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The Damned Things

The Damned Things is an American heavy metal supergroup composed of Joe Trohman and Andy Hurley of Fall Out Boy, Keith Buckley of Every Time I Die, and Scott Ian and Rob Caggiano of Anthrax. The band's debut album Ironiclast was released on December 14, 2010 through Island Records. The band's name is inspired by the lyrics in Ram Jam's '70s version of "Black Betty". Guitarist Joe Trohman has mentioned that in the album, the band was aiming for a blues-oriented...

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Quiet Riot

Quiet Riot is an american heavy metal band, whose 1983 chart topping success helped pave the way for the glam metal scene's next decade of commercial prominence. They are best known for their Metal Health album, which displaced Michael Jackson’s Thriller album from the #1 chart spot. They were founded in 1975 by guitarist Randy Rhoads ( later with Ozzy Osbourne) with the original lineup featuring Kevin DuBrow (whose Steve Marriott influenced vocals powered most of their hits), as well as Kelly Garni (bass) and Drew Forsyth (drums).

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Blonde On Blonde

There are at least three bands who perform under the name Blonde On Blonde: a) Blonde on Blonde was a guitar-led psychedelic rock group from South Wales. The band was originally formed in Newport in 1967 by vocalist/guitarist Ralph Denyer, drummer Les Hicks, bassist/organist Richard Hopkins and guitarist/sitar player Gareth Johnson. Even though they enjoyed strong reviews from music critics and achieved massive exposure playing before gigantic crowds at the 1969 Isle of Wight festival, they never managed to generate much in the way of sales. They disbanded in early 1972.

Art of Wor

After 7 years as a monk, Fergus returned to his first love: METAL.
He promptly threw himself into writing, and within 2 months had an album’s worth of material, recruited band members Andrew Thomas (bass) and Dave Nygaard (drums) and later Tim Davies (guitar) signed a recording and management agreement with PLW. Art of Wor delivers a uniquely brutal yet melodic sound.
Currently just released Blood will have Blood on iTunes -

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Warrant

There is more than one artist with this name : 1) Warrant is an 80s Heavy / Speed Metal band from Germany.
Warrant is a German speed metal band that formed in 1983 in Düsseldorf. The band's original line-up was Jörg Juraschek (vocals and bass), Thomas Klein (guitar) and Lothar Wieners (drums). Oliver May (guitar) followed shortly afterwards. In early 1985, Warrant released the EP First Strike and the LP The Enforcer. They went on tour with Warlock later that year. The band soon split up, with Juraschek and May going on to form Punchline and Wieners forming Monroxe.

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Steve Grimmett

Steve Grimmett is a heavy metal vocalist who began his career in the era of NWOBHM. His original band was the short-lived Medusa , before he became known as the lead vocalist for Grim Reaper .
Grimmett later featured in Onslaught for a brief period, before forming Lionsheart and in more recent times The Steve Grimmett Band . Grim Reaper achieved major success worldwide with three highly acclaimed studio albums along with single releases and MTV airplay.
After Grim Reaper came a brief spell with Onslaught , with a debut single that charted in the UK.

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Jaded Heart

Jaded Heart is a popular German hard rock band who formed in 1990 when Michael Bormann (vocals) and his brother Dirk (guitar) began searching for other suitable band members. The following year Michael Müller (bassist, ex THE SYGNET) and former MAD MAX drummer Axel Kruse joined to finalise the first line up. In 1994, the band recruited keyboardist Chris Ivo shortly after the release of the first album "INSIDE OUT", a solid debut with strong melodic tunes throughout.

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Super Florence Jam

super FLORENCE jam are an underground sensation. The band have played to packed and passionate audiences at many of Australia's most popular venues including the Metro Theatre, Gaelic Theatre, The Hi Fi, Roundhouse and Royal Easter Show. Having supported artists as diverse as British India, Shihad, Dallas Crane, Bertie Blackman and Airbourne, the band have finally recorded their much-anticipated debut EP, set for release on December 11th.

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CKY

CKY (short for "Camp Kill Yourself") is a 4-piece rock band consisting of Deron Miller (vocals, guitar, bass), Chad I Ginsburg (guitar, vocals, bass), Jess Margera (drums), and Matty Janaitis (bass). Deron and Chad both played bass on all 4 of their albums, but Matty will take over when they record their next album, and he has now taken over for their live shows. They share their name with a series of skate videos produced by Bam Margera, who is the brother of the drummer.

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Bombs Away

Bombs Away are one of the hardest working acts in the club industry at the moment, with tracks hitting the charts & staying there! Remixing & f#cking with names like Ceelo Green, Akon, Dirty Loud, Katy perry, Mike Posner, Mind Electric & Touring till they know the inflight saftey manual like the next days hangover! They're rocking Festival lineups & sold out shows all summer, no doubt smashing your next fkn party!

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