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In November 2006 there suddenly was the newly formed StropStrikkers with their first album "Kermis in de Hel" (Funfair in Hell). The Hip-Hip group from Utrecht made deep impact within the Dutch Hip-Hop scene with their raw grimy style and street orientated lyrics. The unknown group from the Ondiep district impressed many with their energetic live shows and won the music competition "The Clash Of The Titans" in April 2007. This brought them even more attention and invitations to Geinbeat, Bevrijdingsfestival Utrecht and a place in the finals of the "Grote Utrechtse Live Prijs". Not long after the group won...

According to the band's official website Catastrophe Ballet was formed in 1989 by Eric Burton in Bitburg, Germany. In 1991 the first album "Monologues of the Past and the Future" was released from the band's own label (Etage Records) followed by touring along side acts such as Shadow Project, Mephisto Walz, and Faith & The Muse. The band has gone on to make several different releases with labels including Dark Star, Dion Fortune, and Nightbreed Records to name a few. catastropheballet.de .

Destrophy is a well-established 4 piece rock/metal machine based out of central Iowa, United States, recently signed to Victory Records. The band was officially launched in 2002 by producer and singer/songwriter Ari. The story goes that Ari scoured the state and recruited only the most talented, success-minded, musicians to help him bring his brain child to fruition. The result is an impressive line-up including Ari, guitar and vocals, Phil T. bass, Joe Fox on drums, and Bruce Swink, former member of Roadrunner Records, Stone Sour and DownTheSun, on guitar. Destrophy has performed with Korn, Disturbed, Stone Temple Pilots, Avenged Sevenfold,...

Mstislav Leopol'dovič Rostropovič, in russo Мстисла́в Леопо́льдович Ростропо́вич, talvolta trascritto come Mstislav Leopoldovich Rostropovich (Baku, 27 marzo 1927 – Mosca, 27 aprile 2007), è stato un violoncellista e direttore d'orchestra russo, naturalizzato americano. Nacque in Azerbaijan (allora parte dell'Unione Sovietica) ma si trasferì negli Stati Uniti perché in dissenso con il regime sovietico. Chiamato affettuosamente Slava (che in russo significa Gloria), venne considerato il più grande violoncellista del suo tempo. Dal 1943 al 1948 studiò al Conservatorio di Mosca, dove divenne professore di violoncello nel 1956. È morto il 27 aprile 2007 a causa di un tumore al fegato. .

Contemporary corporative media have a tendency to arrest society's attention and when it is captured - infect it. This is an ideal environment for cultivating phobias and panic, when the infected individual gets in contact with environment, which doesn't correspond to the coded standards of security. STROPS (bee - hive) is occupied with breaking these codes, using the unused arms of media arsenal for creating new space, where these arms are turned against their creators. lineup: Stropu Jurka Arkls years active: 1998-2008 www.sturm.lv .