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1) Metal band from Sweden. The death of its remaining member in 2005 ended the group, which generally passed unnoticed.
2) American one-hit wonder pop group from Florida. They released an album in 1969 entitled Mercy - Love Can Make You Happy; this peaked at #38 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 200 chart[1] as a result of the success of their hit single, "Love (Can Make You Happy)". The tune spent two weeks at #2 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, and also peaked at #2 on the Adult Contemporary chart.
3) Metal band from Brazil. Formed in...
Bear Hands are a textbook example of contrasting personalities uniting to craft something more than the sum of their parts. Vocalist/guitarist Dylan Rau, the Brooklyn-based quartet’s self-confessed musical Luddite (“I can’t read music, but that’s ok because I’m more of an ideas man,”) peppers his supersonic chatter with an infectious collection of witticisms. By contrast his songwriting partner, guitarist Ted Feldman, grew up playing the cello and carefully selects his answers, admitting to being “a bit of a control freak.”
Together, these contradictory characters have combined their strengths to deliver their sophomore album Distraction – a collection in which their...
Vesely begann seine musikalische Laufbahn als Bassist verschiedener Bands aus den Bereichen Ska, Rock und Hardcore. Erst im Jahr 2004 verließ er diesen Weg und beschäftigte sich fortan mit dem Schreiben eigener Songs, welche er selbst mit einer Akustik-Gitarre begleitete.
Im Sommer 2005 nahm er sein erstes Album „Awake“ auf. Die vollständigen Kosten für den achttägigen Studioaufenthalt übernahm Vesely dabei selbst. Der Bandname, welcher erst nach Vollendung der Aufnahmen entstand, wurde bewusst so gewählt, dass man eher an eine mehrköpfige Band als an einen Singer-/Songwriter denkt. Hiermit sollte das typische Bild eines Solokünstlers umgangen werden, um somit die Vielseitigkeit des...
The band title 'The Hand' refers to at least three bands :
1.A Bristol, UK based new folk banjo/kora duo
2.A US based band comprising copious instruments such as sitar, guitar and mellotron.
3. A short lived post-hardcore band out of British Columbia, Canada. They combined elements of modern hardcore, spazzy noise, and cheeky pop.
4. A noise rock band based in Minneapolis, MN, USA, featuring members of Steel Pole Bath Tub, Low, and Gay Witch Abortion. .
