Payal Rohatgi

Payal Rohatgi born in Hyderabad is a Bollywood actress and model who has appeared in Bollywood movies too. Payal Rohatgi daughter of Veena Rohatgi and Shashank Rohatgi, has a brother named Gaurav Rohatgi. The actress was brought up in a middle class family and she completed her schooling from Udgam School and did her engineering from L.D. College of Engineering, Ahmedabad.

Computer engineer by profession, Payal Rohatgi started her career by modeling for popular brands like Amul, Nirma, and Nescafe. The beautiful lass gained lot of attention after appearing in a television ad for Cadbury's Temptations Chocolates ad campaign. By the time she also appeared in music videos by rock band, Silk Route and Indipop artist, Kay Kay. In 2002, Payal took part in the Femina Miss India contest and in the same year, she won the Miss Tourism World in Medellin, South America. As soon as she began her career in Bollywood, Payal was more inclined towards acting. However, she appeared along with cricketer Virender Sehwag in an advertisment for Dabur’s Lal Dantmanjan. The movie was directed by Pradeep Sarkar. She was also seen in an ad film for Eveready battery in the year 2006 with Bollywood most honourable actor Amitabh Bachchan, which was also directed by Pradeep Sarkar.

In 2002, she made her Bollywood debut with Harry Baweja's, Yeh Kya Ho Raha Hai?, a Hindi remake of the Hollywood teen movie American Pie. After that Payal appeared in the films like Plan, Police Force and Rakht. In 2006, she got her major breakthrough with the movie, 36 China Town, that also featured Kareena Kapoor, Paresh Rawal and Shahid Kapoor. Later that year in July, the actress appeared in the critically acclaimed, Bipasha Basu starrer “Corporate”, in which she performed an item girl. In 2007, her first release was Priyadarshan's Dhol, produced by the Percept Picture Company. Payal played a positive second lead character with co-star Arbaaz Khan. In 2008, she was again seen in a cameo opposite Ranvir Shorey in PNC movie Ugly Aur Pagli which was released in August and also starred Mallika Sherawat in the lead role. In mid-September, Payal again appeared opposite Irrfan Khan in a TV18 flick Dil Kabaddi where she played the character of an aerobics instructor. In 2010, she signed a comedy project titled ‘30 Takka’ also featuring Boman Irani.

In August 2008, Payal Rohatgi appeared in Bigg Boss Season 2 aired on Colors TV as a contestant. She was involved in a lot of controversies relating to Rahul Mahajan, whom she dismissed as a seven-year old buddy. In 2009, Payal Rohatgi performed a comedy play as a celebrity performer in Comedy Circus - Chinchpokli to China that appeared on Sony Television. On 11 January 2010, she appeared in the Ndtv Imagine show Raaz Pichle Janam Ka Beside acting, Payal Rohatgi is actively collaborated with the cause of rehabilitation of drugs addicts and alcoholics and celebrated World Anti Drugs Day with them. She is also actively working for an NGOcalled Jeevan Dhara in Mumbai.

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The life of Prince William

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13 Amazing Facts About Sharks

01. A shark does not have one bone in its body.  Its skeleton is made up of cartilage.  Cartilage is a tough material, like the material that shapes your ear.  12 More facts after the break...

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TONY TRUANT - Your Room Is Ready Sir !

