Racoon (band)

Racoon is a Dutch rock band, formed in 1997. Their first big appearance was at the 1999 Noorderslagfestival. The first album, Till Monkeys Fly, appeared in January 2000, produced by Michael Schoots (Urban Dance Squad). The first single, "Feel Like Flying", became a hit and got a lot of airplay on the Dutch radio station 3FM. The band's biggest hit so far came in 2005, when its single "Love You More" reached #3 in the Dutch music charts.

Members

Bart van der Weide - Lead vocals

Stefan de Kroon - Bass

Dennis Huige - Guitars

Paul Bukkens - Drums

History

Racoon started in 1997 as an acoustic duo made up of singer Bart van der Weide and guitarist Dennis Huige. The duo released three songs on the singer/songwriter compilation album Characters, released by the Dutch Rock & Pop Institute. In 1998, they were joined by bass player Stefan de Kroon and drummer Paul Bukkens and the band moved to Utrecht. That year, Racoon played at the Heineken X-pl'oor-festival in the Melkweg and in Rotterdam. Their self-released demo It's an Ice Cream Day earned them the attention of several record companies and many positive reviews from the Dutch press. In 1999, Racoon served as the opening act at the annual Noorderslag festival. They were signed to Sony's S.M.A.R.T. label and at the end of this year they went into the studio to record their full-length debut.

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+/- (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.

History

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Band

Band or BAND may refer to:

Science and technology

Band (mathematics), an idempotent semigroup

Band (radio), a range of frequencies or wavelengths used in radio transmission and radar, specifically:

Shortwave bands
UMTS frequency bands used for cellphones
LTE bands used for cellphone data

Shortwave bands

UMTS frequency bands used for cellphones

LTE bands used for cellphone data

Band cell, a type of white blood cell

Gastric band, a human weight-control measure

Bird banding, placing a numbered metal band on a bird's leg for identification

BAND, acronym for "birds are not dinosaurs," a controversial stance on the evolution of birds

BAND (application), a private online space for groups

Computing and electronics

Microsoft Band, a smart band with smartwatch features created and developed by Microsoft.

Organizations

Band (channel), nickname of Brazilian broadcast television network Rede Bandeirantes

Bands (Italian Army irregulars), military units once in the service of the Italian Regio Esercito

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Bandō

Bandō may refer to:

People

Eiji Bandō, Japanese entertainer/sportsman

Naoki Bandō, Japanese voice actor

Japanese surname, especially among Kabuki actors, such as:

Bandō Kakitsu I (1847–1893), Japanese kabuki actor of the Uzaemon acting lineage
Bandō Shūka I
Bandō Tamasaburō
Bandō Tamasaburō V
Bandō Mitsugorō III
Bandō Mitsugorō VIII
Bandō Mitsugorō X