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A Witness

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A Witness are an English post-punk/indie rock band who were originally active in the mid-1980s alternative music scene. [1]

32 relations: Age of Chance, BBC Radio 1, Big Flame (band), Blue Orchids, Bogshed, Break On Through (To the Other Side), C86, Captain Beefheart, Cover version, Goldblade, Great Leap Forward, Hebden Bridge, Inca Babies, Indie rock, John Peel, John Robb (musician), Liverpool, NME, Post-punk, Pram (band), Ron Johnson Records, Sarandon (band), Sounds (magazine), Stockport, Strange Fruit Records, The Beatles, The Doors, The Membranes, The Nightingales, The Wedding Present, The Wolfhounds, Tomorrow Never Knows.

Age of Chance

Age of Chance were a British alternative rock-dance crossover band from Leeds, England active from 1985 to 1991.

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BBC Radio 1

BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station operated by the British Broadcasting Corporation which also broadcasts internationally, specialising in modern and current popular music and chart hits throughout the day. Radio 1 provides alternative genres after 7pm, including electronic dance, hip hop, rock, indie or interviews. It was launched in 1967 to meet the demand for music generated by pirate radio stations, when the average age of the UK population was 27. The BBC claim that they target the 1529 age group, and the average age of its UK audience since 2009 is 30. BBC Radio 1 started 24-hour broadcasting on 1 May 1991.

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Big Flame (band)

Big Flame (often rendered bIG fLAME) were a post punk/Indie rock three piece band, based in Manchester, England and active from 1983 to 1986.

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Blue Orchids

Blue Orchids are an English post-punk band formed in Manchester in 1979, when Martin Bramah decided to quit The Fall having recorded that band's debut album Live at the Witch Trials.

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Bogshed

Bogshed were a pop group formed in Hebden Bridge, West Yorkshire, England in 1984, originally as The Amazing Roy North Penis Band.

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Break On Through (To the Other Side)

"Break On Through (To the Other Side)" is a song by the Doors from their debut album, The Doors.

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C86

C86 is a cassette compilation released by the British music magazine NME in 1986, featuring new bands licensed from British independent record labels of the time.

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Captain Beefheart

Don Van Vliet (born Don Glen Vliet; January 15, 1941 – December 17, 2010) was an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and visual artist best known by the stage name Captain Beefheart.

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Cover version

In popular music, a cover version, cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording by someone other than the original artist or composer of a previously recorded, commercially released song.

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Goldblade

Goldblade are an English punk rock band from Manchester, England.

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Great Leap Forward

The Great Leap Forward of the People's Republic of China (PRC) was an economic and social campaign by the Communist Party of China (CPC) from 1958 to 1962.

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Hebden Bridge

Hebden Bridge is a market town which forms part of Hebden Royd in West Yorkshire, England.

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Inca Babies

Inca Babies are a post-punk deathrock band from Manchester, England, initially active between 1982 and 1988 but reformed in 2007 featuring founder member and original songwriter Harry Stafford (guitars, vocals).

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Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of rock music that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1970s.

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John Peel

John Robert Parker Ravenscroft, (30 August 1939 – 25 October 2004), known professionally as John Peel, was an English disc jockey, radio presenter, record producer and journalist.

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John Robb (musician)

John David Robb (born 4 May 1961Larkin, Colin (1998) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Indie & New Wave, Virgin Books,, p. 272-3 in Fleetwood, Lancashire) is an English music journalist and singer.

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Liverpool

Liverpool is a city in North West England, with an estimated population of 491,500 in 2017.

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NME

New Musical Express (NME) is a British music journalism website and former magazine that has been published since 1952.

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Post-punk

Post-punk (originally called new musick) is a broad type of rock music that emerged from the punk movement of the 1970s, in which artists departed from the simplicity and traditionalism of punk rock to adopt a variety of avant-garde sensibilities.

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Pram (band)

Pram are a British experimental pop band, formed in the Balsall Heath/Moseley area of Birmingham, England in 1988.

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Ron Johnson Records

Ron Johnson Records was a UK independent record label based in Long Eaton operating between 1983 and 1988.

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Sarandon (band)

Sarandon are an English indie rock group, formed in London in 2003, who have so far released two albums.

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Sounds (magazine)

Sounds was a UK weekly pop/rock music newspaper, published from 10 October 1970 to 6 April 1991.

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Stockport

Stockport is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, south-east of Manchester city centre, where the River Goyt and Tame merge to create the River Mersey.

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Strange Fruit Records

Strange Fruit Records was an independent record label in the United Kingdom.

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The Beatles

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960.

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The Doors

The Doors were an American rock band formed in 1965 in Los Angeles, with vocalist Jim Morrison, keyboardist Ray Manzarek, guitarist Robby Krieger, and John Densmore on drums.

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The Membranes

The Membranes are a post-punk band formed in Blackpool, Lancashire in 1977, the initial line-up being John Robb (bass guitar), Mark Tilton (guitar), Martyn Critchley (vocals) and Martin Kelly (drums).

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The Nightingales

Nightingales (a.k.a. The Nightingales) are a UK post-punk/alternative rock band formed in 1979 in Birmingham, England by four members of Birmingham's original punk group The Prefects who had been part of The Clash's 'White Riot Tour', recorded a couple of Peel Sessions, released a 45 on Rough Trade and, years after splitting up, had a retrospective CD released by New York indie label Acute Records.

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The Wedding Present

The Wedding Present are a British indie rock group originally formed in 1985 in Leeds, England, from the ashes of the Lost Pandas.

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The Wolfhounds

The Wolfhounds are an indie pop/noise pop band formed in Romford, UK in 1985 by Dave Callahan, Paul Clark, Andy Golding, Andy Bolton and Frank Stebbing, and originally active until 1990.

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Tomorrow Never Knows

"Tomorrow Never Knows" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, released as the final track on their August 1966 album Revolver but recorded at the beginning of sessions for the album.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Witness

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