CDB (band)
CDB were an Australian R&B, dance and vocal harmony quartet formed in 1991 with Andrew De Silva, Brad Pinto and his brother Gary Pinto, as well as Danny Williams. Their highest charting single was a cover version of Earth, Wind & Fire's "Let's Groove" (October 1995), which peaked at number two on the ARIA Singles Chart and number one on the New Zealand Singles Chart. Other top 20 singles in Australia are "Hook Me Up" (November 1994) and "Hey Girl (This Is Our Time)" (March 1995) – the latter also reached number one in New Zealand. Their debut studio album, Glide with Me (November 1995) reached number six on the ARIA Albums Chart and number 12 in New Zealand. In 1997 De Silva was replaced by Jude Nicholas, so he could receive treatment for his cancer. The group's second studio album, Lifted (November 1997) reached the top 50. CDB disbanded in 1999.
History
CDB were formed in Melbourne in 1991 as a vocal harmony quartet by Andrew De Silva, Brad Pinto and his brother Gary Pinto, and Danny Williams. According to musicologist, Ian McFarlane, their "sound combined elements of R&B, soul and New Jack Swing tied to dexterous vocal harmonies and arrangements." They performed local gigs for three years before signing to Sony in 1994. Previously they had provided backing vocals for Peter Andre, when he toured Australia as support for Madonna.
+/- (band)
+/-, or Plus/Minus, is an American indietronic band formed in 2001. The band makes use of both electronic and traditional instruments, and has sought to use electronics to recreate traditional indie rock song forms and instrumental structures. The group has released two albums on each of the American indie labels Teenbeat Records and Absolutely Kosher, and their track "All I do" was prominently featured in the soundtrack for the major film Wicker Park. The group has developed a devoted following in Japan and Taiwan, and has toured there frequently. Although many artists append bonus tracks onto the end of Japanese album releases to discourage purchasers from buying cheaper US import versions, the overseas versions of +/- albums are usually quite different from the US versions - tracklists can be rearranged, artwork with noticeable changes is used, and tracks from the US version can be replaced as well as augmented by bonus tracks.
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Band
Band or BAND may refer to:
Science and technology
- Shortwave bands
- UMTS frequency bands used for cellphones
- LTE bands used for cellphone data
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Bandō
Bandō may refer to:
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- Bandō Kakitsu I (1847–1893), Japanese kabuki actor of the Uzaemon acting lineage
- Bandō Shūka I
- Bandō Tamasaburō
- Bandō Tamasaburō V
- Bandō Mitsugorō III
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See also
CDC?
CDC? is a children's puzzle book written and illustrated by author and cartoonist William Steig. Originally published in 1984, it is a sequel to CDB!, and is of the same concept: letters and numbers which suggest the sounds of words or phrases are printed as captions for interpretive cartoons. The reader guesses what the letters and numbers are supposed to represent in actual words. The book is somewhat more sophisticated in content than CDB!, using more complicated phrases. The book, in its 1984 release, was originally printed in black-and-white, and was republished and re-released with pen-and-ink watercolor style pictures and an answer-key at the end. To figure out the word puzzles, the reader needs to read the letters, numbers, and symbols aloud, pronouncing their names, not sounding them out. The picture accompanying each puzzle helps give the reader hints to the coded phrase.
Title translation
The books title, CDC?, translates: as "See (CEE, pronunciation of the letter c's name) the (DEE, pronunciation of the letter d's name, which sounds close to DUH, casual pronunciation of "the") Sea (CEE)?"
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