Contra
There are at least nine "Contra's", they will all be dealt with below. 1. Contra was a hardcore/punk band from Long Island, New York. They formed around 1997/98 and at the time were Jon Berg, Steve Andolfo, Anthony Greco, and Craig Hughes. They toured a few times, released a couple of records on Traffic Violation records, and defined what hardcore and punk was about for a lot of people on Long Island for a long time.
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Ball
Ball is a hip hop/electronica producer and MC from London. He works with another producer, Jackanory, from time to time. http://www.myspace.com/mossballs
Envoys
There are two bands who go by the name of Envoys: 1. A Swedish pop/rock band from the 1960s. They enjoyed success with a number of hits in the Swedish chart, including the excellent Beatles cover 'Almarna at Folket' (Power to the People). 2. A progressive, post-metal band from Leeds in the north of England. Featuring former members of Brody and Cotheria, Envoys formed in early 2011 and released a self-titled demo in November of the same year.
Colt 45
Colt 45 is also the name of a country band from the netherlands.
This country band from Woerden garnered acclaim playing as a support act for Buck Owens. However, they folded rather quickly (1978). The line-up included: Ries van Oostrom, Frans de Bruin , Alice and Karin May , Harry de Vroege and Henk Smit. After there splitup Alice and Karin became more famous as Maywood.
Beardfish
Beardfish is a band from Gävle, Sweden that plays progressive rock. Their style resembles the progressive rock that was popular in the 1970s. In 2001, Rikard Sjöblom and David Zackrisson founded Beardfish together with Petter Diamant on drums and Gabriel Olsson on bass. Drummer Petter Diamant subsequently left the band, and was replaced by Magnus Östgren in 2002; flautist and keyboardist Stefan Aronsson also joined.
Dan Berglund
Two Swedish musicians:
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Dan Berglund is an Swedish folk singer and guitarist, born in Helsinki, Finland in 1954.
In the 70's he was affiliated with the Swedish Marxist-Leninist communist party (KPML(r)), but in '79 he turned his back on the party, comparing the Leninist view on communism with the Taliban view of Islam. He is most known for his album "En järnarbetares visor", released in 1975.
Figaro
Figaro are an English band which was formed in 2011 consisting of band members: Benjamin Comley
Darn Thorn
Owen Wassell
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