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Thursday

Thursday is a post-hardcore band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA that has released six full-length albums: Waiting (1999 Eyeball Records), Full Collapse (2001 Victory Records), War All The Time (2003 Island Records), A City By The Light Divided (2006 Island Records), Common Existence (2009 Epitaph Records), and No Devolución (2011 Epitaph Records) Band Formation and Waiting:
Thursday was formed in 1997 by vocalist Geoff Rickly, guitarist Tom Keeley, guitarist Bill Henderson, bassist Tim Payne, and drummer Tucker Rule.

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Panda

There is more than one artist with this name: 1. A Mexican pop rock band formed in Monterrey, Nuevo León in 1996. The band, occcasionally styled PXNDX, caught local attention in 2001 with the album "Arroz con Leche", and mainstream success on their albums "Para ti con desprecio" (2005) and "Amantes Sunt Amentes" (2006). Myspace Page 2. A Dutch drum and bass producer Myspace Page, website. 3. An German punk rock band. Myspace Page. 4. A Slovenian pop-rock band. 5. The former name of an American pop group from Piedmont, California, now known as Dizzy Balloon.

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Closure

1.) Closure was an emo band from Oceanside, New York, who was around in the 90’s. They played a style of frantic emo with driving guitars and somewhat high-speed drumwork, topped off with desperate screamed vocals.
They released a split 7” with Breakwater, a full length LP and contributed a track to the compilation “I Can’t Live Without It.” All of their releases were on Mountain Records, out of Huntington, New York.
Closure was:
Trevor - vocals
Adam - guitar
Mike - guitar
Mark - bass
Dave - drums

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Spoonfed

There at two band with the name Spoonfed: 1) Spoonfed are a mid-paced Dystopia worshiping punk band hailing from Sydney, Australia with previous members of Pure Evil Trio, Crux, Doss, Scum System Kill..etc. 2) Spoonfed was essentially an Emily (that's emiLy) side project. Here is the "Brief History of Spoonfed" that came in the booklet which accompanied the self-titled tape: Spoonfed began as an excuse for me to play the songs I had written on guitar instead of trying to teach the guitar parts to Joe and using them as emiLy songs.

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The Blackout

There are at least 2 artists named The Blackout: 1) Welsh post-hardcore band.
2) Latvian stoner rock/southern metal band. 1) The Blackout are a band formed in 2003 in South Wales and drawing influences from across the board, they combine heavy crunching guitars, riffs, screams and thunderous drumbeats with beautiful melodies and emotionally driven vocals. The band has played shows in and around the UK with the likes of Lostprophets, Funeral for a Friend, Fightstar, Avenged Sevenfold, dredg, 18 Visions...

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Superstar

The vehicle for the pop genius of Joe McAlinden. Joe was previously a member of The Groovy Little Numbers, and recorded for 53rd and 3rd Records of Edinburgh. He has been in Bellshill scene bands with members of Teenage Fanclub, Soup Dragons and The BMX Bandits. They released a mini-album in 1992 on Creation Records called greatest Hits Vol. One. This featured Neil Grant, Raymond Prior and Mark Hughes.

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Bullet for My Valentine

Bullet for My Valentine are a metalcore band from Bridgend, formed in 1998. The band is composed of Matt Tuck (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Michael Paget (lead guitar), Jason James (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Michael Thomas (drums). They were formed under the name Jeff Killed John and started their music career by covering songs by Metallica and Nirvana. Jeff Killed John recorded six songs which were not released; two of these tracks were reworked later in their career as Bullet for My Valentine.

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William Tell

Southern California native William Tell is the former rhythm guitarist for the band Something Corporate. In 2007, he released his first solo album, You Can Hold Me Down. The record produced a few popular songs including "Slipping Under (Sing Along To Your Favorite Song)", "Fairfax (You're Still The Same)" (featuring former bandmate Andrew McMahon of Something Corporate), "Sounds" and "Young At Heart" and even charted to #11 on the Top Heatseekers. Since the release of his debut album, Tell has released several demos for download on his MySpace page.

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