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Less Than Jake

Less Than Jake is a ska-punk band formed in 1992 in Gainesville, Florida. They were recently released from their contract with Warner Brothers. Their current line-up includes Chris (vocals, guitar), Roger (bass, vocals, guitar at certain live shows), Vinnie (drums, lyricist), Buddy (trombone, bass at certain live shows) and JR (saxophone). The band's name derives from a dog Vinnie had while growing up, which was treated better than the rest of the family. It's also a reference to the phrase "everything is jake," which is an old phrase meaning everything is cool.

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Make Do and Mend

Make Do And Mend is a post-hardcore / punk rock band from West Hartford, CT, formed in 2006, and now living in Boston, MA. They first released a 6-track EP (We're All Just Living) in 2007, and then a follow-up EP (Bodies Of Water). They gave it for free online, and then Panic Records called to help out with an official release, which came true in March 2009. At the end of the year, the band entered the studio to record two songs for a split album with Touché Amoré, released September 2010 on Panic Records.

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DMZ

There is more than one artist with this name: One is a 70's punk/garagerock band fronted by Jeff "Mono Man" Connolly, who would later go on to form <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Lyres" class="bbcode_artist">Lyres</a>. The other is a collaboration between dubstep producers <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Digital+Mystikz" class="bbcode_artist">Digital Mystikz</a> and <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Loefah" class="bbcode_artist">Loefah</a>, and refers to a label, a club night and sometimes individual tracks.

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Shorelines

Shorelines (Formerly <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/The+Cameo+In" class="bbcode_artist">The Cameo In</a>) is an <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/alternative" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">alternative</a>/<a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/pop-punk" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">pop-punk</a> band from the Detroit area. Shorelines combines catchy riffs with powerful lyrics and vocal lines that will be stuck in your head for days.

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Headaches

1. Headaches is a band from Brisbane, Australia playing melodic hardcore/punk in the vain of bands such as Kid Dynamite, CIV, H2O and Lifetime. They have released a demo and have shared the stage with local acts Break Even, Phantoms, Word Up and Skyway and international act Fireworks. http://www.myspace.com/headachesbrisbane 2. Headaches is a also an experimental/electronic artist from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada that follows this description: headaches is what happens when you often can't sleep due to chronic headaches and b) watch a lot of movies

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Horrorshow

There are at least three artists called Horrorshow.

1. Horrorshow are a two-piece Hip-Hop group from Sydney, Australia, with Solo as emcee and Adit providing the beats as DJ. Both from the inner-west suburbs of Sydney, at only 19 years old they began writing their music and are now among the most recent signings to independent Australian Hip-Hop label Elefant Traks. Their first album, "The Grey Space" was released through Elefant Traks on the 20th August, 2008 and was nominated for an ARIA Award for Best Urban Album. Promoting this, they gained countrywide attention in supporting The Herd on their national tour. Horrorshow's second album "Inside Story" was released 2 October, 2009 - also through Elefant Traks and to nationwide acclaim.

2. Horrorshow is an Oi/Ska band from Poland.
3. Horrorshow is a Heavy/Thrash Metal band from Indiana, US. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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A Death In The Family

Forming in Melbourne (Australia) in mid-2004. A DEATH IN THE FAMILY play unique blend of sonic rock & melody driven punk inspired by bands like Leatherface, Husker Du and Hot Water Music. After releasing a 5-track demo EP (now out of print) in Dec 2004, ADITF have spent the past 12 months playing alongside bands such as Blueline Medic, The Nation Blue, Ted Leo (USA), The Explosion (USA), Bodyjar, Sommerset (NZ), Away From Now and were lucky enough to support Leatherface (UK) on their first Australian tour in mid-2005.

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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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Ill Brigade

Hardcore Punk outfit from the South Coast of NSW, Australia (SCHC!)
Formerly know as ILL.
Recently released their debut EP and 7" titled "The EP", it was released on Common Bond Records. Lineup ADAM - vocals
DEAN - guitar
BRETT - bass
CHRIS - drums www.myspace.com/xillbrigadex

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