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In Wikipedia:
He was in the custom of creating spontaneous improvisations in the underground bar “’The Dragoon ’”, the place where bands such as were formed, with those who shared the post – dictatorship philosophy nights at that time.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
She was having a great time, I promise. first dance, all blurry like It was the sort of party where bands formed.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
In the modern music era, bands are formed one week and famous the next.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Clifton Hill,? after the Niagara Falls, ON location where the band was formed 25 years ago.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
The Squirrel Nut Zippers’ “are a band formed in 1993 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina by James” Jimbo “Mathus (vocals and guitar), Katharine Whalen (vocals, banjo, and ukulele), Chris Phillips on drums, Don Raleigh on bass and sideman Ken Mosher.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
“’Ogden Edsl”’ (shortened from “The Ogden Edsl Wahalia Blues Ensemble Mondo Bizzario Band”) was a band formed in 1970 in Omaha, Nebraska by Bill Frenzer, Bill Carey and Otis XII.
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In Wikipedia:
Bands like Morogoro Jazz and Tabora Jazz were formed (despite the name, these bands did not play jazz).
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
The British Blues Quintet is a British band, formed in London in 2006 by five veteran UK blues musicians.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
You know their line-ups and when the greatest band ever was formed!!
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In Wikipedia:
The band was formed largely of former members of Southern Death Cult, with the exception of the singer Bee who replaced Ian Astbury on vocals.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
In addition to recording and playing in nearly every Athens band formed since 1995, Brian continues undertaking new welding projects and is always on the lookout for potential beauty in the unbeautiful.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
It was at these jam sessions that “Papa’s Got a Brand New Pigbag” was developed from an idea Chris Hamlin had had before the band was formed.
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In Wikipedia:
Other bands soon formed; the most notable of them being Raid from Tennessee.
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In Wikipedia:
SMF is a band which was formed only to perform live, and is well known for their performances.
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In Wikipedia:
The band was formed after the guys met at school and they have been playing gigs at various venues across Northern Ireland since.
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In Wikipedia:
The band was formed when Vic Krishna was visiting Germany and had a jam session with Canadian singer Craig Smart and the production team of Tone Def and Triple S.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
After the split of Daisy Chainsaw, a band named Dizzy Q Viper was formed, made up of previous Daisy Chainsaw members, Gray, Adams and Johnson.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Moti Special’ “was a German New Wave band, formed in 1981 in Hamburg, by Danish guitar player Nils Tuxen, Romanian keyboard player Michael Cretu, bassist / vocalist Manfred” Thissy “Thiers and drummer Reinhard” Dickie “Tarrach.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
“His main interest was music, and his first ever band was formed when he was at school.
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(. .)))
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