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ONE OK ROCK

ONE OK ROCK is a Japanese Rock band formed in the summer of 2005. It was started by Toru with High School friends Alex and Ryota after each of them got their musical instruments. After that, Taka joined as their vocalist and they focused on performing shows in the Tokyo area. In 2006 they independently released 2 mini albums. Because of their albums sales, their participation in relatively large festivals that summer and their energetic shows in the outskirts of Tokyo, they were noticed by a foreign record company.

Read more about ONE OK ROCK on Last.fm.

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JAXX

There are more artists using this name: 1) JAXX is the name Patrick Jacks has used in the video game arrangement community, He was inspired by video game composers such as: Hiroki Kikuta, Yasunori Mitsuda, Yuzo Koshiro , Nobuo Uematsu and others. He was fascinated with the idea of recreating nostalgic retro game music that he grew up with. He started out in the scene using tracker programs, messing around with midi arrangements and what not then started putting out arrangements in a punk/rock style, which he was more familiar with and is most known for in the scene.

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Corleone

There are at least two artists named "Corleone": 1) Combining post-rock ideals with unique vocals and dark, brooding lyrics, Corleone are a four-piece band from Sheffield, UK.
The band self-released two EPs; Crude Black Millions, recorded in May 2005 and TV! Sing Me To Sleep, recorded in March 2006. A second run of TV! Sing Me To Sleep has since been released through Corps Morts.
Though some characteristic post-rock sounds are present in many of their songs, this does not define the music, which is enhanced with unique vocals.

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serious sam

A development company, Croteam, invented a game, Serious Sam. It pwned.
They released a sequel, Serious Sam 2, which also pwned. This music is from the second game - Serious Sam: The Second Encounter. It was during some snow level, where you kill a lot of headless suicide bombers. Weirdly, I'm not lying.

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Killer Instinct

1) NYHC style hardcore band from PA 2) Killer Instinct is a fighting game by Rare and Nintendo. Initially released in arcades in
1994, and claiming to use an "Ultra 64" hardware engine. The game received a high profile launch on the Super Nintendo, as well as on the Game Boy. It led to a sequel, Killer Instinct 2. Developed using SGI computers and 3D modeling software from Alias, Killer Instinct was considered a graphical leader when it was released. It featured animated backgrounds that were pre-rendered movies which changed angles depending on the character location.

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Sierra

1) Sierra is a Jazz female singer from Indonesia.
Sierra Soetedjo are a newcomer in the jazz world of Indonesia, who studied vocals at WAAPA (Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts). Sierra also had a guest star in Tompi's album (My Happy Life), where Sierra and Tompi duet in the song Love Letter.
Sierra's debut album titled Only One. 2) Sierra was an American Contemporary Christian music vocal trio, founded in 1992 and quickly signed to Star Song, who released their debut self-titled album in 1994. The group released four albums before breaking up in 2002.

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Ian Livingstone

Ian Livingstone (born July 4, 1969 in London) is a prolific British video game, advertisements, TV and films composer. He was trained composing in age of 5. He usually composes fully orchestrated music. Livingstone works with Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic and Utah Symphony Orchestra. Livingstone does music with his Dolby Digital company. His clients include Disney, EA, Activision, Saatchi, DreamWorks, Fox and Warner Bros.

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Sana

There are at least three artists going by the name Sana: 1) A KONAMI-employed pop artist (新谷さなえ) sings for several games. Most are part of the bemani series, although her work in Zone of the Enders: Anubis is a notable exception. She sings primarily for the Pop’n Music series, and has released several CDs of her vocal tracks from the games. 2) SANA is the ex-guitarist of Japanese rock band Mask. He is currently an indies solo artist and released his first Maxi Single 「一人法師」 in 2006. As of late, he has been performing as part of a session band called TheJEAN.

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