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Blackhole

There are at least three artists named Blackhole. 1. A hardcore band from Watford/Hemel (United Kingdom) who have been touring with bands such as Cancer Bats, Every Time I Die, The Ghost Of A Thousand, and Johnny Truant, amongst others. Signed to Raw Power management and harboring front man Richard Carter (brother of Frank and Steph Carter of the mighty Gallows). Delivering crushing riffs and powerful vocals with every track. 2. A speed/power metal band from Seoul, South Korea.

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Andre Williams

Andre Williams (born Zephire Andre Williams in Bessemer, Alabama, on November 1, 1936) is an American R&B and punk blues musician who started his career in the 1950s at Fortune Records in Detroit. Some sources believe that Williams is the long-lost brother of Screamin' Jay Hawkins, a blues musician whose song "I Put A Spell On You" landed on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll charts.

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The Rockets

There are at least six bands called The Rockets. 1) The band from which Neil Young formed Crazy Horse. The band began in 1962 as the doo wop group Danny & the Memories, with guitarist/singer Danny Whitten, and counting future Crazy Horse stalwarts Billy Talbot and Ralph Molina as members, the latter two are the only individuals present in every incarnation of the band. The group evolved through nascent San Francisco folk-psychedelia...

Read more about The Rockets on Last.fm.

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Chuck Berry

Charles Edward Anderson "Chuck" Berry (born October 18, 1926 in St. Louis, Missouri) is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. Chuck Berry is an influential figure and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music who first began performing in 1953. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's website, "While no individual can be said to have invented rock and roll, Chuck Berry comes the closest of any single figure to being the one who put all the essential pieces together.

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The Wynd

Two EPs, two dozen live performances, four drummers, numerous broken relationships, radio play in Ireland & the UK and more hangovers than a Gazza-hosted pool-party. A band so mythical, so rarely sighted, that even the band members themselves sometimes wonder if they actually exist. The Wynd have achieved all this and more during their five or so years as a functioning beat combo, although functioning might be too strong a word.

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The Onyas

Loud, uncomplicated, straight-up, Australian rock and roll. Lyrics about getting drunk and getting laid over top of Chuck Berry riffs. So authentic you can almost smell the pub carpet! Jaws is in The Casanovas, Rich is in a slew of bands including the Ooga Boogas,The Unfuckable and helps run Aarght! Records, John McKeering (Macka) is in the Cosmic Psychos, the Boondall Boys and Ich Bin Ein Esel.

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