Octopus were a Britpop band from Shotts, Lanarkshire, Scotland formed in 1993. They had three hit singles before splitting up in 1997. The band was formed...
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Lawson Octopus (Belgian band) (1973–1980) Octopus (English band), a 1969–1971 band featuring Paul Griggs and Nigel Griggs Octopus (Scottish band), a 1993–1997...
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From A to B is the only album by the British alternative rock band Octopus, released on 30 September 1996 on Food Records. The album contained four singles...
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Octopus is the fourth studio album by British progressive rock band Gentle Giant, released in 1972. It was the band's last album with founding member...
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Shotts (redirect from Shotts, West Lothian, Scotland)
Community Drama Association. Notable bands Octopus (Scottish band) Shotts and Dykehead Caledonia Pipe Band Mick McGahey, Scottish miners' leader Matthew Baillie...
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Gentle Giant (redirect from Three Friends (band))
line-up of Gentle Giant released the Octopus album later in 1972. The band's hardest-rocking album to date, Octopus was allegedly titled by Phil Shulman's...
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Octopus wrestling involves a diver grappling with a large octopus in shallow water and dragging it to the surface. Although it was called "wrestling"...
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notable Scottish musicians is part of the List of Scots series. Contents 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z 18 Wheeler, band 1990s...
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Cephalopod size (redirect from Largest octopus)
Cephalopods, which include squids and octopuses, vary enormously in size. The smallest are only about 1 centimetre (0.39 in) long and weigh less than...
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The Human League (redirect from The Future (band))
gave the band their first Top 10 hit since 1986's "Human". It also topped the UK airplay charts for several weeks. The accompanying album, Octopus, returned...
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Derek Shulman (category 20th-century Scottish male singers)
1947) is a Scottish musician and singer, multi-instrumentalist, and record executive. From 1970 to 1980, he was lead vocalist for the band Gentle Giant...
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The Beatles (redirect from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (band))
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded...
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on the Ultratip chart. "Octopus" did not enter the Flanders Ultratop 50, but peaked at number 9 on the Ultratip chart. "Octopus" did not enter the Wallonia...
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Eric Clapton (redirect from Eric Clapton and his Band)
1993, 192 pp. Marc Roberty, Slowhand: The Life & Music of Eric Clapton, Octopus or Harmony, 1991, 176 pp; upd. ed. Crown, 1993, 192 pp. Marc Roberty, Eric...
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2023. Kemp, Abigail (29 October 2020). 60 Years of Coronation Street. Octopus. ISBN 9780600636571. Archived from the original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved...
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known as Rico, was a Scottish rock singer-songwriter. Capuano was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire in 1971. He was the singer with the band Perfect World in...
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A Kiss for the Whole World is the seventh studio album by English rock band Enter Shikari, released on 21 April 2023 through SO Recordings. It was preceded...
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Pawn Hearts (category Album chart usages for Scotland)
versions of older Van der Graaf Generator songs such as "Killer" and "Octopus". Evans contributed an avant-garde piece, "Angle of Incidents" which featured...
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following in the footsteps of Paul the Octopus: Bubi the Elephant, who "predicted" Germany's opening round against Scotland with her initial kick through a makeshift...
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including the United States Marine Band and the Scottish National Wind Symphony. The French death metal band Gojira named the band after Godzilla's name in Japanese...
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A rubber band (also known as an elastic band, gum band or lacky band) is a loop of rubber, usually ring or oval shaped, and commonly used to hold multiple...
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Kele Okereke (category Atomic Bomb! Band members)
Bloc Party to record the band's fourth album, Four, which was released in August 2012. Both the album and its lead single - Octopus, released a month before...
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Whatever (Oasis song) (category Oasis (band) songs)
live versions of the song with lyrics adapted from The Beatles song "Octopus's Garden". They had also been known to add the lines "All the young blues...
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Intergalactic (song) (category Single chart usages for Scotland)
revolves around a giant robot causing destruction by fighting a giant octopus-headed creature in a city while popping, a parody of, or tribute to, Japanese...
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German colonial empire (redirect from Land devouring octopus)
aggrandizement" since the Empire was seen by America as a "land devouring octopus" with a "voracious territorial appetite". President Wilson saw the League...
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badges. Betty – a talkative and intelligent purple octopus. She always wears a (usually) pink and yellow band on her head. Norrie – a sweet-natured and curious...
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by an incident on 27 January 1973 when the band were performing at the Grand Hall in Kilmarnock, Scotland, and were driven offstage by a bottling. The...
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H to He, Who Am the Only One (category Album chart usages for Scotland)
/ Octopus", a song that had been a staple of early Van der Graaf Generator concerts. Whitehead would go on to draw several other covers for the band, and...
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Buzzcocks (section Band members)
rock band that singer-songwriter-guitarist Pete Shelley and singer-songwriter Howard Devoto formed in Bolton in 1976. During their career, the band combined...
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station, Fife, Scotland INK (operating system), a Linux-derivative operating system Cephalopod ink, a secretion of cephalopods such as octopus, squid and...
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