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Dirty Dancing is a duo comprised of multi-instrumentalist Eric Schoen, who previously fronted Electric Pants in Milwaukee, and Lauren Mikus, who previously sang for the NY band The Midnight Hours... The Dirty Dancing sound is at times all of the above: lo-fi, noisy, angular and anthemic, with touches of darkwave, a post-punk edge, a reverbed atmosphere, and handclaps galore. Depending on the track, you can hear influences as varied as The Kills, Joy Division, Velvet Underground, The Stooges, The Gun Club, Talking Heads, and even a little T. Rex... http://www.myspace.com/drtydancing It may also appear here due to incorrectly tagged tracks....

The Dancing Cigarettes, from Bloomington, Indiana, were a post-punk/new wave group that existed from 1979-1983. There were some lineup changes over that span, but typically the band consisted of singer/guitarist Michael Gitlin, bassist Emily Bonus,keyboardist and multi -instrumentalist Tim Noe, saxophonist Don Trubey, percussionist, synth player and vocalist Jaclyn Oddi, and drummer John Terrill. The band cannot be categorized very easily, as their quirky and frenetic sound mixes elements of garage punk, bouncy Devo-esque new wave, Beefheart-like avant-rock with dissonant squonky horns, and even aspects of atonal no-wave bands lilke DNA (for whom they opened). They recorded an EP for...

Seona Dancing was a 1980's British pop group formed in 1982 by aspiring pop stars Ricky Gervais and Bill Macrae. Their first single "More to Lose" was released in 1983 and made it to number 70 on the UK charts. The follow up "Bitter Heart" reached number 79 in the UK charts, and the band quickly disbanded in 1984. Shortly after their breakup, "More to Lose" became an extremely popular hit in the Phillipines. Bill Macrae faded into obscurity, but two decades later Ricky Gervais - who had changed his career path from music to stand-up comedy - found new...