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Gung Ho

Gung-Ho is a US television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, lasting nine seasons, and is now in syndication. The eponymous band was created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld, with the latter starring as a fictionalized version of himself. Set predominantly in an apartment block on Manhattan's Upper West Side (but shot mainly in Los Angeles), the band features a host of Jerry's friends and acquaintances, including George Costanza, Elaine Benes and Cosmo Kramer.

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Rise Against

Rise Against is a punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Formed in 1999, and originally performing under the name Transistor Revolt, they released a self-produced demo entitled Transistor Revolt in 2000, a year before signing with Fat Wreck Chords to release their first two albums, The Unraveling in 2001, and Revolutions Per Minute in 2003. They later switched to Dreamworks Records and recorded their album Siren Song of the Counter Culture.

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Spazzys

Spazzys are an all-girl punk band formed in 2000 in Melbourne, Australia. They received strong support from Melbourne community radio station 3RRR, before being picked up by popular youth radio station Triple J. They released their debut album Aloha! Go Bananas! in 2004, with singles Paco Doesn't Love Me, Hey Hey Baby and My Boyfriend's Back all charting. They are a constant in the live music scene in Melbourne and have toured nationally several times, often playing festivals such as the Big Day Out.

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Strung Out

Strung Out is a punk rock band from Simi Valley, California, formed in 1992. They are known mainly for their musical style, which fuses aspects of punk rock and metal to form their primary sound. They have released nine albums on Fat Wreck Chords and appeared on numerous compilations and skate/surf videos. They have played on the Warped Tour and continue to tour internationally. The original lineup consisted of vocalist Jason Cruz, guitarists Jake Kiley and Rob Ramos, bassist Jim Cherry and drummer Adam Austin.

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Collapsed

There is more than one artist named Collapsed: 1. A melodic hardcore band from Melbourne, Australia.
2. Collapsed is trash metal band from Texas openly influenced by such bands as Trap Them, Thumbscrew, Modern Life Is War, Orchid, and American Nightmare
3. Collapsed is a five-piece metalcore band and is trashing turmoil in the Tielt Area (Belgium). Since the start in February 2005 Collapsed played mini festivals and small clubshows, in their first year Collapsed shared stages with bands such as Arkangel, Morda, Severance, Liar, Flatcat, Chimeara and The Setup.

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myblackson

A Hobart, Tasmania punk band. Members are Robert Fisher on guitar, Jon Parrott on bass and Spam Harrison on drums. The band formed in 2008. Influences include 80s Hardcore, Albini, Dischord, Punk-Post-Punk, Hobart, Caffiene.

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Mutiny

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) This entry on Last.fm was originally about Mutiny the folk punk band from Melbourne, Australia. They formed in 1991 and have released 5 albums/eps.
See: Mutiny's Myspace profile and Mutiny's Wikipedia entry 2) Mutiny is an anarchist crust/grind punk band from Canada featuring members of Leper, Self-Rule and Iskra. 7'' was released on four Canadian DIY labels. For this Mutiny's Page goto http://www.last.fm/music/Mutiny+(CANADA) 3) Mutiny is a P-funk band with ex-members of George Clinton's Parliament/Funkadelic empire.

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Refused

Refused is a <a href="http://www.last.fm/tag/hardcore%20punk" class="bbcode_tag" rel="tag">hardcore punk</a> band originating from Umeå, Sweden, formed in 1991. The band's final lineup comprised its founding members, vocalist <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Dennis+Lyxz%C3%A9n" class="bbcode_artist">Dennis Lyxz&eacute;n</a> and drummer David Sandström, as well as guitarists Kristofer Steen and Jon Brännström. Their lyrics were often of a non-conformist and politically far-left nature. The band released five EPs and three albums before initially splitting up in 1998.

Cynosure

Cynosure is a group of 6 musicians between the ages of 18-21 concentrating mainly on the genres of alternative\ slow rock music. They have been in the music industry close to 2 years and have performed in many events and competitions, the highlight of it being Sri Lanka’s premier event for local artists, TNL Onstage. This group of individuals first formed in school as teenagers and from there on developed into one of Sri Lanka’s well know Alternative bands. Some of the bands highlights are, competing and entering the finals of TNL onstage in the year 2005 and also in 2006.

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