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Base Ball Bear (ベースボールベアー) is a Japanese rock band from Tokyo that formally began in 2002, although the members assembled in the autumn of 2001. The band, which was initially named Planet, was formed for a one-time performance at a high school culture festival, but they decided to continue playing due to how well they were received at the festival and how much fun they were having. Base Ball Bear made its major debut in early 2006 with EMI Music Japan. Their style influences include Japanese indie rock bands Number Girl and Supercar, and British rock bands such as Oasis....

There are at least seven bands by this name: 1) Volcano is a Japanaese Thrash metal band. Current line up: Guitar - She-ja (ex-Gargoyle,Animetal), Vocals - Nov (Aion, Zigoku Quartet), Bass - Akira(Youthquake). Released 3 full albums: Violent (2000) , Davi (2001) & Mythology(2011). 2) Volcano is a punk/folk/reggae supergroup band, formed by Meat Puppets frontman Curt Kirkwood, Sublime drummer Bud Gaugh, and session musicians Mike Stand and Jon Poutney. They have released only one album (with a cheap, hand-drawn inkpen front cover drawn by Curt), which quickly sold out at Skunk records, followed by only eight concerts in support...

Beardyman - UK Beatbox Champion: Amongst the throng of beatboxers emerging today, there are few like Beardyman. A tirelessly innovative performer, Beardyman has always pushed the boundaries of what people expect from human beatbox, merging phenomenal beatbox skills with his left-field sense of humour and incredible musicality. After winning the well renowned Lyric Pad Beatbox Battle twice in 2004, he went on to win the title of London's best beatboxer in the 2005 Championships and the following year became UK Beatbox Champion 2006. In May 2007, he will represent his country in the World Beatbox Championships in Berlin. Beardyman's first...

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...

There are six artists known as Black Bear. 1) The more popular of the three being Sam Beebe who is an experimental solo artist recording as Black Bear and involving microphones, pedals, an organ, a train whistle, "Dr. Groove", electricity, and his hands. 2006 saw the release of Black Bear's debut album, "The Cinnamon Phase", released on Seattle label Baskerville Hill Records (which Sam co-runs with Scott Reitherman). It features songs and music, as the best albums generally do. 2) Black Bear is also a folk-rock artist collective from Nevada City, CA. featuring Alela Diane and Thaddeus Stoenner, of Them...