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Avant Garde
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There are multiple artists that have used the name Avant Garde 1. An American progressive metal band active in the late 1980s 2. A Swedish synthpop duo active in the late 1990s 3. A Mexican new wave band active in the 1980s 4. A Japanese duo active in the 2010s 5. An incorrect tag for The Avant Garde Avant Garde shares it's name with at least three bands... Avant Garde (1987-1989) (later Zoom) was a progressive metal band consisting of Kevin Ridel (later of Ridel High, Peel & AM Radio) on vocals, Peter Kitts, (who would later gain worldwide fame as frontman of Weezer under his birth name of Rivers Cuomo) on vocals /guitar, Justin Fisher (later of Shufflepuck and Psoma) on bass, Bryn Mutch on percussion, and Eric Ridel/Michael Stanton (Zoom) on lead/rhythm guitar. They were based in Storrs, Connecticut until moving to Los Angeles, California in 1989. Avant Garde is also the name of a Swedish synthpop duo: L. Walldén & P.O. Leandersson. Founded in 1990, they began releasing music under the new name AvantgardeSweden starting in 2020. Another Avant Garde is the duo of Hiroshi Kim and Ai Uchida. They can be found at http://ag.mu. Yet another Avant-Garde (notice the hyphen!) is an Italian dark wave band from Rome. The current line up is Alessio Schiavi (vocals, guitars, programming), Alessandro Conte (bass), Antonio M (guitars). Avant-Garde has two full length releases "Iron in Flesh" (2008) and "Cyanure" (2004). More information can be found at http://www.avant-garde.org.uk.