TONY TRUANT & THE MILLION BOLIVAR QUARTET Your Room Is Ready Sir ! cd 1989
Ana / Mon coeur est dans le fond de mes chaussures / Je conduis des mules / Je suis contre / En dessous tout / Tout, tout de suite / Rien ne bouge / Le tonnerre gronde / Faut-il qu'on peste? / G2LOQ.
Produced by Dominique Nee.
The Million Bolivar Quartet: Radio Riddim Natty Bolivar: drums, backing vocals / 6 Foot Legs Lee Bolivar: bass, guitar / Jeanne La Duchesse Des Bas Fonds Bolivar: backing vocals / Bumper To Bumper Bolivar: guitars, backing vocals / El Guapo Bolivar: harmonica, maraccas, backing vocals / Jefe Bolivar: piano, organ, backing vocals / Sweet Little Chicken Bolivar: keyboards / Tony Truant Bolivar: vocals, guitars .
En 1980, Antoine Masy-Perier enregistre avec les Gloires Locales (dans lesquelles on retrouve aussi Gilles Tandy) ce qui sera son premier disque: un e.p. devenu fort onéreux aujourd'hui sur certains sites ! En 1981, il réalise un rêve en intégrant ceux qu'il considère, à raison, comme le plus grand groupe français: les Dogs ! On va retrouver notre homme sur les deux meilleurs disques des normands: "Too Much Class For The Neighborhood" et "Legendary Lovers" mais aussi sur "Shout!", "More More More" et "A Million Ways Of Killing Time". En 1989, il enregistre son premier album "Your Room Is Ready Sir!" avec l'aide de membres des Dogs et des Wampas (et oui déjà !) et à l'occasion délaisse l'anglais pour chanter en français qu'il aborde avec un humour affirmé teinté d'ironie.
En 1992, il va laisser les Dogs poursuivre en trio comme à la grande époque de "Different" et de "Walking Shadows" pour poursuivre seul.
1994 voit naître Tony Truant et Les Dignes Dindons qui signent sur New Rose « Pupille Mon oeil ». Deux ans passent avant que ne voit le jour un disque rock'n'rollement plus orthodoxe: "Radio Château Rouge".
Pendant quelques temps Tony apprivoise le Ukulélé qui n'est pas, il faut le dire ma tasse de thé (Manuia 2001).
En 2003, il, revient à la charge avec ses Deux Solutions pour un album comme on les aime ici: "Ovomaltine, Benzédrine et Vengeance" ébranle les murs du garage avec comme cerise sur le gâteau une reprise de Ronnie Bird: "Le pivert" que n'ont su empailler aucun des taxidermistes solitaires du rock!
"Tony Truant On The Rocks" , en 2005, est une compilation qui permettra à ceux pour qui chanter du rock en français est une hérésie de reconsidérer leur credo.
Cette même année, Tony intègre définitivement les Wampas comme guitariste.
« Allo Brooklyn, Ici Montmartre » est un 25 cm avec, excusez du peu, les Fleshtones en backin' band de luxe. Le bien bel objet sortira sur le propre label d'Antoine, les Disques Poussinet en 2006 ! Il comporte une reprise du "Maman n'aime pas ma musique" de Dick Rivers à réveiller les morts !
Tantôt avec les Wampas, tantôt avec une nouvelle mouture de Ses 2 Solutions avec qui il va enregistrer "L’Œil Americain" (2009), il écume les routes de France.
C'est en 2011 qu' accompagné de nouvelles Solutions, T. Truant ose s'aventurer dans l'antre du Kaiser (Lucas Trouble des Vietnam Veterans, Gitanes...), pour y enregister son meilleur album à ce jour : "Mélange" !
La magnifique pochette est signée Denis Sire ! Oui le Denis Sire des années Métal !!!
A acheter ICI ! D'urgence !
Tony Truant (Antoine Masy-Perier) was still in the Dogs when his first album came out in 1989. Different members of the Dogs & the Wampas will participate under fun pseudonyms. Since he has left the Dogs in 1992 , Tony Truant has recorded a lot of albums under his own name:"Pupille Mon Oeil" (1994), "Radio Château Rouge" (1996), "Ovomaltine, Benzédrine et Vengeance" (2003), "On The Rocks" (2005), « Allo Brooklyn, Ici Montmartre » with the Fleshtones (10'', 2006), "L’Œil Americain" (2009). The last one "Mélange" (2011) is one of the best and you 'd better buy it HERE !

Minissha Lamba

Minissha Lamba was born on 18 January 1985. She is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies. Minissha Lamba was born in a Jatt Sikh family of Delhi. Her father was in the hospitality business and this gave her the great chance to travel around the country and meet many people.

She can fluently converse in Hindi, Punjabi, English and French languages. Minissha has appeared in films like Yahaan, Bachna Ae Haseeno, Kidnap and Well Done Abba. Minissha did her schooling from Sherwood Hall and later on moved to Chettinad Vidyashram, both located in Chennai. In 2004, the actress majored in English with honours from Miranda House, University of Delhi. Her mother is also very talented and is a painter. Minissha Lamba's in the beginning wanted to become a journalist. While studying for a degree in Delhi, Minissha Lamba pursued modelling as a hobby and soon became a well-placed model in the Indian modelling industry.

