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Stratovarius is a power metal band from Finland. They became more popular in the '90s, and throughout their career have inspired upcoming power metal bands with their baroque arranged keyboard solos & Ritchie Blackmore-like guitar portions. Stratovarius was founded in Finland in 1984 from former members of the band Black Water. They went through a number of personnel and musical changes before the band found its own voice. In 1984, the name was changed to Stratovarius (a portmanteau of Stratocaster and Stradivarius), an idea of Stråhlman's. By 1984, Timo Tolkki entered the band, replacing Stråhlman in the guitar. He took...

Spanish group Saratoga formed in 1992 and won a reputation as Madrid's premier heavy metal act, earning notoriety throughout Europe and Japan. The group spent three years after forming writing and preparing for their debut album, Saratoga, released in 1995. Only moderately successful at the time, the record would go on to become something of a Euro-metal classic, popular all over the continent and throughout Japan. The band's next outing was a collection of covers entitled Tributo. The album documented the group's favorite selections from local authors including Antonio Flores and Ángeles del Infierno. The disc that followed, Mi Ciudad,...

There are 3 bands by this name: Operator is a hard rock group with their debut album being released August 21, 2007. Their first single is "Soulcrusher" and they are currently on tour promoting their forthcoming debut album. The second single off the album Soulcrusher is called "Nothing to Lose". The band bears a resemblance to Audioslave. Their lead singer, Johnny Strong, is also a MMA fighter, and appeared in the movie Black Hawk Down. In the movie, he played a Special Forces Delta Operator, which is in part how they got their band name. The band is also made...

Chris Liberator rails against the corporate mentality pervading modern dance music - a stance that can be traced back to his anarcho-punk background. So now, even though he plays the odd techno club, he’s still happiest playing at squat parties. He’s the self-styled champion of the free party scene or the squat party, where anyone attends and anything goes. he’s formed a plethora of labels, including Cluster and Stay Up Forever, and released hundreds of records, including two very successful F***ing Aving It compilations. .

Generator is a dance act produced by Arn Schlürmann, and Stani "Silence" Djukanovic. They recorded the hit "Das Model". There is also another artist named The Generator. .