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Friction Groove Friction Groove were an alternative band formed in 1983 by Ali McMordie after the breakup of Stiff Little Fingers. The act featured McMordie along with Alison Rolls (vocals), Mic Dover (guitars), Jon Reynolds (drums) and Mike Clowes (keyboards), and were signed to the Atlantic record label, where they released the single "Timebomb" and album "Black Box".
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Stiff Little Fingers Stiff Little Fingers are a punk rock band from Belfast, Northern Ireland. They formed in 1977, at the height of the Troubles. They started out as a schoolboy band called Highway Star (named after the Deep Purple song), doing rock covers, until they discovered punk. They split up after six years and four albums, although they reformed five years later, in 1987. Despite major personnel changes, they are still touring and recording. In 2014 the band released their tenth studio album and a world tour followed its release. Jake Burns, their lead singer, is the only member to have been with the band during all its incarnations, but in March 2006, original bass guitarist Ali McMordie rejoined them following the departure of The Jam bass player Bruce Foxton after fifteen years.
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The Pressure The Pressure was an American band formed in September 1996.
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Perpetual Groove Perpetual Groove (or PGroove) is an American jam band that originated in 1997 in Savannah, Georgia. PGroove incorporated a mix of traditional Southern rock, funk, jazzy improvisation, indie rock and synth loops. The members continue to work on solo and side projects.
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Toothgrinder Toothgrinder is an American Metalcore band from Asbury Park, New Jersey.
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Merger (band) Merger were an English reggae band of Jamaican/Ghanaian descent that formed in 1977 and lasted until 1980. Their name "Merger" comes from the fact that they blended reggae music with their other musical influences. Their debut album, "Exiles Ina Babylon" was released in the UK in 1977 at a time when many British reggae bands, such as Aswad and Steel Pulse, were popular. Politically, the band's songs addressed issues of racial injustice in Britain and other countries, but they rejected the Marcus Garvey idea that all black people should return to Africa.
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The Gap Band The Gap Band was an American R&B and funk band which rose to fame during the 1970s and 1980s. With the nucleus consisting of brothers Charlie, Ronnie, and Robert Wilson. The band is named after streets (Greenwood, Archer, and Pine) in the historic Greenwood neighborhood in their hometown of Tulsa, Oklahoma. The group shortened its name to "The Gap Band" in 1973. After 43 years together, they retired in 2010.
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Groove spot Groovespot (more properly groove spot) is a disco funk band based in Richmond, Virginia. Founded in 1997 by Greg Hill and Thomas Young, the band became one of central Virginia's most popular acts selling out shows in nightclubs and festivals.
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Moe (band) Moe, generally stylized as moe., is an American jam band, formed at the University at Buffalo in 1989. The band members are Rob Derhak (bass, vocals), Al Schnier (guitar, vocals, keyboard), Chuck Garvey (guitar, vocals), Vinnie Amico (drums), and Jim Loughlin (percussion).
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Hiatus (band) Hiatus was a Belgian hardcore punk band from Liege, Belgium, formed in 1989, that broke up in 1996.
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The Law (English band) The Law were an English rock group formed in 1991 by singer Paul Rodgers (ex-Free, Bad Company and The Firm) and drummer Kenney Jones (ex-Small Faces/Faces and The Who). The two teamed up with the idea of using different supporting musicians, in order to allow Rodgers to pursue whatever musical style he felt like. They assembled a core band of studio musicians, consisting of Jim Barber (whose credits include The Rolling Stones, Ruby Turner and Mick Jagger's solo album "Primitive Cool") as the main guitarist, second guitarist John Staehely (ex-Spirit and Jo Jo Gunne) and bassist Pino Palladino (formerly of Paul Young's and Jools Holland's bands), as well as landing guest spots from guitarists such as David Gilmour, Bryan Adams and Chris Rea.
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Love Lost But Not Forgotten Love Lost But Not Forgotten (commonly called just Love Lost or LLBNF) was a screamo group formed in 1997 in suburban St. Peters, Missouri composed of ex-members of End Over End and The Paxidils. Known for their violence onstage and unique vocals provided by a lineup that sometimes included two main vocalists (Prater and Schmidt both being solo vocals for the band at one time through the band's career.) and a trio of guitarists (Fogelbach and Emerick also surviving the lifetime of the band). The group has performed many tours across the United States and has performed with the likes of Converge and Godflesh. Since their break-up in 2003, the group has performed one-off reunion shows three times.