Minissha's early modelling work includes numerous television commercials for companies such as LG, Sony, Titan watches, Cadbury, Hajmola, Airtel, Sunsilk, and many others. The actress has also done a music video titled ‘Tera Suroor’ for the hit music album Aap Ka Suroor by Bollywood singer Himesh Reshammiya. Minissha’s first movie "Yahaan", which was directed by Shoojit Sircar, was released in 2005. Critics praised the flick stating that Minissha’s performance as one of the highlights. In 2008, she acted in Siddharth Anand's film Bachna Ae Haseeno alongwith Bipasha Basu, Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor in the main roles.

Bachna Ae Haseeno was made under Yashraj Films. Her next major role was in the Shyam Benegal film Well Done Abba that was released last year in 2010, and this movie was highly acclaimed at the Cannes Film Festival. Minissha Lamba is presently shooting for Shirish Kunder's upcoming movie “Joker”, in which she will star opposite talented actor Shreyas Talpade. The actress has also posed for Maxim India.

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ERIC TANDY - E.T ep

ERIC TANDY E.T ep maxi ep 1983
Toujours Fier / 36 Fois / (Tant De Bombes) Sur La Ville* / Tais-toi, Moi Pas.
Produced by L. Hermani & B. Lecoeur
E. Tandy: vocal / B. Lecoeur: guitars, bass, casio / B. Lefaivre: drums / G. Tandy: backing vocals on *.
Ce maxi ep sort en 1983, sur le label New Rose, quelques mois après l'album des Rythmeurs "F.I.N.I." . On retrouvre B. Lecoeur et B. Lefaivre (Tupelo Soul, Dogs, Louise Feron) avec cette fois-ci Eric Tandy au chant, son frère Gilles assurant les choeurs sur l'impeccable "Sur La ville".
Cette année-là, quatre ans après le single des Olivensteins, les frères Tandy étaient "Toujours Fier"!
"C'est l' E.T e.p pour la posteriT..."
comme proclamé avec raison au dos de la pochette !!!

"Les Olivensteins"(lp ou cd) la compilation sortie par le label Born Bad en 2011 est en vente ici !

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Maria Sharapova in Florida

Maria Sharapova helps launch Xperia H0t Shots on Sunday (March 20) Miami, Florida. H0t Shots, an online show to be aired in March, will follow the lives of six globetrotting, aspiring stars of the WTA as they strive to expand their fan base and gain a support deal with Sony Ericsson. Each of the six athletes will be provided an Xperia handset so they can create their own content and post it online. The video below takes you behind the scenes of the launch and features an interview with former Australian Open winner, Maria Sharapova, who took part in the event. 10 more images after the break...

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The Graves of Famous People

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Beautiful Bridge in Norway

This bridge is located in Norway. When you go on it, so it seems that it ends abruptly, and all the machines that went ahead, anyway what you think about this bridge, for what reason it was built like this ?  05 more images after the break...

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THE HANGMEN - St

THE HANGMEN The Hangmen cd 1989
Desperation Town / Coal Mine / Walking In The Woods / Tell Me What You Want / It's Over For You / Last Drive / My Way / Rotten Sunday / Kiss From You / Cry Cry Cry / Slow Death / Lonely.
Produced by Vic Maile.
The Hangmen: B. Small: vocals & guitar / B. Catterson: guitar & vocal / J. D. Holliday: bass & vocals / L. Montoya: drums, vocals & percussion.

