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BAAD (バード) is a j-rock band formed 1992 in Japan by four members: Main Vocal - 山田恭二(Yamada Kyouji), Guitar/Vocal - 大田紳一郎(Shinichiro Ohta), Bass - 小林正道(Masamichi Kobayashi), Drums - 新井康徳(Yasunori Arai). Band had debut on February 1993 with the single "どんな時でも Hold Me Tight(Donna Toki Demo Hold Me Tight)" and quickly rose to the top. Their biggest hit came months later with the single "君が好きだと叫びたい(Kimi ga Suki da to Sakebitai)" that was used as OP theme in the anime series Slam Dunk. The main vocalist and lyricist Yamada Kyouji left the band in 1995 and was replaced by 秦秀樹(Hata Hideki) as...

Baader Meinhof was a one-off project of the Auteurs' Luke Haines, who enlisted a clutch of studio associates old and new (producer Phil Vinall, cellist James Banbury) to record 1996's Baader Meinhof, a record that mixed themes of the '70s German urban terrorist group it took its name from with some bizarre avant-funk. As a tangent to Haines' primary outlet in the Auteurs, the Baader Meinhof record was recorded quite cheaply but is nonetheless a valuable link in Haines' long and winding productive road, which would eventually include Black Box Recorder and material released under his own name. .

Øystein Baadsvik is the only tuba virtuoso to have carved out a career exclusively as a soloist, rather than becoming a member of an orchestra or accepting a teaching post. His multi-faceted musical career as a soloist, chamber musician, lecturer and recording artist has taken him all over the world. The unique virtuosity and musicality Mr. Baadsvik’s brings to the tuba has established him as the exemplar of the instrument. He studied under the celebrated tuba player Harvey Phillips, Distinguished Professor meritus, Department of Music, Indiana University and with the legendary Arnold Jacobs, who had a forty-year career and position...