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The NONAME

Formed in 2001, No Name is one of the big names among the Chinese punk Old Skull bands. At the end of 2003, the music-recording company TimeString Records incorporated the song No Name by The No Name band into an underground album which in turn, surprised everyone. In 04, they made and released a new demo CD, We Don't Need That Shit!!! consisting of many new songs which they had made during the time period of 2001 to 2004.

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Subs

There are at least three artists with the name Subs. 1) An up-and-coming Belgian electro outfit; see The Subs 2) At the centre of the China’s burgeoning rock scene is Beijing, and at the centre of the capital city’s rock scene is another Subs, whose screaming garage-punk rock is the most sought after live experience in the country. Subs have risen quickly through the rock ranks based on their riotous live sets that are explosions of pure energy rare to the Middle Kingdom.

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Proximity Butterfly

Proximity Butterfly, Psychedelic / Punk / Rock from Chengdu (China), started in August 2003 by Joshua C. Love and Heather Judson. A full fledge orchestrated Mars volta-style entourage, PB is now far from their first album, arcana with two drummers, sound effect personas, saxaphone/clarinet/trumpet, bass, and guitar. Preparing for the release of "The Antikythera Mechanism" PB has stepped off of the ground to hit China's nationwide music festival scene from Shanghai to Chengdu and Inner Mongolia to shows in the hottest clubs and bars around the nation.

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P.K.14

P.K.14 - Beijing based post-punk band. The abbreviated name P.K.14 is a continuous play on words. Primarily standing for Public Kingdom for Teens (??????), known to also stand for Pent Kilowatt One More Than Thirteen, Pelikan Kraut Seven Times Two and Psycho Killer Two Less Than Sixteen amongst others... Vocals - Yang Haisong (???) Guitar - Xu Bo (??) Drums - Jonathan (??? Bass - Shi Xudong (???)

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The Downbeats

1.) The Downbeats are a vocal group which released a handful of singles on Motown records and went on to form a singing troupe with contemporary Motown artist Saundra Mallet entitled The Elgins. 2.) Punk band from Kingwood, Texas. members include: Trenton Bookout - Drums, Vocals
Alex Raasch - Bass
Aaron Goldman - Guitar, Vocals
Matt Garfield - Guitar started in 2000. has released one album (self titled) and is about to record another. We are still active and play mostly benefit shows. 3.) A bad rockabilly band from Texas.

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