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Dirty Dancing is a duo comprised of multi-instrumentalist Eric Schoen, who previously fronted Electric Pants in Milwaukee, and Lauren Mikus, who previously sang for the NY band The Midnight Hours... The Dirty Dancing sound is at times all of the above: lo-fi, noisy, angular and anthemic, with touches of darkwave, a post-punk edge, a reverbed atmosphere, and handclaps galore. Depending on the track, you can hear influences as varied as The Kills, Joy Division, Velvet Underground, The Stooges, The Gun Club, Talking Heads, and even a little T. Rex... http://www.myspace.com/drtydancing It may also appear here due to incorrectly tagged tracks....

There is more than one artist with the name Beggar: 1) A British mod band formed in late 1977 in a Welsh village called Mountain Ash, perhaps most well-known for participating in the 1979 "Mods Mayday" gig in Canning Town, London, England. They disbanded in the summer of 1980. 2) A currently active Christian band that have released their debut album, Scraps of Grace. Inspired by both biblical text and real-life experiences, Scraps of Grace brings a new voice to Christian music. The band received rave reviews after playing for the National ELCA Youth Gathering in San Antonio, Texas. Incorporating...

The Dancing Cigarettes, from Bloomington, Indiana, were a post-punk/new wave group that existed from 1979-1983. There were some lineup changes over that span, but typically the band consisted of singer/guitarist Michael Gitlin, bassist Emily Bonus,keyboardist and multi -instrumentalist Tim Noe, saxophonist Don Trubey, percussionist, synth player and vocalist Jaclyn Oddi, and drummer John Terrill. The band cannot be categorized very easily, as their quirky and frenetic sound mixes elements of garage punk, bouncy Devo-esque new wave, Beefheart-like avant-rock with dissonant squonky horns, and even aspects of atonal no-wave bands lilke DNA (for whom they opened). They recorded an EP for...

It was winter of 2008 and the winds swept across the midwestern fields. Stripped of their possessions and scrounging to survive, five young men (mere boys in some eyes) howled in the night as they formed a rebellious band of wild outcasts. This tight-knit gang called themselves The Beggars and are still roaming the countryside looking for a morsel of food or perhaps some change...anything will do... .