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The Front Lawn was a New Zealand musical/theatrical duo formed by Don McGlashan and Harry Sinclair. Their song "Andy" appeared at number 82 in the Top 100 New Zealand Songs (according to APRA). The group received three New Zealand Music Awards in 1989 - most promising group, best film soundtrack/compilation and international achievement. The Front Lawn released two albums and produced a number of stage shows and films before drifting apart. McGlashan went on to form The Mutton Birds while Sinclair turned his attention to filmmaking. .

San Diego's Olivelawn gloried in brutal, sludgy SoCal punk, releasing two full-length albums in the early '90s before the members parted ways. The group's muscular sound was powered by singer Mike Olson's fierce delivery, the guitars of O (a.k.a. Otis Barthoulameu) and the rhythm section of drummer Eddie Glass and bassist Jonny Donhowe. The short-lived unit released their debut, Sap, on Nemesis Records in 1991, following that with the Headhunter release Sophomore Jinx in 1992. The latter was produced by Jack Endino (Nirvana, Mudhoney, Soundgarden). The group's sound displayed a clear debt to such predecessors as the Stooges, Black Sabbath,...

"..organic, full of contrasts and searching.. Lawn creates adventures on electric guitars.." With this quote the biggest music magazine in Holland tried to nail down the sound of Lawn's second album 'Backspace'. Categorized as alternative-postrock, Lawn established themselves with this record as being one of the leading indiebands in the Netherlands; thriving on atmosphere but with a strong focus on melodies and dynamics. 'Backspace' has proven that an album can be very diverse, changing from density to transparency, from raw and unrefined to smooth and catchy sounds. The song ‘Fix’ combined it all in just 4 minutes and -with its...

Lawndale was a short-lived instrumental surf band that released two albums on Greg Ginn's punk label, SST. Beyond Barbecue and Sasquatch Rock contain nods to jazz, country, soul, German oom-pah music and more, all flowing together seamlessly (such as the bridge from Led Zeppelin's Whole Lotta Love that appears in the midst of a relatively faithful rendition of the jazz standard Take Five...a creative stretch that works surprisingly well). .

Lawnmower Deth are an English thrash metal band who parodied the genre and recorded three-and-a-half albums. Initially active in the late 1980s and early 1990s, they reformed in 2008. Lawnmower Deth were formed in Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire, England in 1987 by Chris Flint and Joseph Whitaker School mates Pete Lee, Steve Nesfield and Chris Parkes, along with Gavin ‘Paddy’ O’Malley from Colwick, Nottingham. Their first official release was a split album with Metal Duck. Lawnmower Deth’s side of the record was entitled Mower Liberation Front and positive responses led to their debut studio album, Ooh Crikey, It’s… Lawnmower Deth. Lawnmower Deth’s...