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The Untamed Youth
The Untamed Youth
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Donnie Iris
Donnie Iris
American musician
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The Last
The Last
American musical group; Los Angeles-based, early pop/punk band
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The Droogs
The Droogs
American rock group from Los Angeles
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Cynic
Cynic
American band
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Laughing Hyenas
Laughing Hyenas
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The Karl Hendricks Trio
The Karl Hendricks Trio
American rock band
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Crime & the City Solution
Crime & the City Solution
Australian rock band
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The Mighty Lemon Drops
The Mighty Lemon Drops
British band
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The Swamp Rats
The Swamp Rats
US rock band
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The Sugarcubes
The Sugarcubes
Icelandic alternative rock band
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The Pandoras
The Pandoras
US musical group
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The Rave-Ups
The Rave-Ups
band that plays alternative rock
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Alice Donut
Alice Donut
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The Queers
The Queers
American punk band
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Green
Green
American band from Chicago
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Cinderella
Cinderella
American rock band
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The Slickee Boys
The Slickee Boys
Washington, D.C. area punk-psychedelic-garage rock band
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The Pagans
The Pagans
1970s American punk band
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The Chesterfield Kings
The Chesterfield Kings
American punk rock band
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Thee Mighty Caesars
Thee Mighty Caesars
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Savage Republic
Savage Republic
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Billy Price
Billy Price
American musician
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The Lollipop Shoppe
The Lollipop Shoppe
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Lester Bangs
Lester Bangs
American music critic and journalist
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Volcano Suns
Volcano Suns
American band
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Bathory
Bathory
Swedish metal band
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Ronnie Montrose
Ronnie Montrose
American rock guitarist, songwriter
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Thelonious Monster
Thelonious Monster
American rock group
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Das Damen
Das Damen
American alternative rock band
The Cynics
Pittsburgh based American garage band

The Cynics

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Pittsburgh based American garage band

The Cynics are an American garage rock band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The band, consisting of guitarist Gregg Kostelich, drummer Bill Von Hagen, vocalist Michael Kastelic who joined in 1985, bass player Steve Magee, and keyboardist Becky Smith (later founder of New York City's Bellwether gallery), who debuted with their first album, Blue Train Station in 1986. She wrote one of the four extra tracks included on the expanded reissue of Twelve Flights Up, entitled Sixteen Flights Up. Many of their songs "carry the torch" for other favorite bands as cover songs or tributes. They underwent a number of lineup changes culminating in 1990's Rock and Roll album. They formed their own independent record label called Get Hip Records in 1986.

They suffered an eight-year break up after the release of Get Our Way but returned in 2002 with the release of Living Is the best Revenge. The release of their 2007 album Here We Are was accompanied with a European tour.

The band's sound is influenced by 1960s garage rock.