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The Amps

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The Amps were an American alternative/indie rock group. [1]

56 relations: Alternative rock, Bass guitar, Bikini Kill, Boston Rock, Brainiac (band), British Phonographic Industry, Bryce Goggin, Carrie Bradley, Chavez (band), Chicago Reader, Chicago Tribune, Dayton, Ohio, Demo (music), Drum, Easley McCain Recording, Elektra Records, Foo Fighters, Guided by Voices, Guitar, Hartford Courant, Helium (band), Indie rock, Jawbreaker (band), John Agnello, Jose Medeles, Josephine Wiggs, Kelley Deal, Kim Deal, Last Splash, Lollapalooza, Luscious Jackson, Memphis, Tennessee, Mike Watt, Mountain Battles, MTV, Orlando Sentinel, Pacer (album), Pixies, Pod (The Breeders album), Poster Children, Primus (band), Recording Industry Association of America, Robert Pollard, Saint Paul, Minnesota, Singing, Sonic Youth, Steve Albini, Summersault (Australian festival), That Dog, The Austin Chronicle, ..., The Breeders, The Chronicle (Duke University), The Phoenix (newspaper), Title TK, Toronto Star, 4AD. Expand index (6 more) »

Alternative rock

Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a style of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular in the 1990s.

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Bass guitar

The bass guitar (also known as electric bass, or bass) is a stringed instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, except with a longer neck and scale length, and four to six strings or courses.

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Bikini Kill

Bikini Kill was an American punk rock band formed in Olympia, Washington, in October 1990.

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Boston Rock

Boston Rock was a tabloid format entertainment magazine published in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Brainiac (band)

Brainiac (sometimes stylized as 3RA1N1AC) was an American Indie rock band formed in 1992, and disbanded after the sudden death of lead singer Tim Taylor in 1997.

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British Phonographic Industry

The BPI (British Recorded Music Industry) Limited, commonly known as the British Phonographic Industry or BPI, is the British recorded music industry's trade association.

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Bryce Goggin

Bryce Goggin is a record producer and sound engineer.

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Carrie Bradley

Carrie Bradley is an American violinist and vocalist.

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Chavez (band)

Chavez are an American math rock band from New York City, formed in 1993.

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Chicago Reader

The Chicago Reader, or Reader (stylized as ЯEADER), is an American alternative weekly newspaper in Chicago, Illinois, noted for its literary style of journalism and coverage of the arts, particularly film and theater.

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Chicago Tribune

The Chicago Tribune is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tronc, Inc., formerly Tribune Publishing.

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Dayton, Ohio

Dayton is the sixth-largest city in the state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County.

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Demo (music)

A demo (from "demonstration") is a song or group of songs recorded for limited circulation or reference use rather than for general public release.

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Drum

The drum is a member of the percussion group of musical instruments.

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Easley McCain Recording

Easley McCain Recording is an American recording studio, based in Memphis, Tennessee, notable for recording musicians such as Tav Falco's Panther Burns, Oblivians, Grifters, Pavement, Sonic Youth, Come, White Stripes, Townes Van Zandt, Pezz, Jeff Buckley, Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, Guided by Voices, Lydia Lunch, Box Tops, Rufus Thomas, Wilco, Cat Power, Modest Mouse, The Amps, and The Walkmen.

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Elektra Records

Elektra Records is an American major record label owned by Warner Music Group, founded in 1950 by Jac Holzman and Paul Rickolt.

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Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters is an American rock band, formed in Seattle, Washington in 1994.

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Guided by Voices

Guided by Voices (often abbreviated as GBV) is an American indie rock band formed in 1983 in Dayton, Ohio.

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Guitar

The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that usually has six strings.

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Hartford Courant

The Hartford Courant is the largest daily newspaper in the U.S. state of Connecticut, and is often recognized as the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States.

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Helium (band)

Helium was an American alternative rock band fronted by Mary Timony.

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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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Jawbreaker (band)

Jawbreaker is an American punk rock band active from 1986 to 1996, and again since 2017.

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John Agnello

John Agnello (born c. 1959) is an American producer, recording engineer and mixer who has been involved with many albums throughout the last 25 years.

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Jose Medeles

Jose Medeles is an American musician based in Portland, Oregon.

