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East

Five artists by this name: 1) Olivier Kponton better known under his stage name East was a french rapper born in 1969 and died February 3 of 1996 because of a motorcycle accident. He was born in the Parisian region of France and spent his childhood and youth there. He started his music career by working with famous french rap groups Alliance Ethnik and I AM. He is the co-founder of the label "Double H" along with his friend rapper DJ Cut Killer.

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Error

There are 7 Bands releasing under the name Error 1.) American Error released an EP in 2003 on Epitaph, the group was comprised of members from several other bands all working together to make something new and different from their other bands. The result was an industrial sound with elements of rock, punk and contempory electronica with an aggressive vocal style. Error comprised of:
Atticus Ross (of Nine Inch Nails/12 Rounds)
Brett Gurewitz (of Bad Religion)
Leopold Ross (of Nojahoda)
Greg Puciato (of The Dillinger Escape Plan)

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House that Jack Built

This is the house that Jack built. Formed in early 2008, Mark (bass/vox), Paul (guitar/vox), James (percussion/vox) and Aaron (guitar/vox) are House that Jack Built. They are not a Metallica album track, nor in fact are they an Aretha Franklin song, the name is, typically, taken from an old English fable written by an author whose identity is oft discussed over good coffee (something the band enjoy every bit as much as an anonymous work of literature).

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iLL

There are five artists who use this name: 1) Nakako (Koji Nakamura) is the ex-singer of the Japanese experimental // band Supercar. After the breakup of Supercar, he went on to work on various other projects including Nyantora and iLL. With iLL, he has also worked with contemporary Japanese artist Naohiro Ukawa. 2) ill is a band from Atlanta, Georgia that plays a heavy blend of rock, blues, industrial, and punk. ill released the album Down In Deep in 2009, and released a self-titled EP in 2010.

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Tandem

Tandem is a rap group originally from Aubervilliers (the city of Maladrerie) in Seine-Saint-Denis, France. It comprises Mac Tyer (aka Socrates Petnga) born in 1979 in Aubervilliers and Mac Kregor (aka Warrior Makenzy) born in Saint-Denis in 1979. Discography * 2001 The first EP arrives in September. This mini album of 9 tracks marks its territory by its dark instrumentals and raw lyrics. * 2004

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1995

There are multiple artists with this name: 1) Pronounced "Un-Double Neuf-Cinq" (One double nine Five). A French hip-hop group from the Paris Suburb (Montrouge 92). Composed of 6 members: Nekfeu (or Fennek), Alpha Wann (or Phaal), Sneazzy, areno Jaz, Fonky Flav' and Dj Lo. It is part of the collective "L'Entourage". 2) 1995 are a Darkwave Pop band from Auckland, New Zealand, consisting of 5 members; Adrian Bird (Guitar/BV), Matt Offord (Vocals/Keys), Dave Provan (Guitar), Jordan Puryer (Drums/BV) and Chris Washer (Bass). Formed in Auckland, 2007.

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Mirage

There are at least 14 bands named Mirage. 1) Mirage released numerous cover version megamixes of current pop hits during the eighties. Many of them were produced by Nigel Wright, sometimes together with Nigel Stock, John Davies & Robin Sellars. Mirage also had three vocalists that posed on the record-covers: Kiki Billy, Nicos Griffiths & Carlos Griffiths. 2) A cult hungarian new/darkwave band from the '80s.

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gta

GTA may refer to several artists: 1) a hip-hop group from Oxford - U.K. Formed of Junior Doctor Chima Anya and Ineff, established in 2004 - they consider themselves "Hip-hop's last chance" .
2) Breakbeat and jungle project of DJ Uncle Noah. Originally named "DTA" to stand for 'Davis Techno Alliance' - an homoage to DJs Jeyson and Marcone/Hannibal Selecta who Uncle Noah met in Davis, CA. The project was renamed "GTA" upon settling in southern California.
3) Hard house artist.

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