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History After their debut performance they were invited to play an all-day festival in Harlow at which guitarist Steve Harcourt (formerly a member of metal bands 'Gethsemane', which was largely a farce, failing to gig and 'Bomberz') first met Nihal Arhanayake. Nihal was a rapper of Sri Lankan descent who was studying law in Twickenham, Surrey at the time. He was consequently invited to record some of his material over the trio's existing tracks. Nihal's Co-rapper was Anthony Chapman, with the line-up completed by bass player Johnny Dawe. Read more on Last.fm

There is more than one artist with this name, including: 1) SOAK is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter Bridie Monds-Watson from Derry. 2) Soak was a 1990s American industrial rock band from Texas. 3) SOAK was a Spanish punk band. 4) Soak was an instrumental Christian Worship Band. 1) SOAK is a Northern Irish singer-songwriter Bridie Monds-Watson (born in Derry on 2 May 1996). They broke onto Derry’s music scene at 14, recording demos and gigging. Read more on Last.fm

Ride is a shoegaze band that formed in 1988 in Oxford, England, consisting of Andy Bell, Mark Gardener, Laurence Colbert, and Steve Queralt. The band were initially part of the shoegaze scene that emerged in England during the early 1990s. Their debut album Nowhere (1990) has been named one of the greatest albums of the genre. Ride has released five albums: "Nowhere" (1990), "Going Blank Again" (1992), "Carnival of Light" (1994), "Tarantula" (1996), and "Weather Diaries" (2017). Read more on Last.fm

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Doves is an alternative rock band from Manchester, United Kingdom consisting of Jimi Goodwin (vocals, bass) and twin brothers Jez Williams (guitar) and Andy Williams (drums). They are joined on stage by Martin Rebelski (keys). They are known for their large, epic sound, which combines dovetailing guitar lines with driving percussion and a penchant for atmospherics. Unusually, both Williams brothers have also contributed lead vocals. Originally formed in 1988 as Sub Sub Read more on Last.fm

Masi Masi is a bitpop solo project featuring Dan H. He uses Famitracker to produce his 8-bit masterpieces. He draws inspiration from all around him, including other chiptune and nintendocore artists, including Monomate, I Shot the Duck Hunt Dog, and HORSE the band, and various other musicians he enjoys, including Coheed & Cambria, Periphery, Dance Gavin Dance, The Black Dahlia Murder, August Burns Red, Chiodos, and Enter Shikari. Ripper Roo EP is slated to be released sometime in 2011 Read more on Last.fm

Arrested Development is an Afrocentric Hip-Hop group, founded by Speech and Headliner as a positive, alternative to the gangsta rap popular in the early 1990s. It took the group three years, five months and two days to be offered a record deal. Hence the name of the first album was 3 Years, 5 Months & 2 Days in the Life Of..., which produced several hit tracks. These included "Tennessee", "People Everyday", and "Mr. Wendal", which hit the top ten. Read more on Last.fm

North Carolina-born, Los Angeles-raised Jordan Patterson is an American singer-songwriter and producer creating catharsis from a folk and alternative landscape. Blunt, raw and decisive, Patterson is creating a world within her self-recorded and produced songs. Her debut album, The Hermit, came out in September 2025. Read more on Last.fm

Sparks is an American rock and pop music band formed in Los Angeles in 1970 by brothers Ron Mael (keyboards) and Russell Mael (vocals), initially under the name Halfnelson. Best known for their quirky approach to song writing, Sparks' music is often accompanied by cutting and acerbic lyrics, and an idiosyncratic stage presence, typified in the contrast between Russell's wide-eyed hyperactive frontman antics and Ron's sedentary scowling. The band's long career has seen them successfully adopt many different musical genres; including glam pop Read more on Last.fm