"...It all began in 1984 when Missoula, MN's Bryan Small left Boise State University and moved to L.A. in order to form his own rock band. Inspired by the musical stylings of X, the Stooges, and Gun Club, Small soon had a band together and a major buzz after the outfit began pounding the clubs with their nasty proto-blues/punk. Despite his group's wily rock leanings, Small found himself caught up in the hair metal feeding frenzy of the late '80s, and soon the Hangmen were signed to Capitol Records, a company like many others, desperately attempting to unearth the next Guns n' Roses. The group's self-titled debut hit record store shelves in 1989 and Small was living his dream. Unfortunately, things quickly turned sour, and would stay that way for a long time. The Hangmen, produced by the legendary Vic Maile (the Who Live at Leeds, Motörhead Ace of Spades), lacked the tough, street-fighting rock 'n' raunch of the band's live performances. Although it eventually became a bit of a collector's item, the watered-down recording couldn't sate their label's appetite for radio hits. Sales were flat and the group was quickly bounced from Capitol. Undaunted, guitarist/vocalist Small shook up his supporting cast and kept at it. This refusal to quit would eventually define the Hangmen. The group was again signed by a major in the early '90s, but was unable to release anything before being dropped a second time. A record was submitted to Geffen, but the label of Nirvana, Hole, and White Zombie couldn't appreciate the maniacal Stooges-meets-Stones rock revivalism. Except for some occasional underground tape trading among obsessive music fans, this sophomore effort would never see the light of day.

That should have been the end of it, but Small refused to buckle. What followed was literally a decade of near nonexistence for the Hangmen. Despite some serious hurdles, Small kept the group together and, after cleaning up a debilitating drug habit and stabilizing a strong band roster that included Angelique Congelton on bass, Todd Haney on drums, and guitarist Jimmy James, the Hangmen were once again turning heads in the L.A. underground. In 2000, 11 years after their debut hit the streets, the Hangmen made a hard rock splash with Metallic I.O.U. This time, the band put out a record that did justice to their frenetic live sound and rebellious reputation. Distributed through indie label Acetate Records, Metallic I.O.U. was a critical triumph that featured material from the phantom Geffen record ("Bliss," "Downtown") and plenty of new tunes as well. The seamless collection boasts material written over three decades, which speaks to the timeless quality of the Hangmen's revivalist, heavy blues/rockabilly. More performances followed, including a tour with the Supersuckers (a band that approximates the Hangmen's sound more than any other). In 2001, Small and his cohorts recorded a live disc in Hollywood featuring old favorites, some new material, and a vocal performance by the Supersuckers' Eddie Spaghetti on "Coal Mine." This third release, We've Got Blood on the Toes of Our Boots, also appeared on Acetate the following year. A tour was completed with Social Distortion in 2002 as well. Strangely, the Hangmen waited nearly 15 years to enter their most prolific and accomplished period, but nothing came easy to Small and the legendary underground rock outfit he created. V. Jeffries - Allmusic
" The Hangmen are an enduring passion of mine. Originally, in 1989 Capitol Records released the bands debut CD at a time when the recording industry was looking for the next Guns and Roses replica anyhwere in downtown Los Angeles or on the Sunset Strip. However, the only similiarities between both bands were a love for loud guitars, Johnny Thunders/New York Dolls affections and sharing the same stages on the late night punk circuit.
Stylistically, the two were also very different. For example, for a band that was marketed towards hair metal fans, where does this "type" of band come off choosing a cover of the great song by the Flamin' Groovies ("Slow Death")? You think the peroxide - lipstick/nail polish crowd got it? Instead, the ordeal is yet another example of a label not "getting it". The ultimate shame is that an incredible debut album ("The Hangmen") went by the wayside in 1989 - completely unnoticed by the public. Since then the CD has become somewhat of a collector's/cult item. Over the next few years, lead vocalist - main songwriter Bryan Small experienced some personal issues, numerous band changes, label problems and eventually the band faded into obscurity. (ED: The Hangmen recorded a second album, "Suicide Doors", in '93 with Radio Birdman's Rob Younger producing that remains unreleased thanks to the vagaries of Geffen Records.) ..." Arthur S. - I 94 Bar
You can always find "The Hangmen" on line but you must search a little because some prices are very heavy (take a look here) for the cd. A shame! The lp is easier to find at good prices . If you want to support the band , the better is to buy one their records "In The City" or "Loteria" here or the last one "Lost Rocks" here !

