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Alkaline Trio

Alkaline Trio are a punk rock band from Chicago, Illinois consisting of Matt Skiba (guitar/vocals), Dan Andriano (bass/vocals), and Derek Grant (drums/backing vocals). Their music is characterized by dark lyrics, catchy hooks, fast tempos and recurring subjects of alcoholism, depression, shattered relationships, drugs and death. The band formed in December of 1996, originally consisting of Skiba, Rob Doran (bass/vocals), and Glenn Porter (drums/vocals).

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Jack's Mannequin

Jack’s Mannequin started off as a side-project of Andrew McMahon, who is the vocalist, pianist and main songwriter of the band <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Something+Corporate" class="bbcode_artist">Something Corporate</a> but has now become his main project. The band is based in Orange County, California. The name Jack’s Mannequin originated from one of McMahon’s songs called <a title="Jack's Mannequin – Dear Jack" href="http://www.last.fm/music/Jack%27s+Mannequin/_/Dear+Jack" class="bbcode_track">Dear Jack</a>, which was written about a friend of his whose brother was diagnosed with childhood leukemia. Andrew himself was diagnosed with leukemia on June 1, 2005 and cancelled a show for the first time ever when he received the call from his doctor.

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Stockades

Screamo/emo band from Melbourne, Australia. http://www.facebook.com/stockadesband Free demo: http://myendlessminutes.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/stockades-stockades-demo...

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No Such Luck

3 guys from Sydney playing fast aggressive punk. Rob-Bass+Vox
Jaiden -Guitar+Vox
Dan-Drums http://www.myspace.com/nosuchluck09

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The Used

The Used is an American band from Orem, Utah. Their sound has been classified under many sub-genres of rock. They signed with Reprise Records in late 2001 and rose to fame in June 2002 after releasing their debut self-titled album, The Used. Soon after a CD/DVD package named "Maybe Memories" was released containing unheard demos and a "behind the scenes" story of the band/band's past. They followed up with their second album, In Love and Death, in September 2004 and their third album, Lies For The Liars, in May 2007.

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The Get Up Kids

The Get Up Kids are a Kansas City-based American rock band. Formed in 1995, the band was a major player in the mid-90's emo scene, otherwise known as the "second wave" of emo music. As they gained prominence, they began touring with bands such as Green Day and Weezer before becoming headliners themselves, eventually embarking on international tours of Japan and Europe. They founded Heroes & Villains Records, an imprint of the successful indie rock label Vagrant Records.

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At the Drive-In

At the Drive-In is an American post-hardcore band from El Paso, Texas, active from 1993 to 2001. They were known for their extremely energetic stage shows which hearkened back to the 1980s hardcore scene. They were also recognized for their blend of surrealistic lyrics, unorthodox guitar melodies and unpredictable shifts in tempo and rhythm. Founded by Jim Ward (guitars) & Cedric Bixler Zavala (vocals - at the time a member of punk band, foss, in which he played drums). ATD-I's first studio recording was Hell Paso (Western Breed), an EP issued in 1994.

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El Alamein

Brisbane, Australia. Fruit traffickers. EP coming out June 2012. Demo/Facebook
www.facebook.com/elalameinmusic

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Story of the Year

Story of the Year is a post-hardcore band from St. Louis, Missouri originally formed in 1995. The band currently consists of vocalist Dan Marsala, lead guitarist Ryan Phillips, rhythm guitarist and back up vocalist Philip Sneed, bassist Adam Russell and drummer Josh Wills. Initially named Big Blue Monkey, they changed their name to Story of the Year in 2002 because a blues group of the same name had already existed.

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Arrows

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Brisbane's Arrows formed in 2006 out of a common love of No Idea + Crank records bands often described by the three-letter "E" curse word. But simply put, these are four friends playing music and having a blast along the way. In amongst playing shows, the band swiftly recorded and self released their ‘Don’t Write Poetry’ CDep and toured the Australian east-coast.

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