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MC Skat Kat was an animated cat who appeared with Paula Abdul in the video for her song "Opposites Attract" in 1989. The character released an album entitled The Adventures of MC Skat Kat and the Stray Mob in 1991. Several of the songs made reference to Paula Abdul, but she did not make an appearance. "Skat Strut" was the only single released. Despite the popularity of its music video (it became one of the most requested on MTV), the record did not sell particularly well.
MC Skat Kat tried to creep back into the mainstream years later when he...
1. Stray Bullets: Reggae/Punk Act out of Boston. Jon Cauztic the lead singer is now in a band called the Have Nots with members of the band Chicago Typewriter.
2. Stray Bullets: Punk band from Minneapolis, Minnesota. Self released a 7-song demo, followed by a self titled 7" on Doing It For The Kids. .
Enveloped in cables and midi controllers, the duo The Astray delivers truly synthetic Electrorock, precisely navigating the edge between mathematical complexity and Depeche Mode-esque hooks. Layers upon layers of melodies and ever-changing soundscapes stem from Matt Duncan (Guitar, Keys, Vocals) and Owen Parker (Bass, Vocals).
Founded in early 2009 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, the songs they wrote over the years have been collected on their debut album LETTERS (April 2012). Dealing mainly with interpersonal relationships, its songs span calm as well as driving atmospheres. Behind all of this is an analytic and technical approach to making music, with every sound being...
Sebastien Forrester, a French bohemian artist based in Paris, France who traffics within a melange of aliases but whose freshest mask is Holy Strays.
Stuttering drum loops, hypnotic keyboard spirals, and melodic fogs that float up then dissipate. The elements are all there gelling up a superlative sound.
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William Thomas "Billy" Strayhorn (November 29, 1915 – May 31, 1967) was an American jazz composer, pianist, lyricist, and arranger, best known for his successful collaboration with bandleader and composer Duke Ellington lasting nearly three decades. His compositions include "Take the 'A' Train," "Chelsea Bridge," and "Lush Life."
Strayhorn was born in Dayton, Ohio. His family soon moved to the Homewood section of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. However, his mother's family was from Hillsborough, North Carolina, and she sent him there to protect him from his father's drunken sprees. Strayhorn spent many months of his childhood at his grandparents' house in Hillsborough....
