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Knorkator was a German band from Berlin that combined heavy metal with comical elements. They proclaimed themselves to be "Germany's most band in the world" (German: "Deutschlands meiste Band der Welt"), as the title "The best band in the world" was already taken by Die Ärzte. The band was founded in 1994 but only played in the Berlin / Brandenburg area until 1998. Knorkator gained further fame (and some notoriety) in 2000 with their performance of Ick wer zun Schwein (sic; literally, in Berlin dialect, "I'm turning into a pig") in the German national qualification for the Eurovision Song Contest....

Makaton Chat were a four-piece band from Stockton, UK, who released one single (Federal State Chance, 1982) and one album (Strange Beach, 1983) on Trans Records. Band members were: Anthony Lindo: lead vocal, keyboards John Hodgson: keyboards, vocal Paul Fowler: drums Richard Holmes: bass On Strange Beach they were joined by: Sally Jones: saxophones Roy Neave: guitars Steve Graham: guitars The group broke up in 1986 A history of the band (by keyboard player John Hodgson) has been started and can be accessed here: http://www.blitzkriegbop.info/makaton_chat/index.html The band formed in 1980, and went through many line up changes in addition to...

Another alternative name for Coil. Only one album, "Nasa Arab", was released under this moniker. One of the tracks, "First Dark Ride", was later released in Coil's Unnatural History III. .