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MOTHER LOVE BONE

Mother Love Bone was a  rock  band which formed in Seattle, Washington, United States in 1988. The band consisted of Andrew Wood (vocals, keyboards), Bruce Fairweather (guitar),  Stone Gossard  (guitar),  Jeff Ament  (bass) and Greg Gilmore (drums). The band released only one full length album, “ Apple ” (1990). The band disbanded in 1990 after Wood died in a coma caused by a heroin overdose. Ament and Gossard later formed  Temple of the Dog  and  Pearl Jam . Mother Love Bone was established in 1988 by former  Green River  members Jeff Ament, Bruce Fairweather and Stone Gossard, former  Malfunkshun  frontman Andrew Wood and former  Ten Minute Warning  and  Skin Yard  drummer Greg Gilmore. Initially, the group was formed in 1987 out of the cover band  Lords of the Wasteland  which featured Wood, Gossard, Ament and Malfunkshun drummer Regan Hagar. By early 1988 the band had added Fairweather, replaced Hagar with drummer Greg Gilmore and changed its name to Mother Love Bone. This new lin

TEMPLES

Temples consist of lead singer/guitarist James Edward Bagshaw, bassist Tom Warmsley, drummer Sam Toms and keyboardist Adam Smith. The Kettering band released their debut album Sun Structures on 10th February 2014, including the singles Shelter Song, Keep in the Dark, Colours to Life and Mezmerise. The four-piece have supported Interpol, Suede, The Vaccines and Kasabian and will play Coachella in April 2014. 

WOODEN SHJIPS

Wooden Shjips  (pronounced 'ships') is a space rock/psychedelic rock band from San Francisco, USA. Their sound has been described as experimental, minimalist,   drone rock,  and "spacey psychedelic rock".  They have been compared to Suicide, Loop, The Velvet Underground, The Doors, Soft Machine and Guru Guru.  They are currently signed to Thrill Jockey records, whose artist roster also includes Tortoise, Future Islands, The Sea and Cake and Matmos. Wooden Shjips guitarist Ripley Johnson also plays in a side project, Moon Duo, formed in 2009 with Sanae Yamada. They have so far released one EP (Killing Time, 2009 [Sacred Bones]) and three albums (Escape, 2010 [Woodsist]; Mazes, 2011 [Sacred Bones]; and Circles, 2012 [Sacred Bones]). The group played the ATP New York 2010 music festival in Monticello, New York in September 2010 at the request of film director Jim Jarmusch. In November 2013 the group released their fourth LP, entitled Back to Land, on Thrill Jockey

FACTORY JAM SESSION - FACTO 01 - TONHO CROCCO

Recorded at Legend Music Bar Santa Cruz do Sul - Rio Grande do Sul - Brasil Date : 14.03.2014 Tracks :  Grama Verde (Ultramen)  O Lado Brilhante da Lua (Tonho Crocco) Dívida (Ultramen) Hey Joe (Jimmy Hendrix) www.tonhocrocco.com www.factory.rec.br FACTO_01

GLACIER HIKING

Dearest Glacier Hiking fans, Our music will have to live in your Ipods and on the Internet. It was just time to cut ties and move on. Tommy will still be pursuing music. Ross will still be pursuing music. And they will always welcome your support. Thank you so much for everything. Long live GH. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Glacier-Hiking/42967777329

MIKE PATTON

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Michael Allan Patton  (born January 27, 1968, in Eureka, California) is an American  singer , songwriter ,  composer ,  multi-instrumentalist , and video game voice actor, best known as the lead singer of the  rock  band  Faith No More  from 1988 to 1998, which recently reunited in 2009 and will be touring Europe this summer. He has also handled lead vocals and composed music for Mr. Bungle, Tomahawk, Lovage, Fantômas, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Moonchild Trio and Peeping Tom. Patton has earned critical praise for his diverse vocals, which touch on crooning, falsetto, death growls, rapping, chanting, mouth music, beatboxing and scatting, among other techniques; critic Greg Prato writes, “Patton could very well be one of the most versatile and talented singers in rock music.” He has many producer or co-producer credits with artists such as John Zorn, The Melvins, Melt-Banana, Kool Keith, and Björk. He co-founded Ipecac Recordings with  Greg Werckman  in 1999, and has run the labe