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Josephine Wiggs

Miranda Cordelia Susan Josephine Wiggs (born 26 February 1963 in Letchworth, HertfordshireLarkin, Colin (1998) The Virgin Encyclopedia of Indie & New Wave, Virgin Books;, p. 318) is an English indie/alternative rock musician, noted for her work with the bands The Perfect Disaster, The Breeders, and Dusty Trails.

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Kelley Deal

Kelley Deal (born June 10, 1961) is an American musician.

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Kim Deal

Kimberley Ann Deal (born June 10, 1961) is an American singer, songwriter and musician, best known as the former bassist and backing vocalist of the alternative rock band Pixies, and the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist for The Breeders.

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Last Splash

Last Splash is the second album by American indie rock band The Breeders, released on August 31, 1993.

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Lollapalooza

Lollapalooza is an annual music festival featuring popular alternative rock, heavy metal, punk rock, hip hop, and electronic music bands and artists, dance and comedy performances, and craft booths.

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Luscious Jackson

Luscious Jackson is an alternative rock group formed in 1991.

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Memphis, Tennessee

Memphis is a city located along the Mississippi River in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee.

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Mike Watt

Michael David "Mike" Watt (born December 20, 1957) is an American bassist, vocalist and songwriter.

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Mountain Battles

Mountain Battles is the fourth studio album by the American band the Breeders, released in April 2008.

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MTV

MTV (originally an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable and satellite television channel owned by Viacom Media Networks (a division of Viacom) and headquartered in New York City.

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Orlando Sentinel

The Orlando Sentinel is the primary newspaper of Orlando, Florida and the Central Florida region.

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Pacer (album)

Pacer is an album released in October 1995 by the Amps, Kim Deal's side project from her group the Breeders, who took a break from playing together beginning in late 1994.

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Pixies

The Pixies are an American alternative rock band formed in 1986 in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Pod (The Breeders album)

Pod is the debut album by the American alternative rock band the Breeders, released on 4AD in May 1990.

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Poster Children

Poster Children is an American indie rock band formed at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana in 1987.

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Primus (band)

Primus is an American rock band based in San Francisco, California, currently composed of bassist/vocalist Les Claypool, guitarist Larry "Ler" LaLonde and drummer Tim "Herb" Alexander.

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Recording Industry Association of America

The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the recording industry in the United States.

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Robert Pollard

Robert Ellsworth Pollard Jr. (born October 31, 1957) is an American musician and singer-songwriter who is the leader and creative force behind indie rock group Guided by Voices.

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Saint Paul, Minnesota

Saint Paul (abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital and second-most populous city of the U.S. state of Minnesota.

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Singing

Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice and augments regular speech by the use of sustained tonality, rhythm, and a variety of vocal techniques.

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Sonic Youth

Sonic Youth was an American rock band based in New York City, formed in 1981.

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Steve Albini

Steven Albini (pronounced; born July 22, 1962) is an American musician, record producer, audio engineer and music journalist.

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Summersault (Australian festival)

Summersault was a music festival put on by promoter Steve Pavlovic that toured Australia in the summer of 1995/1996.

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That Dog

That Dog (styled as that dog.) is a Los Angeles-based rock band that formed in 1991 and dissolved in 1997, reuniting in 2011.

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The Austin Chronicle

The Austin Chronicle is an alternative weekly newspaper published every Thursday in Austin, Texas, United States.

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The Breeders

The Breeders are an American alternative rock band formed in 1989 by Kim Deal of Pixies and Tanya Donelly of Throwing Muses.

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The Chronicle (Duke University)

The Chronicle is a daily student newspaper at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina.

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The Phoenix (newspaper)

The Phoenix (stylized as The Phœnix) was the name of several alternative weekly periodicals published in the United States of America by Phoenix Media/Communications Group of Boston, Massachusetts, including the Portland Phoenix and the now-defunct Boston Phoenix, Providence Phoenix and Worcester Phoenix.

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Title TK

Title TK is the third studio album by American alternative rock band the Breeders, released on May 20 and 21, 2002 by 4AD in the United Kingdom and Elektra Records in the United States, and on May 10 by P-Vine Records in Japan.

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Toronto Star

The Toronto Star is a Canadian broadsheet daily newspaper.

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4AD

4AD is a British independent record label, founded by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent in 1980.

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References

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

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