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Kostas Pavlidis was born in Athens on November 4th 1974 and has been singing since he was a child. His first official appearance was at the age of twelve at a small gig in his hometown. He began singing to earn his living within the Romani (Gypsy) community of Greece. One of his teachers in primary school introduced him to the director Menelaos Karamagiolis, who was about to release the film “Rom”. He met Nikos Kipurgos who was the composing the soundtrack. Kostas appeared briefly in the film and was given the opportunity to sing a couple of songs for...

Gitane DeMone (born May 16, 1958) is commonly recognized as a former member of Christian Death, but also known for her solo albums and her S/M imagery and shows. DeMone began her career on the Southern California new wave scene of the early 80s as a member of the trio Pompeii 99. The group later joined with singer Rozz Williams to make up a new incarnation of his band Christian Death, where DeMone remained before relocating to Amsterdam and mounting a solo career in 1989, adopting an increasingly "torch songs" sound over the course of a few EPs, including A...

Grand Royal presents the Kostars debut album. "Klassics With a K," a vibrant and sultry collection of summertime singalongs to be released this winter (Feb. 1996). Kostars is a side project of Luscious Jackson members Jill Cunniff and Vivian Trimble, who needed an additional outlet for the transistor radio hits they were writing. The Kostars started during a headlining tour in May, 1995. While waiting to play a show in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, they headed into the woods with two acoustic guitars, and the rest is herstory. By the end of the tour, they had written an album’s worth of...