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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The Beatles (redirect from Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (band))
The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960. The core lineup of the band comprised John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison...
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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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Bloc Party (redirect from Bloc party (band))
New York City. Bloc Party released "Octopus" that July and later released another single entitled "Day Four". The band released "Kettling" on 12 November...
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Pan Am Flight 103 (category 1988 in Scotland)
the Scottish Government to decide if it wants to hold its own, more limited, inquiry into the worst terrorist attack on British soil. The Scottish Government...
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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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The Hunter (Mastodon album) (category Mastodon (band) albums)
and "All the Heavy Lifting". On June 16, the band's website posted the names of three more songs: "Octopus Has No Friends", "Stargasm", and "Curl of the...
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Tell Me When (category Single chart usages for Scotland)
English synth-pop band the Human League, released in December 1994 by East West Records as the first single from their seventh album, Octopus (1995). Written...
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A rubber band (also known as an elastic, gum band or lacky band) is a loop of rubber, usually ring or oval shaped, and commonly used to hold multiple objects...
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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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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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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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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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Everlong (category Single chart usages for Scotland)
"Everlong" is a song by American rock band Foo Fighters, released in August 1997 as the second single from their second studio album, The Colour and the...
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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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