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Skyhooks (band)

Skyhooks were an Australian rock band formed in Melbourne in March 1973 by mainstays Greg Macainsh on bass guitar and backing vocals, and Imants "Freddie" Strauks on drums. They were soon joined by Bob "Bongo" Starkie on guitar and backing vocals, and Red Symons on guitar, vocals and keyboards; Graeme "Shirley" Strachan became lead vocalist in March 1974. Described as a glam rock band, because of flamboyant costumes and make-up, Skyhooks addressed teenage issues including buying drugs "Carlton (Lygon Street Limbo)", suburban sex "Balwyn Calling", the gay scene "Toorak Cowboy" and loss of girlfriends "Somewhere in Sydney" by namechecking Australian locales. According to music historian, Ian McFarlane "[Skyhooks] made an enormous impact on Australian social life".

Skyhooks had #1 albums on the Australian Kent Music Report with their 1974 debut, Living in the 70's (for 16 weeks), and its 1975 follow-up, Ego Is Not a Dirty Word (11 weeks). Their #1 singles were "Horror Movie" (January 1975) and "Jukebox in Siberia" (November 1990).

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Skyhook

Skyhook, sky hook or skyhooks may refer to:

Fiction

Sky Hook, a Hugo-award nominated science fiction fanzine

Sky Hook (film), a 1999 Yugoslavian film

skyhook, mechanical device used to operate The Great Glass Elevator in Roald Dahl's childrens books

Music

Skyhooks (band), an Australian rock band

Science

Skyhook (concept), an explanation of design complexity in the universe that does not build on lower, simpler layers

Sports

Hook shot, nicknamed skyhook, a basketball shot popularized by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Skyhook (boarding), a binding used in skateboarding and related sports

Skyhook (climbing), a hook used in technical climbing

Skyhook (skydiving), a device for quickly extracting reserve parachutes

Skyhook (tennis), a smash in which the Eastern grip used to hit the ball further behind the body than is normally possible

Technology

Airco DH.6, nicknamed Skyhook, an early (1916) ab initio trainer aircraft

Australian Autogyro Skyhook, also known as the Minty Skyhook Mini Chopper

Cessna CH-1, nicknamed Cessna Skyhook, a helicopter produced in the early 1960s by the Cessna Aircraft company that was marketed to the civil sector

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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