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Spiderbait

Spiderbait are an band formed in 1991 in Finley, New South Wales, Australia which consists of Mark "Kram" Maher (drums, lead vocals), Janet English (bass, vocals) and Damien Whitty (guitar). They have had two top ten albums and another three albums reach the Australian top 40. Their song Buy Me A Pony was #1 on the Triple J Hottest 100 for 1996, and the group enjoyed success with their 2004 #1 Australian hit cover of Black Betty.

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Decadent Few

There's at least two bands that have performed under the name Decadent Few. 1) Formed in East London in 1984 by Kaya, Mike, Bernie and Mark of Youth in Asia, plus Steph of Hagar the Womb briefly, Decadent Few’s first gig was at Studio One in Slough, June 1984. Mark and Steph had stepped out by this point and a friend, Gary, was taught Bass by Mike in vintage Paul Simenon-style, i.e. coloured stickers on the frets to denote where to play which note which song.

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20 Bulls Each

Storming from the land of luck, 20 BULLS EACH have been building their following throughout their hometown of Dublin, Ireland and all of Europe for almost a decade. The band started with no allegiance to any particular style of music and instead opted to start playing and see where they ended up. Fusing influence from punk, hardcore, metal and Oi, 20 BULLS EACH have crafted their own style of melodic hardcore after years of touring and recording.

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Eight Days From Sunday

There are two groups with the name "Eight Days From Sunday": 1) A British punk band formed in 2009
2) An American rock band formed in 2002, disbanding in 2011 before an eventual reunion in 2012. 1) Eight Days From Sunday is a British group based in Orpington, Kent, currently consisting of Ben Brazier (guitar, vocals), Lewis Fife (drums) and Philip Whitehead (bass guitar). Formed as Footsteps From The Fable in October 2009 by Ben Brazier (guitar), Mike Lane (bass) and Lewis Fife (drums) and Billy O'Brien (vocals), although after about a month Billy O'Brien left the group.

Read more about Eight Days From Sunday on Last.fm.

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Blackalicious

Gift Of Gab (Tim Parker) and Chief Xcel (Xavier Mosley) met at John F. Kennedy High School in 1987 in Sacramento, California and formed the group in the early 1990s. They released their first recording, "Swan Lake", on . The Solesides Crew consisted of the duo, as well as other friends of theirs they had met at University of California - Davis, including DJ Shadow, Lyrics Born and Lateef The Truth Speaker. The single was an underground hit, but label trouble prevented the duo from immediately capitalizing on their fame.

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Dan Andriano

Dan Andriano (born 1977 in Elgin, Illinois) is the bassist and co-vocalist (alongside vocalist/guitarist Matt Skiba and drummer Derek Grant) for the punk rock band Alkaline Trio. Andriano joined the band after original bassist Rob Doran left in late 1997. For Your Lungs Only, a four-song E.P., was the first release to feature Andriano on bass. Andriano would begin writing songs with Alkaline Trio beginning with the band's first L.P., Goddamnit.

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The Side Project

The Side Project are a pop punk band from Washburn, Wisconsin. They released a 7-inch in 2009 called "New Brain" and a split 7-inch with The Transgressions in 2010 called "Stop Wasting My Time," both on Traffic Street Records. There's also an acoustic rock/progressive/hip hop group from Metro Detroit called SideProject.

Read more about The Side Project on Last.fm.

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The Nuns

There are at least 2 artists under the name of Nuns. 1. The Nuns were a punk rock/new wave band in San Francisco in the late 1970s. The band has periodically reformed and played to the present day. The band formed in 1975, and were the among the first punk bands in California. In January 1978, together with The Avengers they opened for the Sex Pistols at their final concert at San Francisco's Winterland.

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