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Longfellow

Longfellow broke up in 2002, most of the members went on to form the band Sederra. One member joined The Maxies. Longfellow is also the name of an electro/pop/folk band from the UK, based in London/Nottingham. Members include Owen James Lloyd, Richard Norris, James Thomas, Kevin Ray, Jonny Morgan, Sophie Bagnall and Ali Hetherington. Their sound has been described as 'folk meets indie' and they won the Battle of the Bands competition 2011 at the University of Nottingham.

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Hook

Firstly, an epic 60's psychedelic band. Secondly, Hook, everyone relates it to fuckin' Peter Pan, unless for a few freaks that would have kicked Peter Pan's ass till he claims for mercy. Hook starts in february 2005 when Chipi, guitar and vocals, moves from the far north and decides that beer is not the only in heis life, so he starts the band together with Eric black bassplayer from NBA league, and a drumming toy (aka fruity loops drums).

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Lungs

There are at least 2 artists with the name Lungs: 1) Lungs are a Sydney punk rock trio with an attention deficit. A taste for the frantic has them mixing the speed of skate punk and thrash with the more driving anthems of post-hardcore rock. They also play, write and record at an enviable pace. Since they formed in the inner west of Sydney in 2006, they have become synonymous with Australian fast punk, touring the country and playing main supports for acts as diverse as NOFX, A Wilhelm Scream, Bouncing Souls, Mach Pelican, The City On Film and Blueline Medic.

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Broken Aris

Broken Aris is a fourheaded skatepunkmachine from northern Sweden. When founded in the city of Sundsvall in the winter of 2006/2007 we began our mission to speed up the world. Now, 4 years, 4 releases and tons of gigs later we still try to figure out what the hell we're doing. We sure like it though.

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This Side Up

‘This Side Up’ ……. the Hip-Hop night that has been rocking various venues all over the badlands of Sligo. The night has gathered a devoted following since it began in 2008 and prides itself on providing the crowd with upfront music in a funky and friendly atmosphere. To kick things off Djs Noone and PC man the turntables dropping everything from OldSkool Hip-Hop and Funk to Reggae and Jazz. As the night gathers pace Shaool and Myster-E grab the microphone and raise the roof with intelligent hard hitting rhymes while original beats are dropped by Noone.

Read more about This Side Up on Last.fm.

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Slush

Formed in 1992 in northern Ontario Canada , Slush has been playing melodic punk rock for 11 years and now live in western Canada in the ski resort town of Whistler, British Columbia. They have record 7 albums as well as a compilation album and the 8th album was recorded in 2005.

Slush on Last.fm.

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Awaken

Awaken is a band from Greenwich, CT formed in 2009 by vocalist Glenn DaGrossa. He was formerly the songwriter and founding member of the band Lazarus, which Kerrang! magazine hailed as "one of the quintessential metal bands of our time." Thanks to DaGrossa's soaring vocals and stellar song craftsmanship, Lazarus was also voted one of 2007's best unsigned bands by the staff at Germany's Heavy magazine and metalexpressradio.com said their 2007 debut, Episode One, "could have easily been sandwiched between Queensrÿche's The Warning and Saxon's Innocence Is No Excuse.

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Overhead

Overhead the name of four popular bands. One is a French alternative/indie band and the other is a progressive rock band from Finland. There was also a third band called Overhead from Portugal. The fourth one is a band from New Zealand that plays rock and roll. The following information refers to the Finnish band. Alex Keskitalo: vocals and flute
Jaakko Kettunen: guitars
Tarmo Simonen: piano and keyboards
Janne Pylkkönen: bass
Ville Sjöblom: drums

Read more about Overhead on Last.fm.

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