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Blaze Bayley

www.blazebayley.net
Blaze Bayley (Bayley Alexander Cook), is an English heavy metal singer/song writer, born 29th of May, 1963. He is best known for his time in Iron Maiden (1994 - 1999), replacing Bruce Dickinson as lead vocalist. Before he joined Iron Maiden he sang in a rock band by the name of Wolfsbane, a band that had achieved legendary status in their hometown of Tamworth in the early 1990's.

Fugitive

There is more than one "Fugitive": (1) Fugitive was formed in November 1990 inspired by such groups as Led Zepplin, Whitesnake, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Mororhead, iron Maiden to name a few - firmly planting their roots in the british rock scene. As bands like Thunder and Skin appeared on the scene, Fugitive found like minded musicians willing to give it all to keep the "British Rock" band alive.

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Raider

1. RAIDER is a UK grime artist 2. Brodie McKay and Matt Zalewski are RAIDER - a new Rock outfit, from Adelaide, South Australia. Vocalist, Brodie, and Guitarist, Matt, write and record all music in it's entirety as a two piece, but, live, they pull off an explosive full band show!
In previous projects, the lads have shared the stage alongside a solid list of premier worldwide acts, including Taking Back Sunday, and Thursday, as well as the now defunct Australian juggernauts, The Getaway Plan - to name just a few.

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Raven

There are multiple artists named "Raven" 1) United Kingdom (Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England) (1974 - Present) 1) Raven is a heavy metal band associated with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, that formed in 1975. They also opened for punk bands The Stranglers and The Motors. They had a hit with the single "On and On", and refer to their music as "Athletic Rock." Formed in Newcastle, England by brothers John and Mark Gallagher, Raven quickly set the pace for the burgeoning metal renaissance in the UK at the time.

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Medusa

There are several artists whom have taken the name Medusa:
Medusa is a new age/electronic music similar to Enigma and Deep Forest by Irek Dreger http://www.irekdreger.com/medusaen.htm 1) Medusa are a punk rock band from UK www.myspace.com/medusauk
2) Medusa, the indie/electronic band from Mumbai
3) Medusa, an indie rock band from Finland: http://www.medusarock.net
4) MEDUSA, metal band from Melbourne, Australia : officialsite - www.medusa.au.com.
5) Medusa, power/prog band from Milton Keynes, England: www.myspace.com/thebandmedusa

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Elixir

There is more than one band called Elixir. -A British heavy metal band
-A UK trip-hop group
-An Australian jazz trio featuring Katie Noonan, side project of the pop/rock group George
-An Indian metal band
-A dance band
-an illbient project by GrandMixer DXT 1) Elixir is a British heavy metal band, formed by Steve Bentley, Kevin Dobbs, Nigel Dobbs and Phil Denton in November 1983. They are notable for being associated with the New Wave of British Heavy Metal movement. The band spent the first time after having formed writing material and rehearsing.

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Wolf & Cub

Wolf & Cub are an alternative rock band from Adelaide, Australia that formed in 2002. Three of the original members hail from Port Augusta, South Australia. Their music is predominantly psychedelic with elements of funk. The four-piece are signed to legendary record label 4AD. An interesting aspect of the band's music and aesthetic is their use of two drummers. This allows the percussive elements of their music to feature more prominently alongside the guitar.

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Avenger

There are at least 6 bands of this name: 1) Avenger is a Czech black/death band from Volyně (Czech Republic) formed in 1992 by Petr Rámus Mecák. They were formerly known as <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Astaroth" class="bbcode_artist">Astaroth</a> and currently have a side-project called <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Black+Rain" class="bbcode_artist">Black Rain</a>. They released 2 demos (Minster Of Madness; The Black Zone), 4 full length albums (Shadows Of The Damned (1998); Fall Of Devotion, Wrath and Blasphemy(1999); Godless(2003);Feast of Anger - Joy of Despair(2009)), one compilation (Minster Of Madness/The Black Zone(2009), and one live album (Live at Open Hell Fest 2003).

Paul Di'Anno

Paul Di'Anno began his professional musical career singing with <a href="http://www.last.fm/music/Iron+Maiden" class="bbcode_artist">Iron Maiden</a> in 1978. His style has been described as more punk-influenced than Iron Maiden's following vocalist Bruce Dickinson. Di'Anno left the band after two albums, the reasons for so vary between sources; either leaving by his own will or being sacked due to excessive drug and drinking habits with a conflicting personality . Despite his short tenure in the band, Paul Di'Anno is seen as a major factor in the early development of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM) movement.