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There are at least two bands called "Blindside". 1. Band from Stockholm, Sweden. 2. 90s Straight Edge Hardcore band from Pennsylvania, USA. Members went on to form Stillwater and Atari. 3. Band from Australia (1992 - 1995) that appeared on the Summershine label. 4. Straight Edge hardcore band from Belgium. 1. Blindside is a post-hardcore/alternative rock band from Stockholm. They formed in 1994 as "Underfree" and kept that name for two years before releasing their debut EP in 1996. In 1997, Tooth and Nail Records got a hold of the EP and signed Blindside. The first album, which was self-titled...

Formed several Years ago Blinded released 2 full length albums and toured extensively across Canada. After taking a break we relocated to Kelowna and added a fifth member, and new Singer Andrew Avril. With the new line-up change we progressed from a Skatepunk style to a more original Modern Alternative Rock style. We no longer tour but have slowly produced and released some new work including a heartwarming narrated christmas story called Santa's Note (www.santasnote.ca) We've recorded several new songs at Flying Monkey Studios with the Great Travis Saunders. All of our songs, news and information about us can be...

James Hubert Blake (February 7, 1887 – February 12, 1983), better known as Eubie Blake, was an American composer, lyricist, and pianist of ragtime, jazz, and popular music. In 1921, Blake and long-time collaborator Noble Sissle wrote the Broadway musical Shuffle Along, one of the first Broadway musicals to be written and directed by African Americans. Blake's compositions included such hits as, "Bandana Days", "Charleston Rag", "Love Will Find A Way", "Memories of You" and "I'm Just Wild About Harry". The musical Eubie!, which opened on Broadway in 1978, featured his works. Blake was born at 319 Forrest Street in...

Blind Willie McTell (born William Samuel McTier; May 5, 1898 – August 19, 1959) was a Piedmont and ragtime blues singer and guitarist. He played with a fluid, syncopated fingerstyle guitar technique, common among many exponents of Piedmont blues, although, unlike his contemporaries, he came to use twelve-string guitars exclusively. McTell was also an adept slide guitarist, unusual among ragtime bluesmen. His vocal style, a smooth and often laid-back tenor, differed greatly from many of the harsher voice types employed by Delta bluesmen, such as Charley Patton. McTell embodied a variety of musical styles, including blues, ragtime, religious music and...

Arthur "Art" Blakey (October 11, 1919 – October 16, 1990), also known as Abdullah Ibn Buhaina, was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. Along with Kenny Clarke and Max Roach, he was one of the inventors of the modern bebop style of drumming. He is known as a powerful musician and a vital groover; his brand of bluesy, funky hard bop was and continues to be profoundly influential on mainstream jazz. For more than 30 years his band Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers included many young musicians who went on to become prominent names in jazz. The band's legacy...