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System of a Down System of a Down, sometimes shortened to System and abbreviated as SOAD, is an Armenian-American heavy metal band from Glendale, California, formed in 1994. The band currently consists of Serj Tankian (lead vocals, keyboards), Daron Malakian (vocals, guitar), Shavo Odadjian (bass, backing vocals) and John Dolmayan (drums).
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Richard Donchian Richard Davoud Donchian (born September 1905, Hartford, Connecticut – d. 1993) was an Armenian-American commodities and futures trader, and pioneer in the field of managed futures.
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Don Charles Don Charles (10 December 1933 – 4 December 2005) was a popular English ballad singer, and record producer, and later in his life, a writer of a self-help book. He is best known for his recordings of "Walk With Me My Angel" and "Bring Your Love to Me". He also produced several of The Tornados' tracks including "Space Walk" and "Goodbye Joe". The latter title referred his original mentor and producer, Joe Meek. Meek regarded Charles highly. "You are my only legit artist", Meek once informed Charles. "All the others are yugga-dugs". Standing at 6 ft , and weighing around seventeen stone (108 kilograms, 238 pounds), Charles stood out in more ways than one from his fellow performers.
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Bernard Lown Bernard Lown (born June 7, 1921) is the original developer of the DC defibrillator and the cardioverter, as well as a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. Lown developed the direct current defibrillator for cardiac resuscitation and the cardioverter for correcting rapid disordered heart rhythms, and introduced a new use for the drug lidocaine to control heartbeat disturbances.
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Don Chezina Don Chezina (born Ricardo Garcia Ortiz in 1976) is a singer, producer, and talent scout of Rap, Reggae,& reggaeton music. He is known for his high, nasal voice and fast rapping style (known as "Puerto Rico's Machine Gun Rapper"), along with his most famous song "Tra Tra Tra", which in 1998 became one of the first reggaeton songs to become popular in the US. Chezina was considered one of the biggest names in the early days of the reggaeton genre. Also was part of the war between Giovanni and Luis Cruz.
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Nigel Donn Nigel Donn (born 2 March 1962) is an English former professional footballer. His clubs included Leyton Orient and Gillingham.
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David Frank (musician) David Martin Frank (born November 13, 1952) is an American music producer, composer, classically trained pianist, and founding member of the 1980s R&B group The System. Yamaha Music calls him "the founding father of electronic R&B."
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Don Dixon (musician) Don Dixon (born December 13, 1950) is a record producer, songwriter, musician, bass guitarist, and very occasional actor. Dixon is considered to be one of the key producers of what is called the jangle pop movement of the early 1980s.
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Revolution by Night Revolution By Night were an electronic music band based in London, UK. Often referred to simply as 'RBN', the only continuous members of the band were founding members Steve Weeks (vocal/keyboards/programming) and Bryon Adamson (keyboards/programming), with Phil Eaton (keyboards) joining in 2006.
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Don Rosler Don Rosler is an American lyricist, songwriter and record producer.
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Ladyhawke (musician) Phillipa Margaret "Pip" Brown (born 13 July 1979), better known by her stage name Ladyhawke, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She took her stage name from Richard Donner's 1985 film "Ladyhawke".
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Don Brash Donald Thomas "Don" Brash (born 24 September 1940), formerly a New Zealand politician, was Leader of the Opposition, parliamentary leader of the National Party (the country's main Opposition party at that time) from 28 October 2003 to 27 November 2006 and the leader of the ACT Party from 28 April 2011 to 26 November 2011. Before entering Parliament, Brash was Governor of the Reserve Bank of New Zealand from 1988 to 2002.
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Felton Pilate Felton C. Pilate II (born November 5, 1952 in Jackson, Mississippi) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer known as a member of the 1970s and 1980s funk/R&B band Con Funk Shun, and as a collaborator with rapper MC Hammer. Pilate's joint effort with Hammer sold over 30 million albums from 1989 to 1992, including the album "Please Hammer, Don't Hurt 'Em" (1990).
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Ray Donn Ray Donn (7 August 1937, in Poplar, East London, England) is an English entrepreneur and businessman-turned-actor.
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Richard Stilgoe Sir Richard Henry Simpson Stilgoe {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} (born 28 March 1943) is a British songwriter, lyricist and musician, best known for his humorous songs and frequent television appearances. His output includes collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Peter Skellern.
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Daron Malakian Daron Vartan Malakian (Armenian: Տարօն/Տարոն Վարդան Մալաքեան, born July 18, 1975) is an Armenian–American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He is best known as the guitarist, songwriter and second vocalist of the rock band System of a Down and as the lead vocalist, lead guitarist and songwriter of the band Scars on Broadway. Like the rest of the Hollywood-based band System of a Down, he is of Armenian ancestry, but he is the only member to have been born in the United States. Daron Malakian is known for his distinctive playing and is ranked 40th in Loudwire's list of "Top 50 Hard Rock + Metal Guitarists Of All Time" and #11 in MusicRadar's poll, "The 20 Greatest Metal Guitarists Ever". He is placed 30th in Guitar World's List of The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Guitarists of All Time.
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Elect the Dead Symphony Elect the Dead Symphony is the first live album by System of a Down frontman Serj Tankian. It is available in CD, CD/DVD, LP, and Digital Download formats. It features the Auckland Philharmonia Orchestra at the Auckland Town Hall in Auckland, New Zealand. Orchestral arrangements were by John Psathas. Material for the performance is from Tankian's solo debut, "Elect the Dead" with some additional previously unreleased songs.
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David Draiman David Michael Draiman (born March 13, 1973) is an American songwriter and the vocalist for the band Disturbed as well as for the band Device. Draiman is known for his distorted voice and percussive singing style. In November 2006, Draiman was voted number 42 on the "Hit Parader"’s ""Top 100 Metal Vocalists of All Time"". Draiman has written some of Disturbed's most successful singles, such as "Stupify", "Down with the Sickness", "Indestructible", and "Inside the Fire".
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DMN (group) DMN is a rap group from São Paulo, Brazil, formed in 1989 by members Markão II, Elly, Max and DJ Slick. He achieved success with the song "Man of Steel", awarded in Hutúz as one of the best of the decade.
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Donald Hodgen Donald Hodgen (born 25 May 1963) is a Northern Irish loyalist and a former member of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA). He was best known as the commander and chief enforcer of West Belfast Brigade leader Johnny Adair's notorious C Company which operated on the Shankill Road.
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Don Creech Don Creech (born October 30, 1948) is an American actor who has appeared in many television shows. He is mainly known for playing Mr. Sweeney, the science teacher in "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide" and the snake oil merchant Nigel West Dickens in the 2010 video game "Red Dead Redemption".
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Richard Sims Donkin Richard Sims Donkin (27 August 1836 – 5 February 1919) was an English shipowner and Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1885 to 1900.