DEAD KENNEDYS

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Dead Kennedys  are a hardcore punk/punk rock band from San Francisco, California. During the 1980s the band gained a large underground following in the international punk music scene. Their music mixed the more experimental elements of English 1970s punk with the raw energy of the 1980s American  hardcore punk  scene. Dead Kennedys’ songs mix the deliberately shocking lyrics of punk with a satirical and sarcastic left-wing commentary on social and political issues. Many of the band’s songs criticize the religious right and the Ronald Reagan administration, along with many other personalities and ideas.  Dead Kennedys formed in San Francisco in 1978 when vocalist  Jello Biafra  (Eric Reed Boucher) and bassist  Klaus Flouride  (Geoffrey Lyall) responded to a magazine ad placed by guitarist ‘ East Bay Ray ’ (Raymond Pepperell). The three joined with drummer ‘6025’ (Carlos Cadona) as a drummer, but he was quickly replaced by ‘ Ted ’ (Bruce Slesinger) and formed one of the most success

JIM WHITE

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Jim White is a  southern gothic   alt-country   singer-songwriter . He has released four albums as a solo artist. While his music is based in  americana , he borrows elements from  rock ,  rhythm and blues , and even  electronica , often piecing sounds together in the  lo-fi  cut-and-paste fashion of artists like  Tom Waits . His albums have featured a wide variety of collaborators, such as  Victoria Williams,Morcheeba ,  Aimee Mann ,  Barenaked Ladies , and  Joe Henry .  He is signed to David Byrne’s Luaka Bop label and appeared in the BBC documentary, Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus, which looks at musicians inspired by the culture of the American South. Not be confused with the acclaimed Dirty Three / Cat Power / Smog / P. J. Harvey / Nina Nastasia drummer, who also had a recent collaboration album “You Follow Me” with Nastasia under the name of Nina Nastasia And Jim White

CLAUDE HAY

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Claude’s solo act features his right foot on drums and percussion, his left foot on live looping and conducting and his hands on bass guitar, acoustic guitar and doumbek. Not to mention his vocal as the lead singer and backup. From a recent interview, Claude describes it as “a one-man band thing with a baritone guitar, percussion sounds and a shitload of effects - and it’s all played live and possibly sounds somewhere in between P-Funk and Xavier Rudd.  Having played on notable festivals in Sydney such as Newtown and Surry Hills, being nominated as one of the hottest acts in 2001 (Australian Music Week Awards) and played with bands such as The Beautiful Girls. Skunkhour, Mick Hart, iOTA & Dallas Crane with the Claude Hay Band, Claude has now launched into his solo career with his rootsy/groove rock show that is more like a band than one man.

STEVEN WILSON

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Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England Steven Wilson (born Steven John Wilson on November 3, 1967, in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, England) is a self-taught guitarist, producer, audio engineer, bass guitar and keyboard player (among other musical instruments). He is perhaps best known as the lead guitarist/singer and songwriter for progressive rock band Porcupine Tree, but his projects are numerous, including collaborations with Israeli superstar Aviv Geffen, Blackfield, long-running partnership with Tim Bowness, No-Man, and teaming up with Dirk Serries  , Continuum, as well as his own solo projects Bass Communion and Incredible Expanding Mindfuck, and the albums Insurgentes and Grace for Drowning under his own name. He also recorded a collaborative album with Opeth’s singer, guitarist and composer Mikael Åkerfeldt, called Storm Corrosion. In addition to his prolific musical output, he has also undertaken production work with such high-profile artists as Opeth, Dream The

FIVE FINGER DEATH PUNCH

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Five Finger Death Punch were formed in 2005 by guitarist Zoltan Bathory (formerly of U.P.O.). The  American Capitalist Songfacts  states that Bathory came up with the name after being amused by a scene involving a five finger punch in Kill Bill 2. Other members recruited to the band include former Motograter & Ghost Machine vocalist Ivan Moody, former W.A.S.P. members guitarist Darrell Roberts and drummer Jeremy Spencer, and former Anubis Rising/Deadsett bassist Matt Snell. The band recorded their debut album The Way of the Fist in 2006 with Stevo “Shotgun” Bruno (Mötley Crüe, Prong) and Mike Sarkisyan (Spineshank). The record was mixed and mastered by former Machine Head/Soulfly guitarist Logan Mader. After making waves in the underground metal scene, in early June it was announced that the band had inked a deal with Firm Music, which is a branch of “The Firm”, a highly successful management company (Korn, Staind, Limp Bizkit). Their debut album “The Way Of The Fist” was rel

