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Suade (yes, with an 'a') is an a cappella 'vocal band' based in Melbourne, Australia. Brothers Chris and Loz Blain cut their singing teeth in the Australian Boys' Choir as youngsters, Countertenor Ian Nisbet, Bass Roy Osman and newest member Rob Latham started out in music theatre. Ex-members include Sam Qualtrough. The group is known for an irreverant, rowdy and occasionally foul-mouthed approach to live performance, and has been referred to as "the 'Tap Dogs' of a cappella" due to their Aussie character and workmanlike image. The group's first record "All Singing, No Dancing" contains a humourous re-take on Billy...

King Louie Bankston formed the critically-acclaimed and highly influential garage rock band the Persuaders in 1996, along with Jason Panzer on guitar, and Shaggy on drums. In the Persuaders, Louie and Jason Panzer both sang and played Gibson Flying V guitars. The Reatards, featuring Jay Reatard opened for the Persuaders on the very first Reatards tour. Not to be confused with The Persuaders, a vocal quartet formed in New York City. .

Vocal quartet formed in New York City in 1969, this soulful group is best known for their hit record "thin line between love and hate" a gold record on Atlantic Records which reached the top of the R&B charts in 1971. From Atlantic they moved to the ATCO subsidiary where "some guys have all the luck" reached number 7 in the R&B charts. They kept recording until the late 70's doing more sessions for Calla. Sole remaining original member Willie Holland has kept the band name alive with a group that is based out of Fort Lauderdale FL, and active...

The Persuader is Jesper Dahlbäck, a Swedish Dance, House/Techno artist who releases records on SVEK records, as well as many other labels. His masterpiece on SVEK is the album "Stockholm". Other names he uses is Sunday Brunch (with Sebastian Ahrenberg), and DK7. Collaboration-partners include Tiga, Thomas Krome, John Dahlbäck, Adam Beyer, Stephan Grieder, Cari Lekebusch and Jean-Louis Huhta. Jesper Dahlbäck has received several awards from the Swedish music industry for his excellent productions on his own and others records (including Plumphouse Records headed by Sebastian Ingrosso). .

Persuader is a Swedish power/heavy metal band that was formed in 1997. A good description of their music would be a mixture of Blind Guardian and Iced Earth with somewhat thrashy/raw vocals. They have released three full length albums: The Hunter, Evolution Purgatory and When Eden Burns. Line-up: Jens Carlsson (Vocals), Fredrik Hedström (Bass), Emil Norberg (Lead guitar), Efraim Juntunen (Drums) and Daniel Sundbom (Rythm guitar). .