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Thomas Leer
Thomas Leer
British musician
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Propaganda
Propaganda
German synthpop group
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MC Tunes
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Art of Noise
Art of Noise
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M
M
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808 State
808 State
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Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
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Adamski
Adamski
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The Mighty Lemon Drops
The Mighty Lemon Drops
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The Bolshoi
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Dollar
Dollar
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Red Flag
Red Flag
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Shakatak
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New Musik
New Musik
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The Housemartins
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Mike Stock
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Smokie
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Andy Bell
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Richard Anthony Hewson
Richard Anthony Hewson
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Hot Chocolate
Hot Chocolate
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Ten Years After
Ten Years After
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44 Magnum
44 Magnum
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The Icicle Works
The Icicle Works
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Joyce Sims
Joyce Sims
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Screaming Trees
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BOB
BOB
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Capercaillie
Capercaillie
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The Charlatans
The Charlatans
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The Adventures
The Adventures
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Beatmasters
Beatmasters
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The Assembly
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Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel
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Billy Ocean
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The Young Fresh Fellows
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Helen Terry
Helen Terry
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Shalamar
American music group
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Holly Johnson
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John Kongos
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The Legendary Pink Dots
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Paul Hardcastle
Paul Hardcastle
British recording artist, composer, producer, songwriter, radio presenter and multi-instrumentalist
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S'Express
S'Express
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Blood, Sweat & Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears
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Amber
Amber
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Midge Ure
Midge Ure
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Cud
Cud
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Stump
Stump
musical ensemble
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MVP
MVP
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Fish
Fish
Scottish singer, lyricist and occasional actor
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Dub War
Dub War
band
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Marillion
Marillion
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The Contours
The Contours
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Little Angels
Little Angels
British band
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All About Eve
All About Eve
British band
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Skunk Anansie
Skunk Anansie
British rock band
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The Korgis
The Korgis
British pop band
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Wet Wet Wet
Wet Wet Wet
Scottish band
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Timmy Thomas
Timmy Thomas
American musician
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Whodini
Whodini
American hip-hop group
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Kissing the Pink
Kissing the Pink
British band
Act
English band of the late 1980s

Act

Synth-pop
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English band of the late 1980s
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Synth-pop
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Thomas Leer

Thomas Leer

Act were a short-lived synthpop group signed to ZTT Records in the late 1980s, and comprising Scottish musician Thomas Leer and German ex-Propaganda vocalist Claudia Brücken. Besides synthpop and disco, the group were also influenced by psychedelic rock and musical theatre. Lyrically, their songs tended to be concerned with decadence and moral bankruptcy. The band dissolved shortly after the release of their first album Laughter, Tears and Rage in 1988.

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