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Asking Alexandria are a British metalcore band from York, North Yorkshire. Founded in 2008 when Ben Bruce (lead guitar) contacted his old companions upon returning to the UK after residing in Dubai. The current line-up of the group consists of Ben Bruce (lead guitar, vocals), Cameron Liddell (rhythm guitar), Sam Bettley (bass guitar) and James Cassells (drums). Current members: Danny Worsnop – lead vocals, keyboards, programming Ben Bruce – lead guitar, programming, vocals James Cassells – drums Cameron Liddell – rhythm guitar Sam Bettley – bass guitar Former members: Ryan Binns – keyboards, synthesizers, programming Joe Lancaster – bass guitar...

Electroacoustic. That’s the word that best describes Jerusalem-based Sasha Raskin’s sound, a seamless blend of classical instruments and electronic noise. Raskin, a multi-instrumentalist and composer, began writing music at 13 in his high school’s music lab. He quickly enrolled in the school’s electronic music course, experimenting with different bleeps and bits, a sound which quickly grew tiresome to some of the faculty. “Those highly educated folks frequently visited in order to ask me in not a very classical manner to turn the volume down," Sasha says. “Soon enough I understood why it disturbed them so much…it was the lack of...

Atlanta-based singer/songwriter Steve Baskin has ventured out on his own after years of playing with groups like The Cindy Wilson Band, The Hippycrickets and HugoAgogo. His unique style of southern fried power pop has earned comparisons to Matthew Sweet, John Mayer, Pete Yorn, and Duncan Sheik. Born and raised in Georgia, Steve began his musical career swinging his Les Paul Deluxe around fronting a 10-piece R&B band called Hugo Agogo who played with The Beach Boys, The Shirelles, Sam & Dave and Percy Sledge. Steve also played guitar with The Cindy Wilson Band (of B-52's fame). They played major clubs,...

Described variously as "a cross between Elvis Costello and Tom Petty," "a pop stylist, with a quick lyrical wit and a card shark's finesse in delivering a hook" and "Norman Rockwell with a Telecaster," Chapel Hill, NC based songwriter Django Haskins makes mongrel American music. Django has recorded with producers Don Fleming (Sonic Youth, Pete Yorn) and John Plymale (Squirrel Nut Zippers), has had his music featured on MTV's 'Real World' and WB's 'Felicity', and received rave reviews in Billboard, CMJ, and many other publications, but it's in the live shows where the music really comes alive, thanks to good...