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Klangforum Wien

Austrian composer Defeat Furrer founded Klangforum Wien, a chamber orchestra specialized in modern music, in Vienna in 1985. The group comprises of 24 players and considers itself a collective, using its members in charge of artistic decisions. It can, however, engage visitor conductors for functions large more than enough to …

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Subhumans

U.K. anarchist punk collective Subhumans created within the Trowbridge section of Wiltshire in 1980, made up of vocalist Dick, guitarist Bruce, bassist Phil, and drummer Trotsky. The music group enjoyed success among the even more literate and musically athletic English punk ensembles between 1980 and 1985, occupying the center ground …

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The Sugarhill Gang

Although Sugarhill Gang inaugurated the annals of documented hip-hop making use of their single “Rapper’s Delight,” a multi-platinum-seller and radio hit in 1979, the group was cooked as much as profit from a supposed novelty item. Music sector manufacturer and label owner Sylvia Robinson got notice the substantial hip-hop block …

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Dag Nasty

Dag Nasty kept roaring D.C.-styled hardcore alive through the mid-’80s. Even though group was even more available and melodic than Small Threat, it by no means dropped its bracing, blistering advantage. Formed by previous Small Threat and Meatmen guitarist Brian Baker and ex-DYS vocalist Dave Smalley, Dag Nasty documented their …

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This Dutch rock quartet was formed in 1979 by Ronald van Prooijen (lead vocals) and Jan Bechtum (guitar). By adding bass participant Rinus Vreugdenhil and drummer Laurens ‘Bakkie’ Bakker, they modelled themselves on Uk rings, most noticeably Uriah Heep, Deep Crimson and Motörhead. They experienced numerous line-up adjustments throughout their …

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Burning Bridges

Musical influences from around the world are combined in to the sound of Southern California-based sextet Burning up Bridges. Based on Billboard, Burning up Bridges “…fuse many African guitar designs and minor key element Middle Eastern-isms with a difficult rocking, bluesy, attack.” Burning up Bridges was produced in 1985 by …

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David + David

Although they only recorded one album, the California duo of David Baerwald and David Ricketts made a number of the finest mainstream pop from the ’80s. Using its slick areas and unforgettable melodies, 1986’s Boomtown was deceptively clean; beneath the creation, the songs had been stories of despair and damaged …

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Weddings, Parties, Anything

Making use of their name “lent” from a Clash song (“Revolution Rock”), and influences such as for example Woody Guthrie, Tex Morton, as well as the Rolling Stones, one gets the theory that it’s challenging to categorize the Australian band Weddings, Parties, Anything (W.P.A.). And it is not. One part …

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Ximena Sariñana

Mexican singer/actress Ximena Sariñana released her full-length single debut album, Mediocre, in 2008 following more than a decade’s worthy of of acting jobs and periodic soundtrack contributions. Delivered Ximena Sariñana Rivera on Oct 29, 1985, in Mexico Town, Mexico, she actually is the little girl of film movie director Fernando …

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Al Terry

b. Allison Joseph Theriot, 14 January 1922, Kaplan, Louisiana, USA, d. 23 November 1985, USA. An early on nation music performer, vocalist and guitarist Terry was one of the primary artists to build up the rockabilly audio. He came out at age 13 on radio KVOL and shaped his first …

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