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The Pillows
The Pillows
Japanese alternative rock band
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Zazen Boys
Zazen Boys
Rock band from Tokyo, Japan
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Beautiful Creatures
Beautiful Creatures
Band
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Goblin
Goblin
Italian progressive rock band
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The Bangles
The Bangles
American pop rock band
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Dope
Dope
American heavy metal band
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Nine Pound Hammer
Nine Pound Hammer
American band
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Genitorturers
Genitorturers
band
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Survivor
Survivor
American rock band
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The Chelsea Smiles
The Chelsea Smiles
American hard rock band
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Fireball Ministry
Fireball Ministry
American heavy metal band
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Explosions in the Sky
Explosions in the Sky
American band
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Logan
Logan
Scottish rock band
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Helix
Helix
hard rock band
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Nashville Pussy
Nashville Pussy
American rock & roll band from Atlanta, Georgia
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Tom Hamilton
Tom Hamilton
bass player
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Angel
Angel
American glam rock and heavy metal band
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Stone Sour
Stone Sour
American heavy metal band
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Shonen Knife
Shonen Knife
Japanese band
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Fastway
Fastway
British band
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DJ Ashba
DJ Ashba
American musician
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Special Others
Special Others
band from Japan
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Ellegarden
Ellegarden
Japanese band
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Wolfgang Van Halen
Wolfgang Van Halen
American bass guitarist
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Red Elvises
Red Elvises
musical artist
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Brother Cane
Brother Cane
American rock band
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Giuffria
Giuffria
American band
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A
A
British band
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Man Alive
Man Alive
Israeli musical group
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Cinderella
Cinderella
American rock band
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Zoobombs
Zoobombs
Japanese indie rock band
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Alcatrazz
Alcatrazz
American metal band
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Lynch Mob
Lynch Mob
band
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Little Barrie
Little Barrie
band
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Hunter Valentine
Hunter Valentine
band
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Nektar
Nektar
1970s English progressive rock band originally based in Germany
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Angry Samoans
Angry Samoans
American punk rock band
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Juliette and the Licks
Juliette and the Licks
band
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Gregg Bissonette
Gregg Bissonette
American drummer
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Sug
Sug
band
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The Damned
The Damned
British rock band
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Foxy Shazam
Foxy Shazam
American alternative rock band
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Steelheart
Steelheart
band
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Vanilla Fudge
Vanilla Fudge
American rock band
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Balzac
Balzac
Japanese punk band
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Chon
Chon
american rock band
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Tonic
Tonic
American rock band
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Art of Dying
Art of Dying
Canadian rock band
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Fear
Fear
American band
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Kingdom Come
Kingdom Come
German-American band
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Tommy Stinson
Tommy Stinson
American musician
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The Briggs
The Briggs
band
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The Von Bondies
The Von Bondies
American alternative rock band
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Breaking Point
Breaking Point
American hard rock band
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Mountain
Mountain
American rock band
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Tito & Tarantula
Tito & Tarantula
American band
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Adam Bomb
Adam Bomb
American guitarist and singer
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Daniel Lioneye
Daniel Lioneye
Finnish band
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Black Tide
Black Tide
american heavy metal band
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Bow Wow
Bow Wow
Japanese hard rock / heavy metal band
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Les Claypool
Les Claypool
American musician
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Wintersleep
Wintersleep
band
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Buckcherry
Buckcherry
American rock band from Los Angeles, California formed in 1995
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Beowülf
Beowülf
American band
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Japanese rock band
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Straightener (ストレイテナー, Sutoreitenā) is a Japanese alternative rock band. The band started out as a duo with Atsushi Horie (vocals/guitar) and Shinpei Nakayama (drums) in 1998. They established an independent label named Ghost Records in 2002. Hidekazu Hinata joined the band as bassist in 2003, giving the band a heavier sound. In October of the same year they released a single, "Traveling Gargoyle" from Toshiba EMI.

Straightener have performed at numerous festivals and live tours. The band toured all over Japan during their Linear tour in 2007, as well as performing a joint tour in December 2013 with Asian Kung-Fu Generation to celebrate both bands' 10-year anniversaries. Both bands performed in Korea, Singapore, and Taiwan along with a local band from each country.