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Bayside

Formed in October of 2000, Bayside consisted of four musicians looking for a chance to play music the rest of their lives. They recorded a demo and the band began playing shows around Long Island, NY. They quickly caught the eye of Brooklyn, New York's Dying Wish Records, who released their first EP, "Long Stories Short", featuring the songs "Foot Impressions", "Days Of My Life", "Red Head VS. The Pretty Red Bracelet", "Downtime", "Ask For It", and "Advance Letter Goodbye".

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William Tell

Southern California native William Tell is the former rhythm guitarist for the band Something Corporate. In 2007, he released his first solo album, You Can Hold Me Down. The record produced a few popular songs including "Slipping Under (Sing Along To Your Favorite Song)", "Fairfax (You're Still The Same)" (featuring former bandmate Andrew McMahon of Something Corporate), "Sounds" and "Young At Heart" and even charted to #11 on the Top Heatseekers. Since the release of his debut album, Tell has released several demos for download on his MySpace page.

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singer-songwriter
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Breaker Morant

There are at least two western bands named 'Breaker Morant'. One Being comprised of Ex members of Prozac Memory playing explosive emo. The other, a recently formed (as of april 2008) Fall tribute band based out of Melbourne, Australia. Features an ex on/oxx'er in the role of Smith. See http://www.myspace.com/thebandbreakermorand

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emo
90s emo
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Marianas Trench

Marianas Trench is a Juno award nominated Canadian pop rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada signed to <a href="http://www.last.fm/label/604+Records" class="bbcode_label">604 Records</a>. The band was formed in 2001 and released their first full length album Fix Me on October 3, 2006. Some of the demos the band sent out four years before appear on the album. The band says their biggest musical influences are Queen, Foo Fighters, The Beach Boys and Ben Folds Five.

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pop
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A Skylit Drive

A Skylit Drive is a six-piece post-hardcore band from Lodi/Galt California. They released their first EP, titled She Watched The Sky, with Tragic Hero Records in January 2007 and the follow-up full length album Wires... And the Concept of Breathing on May 20, 2008. Now signed to Fearless Records, the band has released their second full length, Adelphia, on June 9, 2009. Current Line-up:
Michael “Jag” Jagmin (Vocals)
Nick Miller (Guitar)
Joey Wilson (Guitar)
Brian White (Bass/Vocals)
Kyle Simmons (Synthesizers/Keys)

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hardcore
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post-hardcore
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Featherweight

There are four bands named Featherweight:
1) Featherweight is a punk/post hardcore/screamo band from Fort Lauderdale Florida, in the vein of Knapsack, Small Brown Bike, and Jawbreaker. 2) Boston, MA (2009 - 2011).
Featherweight was a D.I.Y. emotive hardcore band from Boston, MA.
We broke up in October, 2011. Anti-war, anti-violence, anti-sexist, anti-fascist, anti-racist, anti-homophobic, straight edge, ALWAYS D.I.Y. emotive hardcore.

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screamo
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melodic hardcore
Melodic Hardcore Screamo
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Idle Hands

1) The five member band from Minneapolis seems to follow the path blazed by Joy Division while attempting to offer a fresh perspective, though it often surfaces with a a sound straight-from-the-80s. 2) Descedents and Wipers influenced punk from Münster, Germany. 3) Idle Hands (1999-2002) was a poppy rock group from California. They played a very different style of music from most of their label-mates on Trustkill Records.

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female vocalists
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punk rock
hardcore punk
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Lostprophets

Lostprophets is an alternative rock band formed in Pontypridd, Wales in 1997. It was founded by current vocalist Ian Watkins and guitarist Mike Lewis. Initially, Watkins played drums for the band, although its success only began when he transferred over to lead vocals. They have released several demos, none of which have been produced commercially, four studio albums, and thirteen singles. Their latest single "For He's a Jolly Good Felon" was released on the 12th of April. Their 4th studio album "The Betrayed" was released on the 19th of January.

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