producer trio (aka Future 3).
2) A Swedish retro- duo.
3) A UK producer (aka MC System).
4) A German punk band from the early 80s. 1) A Copenhagen, Denmark producer trio, of Thomas Knak (aka Opiate, producer of two tracks on Björk's "Vespertine"), Anders Remmer (aka Dub Tractor) and Jesper Skaaning (aka Acustic). Since 1995, they have been releasing, increasingly pop-oriented, albums as Future 3. They have a common love for and their music is usually heavy with: , echo and bass.

Read more about System on Last.fm.

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Opm

OPM is a Southern California formed in 1999 based ska punk band. OPM has a distinctive sound, combining hip hop, rock music, and pop with laid-back reggae. The name OPM, according to the band's frontman John E. Necro, is an abbreviation of the phrase "Open People's Minds". This was stated during an interview with MarijuanaRadio.com. Their debut single "Heaven Is A Halfpipe" charted world wide. Both their debut single and album, Menace To Sobriety were released on Atlantic Records in September 2000. In 2002, they signed to Suburban Noize Records who released three album and two EPs.

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The Simpletones

The Simpletones, a California group whose releases first appeared on Posh Boy Records beginning in 1978 and with recordings contained in compilations released on other labels in multiple countries. They are, perhaps, best known as one of the 3 groups contained on the 1979 seminal compilation album Beach Blvd., the other 2 groups being Rik L Rik (Negative Trend, and F-Word) and The Crowd. In the book "We Got The Neutron Bomb "The Untold Story of L.A. Punk", Robbie Fields outlines his journey "scouring for younger, fresher talent" in the suburbs of Los Angeles.

Read more about The Simpletones on Last.fm.

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Otep

Otep is a band formed in 2000 in Los Angeles, California by Otep Shamaya. The band originally formed as a four-piece band and were invited to play Ozzfest before they had even signed to a label after Sharon Osbourne witnessed a brief part of their live performance. They've since played Ozzfest several times. Otep have since released five full-length albums featuring many session musicians including Greg Wells, Joey Jordison of Slipknot, Koichi Fukuda of Static-X, Emilie Autumn, Tony Campos of Soulfly and Asesino (ex-Static-X), and Ulrich Wild.

Read more about Otep on Last.fm.

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