CLASSIC RUINS - Ruins Cafe

CLASSIC RUINS Ruins Cafe lp 1989
Tony And Karen / Russian Hands / Hurt That Way* / It Wasn't Too Late / Ruin's Cafe / Hedda Humma* / Don't Call Here / Lullabye of Boomland / This Means War* / Nick of Time.
Produced by The Classic Ruins & G. Hookailo.
Classic Ruins: F. Rowe: vocals, guitar / C. Hurley: bass guitar / P. Nardone: drums, vocals / C. Biancucci: bass**
Formed in 1978 by Frank Rowe (x-Baby's Arm) and Billy Borgioli (x-Real Kids), Classic Ruins are still at it today, playing their garage punk as if onstage at the Rat .Longtime bassist Carl Biancucci is still in the fold, as is ex-Commandos/Ballbusters guitarist Jeff Crane on second guitar,and former V drummer Matt Burns. The "boys" are older now,and while not necessarily wiser, they still sound pretty great - Link Wray would be proud - so don't be a stranger.

"Ruin's Cafe"is their second lp recorded in 1989 on Presto and New Rose Records. Don't miss it ! It's Boston rock & they know how to rock...
You can buy it HERE or HERE (only vinyl) !

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Megatron - Tank

Chinese fans of Transformers has decided to contribute to growing with each passing day the number of replicas of Megatron. True, he did it in its original form - now Megatron appeared before us in the form of a tank. At length, this model reaches 4,5 meters and a maximum width - 3,2 meters, the total weight of the replica is about 5 tons. 07 More images after the break...

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Nimmi

Nimmi was a popular Bollywood actress who achieved fame in the 1950s and early 1960s in Hindi cinema. The actress became popular after she played spirited village belle type roles, but also featured in varied genres such as fantasy and social movies.


Nawab Banoo (Nimmi) was born in Agra, India. Her mother was a famous singer and actress by the name of Wahidan who was well connected within the film fraternity. Nimmi had visited Bombay in her childhood, and her mother being on good terms with Mehboob Khan and his family. Through the connection with her mother who had worked with him in the 1930s, in 1948, the famous film director Mehboob Khan, invited the young Nimmi to watch the making of his current production Andaz at Central Studios.

The actress had shown keen desire to work in films and this was a bright chance for her to understand the film making process. At the time when Nimmi met Raj Kapoor on the sets of Andaaz, the actor was filming his production of Barsaat in 1949. Having already cast the famous heroine Nargis in the female lead role, he was on the hunt for a young girl to play the second lead. After observing Nimmi's unaffected and shy nature as a guest on the sets of Andaaz, Mehboob Khan at once decided to cast Nimmi in Barsaat opposite Bollywood actor Prem Nath. Barsaatmade a history. It was a phenomenal critical and commercial success.

Despite the presence of most sought out stars like Nargis, Raj Kapoor and Premnath, Nimmi too had a very important and well received role to play and was an instant hit with audiences. Nimmi later on worked with top actors like Raj Kapoor, and Dev Anand. To her great advantage Nimmi formed a very popular screen pair with Dilip Kumar, after the success of movies like Deedar (1951) and Daag (1952). Aside from Nargis with whom she co-starred with in Barsaat and Deedar, Nimmi also appeared alongside many notable leading ladies including Madhubala in Amar, with Suraiyain Shamma, Geeta Bali in Usha Kiran, and Meena Kumari in Char Dil Char Rahen, etc.

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Nalini Jaywant

Nalini Jaywant was an Indian movie actress who was seen in films during the 1940s and 1950s. Nalini is first cousin to actress Shobhna Samarth, the mother of Bollywood actresses Nutan and Tanuja. Nalini got married to director Virendra Desai in the 1940s. Later, the actress married her second husband, actor Prabhu Dayal, with whom she acted in several films.


In her teens, Nalini Jaywant got some fame through her performance in Mehboob Khan's Bahen that was released in 1941, a movie about a brother's obsessive love for his sister. Nalini, however, performed in a few more flicks before the notable 1948 release ‘Anokha Pyaar’. The movie involved a love triangle among characters played by Dilip Kumar, Nargis, and Nalini. Nalini played the character of the girl who sacrifices her love for the hero played by Dilip Kumar. Nalini's performance in that movie proved to be the movie's saving grace.

1950 came as a breakthrough year for Nalini when she became a top actress with her performances opposite Ashok Kumar in Samadhi and Sangram. “Samadhi” was a patriotic drama on Subash Chandra Bose and the Indian National Army.
Nalini and Ashok Kumar performed together in many movies like Kafila (1952), Naubahar (1952), Saloni (1952), Mr. X (1957), and Sheroo (1957). Nalini remained an important leading heroine through the mid-1950s. Though, many famous filmmakers extended Nalini Jaywant’s association with realistic films, while movie makers like Mahesh Kaul with Naujavan (1951) and AR Kardar with Jaadu developed her musical persona.

