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An upbeat garage rock four-piece from Sacramento, CA. They formed in 2001 and were originally known as The Clap. The line-up was: Jason Patrone (vocals), Chris Woodhouse (guitar), Ed Carroll (drums), and Zack Olson (bass). A brief history: there was an initial CDR-EP that was recorded on Chris' 8-Track as The Clap, which later was shifted to FM Knives. This had early recordings of a few songs off of Useless & Modern, plus English Beat's "Two Swords" and The Kinks' "Everybody's Gonna Be Happy." Not too long after that all the material for Useless & Modern was recorded. The only...

New rockers from Gothenburg, Sweden. As of 2009-01-17, their debut album 'Saviour For Sale', released on Gain records, www.gain.se, is out for pre-order and on Spotify. www.hidetheknives.se .

Lindley Armstrong "Spike" Jones (1911–1965) was a popular musician and bandleader specialising in performing satirical arrangements of popular songs. Ballads and classical works receiving the Jones treatment would be punctuated with gunshots, whistles, cowbells, and ridiculous vocals. Jones was born on the 14th December 1911 in Long Beach, California. He got his nickname by being so thin that he was compared to a railroad spike. At the age of eleven he got his first set of drums. As a teenager he played in bands that he formed himself. A railroad restaurant chef taught him how to use pots and pans,...

Patrick Cairns "Spike" Hughes (19 October 1908 – 2 February 1987) was a British jazz musician, composer and music journalist. He was the son of Irish composer, writer and song collector Herbert Hughes and great grandson of the sculptor Samuel Peploe Wood. Hughes was a multi-dimensional musician, playing the double bass, composing operatic scores, arranging jazz recordings and writing books on topics ranging from gardening to Toscanini's music. Hughes' small recording group was one of the earliest artists signed to Decca Records in England, spanning the period from 1930 to 1933, including over 30 sessions. Originally billed as Spike Hughes...