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Dead Kennedys

Dead Kennedys are a hardcore punk/punk rock band from San Francisco, California. During the 1980s the band gained a large underground following in the international punk music scene. Their music mixed the more experimental elements of English 1970s punk with the raw energy of the 1980s American scene. Dead Kennedys' songs mix the deliberately shocking lyrics of punk with a satirical and sarcastic left-wing commentary on social and political issues.

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State Radio

For generations of great American songwriters, the music and the message have been inextricably linked. Word and deed are one in the same, and the only thing more moving than the rousing call to action is the evocative melody that transports the words like a shell casing. These are fire-breathing poets of justice who sing about ordinary people in extraordinary ways, and can turn the world inside out with three chords and the truth.

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Al Baker

Al Baker is a Troubacore Folk artist from Manchester in the UK. He has only been playing since January 2006 and has already toured the UK, US, Canada and Ireland with his band, The Dole Queue. He has appeared on stage with well respected acts such as Atilla The Stockbroker, David Rovics, Evan Greer, Ryan Harvey, Tom Frampton, Mark Gunnery, Legion of Filth and Gideon Conn. Al released his first album, On The Use of Jack Boots, in December 2006 which has received glowing reviews. He has planned to release a second album at the end of 2009.

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Stewart Home

Stewart Home was born in south London in 1963. He developed an interest in northern soul and punk rock as a teenager, and from 1974 onwards spent a lot of his time hanging around the West End of London, both alone and in the company of other juveniles. After leaving school at the age of sixteen, he first signed on the dole in the late seventies, and last claimed unemployment benefits in the mid-nineties. He has never held down a regular job for more than a few months at a time.

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Glassbooks

Glassbooks are a punk influenced indie rock band based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The band began playing together in October of 2012 and are comprised of vocalist and guitarist David Escudero King, guitarist Adam Carrington, bassist Stuart Fraser and drummer Darren Wilkie. The band's lyrics are often political or social.

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Roy Bailey

There are at least two performers having the name Roy Bailey. 1. Roy Bailey (born 20 October 1935, in London), is a British socialist folk singer. Roy began his singing career in a skiffle group in 1958. Colin Irwin from MOJO magazine said Roy represents "the very soul of folk's working class ideals... a triumphal homage to the grass roots folk scene as a radical alternative to the mainstream music industry."

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Chaos UK

Chaos UK are a UK band formed in 1979 near Bristol. Consisting of Simon on vocals, Andy on guitar, Kaos on bass, and Potts on drums (although the band has been through many different line-ups over the years with Kaos as the only consistent member). Their lyrics deal with topics such as unemployment, economic recession, drinking, infanticide, distrust of government, the police, and authority in general.

Read more about Chaos UK on Last.fm.

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