The 1958 Bollywood film Kaala Pani which was directed by Raj Khosla, was Nalini's last successful flick and that year, she won the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for her performance in that movie as Kishori, who formed a main witness in framing the hero's father for a murder. Her come-hither dance in S. D. Burman's composition Nazar Laagi Raaja Tore Bangle pe and her tearful looks at evergreen star Dev Anand from across the room in S. D. Burman's Hum Bekhudi Mein were most remarkable

Bombay Race Course (1965) was Nalini's last main movie. Besides, above mentioned movies, Nalini received much critical acclaim for her performances in Rahi (1952), Shikast (1953), Railway Platform (1955), and Awaaz (1956), etc. Nalini Jaywant died on the afternoon of 20th December 2010 in lonely situation at her bungalow of 60 years at Union Park, Chembur, Mumbai.

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Pooja Gupta

Pooja Gupta was the winner of Miss India Universe in the year 2007. Pooja Gupta later went to Mexico to participate at Miss Universe 2007. Wearing a gunmetal gown with Mongol inspired beadwork designed by Hemant Trivedi, the actress reached the top ten finishing in 9th position.


Born in New Delhi on January 30, 1985, Pooja Gupta came to the limelight after winning the Pantaloons Femina Miss India Universe which was organized by Pantaloons, a clothing line and Femina, a women's magazine in India. Pooja Gupta was offered to persuade her career in Hindi film fraternity and her interests also included drawing, traveling, writing, doing yoga and horse riding. Pooja Gupta who is really hardworking will be making her film debut in Puja films upcoming movie F.A.L.T.U. She encouraged tourism in Germany as an Indian ambassador. The good looking lass had also respresented India in Donald Trump's Miss Universe Organisation and made it to top

Ten in Mexico out of 86 countries and also worked on spreading awareness for Aids with names like Ashley Judd and Bono. Pooja Gupta is also well-trained in Martial Arts. Her upcoming Bollywood movie is salted to hit the theaters on April 1, 2011 and is directed by Remo D’ Souza and produced by Vashu Bhagnani respectively. The buzz is also making rounds these days that her upcoming film is currently facing an identity crisis.

The movie also features Jackky Bhagnani, Riteish Deshmukh and Arshad Warsi. Many stars like Akshay Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Salman Khan, Sushmita Sen, R Madhavan, Sahil Khan and Kareena Kapoor will be appearing in cameo roles in the movie. The film's soundtrack is composed by Sachin-Jigar, with lyrics penned by Irshad Kamil. We hope and wish that with her debut Pooja Gupta would charm the audiences by her performance.

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LES GLOIRES LOCALES - EP

LES GLOIRES LOCALES EP 7'' ep Melodies Massacre 1980
Le Rasoir / Désabusé / Les Catalogues / La Fille De L' Infirmerie.
Les Gloires Locales: G. Tandy: vocals / A. Massy-Perrier: guitar / C. Rosset: bass / R. Denis: drums.
Recorded by L. Hermani ?
Formed by Gilles Tandy with two future Dogs , after the demise of the Olivensteins, Les Gloires Locales have recorded only one single in 1980,on Mélodies Massacre , a french label from Rouen which also recorded the first single of the Dogs.

"...qu'ils soient loués, ce disque est un vrai miracle ! entendez la multiplication des pains en monophonie; imaginez 4 des pires nullités enfermés dans un petit studio d'enregistrement, ne connaissant pas 4 accords et gravant sur 4 pistes, 4 odieuses compositions qui se tiennent presque, qui se tiennent tellement qu'il est impossible de faire mieux!
4 titres, c'est à vous de dénicher quel est le hit dans ce E.P. vraiment supérieur.
Localement vôtre..."
Texte au dos du single

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The 10 Most Miserable Cities of America

There are many ways to gauge misery. We consider 10 factors, including unemployment, crime and taxes, and a few that are less serious, but still elevate people’s blood pressure, like the weather, commute times and how the local sports team is doing. To account for the misery caused by the housing bust we tweaked the methodology for this year’s list and considered foreclosure rates and the change in home prices over the past three years. See complete list at Forbes, after the break...

