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Stretch ist eine britische Bluesrock-Band. Sie ist vor allem bekannt durch ihren einzigen Hit "Why Did You Do It?", der 1975/76 und 1985 in verschiedenen Hitparaden vertreten war. Vorgeschichte: 1967 war Sänger und Harmonika-Spieler Dave Terry Mitgründer einer britischen Psychedelic/Space Rockband, die ursprünglich Velvet Opera heißen sollte. Aufgrund seiner Kleidung identifizierte die Band ihren Frontmann mit der fiktiven Figur Elmer Gantry aus dem gleichnamigen Spielfilm von 1960, und so wurde der Name in Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera geändert. Terry behielt diesen Künstlernamen, als er die Band 1969 verließ. 1971 stieß er zur Londoner Jazz-Rock Formation Armada, wo bereits Gitarrist Kirby...

Stretch Marks, along with Personality Crisis, were at the forefront of the Winnepeg punk scene in the eighties. Mixing a love for wrestling with Minor Threat-style hardcore, they put out a 7" on their own Headbutt label in 1983 and toured Canada and the United States. BYO released their full-length record in 1984. .

Stretch Arm Strong is a hardcore punk band from South Carolina, and the flagship band for We Put Out Records. They have been active since 1992. Several of the band members are outspoken Christians, but they prefer not to be classified as a Christian band in some cases. They do prefer to be known as Christian with influences, but not as a band that "preaches".[citation needed] After their freshman release on Uprising Records, Compassion Fills the Void, they released three albums for Solid State Records in 1999, 2001, and 2003 respectively. In addition, they have done several U.S. tours and...