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Forming in a Calgary basement in the summer of 1998, TSG have been developing a brand of hard-rock all its own. Drawing from a blend of influences including punk rock, heavy metal, funk, and ska, TSG's sound has evolved into a form of hard, crowd-pleasing, high-energy rock unique to the band. From 1998 to 2001, the band consisted of Patrick Murray on bass and vocals, Daniel Lemmon and James Fenske on guitar, and Peter Phillips on Drums. They quickly recorded a couple of live bootlegs of themselves and a basement recording of their original songs. James left to pursue his...

Die frühen 90er Jahre bescherten uns abgedrehten Indiesound mit Slacker-Feel. Grifters, Smog oder Pavement fütterten ungestimmte Gitarren mit ungeschminkten Gefühlen. Daran hatte Oliver Obert schon seit Jahren gedacht und gewerkelt, nur: Die Zeit war nicht reif. 1993 schien der Moment gekommen. Obert setzte sich an Gitarre, Bass und Schlagzeug und holte sich bei Roland Saum Saitenverstärkung. Take off! 1994 legten SPORTSGUITAR einen glamurösen Start hin. Drei Monate nach der schweizer Veröffentlichung des Debüts Fade/Cliché erreichte der Ruf des legendären Grunge-Labels Subpop aus Seattle die Band. Man erinnere sich an Labelmates wie Nirvana oder Afghan Wigs! Subpop veröffentlichten zwei Perlen (GongGong...

LightsGoBlue is an electronic/pop rock/indie rock band formed in December 2006 in Gravesend, Kent, UK. Its lineup was Alex Light (guitar, synthesizer, vocals) and Raj Dheansa (drums, synthesizer, vocals) until May 2012 when Alex announced his departure from the band. Throughout 2009/2010 LightsGoBlue have toured the UK as main support on tours with Enter Shikari, Hadouken!, Canterbury and Feeder side-project Renegades, as well as appearing at UK festivals such as The Great Escape, Sonishphere, Redfest and Hevy. Since then the band made an appearance at the Incubate Festival in Holland, endured a mammoth six week tour of North America opening...