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FENCE OF DEFENSE was formed in 1985 and began performing publicly in 1987. The band consists of three people: Masatoshi Nishimura (vocals, bass, keyboards), Wataru Yamada (drums), and Kenji Kitajima (guitar). Each had previously worked separately as session musicians. When they began playing the hard rock which made full use of electronics, it had a big influence on the music scene of Japan, making them pioneers, somewhat, of the digital hard rock sound throughout Japan. .

Self Defense Family (sometimes shortened to Self Defense and previously known as End of a Year) is a post-punk outfit with members from across the United States and England, origin Cohoes, New York, United States. The band started in 2003 as a side project for a number of Albany musicians already involved in full-time bands. Having spent time in heavier bands, the initial End of a Year line-up was interested in trying something more overtly melodic. Taking their name from an Embrace song, the band's original sound was highly influenced by the Revolution Summer-era DC bands. Try Me is the...

The Autumn Defense is an American indie rock band composed of multi-instrumentalists John Stirratt and Pat Sansone. The band began as a side project for John Stirratt, who is best known for his work as bassist for alt-country bands Wilco and Uncle Tupelo. Stirratt collaborated with Pat Sansone, who had been known for his work with Joseph Arthur and Josh Rouse, to produce a 1960s-style rock/pop album. This album, The Green Hour, was released in 2001 on Stirratt's own Broadmoor label, with Stirratt doing the bulk of the writing while Sansone focused on the technical recording aspects. The band did...

There is two Hardcore bands by this name: 1) Self Defense is a melodic hardcore band from Curitiba, PR - Brazil. 2) Self Defense was a hardcore punk band from Connecticut. 1) By their first year together, back in 2001, SELF DEFENSE was already pointed as one of the highlights on the South Brazilian undergound scene. More instrumentally agressive than the other bands and with well-worked melodic vocal lines, the band soon signed to Oba!Records, one of the biggest independent labels in the Country. The band started playing at some of the most important events in the underground circuit, such...

Porcupine Defense is a solo project for Terminal Sect vocalist/programmer Colin Schwan, which reflects his love of industrial bands like Skinny Puppy and KMFDM (although Schwan's solo work lacks guitars), as well as early synth-pop like Gary Numan. Porcupine Defense's debut album, Splinter, was released in 1997. .