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There are at least 4 bands called The Features. Chronologically: 1)American Punk band from the late 70s that put out a 7” and maybe more. Songs on the 7”: Floozie of the Nieghborhood b/w I Wanna be Your Man, The Beatles/Stones classic 2) UK punk band from the late 70s that put out a 7” and maybe more. Songs on the 7”: Drab City b/w Job Satisfaction 3) The New Zealand post punk act who recorded two EP’s in the early 1980s. The comprised Jed Town, James Pinker, Chris Orange and Karel Van Bergen. They were signed to Propeller Records in Auckland and also recorded one unreleased album , which has been mixed and is due for release in late 1980. Town went to Fetus Productions, Pinker to Dead Can Dance and Van Bergen to Band of Holy Joy. 4) The Features formed as middle-schoolers in Sparta, Tennessee, a small Southern town that boasts bluegrass picker Lester Flatt as its claim to fame. The group of classic rock-loving adolescents had big ideas while sitting in the school cafeteria, but they hadn’t acquired instruments yet. Due to the lack of a proper drum set, the Features first generation percussion section was beat box, and no one was eager to play bass. Bassist Roger Dabbs remembers the band’s sales tactics. “They were like, ‘man, you gotta love the bass!” he says. “‘Listen to this bass.’ They put on some AC/DC and I was kind of like…‘where’s the bass?’ It was completely drum and guitar heavy. But I ended up really loving the instrument.” After high school, founding

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Some Kind of Salvation

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The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

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