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Rebecca Black

Rebecca Black (born June 21, 1997) is an American singer who gained worldwide attention with her 2011 single "Friday". Her mother paid $4000 to have the single and an accompanying music video put out as a vanity release through the record label ARK Music Factory. The song was co-written and produced by Clarence Jey and Patrice Wilson of ARK Music Factory. After the video went viral on YouTube and other social media sites, "Friday" was derided by many music critics and viewers, who dubbed it "the worst song ever.

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Kevin

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Kevin is a band from Fleet in Hampshire, they split up a good few years ago. 2) Kevin is a Danish electronic music producer under F&W Records. 3) Kevin is a Finnish indie rock group. Band members are Antti Alén - drums, percussion, Finn Andersson - bass, vocals, Jussi Ristikaarto - guitars, organs, vocals and Ville Särmä - lead vocals, guitars. The group describes their music this way: "Imagine the MC5 moving to San Francisco, quitting hard drugs and befriending David Crosby.

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The Vamps

The Vamps are young four piece from the sunny Gold Coast, Australia. They take an old school approach to their music and value vibe and feel over all other aspects of their sound. They are currently working on an EP and releasing sneaky previews of tracks as they are completed.
There are also at least three other artists with the name The Vamps. 1. The Vamps are an indie pop band from Birmingham, UK.

Read more about The Vamps on Last.fm.

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Hank Green

Hank Green (May 5, 1980) is one of the two founders of the video blog project Brotherhood 2.0 that inspired the community of cool nerds known as Nerdfighters. Hank wrote many of his songs for his Brotherhood 2.0 videos. He and Alan Lastufka co-own DFTBA Records, a label that signs successful YouTube-based musicians. Both Hank and John Green continue to make videos and their joint YouTube account can be found at http://youtube.com/vlogbrothers. Hank's music can be found at http://DFTBA.com

Read more about Hank Green on Last.fm.

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Blue Skies

Blue Skies is the moniker of English singer/songwriter David Bullas. He is currently working on several EP's/albums due to be released over the next six months. Influences include Ben Kweller, The Libertines, Bright Eyes, Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley, Jimi Hendrix, The White Stripes, Arcade Fire, Rook and the Ravens...

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Reuben Ingall

Reuben Ingall makes various kinds of sounds in the noise/drone/glitch/experimental area, using found sound, algorithms/code, guitars and home-made contact microphones.
Australian, in his 20s, computer-music degree, also dabbles in film/new-media/net-art.
He released music under the pseudonym Sevenen from 2002 - 2006. He makes the majority of his music available free.
www.reubeningall.com

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Ben Abraham

In 2003 Ben Abraham decided he never wanted to sing again. The stunning career choice came after years of musical insecurity and tireless efforts to impress people; performing renditions of other people's songs he was told were cool at the time. Content with leaving the dream of music behind, Ben turned instead to his screenwriting studies and fell in love with the art of film and the power of story.

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Helix

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) Helix is a heavy metal band that formed in 1974 for a Battle of the Bands contest in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada and is best known for their 1984 single "Rock You". The original lineup consisted of singer Brian Vollmer, guitarists Brent Doerner and Paul Hackman, bassist Keith Zurbrigg and drummer Brian Doerner. In 1992, Hackman died when the group's van rolled down a 40-foot enbankment after a concert in Vancouver.

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