bands

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Troop bands playing music onstage, troops putting on military combatives exhibitions in the octagon, troops sitting, uniformed and visible, beneath the Claw to watch the spectacle in person.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2026

"You guys need to start telling festivals what bands you want to listen to, if enough people want this artist at a festival they get booked for it."

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2026

As dogs are said to look like their owners, so rock bands often resemble their managers.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

“There’s a goth quality to it. So many of the best punk bands came out of Los Angeles.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026

Occasionally, bands wandered outside their turf and explored new lands, whether due to natural calamities, violent conflicts, demographic pressures or the initiative of a charismatic leader.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari