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The thing about getting to know Jason Gray is that you immediately want to share him with other people. In that way Jason is a lot like a good movie, or a great book, or some barely discovered band whose music makes you remember what it was you liked about music in the first place. Which brings us full circle, because Jason’s unique brand of emotional, thought-provoking, alternative-pop is that sort of music, and listening to it isn’t much different than having Jason Gray sitting in your living room and telling you what’s on his mind. In either case, you...

Contrastate were formed in 1987 by Stephen Meixner and Jonathan Grieve. Their initial musical ventures were of a more improvisational nature, based on noise and volume (not to be confused with power electronics). Sounds emerged, sub-merged and re-emerged at varying painfully low frequencies with extremes of treble tonality. The idea was physical confrontation through sound. Nothing was ever released by Contrastate in this form, although some influences from this era are present on the first Lp “Seven hands seek nine fingers”. There were also a couple of live performances, one in London and one in Geneva. The London performance had...

Dobie Gray (July 26, 1940 - December 6th 2011) was an African American singer and songwriter, whose musical career spanned soul, country, pop and musical theater. His hit records included "The 'In' Crowd" in 1965, and "Drift Away", which was one of the biggest hits of 1973, sold over one million copies, and remains a staple of radio airplay. Gray was born near Houston, Texas, by his own account in Simonton although some sources suggest the nearby town of Brookshire. His birth name was probably Lawrence Darrow Brown, who is listed in the Fort Bend County Birth Records as being...

1.Electro / dark wave / industrial band from The Netherlands. 2. A UK band signed to Little Steven's Wicked Cool Records 3. A christian vocal band from Romania comprised of 7 girls. 4. An unsigned band from Weston-Super-Mare. 5. A christian-rock (and soft rock) band from Romania. 6. An unsigned hip-hop artist from Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 7. An unsigned jazz band from Ski, Norway. 8. A rap/metal band from Vaasa, Finland. Active 1994-2000. 9. An unsigned band from Melbourne, Australia ---- Contrast (Netherlands) was founded in Amsterdam in 2003.Their music can be described as a mixture of (dark) electro, combined...

There at least 3 musicans under the name Stingray. 1. First was a Japanese progressive metal band. They released 3 full length albums and one EP. 2. Secondly a South African rock group formed in Johannesburg in 1979 and best known for their single "Better the Devil You Know", which reached No. 4 of the South Africa charts. SA band musicians: Danny Anthill: keyboards, flute Dennis East: vocals Mike Pilot: guitars Shaun Wright: drums (replaced by Wally Cullis in 1981) Allan Goldswain: keyboards, vocals (not on 'Operation Stingray') Eddie Boyle: bass (replaced by Gerald "Jiggs" Downing in 1980)Eddie passed away...