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LED ZEPPELIN

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Led Zeppelin were an English rock band originally formed in 1968 by guitarist  Jimmy Page  under the name “The New Yardbirds”, based on Page’s previous band,  The Yardbirds . The band formed when Jimmy Page (guitar) recruited Robert Plant (vocals, harmonica), John Paul Jones (bass guitar, keyboards, mandolin), and John Bonham (drums). With their heavy, guitar-driven blues-rock sound, Led Zeppelin are regularly cited as one of the progenitors of heavy metal and hard rock music. However, the band’s individualistic style drew from many sources and transcends any one genre. Led Zeppelin did not release songs from their albums as singles in the UK, as they preferred to develop the concept of “album-oriented rock”. Thirty years after disbanding following Bonham’s death in 1980, the band continues to be held in high regard for their artistic achievements, commercial success, and broad influence. The band have sold over 200 million albums worldwide, including 111.5 million certified unit

DUB TRIO

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Dub Trio is a live dub/rock band from Brooklyn, New York. Dub Trio is made up by DP Holmes (guitar & keyboards) Stu Brooks (bass & keyboards) and Joe Tomino (drums & melodica). With revolutionary combinations of electronic, rock, and jazz, Dub Trio pay homage to King Tubby’s original dub style. In the past they have toured with Meat Beat Manifesto and Soulive. They are all sought after session musicians, having recorded with the likes of Bo Bice, G-Unit, Tony Yayo, Mobb Deep, and Macy Gray. Joe Tomino recently recorded an album with The Fugees. DP Holmes can be heard on albums by Mos Def and Common.  In 2005 Dub Trio embarked on their first recorded effort with vocals, exchanging files with Mike Patton. This song, titled “Not Alone”, was featured on both Dub Trio’s 2006 sophomore record, New Heavy as well as Mike Patton’s 2006 album under the artist name Peeping Tom, also accompanying Peeping Tom on tour in 2007. \

THE SMITHS

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The Smiths  were a rock band which formed in 1982 in Manchester, England, United Kingdom. The band consisted of  Morrissey  (vocals, lyrics),  Johnny Marr  (guitar, music),  Mike Joyce  (drums) and  Andy Rourke  (bass). Hugely influential, The Smiths lasted all of five years from 1982 to 1987, releasing during this period four studio albums ( The Smiths ,  Meat Is Murder ,  The Queen Is Dead  and  Strangeways, Here We Come ) and three compilation albums ( Hatful of Hollow ,  The World Won’t Listen  and  Louder Than Bombs ).  Meat Is Murder  went on to enter the British charts at number one in February of 1985, and  The Queen Is Dead  further confirmed the band’s popularity with its release in spring 1986. Greeted with enthusiastic reviews and peaking at number two on the U.K. charts, the album also developed  The Smiths ’ cult following in the U.S., breaking into the Top 100. After the band’s split in 1987, a further six albums have been released, bringing the total number of Smiths

RORY GALLAGHER

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Rory Gallagher (1948-1995) was a legendary Irish blues/rock guitarist, born in Ballyshannon, County Donegal, and raised in  County Cork . He is regularly credited as one of the most influential Irish rock and blues musicians of all time. Before finding solo fame he was a member of blues-rock band  Taste . In 1972 he was voted Melody Maker’s Top Musician of the Year, dethroning  Eric Clapton . Rory died of complications following a liver transplant in 1995. As the funeral cortege moved through the streets of Cork, his life and music was celebrated by the city’s citizens. He is buried in St. Oliver’s Cemetery just outside the city. Generally regarded as one of the top ten guitarists ever, many of today’s top musicians, including The Edge  from  U2 ,  Slash  of  Guns N’ Roses ,  Johnny Marr  of  The Smiths  and  Brian May  of  Queen  cite Rory as an inspiration in their formative musical years. It is also well documented that  The Rolling Stones  auditioned Rory for the band as their perm

THE ALBUM LEAF

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The Album Leaf  officially began in 1998 as the solo project of Jimmy LaValle, guitarist for San Diego, California-based post-rock band Tristeza. LaValle has also performed in several other San Diego-area bands, including Swing Kids, The Locust, GoGoGo Airheart, and The Black Heart Procession. An Orchestrated Rise to Fall Jimmy LaValle had been playing an ocarina in the post-rock instrumental band Tristeza. Being a multi-instrumentalist, during downtime in the fall of 1998, he began playing drums for San Diego band GoGoGo Airheart. The singer and guitarist for the group, Mike Vermillion (which later inspired the song name “Vermillion” on  One Day I’ll Be on Time ) recorded LaValle doing improvised material playing to a vintage roland drum machine on a Rhodes Piano that would become his first full-length album, the 10-track  An Orchestrated Rise to Fall . Benjamin White of GoGoGo Airheart and Vermillion both supplied added improvisation with synthesizers and vocals to these recordin

PETER GABRIEL

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Peter Gabriel (born Peter Brian Gabriel on 13 February 1950) is an internationally-famous award-winning English singer, musician, and songwriter who rose to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock band  Genesis . After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career. His 1986 album,  So , is his most commercially successful, and the album’s biggest hit, “ Sledgehammer ”, won a record nine at the 1987 MTV Video Music Awards. Throughout his career Gabriel has won numerous music awards, including three Brit Awards (winning Best British Male in 1987), six Grammy Awards, and thirteen MTV Video Music Awards. In 2007 he was honoured as a BMI Icon at the 57th annual BMI London Awards for his “influence on genera tions of music makers”. In 2009 he was awarded the Polar Music Prize and, in 2010, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Genesis. Gabriel founded  Genesis  in 1967 with fellow Charterhouse School pupils Tony Banks, Anth

THE KOOKS

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British indie rock band  - formed in Brighton, England, United Kingdom in 2004. The band currently consists of  Luke Pritchard  (vocals, guitar), Hugh Harris (guitar), Peter Denton (bass) and Nick Millard (drums). Nick is currently filling in for Paul Garred due to a recent arm injury. They have released three studio albums; their 2006 debut  Inside In/Inside Out  peaked at number two on the UK Albums Chart, and their 2008 follow up  Konk  reached number one. The  Junk Of The Heart (Happy) Songfacts  reports that Pritchard found himself writing lyrics containing a lot of emotional drama for their third album and the phrase ‘junk of the heart’ kept coming back to him.  Junk of the Heart  was released September 12, 2011. The Kooks formed at the Brighton Institute of Modern Music, where they were all students. Lead singer and rhythm guitarist Luke Pritchard, got bassist Max Rafferty involved in a college project, which formed the base of the band. After getting lead guitarist Hugh Har