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Top 10 Biggest Oil Producer Countries of the World

10. Nigeria

Crude production: 2.51 million barrels per day
Share of world production: 2.95%
Daily crude exports to the US: 1.02 million barrels
Proven reserves: 37.2 billion barrels

Unrest in the Middle East has put investors on high alert as crude oil prices move seemingly with every development in the region. In order to understand the effect of those events on both US and global oil markets, a key figure to watch is the amount of crude oil produced daily in each country. 09 more after the break...

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Top 20 Most Famous Dog Breeds

01. Affenpinscher

Dogs have been selectively bred for thousands of years, sometimes by inbreeding dogs from the same ancestral lines, sometimes by mixing dogs from very different lines. he process continues today, resulting in a wide variety of breeds, hybrids and types of dogs. 19 more famous dog breeds after the break...

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PILLBOX - Jimbo's Clown Room

PILLBOX Jimbo's Clown Room cd 1993
Get Hip / Holly / What She Wants / Sister Caroline / Bobby's Shakin' Again / Sinister Urge / Come up Heroin / Nowhere Land / Devil in My Bed / 5000 Miles.
Produced by Pillbox & J. Aiosa.
Pillbox: C. Barry: vocals / Mr Ratboy: guitars / Screamin' J. Rizzo: drums / J. Baum: bass.

Before there was a Strokes to make it safe as milk, the snarly glam punk spirit of the Stooges, New York Dolls and Dead Boys lived for a time in the skinnyassed tattooed bodies of Pillbox, a New York quartet which offered a skankier, more menacing and less theatrical alternative to the likeminded and better-known D Generation. In capturing the lost-boys sound and tawdry ambience of their idols without overdoing it, the energetic "Jimbo's Clown Room" drives down a power alley of sharp, memorable songs on twin hotrods, guided by guitarist Ratboy's slithery Johnny Thunders/Steve Jones raunch and ex-39 Steps singer Chris Barry's wavering, whiny conviction. The catchy plea to a drug dealer ("Come Up Heroin") is pitiful and obnoxious, but "What She Wants," "Sister Caroline" and the amphetaminized "Nowhereland" wrap the line between inspiration and imitation around history's neck to fine effect.

The Pillbox on the flatly recorded followup EP has a new bassist and a different singer/lyricist. Although he clearly wouldn't have suited the sound of Jimbo's Clown Room, the plain-voiced Mark Phelan is also the wrong man for the band's newly slicked-back guitar rock, a poppier and not specifically retro-minded rethink. As Pillbox's sonic architect, Ratboy (Gilbert Avondet) reveals himself capable of writing and playing more complicated and subtle music — the atmospheric drug epic "Red Bag/Blue Bag" dedicates delicate piano, feedback and acres of space to a strongly melodic chorus — but Pillbox never latches onto any ideas as immediate or exciting as the album. TrouserPress.com

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CHALLENGER 7 - Morris

CHALLENGER 7 Morris cd ep 1994
Tilting At Windmills / Wait A Lifetime / Lost In You / Peach Heart / Not As Helpless As I Seem / Handshy*.
Engineered by G. Wales.
The Challenger 7 were:
I. Underwood: guitar, vocals / D. Bell: bass / M. Doo: drums .
This recording features: P. Kostic: drums / R. Corey: bass / G. Hitchcock: lead guitar, vocals / I. Underwood: guitar, vocals / T. Rushan: lead guitar on*.

Upon the demise of the Sydney indie outfit Front End Loader, bassist Richard Corey and drummer Peter Kostic got together with former You Am I guitarist Greg Hitchcock and former Kryptonics front man Ian Underwood in 1994. Assembled as the power-pop outfit Challenger 7, the group released a six song EP immediately recorded even before the group even played their first show. But after only three gigs, Underwood remained as the only original member once the rest of the band departed. With drummer Marty Doo and bassist Dan Bell joining Challenger 7's ranks, the 1995 EP, Morris, was finally released with critical comparisons to Husker Du and The Replacements. Following the 1997 recruitment of former Asteroid B612 guitarist Stewie Cunningham, Challenger 7's follow-up EP, The Great Slump Forward, came out that same year. Allmusic
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