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At least, there seems to be more than 4 'The Strikers'. 1. American early 80's disco band, signed to famous dance label Prelude Records. Members: Darryl Gibbs, Howie Young, Milton Brown, Robert Gilliom, Robert Rodriguez , Ruben Faison, and Willie Slaughter. They released a number of singles and one album before splitting up. Vocalist Ruben Faison went on to join Warp 9. 2. St. Louis, MO punk band with some ska influences. They released a 7" EP and two songs on the Test Patterns compilation LP around 1981. Guitarist Dan Wool moved to San Francisco and formed Pray For Rain,...

Stockholm punks Grisen Skriker (The pig screams) was formed in the autumn 1978. They played live for the first time that year. The band made only two EP's in the year they existed but still managed to make a buzz on the swedish punk scene. The first EP is a swedish classic with songs like "Sextifem (Sixtyfive)" about getting old and the punk anthem "Ett tusen punks (1000 punks)". They played 52 gigs all in all before breaking up in august 1979. Most of their recorded songs are on the compilation "Grisen Skrikers 1:a & 2:a EP + 4 Låtar...

1. Rikers are Canadian duo. Their songs are a little bit noisy, somewhat 80's inspired and certainly quite catchy, so I really cannot help using that worn-out The Jesus and Mary Chain meets Editors description. But I do think it fits the music pretty well or maybe you have a different opinion/can think of an even better description? The website indicates that the duo will play its debut live concert somewhere in Toronto in December, but information is still sparse.http://www.rikersmusic.com/info.html 2. Rikers is a dutch producer from the south of the Netherlands. Recently Rikers released a project called 'Echte Limburgse...

Metalpunk band from Brazil. Heavily inspired by Motorhead's heavy riffs and Warfare's sick vocals. Fronted by Whipstriker, bassist of Atomic Roar and Farscape. Released a heavy '7 inch split w/ heavy punk rock n' rollers from Los Angeles, Iron Fist on Bestial Invasion Records. .