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Kick Axe Kick Axe is a Canadian heavy metal band from Regina, Saskatchewan. Influenced by rambunctious arena rock from the 70s and early 80s, the group is perhaps best known for their 1984 album "Vices", praised by publications such as Allmusic for its "down-and-dirty guitar riffs" and notably managing to crack the American market. The band achieved moderate commercial success in the mid-1980s on the strength of the singles "Heavy Metal Shuffle", "On the Road to Rock", and "Rock The World". Following the release of their 1986 album "Rock the World", Kick Axe disbanded and remained on hiatus for many years. In 2004, they re-emerged with the album "Kick Axe IV".
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The Red Hot Valentines The Red Hot Valentines were a power pop band from Champaign, Illinois. They formed in 1999, with "Jeff Johnson" (lead vocals, guitar), "Tobin Kirk" (backing vocals, guitar), David Gerkin (backing vocals, bass), Eric Humbert (drums), and Jason Searby (keyboards). They released two full-length albums and three EPs. "Jason Searby" left the band in 2001 for college shortly after recording their first album, and was replaced by Tyson Markley of The Amazing Kill-O-Watts,(as well as MANDROID destroyers of the human race, Analog Saves the Planet, and Tyson & the Friction) who left the band in 2003 to raise his kids. The band went on without a keyboardist, and started to go in a new musical direction, as they were tired of playing the catchy pop that they had been known and loved for. By the end of 2004, they had broken up. Their last show was on November 20, 2004. Jeff Johnson and Tobin Kirk each got married and moved away from the band's central Illinois homeland. Eric has since gone on tour with Fall Out Boy as a drum tech and is currently playing with the band EndeverafteR.
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The GrooveBarbers The GrooveBarbers are an a cappella musical group formed in 1997 in New York City. The band consists of Sean Altman, Steve Keyes, and Charlie Evett, who were former members of the famous a cappella group, Rockapella. Kevin Weist is also a part of the band, even though he was never a member of Rockapella. Johnny Ryan is currently the vocal percussionist of the GrooveBarbers. Inna Dukach, Altman's wife, also appears as a regular opera singing diva.
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Deee-Lite Deee-Lite was an American house and club/dance music group, formed in New York City. The group's best-known single is "Groove Is in the Heart", which was released from their 1990 debut album, "World Clique", and was a Top 10 hit in multiple countries. In December 2016, "Billboard" ranked them as the 55th most successful dance artists of all-time.
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Amoral (band) Amoral was a metal band from Helsinki, Finland, formed in 1997. They play technical, progressive, melodic, hardrock oriented metal. The band's 4th album was an about-turn, replacing the dominance of quirky death metal with an exemplary display of riff-driven, heavy, yet melodic power groove and the occasional sing-along chorus.<ref name="Amoralweb.com/band."> </ref> Amoral had performed extensively in bars, clubs, festivals and other venues in Finland, Europe, Japan, China, Philippines and USA. The band split up in 2017 after 20 years together.
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Zuckerbaby Zuckerbaby is an Alberta-based rock band who found success in the late 1990s. The band formed out of local Calgary groove band Calliope. The band was known for its power pop influences and the thick lead guitar sounds of Reed Shimozawa, an alumnus of Calgary-based hair metal band Smash L.A. "Andromeda", "Heavy" and "Shampoo" were singles released from their debut, self-titled album. Their second CD "Platinum Again" was released in 2000 and two singles were released from it ; "Overexposure" and "Holiday". The band was dropped from its label when Mercury Records was reorganized under Universal Music.
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Gang Green Gang Green is a rock band originally from Braintree, Massachusetts. Chris Doherty (guitar), Bill Manley (bass) and Mike Dean (drums) started the band in 1980 and broke up in 1984. The band was influential in the formation of the East Coast hardcore scene.
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Girl Trouble (band) Girl Trouble is a garage rock band from Washington, United States, formed in 1983, when three musicians from Tacoma, WA and one from Spokane, WA (Kendall) joined forces.
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B-Thong B-Thong was a Swedish, Gothenburg groove metal/hardcore band formed in 1990 and disbanded in 1998.
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Seven Car Pileup Seven Car Pileup was a groove-based rock band from Tempe, Arizona. It has heavy roots in old-school funk and a small hint of jazz. The band consists of Mark Mason (vocals/guitar), Jess Pruitt (bass), and Mike Vigil (drums). Their name is taken from the TV show "Scrubs".