The 1975 (Album Review)

The 1975 could use some enunciation lessons and an editor: Their debut, a Top 40 hit in America, is a long, often inscrutable set that rifles through synth-rock references like Neon Trees doing a poor M83 impression. Their would-be smash, "Sex "

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ALBUM REVIEW: THE VAMPS - 'MEET THE VAMPS: CHRISTMAS EDITION'

What's the story? On a cold night many years ago in BethlehemBirmingham, four boys arrived looking for somewhere to stay. Unfortunately there was no room at the Holiday Inn, so they were forced to bed down for the night in an old shed usually used as a stable for donkeys.Many unspeakable things happened that night including one particular awkward 45 minute stretch where Connor got his bottom stuck in a manger, but a mere nine months later the four boys were gifted with something so joyous and precious, that it has since been credited as one of the saviours of the human race.

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George Horrison (THE BEATLES)

George Harrison, MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician, multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter and music and film producer who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Although John Lennonand Paul McCartney were the band's primary songwriters, most of their albums included at least one Harrison composition, including "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something", which became the Beatles' second-most-covered song.

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Aaron Gillespie (Underoath, The Almost, Solo Career, Paramore Touring Drummer Self-Titled)

Aaron Roderick Gillespie was born on July 18, 1983 in Clearwater, Florida. Ever since he was born, he has been nearly blind in his left eye. He grew up in a devout Christian family, attended private schools, and went to church regularly. Gillespie's parents divorced when he was 18. Gillespie married Jamie Anne Robertson on November 25, 2006, and moved to Salt Lake City, Utah. A year later, Gillespie and Robertson moved back to Florida, and they currently reside in Tarpon Springs, Florida.

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Matthew Healy (THE1975)

In 2001, Healy met his to be bandmates guitarist and keyboardist Adam Hann, drummer and backing vocalist George Daniel, and bassist and backing vocalist Ross MacDonald at Wilmslow High School in Wilmslow, a town close to Manchester. He states that a "hippy council worker" was putting on gigs for teenagers in Manchester and Hann approached him and MacDonald about forming a band.

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