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There are multiple artists with this name, one based in Los Angeles, CA from 2002 to 2007, and one in Japan from 1981 to 1992 and a 1950s New York R&B band 1) The Japanese band (チェッカーズ) was a Japanese pop/rock band famous in the 80s. The band was formed by Toru Takeuchi, the leader and the guitarist, who asked Fumiya Fujii to start a band with him. They made a debut on 21 September 1983 and split up on 31 December 1992. All of their single releases entered top 10 in Japanese charts, many of them making it to...

1) With more than 100 shows across Europe and USA, Checkmate has become a favorite on the new french metal scene without any label. In 2012, Checkmate played in France, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Hungary, Spain, and on the american East coast, in cities such as New-York, Philadelphia, Boston and many more. Checkmate has just recorded their first album "Immanence", produced and mixed by Guyom Pavesi (Devianz, The Prestige) except the guitars recorded by Lucas d'Angelo (Betraying the Martyrs) and mastered by Alan Douches (Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Whitechapel). "Immanence" (out in 2013) switches between extreme power and aerial atmospheres....

Chubby Checker is the stage name of Ernest Evans (born 3 October 1941), an American singer-songwriter best known for popularizing the dance The Twist with his 1960 song "The Twist". In September 2008, "The Twist" topped Billboard's list of the most popular singles to have appeared in the Hot 100 since its debut in 1958. He was born in Spring Gulley, SC, USA, and raised in South Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and attended South Philadelphia High School with Frankie Avalon and Fabian. The wife of American Bandstand's host Dick Clark suggested the name "Chubby Checker" to Evans as a take-off on then-popular...

Glen Check is a South Korean indie band from Seoul, South Korea and formed 2010. consisting of singer and guitar player June-One Kim and bass and synthesizer player Hyuk-Jun Kang. They debuted in 2011 with the release of EP Disco Elevator and were joined by drummer Jeon-Yeol Ryu for their first full album, Haute Couture , which was released in early 2012. Later that year, Ryu left the group. Once again a duo, Glen Check released the five-track EP Clichélater that year. In November 2013, a sophomore album was released, called Youth! The band has also released several remix EPs....

Model Engine is a post-grunge alternative rock trio featuring Jeremy Post (guitar, vocals), Brad McCarter (bass, vocals) and Erik Herzog (drums, percussion). Post and McCarter had previously played with Black Eyed Sceva, but once that group disbanded in 1996 they continued with Herzog in Model Engine the following year. Model Engine signed with the Warner subsidiary SaraBellum in 1997 and released their debut album The Lean Years Tradition in the fall of 1997. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide .