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The English rock band Skunk Anansie ( 1994 – 2001, 2009 – present ) took the name of the spider man of the West African folk tales, but with a slightly different spelling, and added " Skunk " to the name, in order to make the name nastier.
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The Alan Parsons Project was an English progressive rock band, active between 1975 and 1990, consisting of singer Eric Woolfson and keyboardist Alan Parsons surrounded by a varying number of session musicians.
The steel-string and electric guitars characteristic to the rise of rock and roll in the post-WWII era became more widely played in North America and the English speaking world.
Coal ( from the Old English term col, which has meant " mineral of fossilized carbon " since the 13th century ) is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds By comparison in 2007, natural gas provided of oil equivalent per day, while oil provided per day.
The assistant coach, Jim Neff, an English teacher and rock ' n ' roll fan, thought to inspire the team by playing Kiss music in the locker room.
English alternative rock band Coldplay released a concept album, Mylo Xyloto, in October 2011.
* Dark Star ( band ), an English psychedelic rock band, 1998 – 2001
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* Free ( band ), an English rock band
* Head ( band ), an English rock band
* John Ford ( musician ) ( born 1948 ), English singer, songwriter and guitarist in rock genre ; long career lasting from British Invasion to 21st century
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* 1978 – The English punk rock band Sex Pistols broke up amidst their US tour.
Keith John Moon ( 23 August 1946 – 7 September 1978 ) was an English musician, best known for being the drummer of the English rock group The Who.
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Led Zeppelin were an English rock band active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s.
According to Steve Erlewine, its memorable guitar riffs, lumbering rhythms, psychedelic blues, groovy, bluesy shuffles and hints of English folk, made it " a significant turning point in the evolution of hard rock and heavy metal ".
Category: English hard rock musical groups
Ian Fraser " Lemmy " Kilmister ( born 24 December 1945 in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England ) is an English rock musician.
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* Adrian Smith ( born 1957 ), English musician and one of three guitarists / songwriters in the English band Iron Maiden
* Adrian Utley ( born 1957 ), English musician best known as a member of the band Portishead
Proper nouns that are plural in form take a plural verb in both AmE and BrE ; for example, The Beatles are a well-known band ; The Saints are the champions, with one major exception: largely for historical reasons, in American English, the United States is is almost universal.
* 991 – Battle of Maldon: the English, led by Byrhtnoth, Ealdorman of Essex, are defeated by a band of inland-raiding Vikings near Maldon, Essex.
" Boudica has also been the primary subject of songs by Irish singer / songwriter Enya, Dutch soprano Petra Berger, Scottish singer / songwriter Steve McDonald, English metal band Bal-Sagoth, Faith and the Muse and Dreams in the Witching House.
The term " black metal " was coined by the English band Venom with their second album Black Metal ( 1982 ).
* Darkstar ( band ), an English electronic trio, formed 2007
Despite early singles success in the United Kingdom, the band were initially more successful in the United States, billed as " The English guys with the big fiddles ".
* FBI, an English soul band starring Rick Astley
Swedish band Broder Daniel, who contributed three English language songs to the movie, released an EP titled Fucking Åmål.
The English stirrup ( or " iron ") has several design variations which are either shaped to allow the rider's foot to slip out easily or are closed with a very heavy rubber band.
Jamiroquai are an English jazz funk and acid jazz band formed in 1992.
* The Models, an English punk band
* " Das Model " ( spelling on album: " Das Modell "; English version title: " The Model "), a song by the German band Kraftwerk.
English and Skunk
* 1967 – Skin, English singer and model ( Skunk Anansie )
It is drained by the north fork of Skunk River, which crosses the southwest corner, and by English River and other streams.
Skunk Anansie are an English rock band whose members include Skin ( born Deborah Dyer, 3 August 1967, Brixton ), Cass ( born Richard Keith Lewis, 1 September 1960, London ), Ace ( born Martin Ivor Kent, 30 March 1967, Cheltenham ) and Mark Richardson ( born 28 May 1970, Leeds ).
English and 1994
* 1920 – Duncan Hamilton, English racing driver ( d. 1994 )
* 1923 – Lindsay Anderson, English director ( d. 1994 )
* 1946 – Maureen Starkey Tigrett, English hairdresser, wife of Isaac Tigrett ( d. 1994 )
According to one anecdote ( from Al Capp Remembered, 1994 ), Capp and his brother Elliot ducked out of a dull party at Capp's home — leaving Walt Kelly alone to fend for himself entertaining a group of Argentine envoys who didn't speak English.
* Algirdas Girininkas ( 1994 ) " The monuments of the Stone Age in the historical Baltic region ", in: Baltų archeologija, N. 1, 1994 ( English summary, p. 22 ).
* 1994 – Raheem Sterling, English footballer
* 1994 – Keith Joseph, English politician ( b. 1918 )
* Felpham & Middleton Country Dance Club has written a history from 1933 – 1994, just about one of the oldest extant English Country Dance clubs in England.
In 1994, the Channel Tunnel opened, connecting France and Great Britain by rail under the English Channel.
* 1924 – Billy Wright, English footballer ( d. 1994 )
* 1909 – Fanny Cradock, English food writer and broadcaster ( d. 1994 )
* 1994 – Hollie Arnold, English javelin thrower
* 1912 – Brian Johnston, English sportscaster ( d. 1994 )
* 1994 – Camilla Rosso, English actress
* 1994 – Rebecca Rosso, English actress
* 1947 – Geoff McQueen, English screenwriter ( d. 1994 )
* 1909 – Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft, English politician ( d. 1994 )
* 1911 – Edward Shackleton, Baron Shackleton, English geographer and politician ( d. 1994 )
* 1905 – Sebastian Shaw, English actor ( d. 1994 )
* 1910 – Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, English biochemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1994 )
* 1994 – John Smith, English politician ( b. 1938 )
* 1913 – Peter Cushing, English actor ( d. 1994 )
* 1994 – Nathan Redmond, English footballer
* 1934 – Larry Martyn, English actor ( d. 1994 )
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