LORDE

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Ella Yelich-O’Connor (born 7 November 1996), known by her stage name Lorde, is a New Zealand singer-songwriter. She released her first EP, The Love Club EP, in March 2013 and her first single, “Royals”, in June 2013. Her début album, Pure Heroine, was released on September 27, 2013. She was born in Auckland, New Zealand. Her father, an Irish-New Zealander, is a civil engineer, and her mother, Sonja Yelich, a Croatian-New Zealander, is a prize-winning poet. She was raised in Devonport, a suburb of Auckland. At the age of 12, she was spotted by A&R scout Scott Maclachlan when he saw her singing in a video of a talent show at her school, Belmont Intermediate. Later, when Yelich-O’Connor was 13, Maclachlan signed her to Universal and, at the age of 14, she began working with their songwriters in 2012. Officially released digitally in March 2013 and on CD in May 2013, The Love Club EP features five songs, including the number one hit “Royals”. On 27 May 2013, “Royals” was covered

THE RAGGED JUBILEE

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The Ragged Jubilee is California Blues-Rock band. Their influences include: Neil Young, Led Zeppelin, Bob Dylan and Stevie Ray Vaughn. The Lead Singer, Ethan Burns’ searing and poetic vocals juxtapose Aaron Wick’s Rock Drums and Chandler Jacob’s Rolling Bass while Phil Wahl lends a banjo twang to the swelling, punchy riffs of Austin I’anson’s electric guitar backdrop. In short, the combination of lyrical poetry and lyrical music creates a poignant and unique sound.  Members: Ethan Burns-Lead Vocals/Guitar, Chandler Jacob- Bass/Backup Vocals, Aaron Wick- Drums, Phil Wahl-Banjo, Austin I’Anson-Electric Guitar, D.M. Grivjack… WebRep currentVote noRating noWeight

CAVALERA CONSPIRACY

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Brazilian metal titans Max and Igor Cavalera have written and recorded new material together for the first time in twelve years, since their work in  Sepultura . Formed in the summer of 2007,  Cavalera Conspiracy , is their new project and features the Cavalera brothers from  Brazil , bassist  Joe Duplantier  from  France  (Band member of Gojira) and guitarist  Marc Rizzo  from the  United States .  Cavalera Conspiracy ’s debut record,  Inflikted , was released on  March 25, 2008  by  Roadrunner Records . Recording took place in July 2007 at Undercity Studios in Los Angeles, with  Logan Mader  (ex- Machine Head  guitarist). rex brown  cameos on bass on one track,  Ultra-Violent . (Rex Brown was  Pantera ’s bass player. He currently plays in  Down . In 2005, he also played bass and keyboard in  Crowbar ’s  Lifesblood for the Downtrodden .) Black Ark  features a collaboration with Max, Joe and Richie Cavalera (from  Incite ) on vocals. This long-anticipated reunion between the Cav

SEPULTURA

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Sepultura  is a Brazilian metal band that formed in 1983 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. The band was a major force in the  death metal ,  thrash metal  and ultimately  groove metal  realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s. Their name means “grave” in Portuguese, which they chose after Max Cavalera, one of the founding members, was translating the lyrics of the  Motörhead  song “Dancing on Your Grave”. Sepultura was formed by  Max Cavalera  (guitars and vocals), his younger brother  Igor Cavalera (drums),  Paulo Pinto  (bass) and Jairo Guedes (guitars). Sepultura signed to Cogumelo Records after a few years of performing, with a sound influenced by their favorite bands such as  Ratos De Porão ,  Discharge ,  Possessed ,  GBH  and  Metallica . Their first EP was  Bestial Devastation , a split with  OverDose ’s album on the flipside. Their first LP was  Morbid Visions  (1986), which included the moderate hit “ Troops of Doom ” that attracted the band some attention. After Morbid Vision

CASA DAS MÁQUINAS

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Casa das Máquinas (meaning ‘house of machines’) are a mid-70’s Brazilian band from Sao Paulo borne out of the disenchantment of two musicians from glam/dance pop band  Os Incríveis , namely drummer/percussionnist Netinho and guitarist/vocalist Aroldo who wanted to take a less commercial route. Recruiting three other musicians, they recorded 3 albums between 1974 and 1977; a compilation disk was also released in 2000. Their material is mostly heavy, bluesy hard rock with complex arrangements and thick guitar leads. The vocals are in Portuguese.  Their debut and self-titled album, released in 1974, is plain old hard rock. Their second, “Lar de Maravilhas” (1975), however, is considered a national prog classic. Donning a slick production, it incorporates the intensity of the first album with more sophisticated elements such as stronger melodies, better arrangements and an emphasis on spacious, multi-layered symphonic keyboards (particularly the synths). It is a strange collection of tu