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From the Cradle to the Rave

From The Cradle To The Rave, is a Punk/Ska/DNB/Breaks/Hip Hop solo project from the Scottish capital Edinburgh. Producer/punk INFKTD has spent years writing, playing and DJing all genres of music and in FTCTTR takes experience from his previous bands and projects: My Own Religion, Capitol 1212, The Infekted and Cot Death, to mix all of these genres into a new sound, termed Riotstep.

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Loveable Rogues

The Loveable Rogues are three charming boys from three different backgrounds of both music and culture fusing together to create what can only be described as a musical explosion.
Loveable Rogues are a young multi talented group consisting of three fun loving lads who are establishing their rightful place within the music industry with their aim of creating a new style of music which isn

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Scraps

There are a number of bands named Scraps 1. Scraps is a pop band from Norwich, England 2. Scraps was a punk/hardcore band from Montreal, Canada that broke up in the 80s 3. Scraps was a Anarcho/punk band from Lille,France,they formed in mid 1980's, their sound was a mixture of japcore,hardcore. And was around til the mid 1990's,with a few vinyl releases, 1) "Apartheid" 7" in 1986(Aaltrack),
2)Aaargh" 7" in 1987(Aaltrack),
3)a flexi split w Don Don in 1989(MCR Company),
4)"Wrapped up in this society" lp in 1990(Be Your Self Rec.s),

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Drowning Pool

There are 2 bands by this name: 1. Drowning Pool is a / band from Dallas, Texas formed in 1997 that rose to prominence while playing along with Ozzy Osbourne during Ozzfest. Their 2001 debut album, Sinner, was certified platinum within six months and the video for its first single "Bodies" was frequently aired on various music video channels. After the September 11th attacks the song "Bodies" was infrequently heard on many radio stations due to the sensitivity of those families' loved ones who jumped from the towers.

Read more about Drowning Pool on Last.fm.

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Pocket Billiards

Pocket Billiards are a 9-piece ska-punk band from Belfast, we've been about since 2000/2001. Our music is a mixture of melodic ska, reggae and dub with fast punky riffs and screamy bits and we're all about having fun and making sure the crowd have even more. We have played many gigs in the past and supported bands such as: Neville Staples (The Specials), The Mad Caddies, The Selecter, Bad Manners, The Slackers, Agnostic Front, Runnin Riot, Fleas and Lice, Lightyear, Total Chaos and Leftover Crack.

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The Explorers

1) The arty progressive rock of Roxy Music slid into a decidedly poppier direction when former members Phil Manzanera (guitars, keyboards) and Andy MacKay (sax, oboe, keyboards) collaborated as the Explorers. After Roxy Music's demise in 1983, MacKay moved to Ireland, developing a fondness for traditional Irish music. Wanting a respite from the studio, MacKay formed the Explorers with Manzanera and vocalist James Wraith.

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The Bad Robots

Appeared on the O2 Mobile Act Unsigned TV show in 2007, after impressing the judging panel many times they got to the final, losing out to Envy & Other Sins. The Bad Robots Highlights Hit-List… ·One of Clash Magazine’s ‘40 Bands you HAVE to hear this year’
·One of the Red pages’ ‘Hot 100’ for 2008
·Selected by ‘Talent Only’ panel to play at 2008’s Midem Music Festival
·Recently were Steve Lamacq’s ‘Unsigned Band of the Week’, getting national radio play on BBC Radio 6, and undertaking the first trans-continental live interview on the show.

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