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Dirty Pretty Things

Following the Libertines split up in fall 2004, singer/songwriter and guitarist Carl Barat began focus on his next musical task. Signing towards the U.K. label Vertigo nearly soon after the music group dissolved, Barat done songs by himself and finally recruited his previous bandmate Gary Powell as the drummer for …

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The Early Years

London, England’s the first Years feature David Malkinson (vocals/acoustic guitar), Roger Mackin (acoustic guitar), and Phil Raines (drums). Built with an amp, a power guitar, and a variety of impact pedals, Malkinson required only a arbitrary one-off single gig as the impetus to assemble collectively his two close friends — …

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New Young Pony Club

The London dance-rock group New Young Pony Club initially featured Tahita Bulmer (vocals), Andy Spence (guitar), Igor Volk (bass), Lou Hayter (keyboards), and Sarah Jones (drums). Motivated by LCD Soundsystem, the Stranglers, and Gang of Four, the music group arrived using the release from the Glaciers Cream 7″ in Feb …

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The Maccabees

Hailing from South London, kinetic indie rockers the Maccabees created in 2004 around vocalist Orlando Weeks, guitarists Hugo and Felix White colored, bassist Rupert Jarvis, and drummer Robert Dylan Thomas. The group’s 1st solitary, “X-Ray,” premiered on Promise Information in November of 2005, and because of a solid XFM-Radio displaying, …

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Boy Kill Boy

Chris Peck (vocals/electric guitar), Shaz (drums), Pete Carr (keyboards), and Kevin Run after (bass/vocals) comprise the bright indie rock and roll sounds of Guy Kill Guy. Founded in 2004, the British four-piece delivers a lively, brash pop functionality not really unlike the Kaiser Chiefs as well as the Rakes. With …

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Guillemots

The multinational Guillemots, made up of British singer and classically trained pianist Fyfe Dangerfield, Brazilian guitarist MC Lord Magrao, Scottish percussionist Greig Stewart (aka Rican Caol), and Canadian twice bassist Aristazabal Hawkes, use their eclectic influences and personal styles to make a catchy pop sound and a lively live show …

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Dick Heckstall-Smith

Saxophonist Dick Heckstall-Smith had a significant part in the Uk blues boom from the 1960s, taking part in in the rings of Alexis Korner, Graham Relationship, and John Mayall. In every of his function, and especially in the past due-’60s music group Colosseum, he ventured in to the little-explored place …

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John McGeoch

John McGeoch was one of the biggest music artists to ever emerge from Scotland as well as the supporters marching after him were following sounds of electric powered business lead acoustic guitar, not bagpipes. He was among the great instrumental voices in the brand new wave rock and roll and …

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Max Harris

b. 15 Sept 1918, Bournemouth, Dorset, Britain, d. 13 March 2004, London, Britain. A pianist, composer and prolific conductor-arranger for radio and tv programmes. Like a young man, Harris had personal tuition around the piano up to the Royal Academy of Music Advanced Quality, and offered piano lessons himself, while …

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Sydney Carter

b. 6 Might 1915, Camden, London, Britain, d. 13 March 2004, London, Britain. Although he previously a wish to work inside the BBC or in movies, the Oxford-educated Carter finished up teaching, getting history expert at Frensham Heights College in Farnham, Surrey. He had been writing poetry, nonetheless it was …

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