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Puffy
Rap mogul from the 'hood |
Puffy
Female pop duo from Japan (known as Puffy AmiYumi in the US) |
Bad Company
Straight-shootin' 70s rockers |
Bad Company
21st century schizophrenic beat fiends |
Genesis
Prog rockers with complex time signatures |
Genesis
Hardcore rapper with ill rhymes |
Face to Face
1980s dance band |
Face to Face
1990s hardcore band |
Nirvana
Recorded the 1967 feel-good song "Rainbow Chaser" |
Nirvana
Recorded the 1989 feel-bad song "Negative Creep" |
Courtney Love
Widowed Seattle rocker |
Courtney Love
Olympia duo on the Kill Rock Stars record label |
Engelbert Humperdinck
Composed the fantasy opera "Hansel und Gretel" in the 1870s |
Engelbert Humperdinck
The object of women's fantasies in the 1970s (born Arnold Dorsey) |
Locust
Lilting electro-dance |
The Locust
Crushing electro-damage |
Wire
English post-punk |
Wire
Canadian reggae |
Trio
German electro-pop: Da, Da, Da |
Trio
American country: Dolly, Linda, Emmylou |
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Queer-friendly New Wave group in the UK |
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Guitar-slinging jock-rock group in Florida |
Air
Revolutionary 1970s jazz group |
Air
Calming French electronica duo (Thanks, Scot!) |
Devil Doll
Italian orchestral nightmare metal |
Devil Doll
American female-fronted rockabilly |
Fantasy
Early-80s disco soul |
Fantasy
Country rock group |
King
English new wave |
King
New England roots rock |
The Misfits
Punk band formerly featuring Glenn Danzig |
The Misfits
Cartoon nemesis of Jem and the Holograms |
The Misfits
Singing skeletons from the 1968 movie Mad Monster Party (thanks, Mister Pants!) |
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