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Gli Strokes sono un gruppo musicale alt rock formatosi a New York, NY, nel 1998. Inizialmente composti di soli tre membri, al cantante e frontman Julian Casablancas, al chitarrista Nick Valensi e al batterista Fabrizio Moretti, si aggiungono più tardi Nikolai Fraiture al basso e Albert Hammond Jr. alla chitarra. Hammond, figlio d'arte, è invitato nella band dallo stesso Julian: i due infatti si erano conosciuti anni prima in una prestigiosa scuola svizzera. La band ormai al completo debutta allo Spiral di New York, ottenendo un discreto successo di pubblico e stampa specializzata. Dopo questo concerto le esibizioni dal vivo...

1) Sunstroke - groove metal band formed in 2008 based in Odessa, Ukraine. The band has gone through numerous line-up changes, but the line-up has been stable in 2011. Sunstroke is incorporate heavy metal grooves with world music and other ethnic tribals. Band music can be also reminds you other great bands like: Soulfly, Ektomorf and Sepultura The first full-length album will be self-released in 2011. www.myspace.com/sunstrokeua 2) Sunstroke - grunge/alternative rock band from Czech Republic http://sunstrokeband.bandcamp.com/ .

Athens,GR (1999-present): BootStroke was born through the need of playing Oi!Oi!Oi! music and sing about the things we like and hate.The band was formed in Thessaloniki in 1999-2000 by members of other Oi! and streetpunk bands of that time.The band released a demo tape and did some local gigs.All the members were from diferent cities so the band couldnt last for long like this. The band moved to Athens city with a diferent line up,members of which where playing in the Athenian skinhead band called "Streetboys".After that the story begins. BootStroke sound is a unique powerful melodic but rough Oi!punk...

When Niko Rauhala and Janne Juutinen decided to form a band in the spring of 2002, they had to think of a good name for a band that would have surprising and clever songs. After some brainstorming they came up with a name that seemed to fit them perfectly: MASTERSTROKE. At first there were four members in the band: Niko Rauhala – vocals & guitar, Janne Juutinen – drums, Mikko Viheriälä (ex-Dreamtale) – keyboard, and Arto Tissari (Korpiklaani, Crystalic) – bass. Masterstroke made a demo CD and some gigs with this line-up. In 2003 another guitarist, Markus Kekoni. joined the...