Were Joy Division and SafetySuit both based in Manchester?
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Joy Division Joy Division were an English rock band formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester. Originally named Warsaw, the band consisted of singer Ian Curtis, guitarist and keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bass player Peter Hook, and drummer Stephen Morris.
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SafetySuit SafetySuit is an American pop rock and alternative rock band from Tulsa, Oklahoma, currently based in Nashville, Tennessee. Their 2008 major label debut album "Life Left to Go" featured songs "Stay" and "Someone Like You", the former first achieving fame by climbing to No. 1 on the VH1 Top 20 Video Countdown. In January 2012, SafetySuit followed with their second album "These Times", notable for its songs "Let Go" and "These Times". The album peaked at No. 7 on the "Billboard" 200 and topped the iTunes album chart. Several singles from each of their albums have charted and have been featured on television shows such as "Kyle XY" and "The Hills". Both album releases were met highly favorably by critics, and the band is known for its very energetic live performances. They have toured with many notable artists including 3 Doors Down, The Script, Collective Soul, Ryan Star, Hoobastank, Parachute, Daughtry, and the Goo Goo Dolls.
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Riot Entertainment Riot! Entertainment is an independent record label, music distribution service and tour promoter based in Wollongong, Australia. According to their website, Riot is Australia's biggest heavy metal music distribution company. The company serves as the Australian distributor for Nuclear Blast, Metal Blade, Relapse, Season of Mist, Victory Records, Peaceville Records, Good Fight Records and several others. Riot is also a record label with a roster that currently includes Hellyeah, Black Label Society, Ace Frehley, Stuck Mojo, Mortal Sin, The Poor, LORD, and Voyager among others.
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Riot City Records Riot City was a British record label based in Bristol, active between 1980 and 1988, and run by Heartbeat Records boss Simon Edwards along with Dave Bateman and Shane Baldwin from the band Vice Squad. Vice Squad's "Last Rockers EP" was Riot City's first release - it reached number 1 in the UK Alternative Chart and sold 22,000 copies.
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Who Put the M in Manchester? Who Put the M in Manchester? is a DVD documenting a live performance by Morrissey. The homecoming concert took place at the Manchester Arena in Manchester, England, on 22 May 2004, Morrissey's 45th birthday. The DVD was certified Gold by the BPI on 22 July 2013.
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Death in Vegas Death in Vegas are an English electronic music group, headed up by Richard Fearless. Influenced by a wide range of musical genres including psychedelic rock, electronica, krautrock, dub and industrial, the band's sound is constantly changing, moving between live rock sounds, electronica and minimal techno. The band was formed in 1994 by Fearless and Steve Hellier and signed to Concrete Records under the name of "Dead Elvis". However, there was an Irish record label of the same name at the time, and "Dead Elvis" became the title of their first album instead.
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Greengate, Greater Manchester Greengate is an industrial district in the town of Chadderton in Greater Manchester.
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Hulme Hulme ( ) is an inner city area and electoral ward of Manchester, England, immediately south of Manchester city centre. It has a significant industrial heritage.
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Hotflush Recordings Hotflush Recordings is a British record label. Founded by electronic musician Paul Rose, the label has released music by Scuba, Mount Kimbie, Boxcutter, Vaccine, Joy Orbison, Untold and many more.
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Sandra's Wedding Sandra's Wedding are a four piece alternative rock group from Goole, East Yorkshire. They are made up of members Joe Hodgson (Vocals), Jonny Hughes (Guitars), Tom Hill (Bass) and Luke Harrison (drums). They released their first album physically and digitally on 14 February 2017 entitled Northern Powerhouse. The band's sound and musical themes address love, loss and life in industrial towns across the North of England, with guitarist Jonny Hughes telling one newspaper that the band try to write songs about things that they can identify with, residing and experiencing life in Northern, working class areas.
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104.9 Imagine FM Imagine FM is an Independent Local Radio station based in Stockport broadcasting to South Manchester and Cheshire in the North West of England.
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Steve Hanley (musician) Steve Hanley (born 29 May 1959) is an Irish-born English musician who grew up in and lives in Manchester. He was the bass guitarist in The Fall from 1979 to 1998, and his distinctive and muscular basslines were a signature part of their sound, often carrying the song's instrumental melody.
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Manchester Football League The Manchester Football League is a football league in England, covering a 30-mile radius from Manchester Town Hall. It was formed in 1893, although play ceased between 1912 and 1920. Currently it consists of five divisions, only two of which are part of the English football league system.
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Desmadrados Soldados de Ventura Desmadrados Soldados de Ventura is a psychedelic music ensemble formed in Manchester. It features an ever-rotating line-up of musicians who share an admiration for Santana, Royal Trux, Boredoms, Vermonster, Glenn Branca and Funkadelic. The most consistent members between releases have been drummer Andrew Cheetham and guitarists Nick Mitchell and Edwin Stevens. Since 2013, the band have released six full-length studio albums with Golden Lab Records.
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Gun crime in south Manchester Analysts trace the high rates of gun crime in south Manchester, England, to acute social deprivation in an inner city area south of Manchester city centre stretching from Hulme through Moss Side to Longsight. Whilst by the 1990s, the trade in illegal narcotics and firearms had given rise to Manchester's nickname of "Gunchester", by the late 2000s levels of gang related gun crime had greatly reduced in the area as a whole.
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The Best of Joy Division The Best of Joy Division is a compilation album of material from Joy Division. It was released and the UK version includes The Complete BBC Recordings as a bonus disc. The US release is a single disc. "The Best of Joy Division" reached #97 in April 2008 in Australia, which marks only their second appearance on the ARIA Charts after "Substance" reached #53 in 1988.
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Madchester Rave On Madchester Rave On is the second EP by the Happy Mondays. It was released in November 1989 on Factory Records. The track "Hallelujah" became the band's breakthrough release, reaching the top twenty in the UK and leading to the band's first Top of the Pops appearance.
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The Peel Sessions (Joy Division) The Joy Division Peel sessions are a series of sessions recorded by English post-punk band Joy Division for John Peel's radio show on BBC Radio 1 between January and November 1979.
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Cotton Traders Cotton Traders is a British clothing company, specialising in rugby apparel and leisurewear, based in Altrincham, Greater Manchester, England. It was founded in 1987 by former England national rugby union team captains Fran Cotton and Steve Smith.
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Joywave Joywave is an American indie rock band from Rochester, New York, consisting of members Daniel Armbruster (vocals), Joseph Morinelli (guitar), Sean Donnelly (bass), Benjamin Bailey (keyboards), and Paul Brenner (drums). The band first became known for its collaboration with electronic music project Big Data, "Dangerous", which peaked at number one on the "Billboard" Alternative Songs chart in 2014. After releasing two EPs, their debut album, "How Do You Feel Now?", was released on Cultco Music/Hollywood Records in 2015. Their second album, "Content", was released on July 28, 2017.
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The Smiths The Smiths were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1982. The band consisted of vocalist Morrissey, guitarist Johnny Marr, bassist Andy Rourke and drummer Mike Joyce. Critics have called them the most important alternative rock band to emerge from the British independent music scene of the 1980s." Q" magazine's Simon Goddard argued in 2007 that the Smiths were "the one truly vital voice of the '80s", "the most influential British guitar group of the decade" and the "first indie outsiders to achieve mainstream success on their own terms". The "NME" named the Smiths the "most influential artist ever" in a 2002 poll, over the Beatles.
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BBC Manchester BBC Manchester (often known as BBC Salford) is the British Broadcasting Corporation regional headquarters for the North West, the largest BBC region in the UK. BBC Manchester is a department of the BBC North Group division.