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Die Laughing

UPDATE: Die Laughing reformed in 2012 to celebrate their 20th Anniversary. On the 8th May it was announced that Die Laughing would be touring with The March Violets on a selection of key UK dates in June 2012, before beginning work on a new album. More information:
http://www.facebook.com/dielaughingofficial
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History Die Laughing are mainly remembered for their input to the 90s Goth scene but their roots go much further back into the 1980s.

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The Terrors

Punk Rock from Scotland. Influenced by bands such as Minor Threat, Calabrese, The Misfits, Zombina & the Skeletones, The Distillers & The Cramps. We have just put out our new CD City of the Dead which is available at our shows and online. The Terrors started in June 2008 the line-up then was Tina, Scott & Callum. After recording our frist demo cd 'Disasters Only Get Worse' things started to pick up fast and in 2009 Michael joined as the second guitarist and they recorded their first full length album 'City of the Dead' in which Fraser Murderburger played drums until Raph joined...

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As Diabatz

During summertime in 2006, three south brazilian girls have noticed that it was about time to start an all-girl band in the Brazil's Psychobilly scene. Inspired by the 80's classic psycho bands, they started to play their own simple & raw songs, willing to transmit this disease that Psychobily is all about. "The Brazilian psycho scene spawned a luscious rarity in 2006, when three ladies stirred up their own twist on the original style from the early eighties.

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Bleak

There exist five acts with this name: 1. A side project of Lycia members Mike Vanportfleet and fellow member David Galas
2. An atmospheric/ambient/raw dark/black metal with vocals reminiscent of early Burzum.
3. A Finnish rock band
4. A death.blues London, UK band
5. A techno act from sweden. -----
1) In the midst of an incredibly prolific time for the band Lycia during the mid-'90s, bandleader Mike Vanportfleet and fellow member David Galas found time to create a side project...

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Jacquy Bitch

In 1991 Jacquy Bitch launched his solo career, leaving behind him his previous batcave group Neva, disbanded in 1989 with two essential albums.
Releasing two self produced cassettes and a video comprising concert clips and other assorted extracts, Jacquy Bitch soon confirmed his position as a cult figure of the French ‘electro-batcave’ scene.
Noted for concerts that were a mix of the baroque theatrical, and performances sprinkled with surrealist language and apocalyptic imagery, Jacquy Bitch brought out a Mini 5 track CD containing the indispensable ‘Jesus’...

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Kabuki

Kabuki is the name of more than one artist: 1) A veteran DJ of Germany's drum & bass scene and high-profile producer. Brought up as a classical guitarist, studying composition and abandoning everything for the thrill of electronic music. Co-founder of the label Precision Breakbeat Research in Frankfurt. Except for music ranging from Steve Reich to John Barry, Kabuki's heart belongs to the Asian cinema and martial arts. No wonder he chose Japan's flamboyant Kabuki theatre style as DJ alias.

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Cortex

Four (or more) artists have gone by the name Cortex: a French jazz-funk group from the 70s, a Swedish punk band, a Spanish metalcore band and a experimental Belgian project by Alain Neffe. 1. A French jazz funk group from the seventies.
Key members were Alain Mion (Piano) and Alain Gandolfi (drums, percussion). Cortex recorded several albums and singles for the Sonodisc label. 2 albums got re-issued: 'Troupeau Bleu' (on 'Dare-Dare') and 'Volume 2' (on 'Follow Me'). 2. A Swedish punk or post-punk band from Gothenburg.

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