british
Evile
Evile are an original thrash metal outfit from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire in the UK. In October of 2006 Evile signed to the legendary Earache Records, label home of such Metal legends as Morbid Angel, Napalm Death, Municipal Waste and Carcass. Each band member has grown up with varying musical influences surrounding them and wanted to start up a band which played some of their favourite 80's thrash songs.
Popular Workshop
Popular Workshop are an indie rock trio based in London. Their first E.P. "Stutter and Dance" was relased in 2007 . They followed up a nationwide tour with Art Brut in February 2008 by flying to Chicago the next day to record their debut album with Steve Albini at Electrical Audio studios, which will be officially birthed unto the world in September, entitled 'We're Alive, And We're Not Alone'. The first fruits of this work will be the single 'PopSong', released July 7th on This Is Fake DIY Recordings (home of Duels and We Are The Physics).
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Alexandra Burke
Alexandra Imelda Cecelia Ewan Burke (born 25 August 1988 in Islington, London) is an English singer and winner of the fifth series of The X Factor in 2008. Her winner's single, Hallelujah, became the UK Christmas #1 in 2008, breaking the European sales record after selling over 105,000 digital downloads in just one day. It has since sold over 1 million copies. Burke's debut album, Overcome was released on 19 October 2009 and entered the album chart at #1. It has, so far, sold over 580,000 copies there and has been certified Platinum in the UK and 2x Platinum in Ireland.
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The Lightning Seeds
Lightning Seeds are an alternative pop band, largely the brainchild of writer, singer and guitarist Ian Broudie (born 4th August 1958 in Liverpool, England). The band currently consists of Broudie (vocals, guitar), Ali Kane (keyboards), Martyn Campbell (bass) and Simon Rogers (percussion) Broudie and Simon Rogers formed the act as the "perfect pop project", and Lightning Seeds broke through in 1989 with the psychedelic synth pop hit, "Pure", which made the U.K.
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The Anydays
The ANYDAYS are from Oxford, they're a 3-piece, who write short sharp pop songs with a nod to their heroes the KINKS, BEATLES, JAM, LA'S. The boys are perfectionists when it comes to writing top tunes with solid beats. For the ANYDAYS, it's all about the sound and the look - especially on stage where the band really show what they're made of with a filler-free set that entertains and excites to the end.
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10cc
10cc were an english pop band that achieved its greatest commercial success during the 1970s. The band initially comprised four members, Graham Gouldman, Eric Stewart, Kevin Godley and Lol Creme, who had written and recorded together for about three years before taking on the name of 10cc in 1972. The original four-piece lineup of 10cc boasted a wealth of talent -- there were two strong songwriting teams (although combinations of all four members collaborated on some songs), all four members were skilled multi-instrumentalists and vocalists...
Example
Example is a rapper from Fulham, West London in the United Kingdom. Formerly signed to The Beats label run by Mike Skinner (The Streets) prior to its collapse, his debut album 'What We Made' is out now and has received very good reviews in the UK.
Steve Harley
Steve Harley was born as Steven Nice, on 27 February 1951 in South London, growing up in New Cross and attended the school Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College. His musical career began in the late 1960s when he was busking (with John Crocker) and performing his own songs, some of which were later recorded by him and the band. The original Cockney Rebel was formed when Steve hooked up with his former folk partner, John Crocker (fiddle / mandolin / guitar) in 1972. They auditioned drummer Stuart Elliott, bassist Paul Jeffreys, and keyboardist Milton Reame-James.
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Alesha Dixon
Alesha Anjanette Dixon (born 7 October 1978), in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom) is an English singer, MC, songwriter, model, television personality and former member of girl band Mis-Teeq. Dixon's career began in 1999, when she met Sabrina Washington as they joined Dance Attic (a popular dance class school in West London), and the both of them became a duo. In 2000, when both Dixon and Washington were auditioning, they met with Su-Elise Nash, and formed a trio.
