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B2ST

BEAST (in Korean: 비스트, stylized as B2ST) is a six-member boy band from South Korea, under Cube Entertainment. The group was originally known as B2ST, an acronym for Boys to Search for Top. However, their name was changed to BEAST (Boys of the East Standing Tall) a few days before debut. They released their first mini-album Beast Is the B2ST on October 14, 2009. There were many news articles on the group before its debut as many of them had previous experience in the entertainment industry.

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Freestyle

There is more than one artist with the name Freestyle: 1. One of the most prolific and influential of the '80s electro artists, Miami-based producer Tony Butler recorded a string of popular club tracks on Power/Jam Packed and his own Music Specialist label in the mid-'80s, helping build the electro legacy that would give birth to Miami-style bass music and freestyle (named after Butler's primary pseudonym), as well as influence '90s post-techno artists such as Autechre and Biochip C.

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Shoo

Yoo Soo-Young, more commonly known as 슈 (Shoo) (her Japanese name), is a Korean singer, a member of the pop group S.E.S.. Although Korean, she lived in Japan for most of her early life. She got her start in the group by trying out in auditions for SM Entertainment (unlike the other two members, who were discovered through less conventional methods). She succeeded in getting noticed from the judges and was thus offered a spot in their girl group, which became known as S.E.S. (standing for Sea, Eugene, and Shoo, the three members).

Read more about Shoo on Last.fm.

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Brian

1) A czech thrash metal band founded in 1989 and released a few full-length albums. 2) Brian Gintaek Joo (브라이언) (born January 10, 1981) is an American singer active in South Korea, where he is known as a member of R&B duo Fly to the Sky. He is professionally known as Brian.
Brian entered the local pop music scene in 1999, at the tender age of 17. Born and raised in the United States, Brian entered the Korean entertainment industry after a friend signed him up for an audition with Brothers Entertainment and was then sent to SM Entertainment in Korea.

Read more about Brian on Last.fm.

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Wax

Eight artists go by the name Wax:
1. An American creative/experimental Hip Hop/Rap/Acoustic artist.
2. A pop group active in between 1985 and 1988 consisting of American singer-songwriter Andrew Gold and British singer Graham Gouldman of 10cc fame.
3. An American Pop Punk band known for the 1995 song California
4. A female South Korean singer active in the 2000s (see: 왁스)
5. An alias of Dutch dance producer Robert Meijer
6. A short lived Swedish punk band active in the early 1980s
7. A Japanese rapper from the group SD JUNKSTA

Read more about Wax on Last.fm.

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MC Sniper

Recording artist and founder of underground hip-hop crew Buddha Baby, MC Sniper is considered a controversial and influential musician in South Korea. He Debuted in 2002 with the album "So Sniper..." and immediately became recognized for acrid lyrics that challenged economic, governmental, and societal conditions. His backdrop: a powerful mixture of hip-hop and traditional Korean music. He is credited with discovering and producing 배치기 (Baechigi), a hip-hop group whose popularity is now exponentially increasing.

Read more about MC Sniper on Last.fm.

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DIA

There are at least four artists with this name:
1) DIA (디아) is a South Korean female singer. 2) DIA is a finnish modern rock band from Jyväskylä, Finland. It was founded in 2005 and so far has released demos and an LP fully downloadable from their website: http://www.ilta.fi 3) Integration is the new, self-released album by Dia (Shawn Brice and Maria Azevedo of Battery.) What began as a one-time project by has developed into an ongoing musical endeavor: written, recorded and produced by two members of the band that brought you such memorable albums as Aftermath, Distance and nv.

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Smash

1) Band was formed by the sitar/guitar player Gualberto in 1967. At the beginning of the seventies Smash recorded two albums for Philips label "Glorieta de los Lotos" in 1970 and "We Come To Smash This Time" in 1971. Unfortunately early death of the vocalist Julio Matito bring band to the end. Music which Smash create is compare to Moody Blues and Vanilla Fudge psychodelic mood. Through guitar style of Manuel Molina we hear evident flamenco touch, applying on traditional "palos" (tarantos).

Read more about Smash on Last.fm.

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Big Bang

BIG BANG are a South Korean pop group comprised of five members. The group was created by YG Entertainment through a long audition process that was aired as a 10 episode documentary. One member was dropped, and the official group debuted at the YG Family 10th Anniversary Concert on August 19th, 2006. In spite of the members' young ages, they are a multi-talented group, trained in all aspects of music (i.e. singing, rapping, dancing, composing, and writing lyrics). Big Bang's leader, G-Dragon, has trained with YG for six years; fellow trainee Tae Yang also trained for six years.

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