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Kym Mazelle

Kym Mazelle (born Kimberley Grigsby in 1960, in Gary, Indiana, U.S.) is an American soul music singer. She was brought up and lived on the same street as the Jackson family and knew Michael Jackson's mother and uncle. Early in her career, in the late 1980s and early 1990s, she enjoyed major success in the European house music scene, and performed as a member of Soul II Soul. However she is probably best known as the singer of the cover version of the song "Young Hearts Run Free", in the 1996 Baz Luhrmann film, William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet.

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The Deep End

The Deep End was a band from Watertown, NY consisting of Adam Maguire (The 65 Film Show,) Mike DeMarco (Between Walls, ex-The Score, Good Morning Reality, ex-Alabama Blacksnake) and Josh Hagen (Collective Funtime Band, ex-Dead End, ex-Curse What's Sacred) in the fall of 2002. Many shows and an EP later they broke up in 2003 when Mike moved to NYC and Adam was sent to war with the Army. A brief reunion may or may not have happened in 2004 when Mike moved back to Upstate NY and Adam came back for a few months before ultimately moving away but Adam did play at least one acoustic show in 2004.

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The Jurby Mountain Daredevils

Swamp music from the plains of the deep north of the Isle of Man. All the way from Jurby. The home of the cabbage! The only band from the Mountains of Jurby. Occaisionally performing as a nine/ten piece band (inc.Brass), the band members are all from the north of the Island. The name 'Jurby Mountain Daredevils' was chosen to reflect this. It also gives an opportunity for smart alecs to point out that there are in fact no mountains in Jurby.
The band play simple music deliberatley to allow for the addition of guest musicians without the need for rehearsals.

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Showcase

Ex local Maryland Band. Unfortunately, they've been broken up for about 4 years now. Showcase's music does not fit into any one particular genre of rock, so they refer to their sound as being "NEOP rock". NEOP rock is described by Martin as "punk without the powerchords, emo without the whining, pop without the crappiness, and modern rock without sounding like everything else on the radio." By combining influences from these and other genres, Showcase has a very original driving rock sound that cannot be heard anywhere else.

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Andrew Vincent

Andrew Vincent has been converting the doubtful with his brand of frank, simple
narratives and witty wordplay since he started laying songs to tape years back as a
student at Waterloo. As enthusiasm grew for his songs, AV began playing out in local
cafés and such, and before long, To Thine hit the streets on cassette. As popularity
for the cassette grew, To Thine found its way to disc while AV made the move to the

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Love Connection

Love Connection is a Melbourne four-piece making synth-washed hypno-pop, crafted using instruments made entirely of glitter, rainbows and the hairs of unicorns. Their debut self titled album, Love Connection, was released by Sensory Projects early 2010. Love Connection was the shortlived moniker of house producer Ricky Romanini, who scored a Euro hit with the 2000 single 'The Bomb'.

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Lady Strangelove

Lady Strangelove combines the minds of Brendan Shaw, (vocals, harmonica, tambourine, percussion) Azz Shaw (Bass, Keyboard, Sampler), Josh Van Looy (Guitar), and Damo Satanek (Drums) to crete an experimental style of psychedelic dance-rock, fusing influences so vast that they span everything from Pink Floyd, Santa and Jimi Hendrix to The Chemical Brotheres, The Mars Volta, The Music, and Comets on Fire.

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Trophy Wives

There are at least two artists who use this name:
1. A metal band from Louisville, Kentucky
2. A pop punk band from Providence, Rhode Island 1. First conceived in the summer of 2007 by veterans of many of their city's more noteworthy and distinguished bands of recent years, Louisville, Kentucky's TROPHY WIVES has, in an incredibly short timespan, established themselves as a veritable force to be reckoned with in their own right, on their own terms.

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Hundred Days

Yeovil (UK) band Hundred Days have been busy writing and recording their new album “How a war is won”. Recording and producing the album themselves they have achieved a mix classic and modern rock sounds. Before the Hundred days the boys had been making music together for years.Playing countless gigs all over the south from Exeter to London. Now with the new name, new music and cutting back to a three piece they are more committed to there music than ever.

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