Famous Bands/Musicians From Your Nation

[Sjovenia]

What are some famous bands/artists from your nation? Who are they, whats the story behind them/the band, how long have they been around, what genre are they, and please feel free to give examples of their music!

One of the most famous bands from Sjovenia is Flow State. Flow State is a Grunge Rock band that gained fame in the 90s during the Sjovene Republic Phase. More info by clicking the link!

[Destructive Government Economic System]

https://www.nationstates.net/page=dispatch/id=878604

The marching music of the DGES is the only form of music that we have here. Our most notable musician in the band is an unnamed skeletal guitarist.

[Van Hool Islands]

Noon Petroleum is a Van Hool pub rock/new wave band formed in 1975 in Philipswijk, Sunshine Coast. Originally starting out playing in pubs, they achieved mainstream worldwide success in 1986 with their album "Desert Orchestra", which reached #1 in the Van Hool Islands, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, the United Kingdom, and also did extremely well in South Africa, Ireland, the United States, and the Netherlands. Albums include;

Noon Petroleum (1977)
Pacific Scream (1978)
20,30,40,50,60 (1981)
On the Morrow (1984)
Desert Orchestra (1986)
Their Land (1990)
Turmoil (1995)
Rebirth (2007)
Sun and the Sky (2011)
Seventeen Seconds (2015)
Across the Pacific (2017)

The band originally broke up in 1995, and the lead singer Randolph Van Kann pursued a career in politics, becoming a Labour MP for the seat of Tyneside in the 1999 election. He was appointed Minister for the Environment and served as both the Minister of the Environment and as an MP until 2005, when he quit politics. The band reformed in 2006 and has been touring and making music ever since. The band is well known for it's politically charged lyrics, with a particular focus on the plight of native Melanesian people and the Maori people who lived on the islands previous to Europeans.

[Diarcesia]

Williamine 'MINA' Megalus (Diarcesian: Gulielmina Megalus) is one of the most ubiquitous singers in the Monarchy Diarcesian these past few years, bringing out hits like the local favorite ballad Alexander Homegas, a lyricized dramatization of the life of the eponymous king that managed to conquer much of known Gaea.

She has made appearances in the 27^th and 28^th World Hit Festivals.

[Zhouran]

Hearts & Razors

Zhouranese-Style Metal and Zhouranese-Style Rock in general (usually a combination of both Z-Style Theatrical Metal and Z-Style Dark Rock)

• Ha-Su (Hadalun Suli) - lead vocals, keyboards, piano, harp
  
• Sunny (Anahe Suni) - backing vocals, bass guitar
  
• Juerong Kaiyan - lead guitar
  
• Fansun Tajilin - drums
  
• Weiren Bogun - rhythm guitar

Formed in 2004, Hearts & Razors is one of the most famous bands in the country. Specializing in both Z-Style Rock and Z-Style Metal, the band was founded by best friends Hadalun "Ha-Su" Suli and Anahe "Sunny" Suni. Known for their major label debut single "By the Frozen Forest", the band's theme ranges from personal hardships such as life struggles, mental illness and depression, to social commentary such as ethno-cultural nationalism, traditionalism, preserving cultural identity, and criticizing Western consumerism and materialism. Ha-Su and Sunny also sing traditional and modern folk music under the duo "Ha-Na" and also perform metal covers of popular Western mainstream music despite Ha-Su's strong dislike towards American pop-music.

Fraternal Moon

Avant-Garde (combination of martial industrial, industrial, neoclassical dark wave, experimental, electronic, and electro-industrial)

• Chen (Tansun Shirong) - vocals
  
• Su (Fan Airong) - lights
  
• Liu (Hadabu Luxi) - vocals, synthesizer
  
• Gao (Ronglun Chensun) - drums
  
• Wang (Wei Yadang) - synthesizer
  
• Bai (Zhangren Kaidi) - synthesizer
  
• Various members and collaborators to supplement the core group

Created in 1992 by a group of young, pessimistic, hardline kunbangists, Fraternal Moon is known to challenge and provoke the current political and social structures of other countries, as well as possibly criticizing political moderates within Zhouranese political circles through subtle hints in their lyrics. An avant-garde music group associated with the industrial, martial, and neo-classical genres, the group is famously recognized for their sarcastic, post-ironic and sometimes politically-incorrect lyrics that are characterized as being culturally critical and occasionally shocking. Apart from producing cover songs that are often used to subvert the original message or intention of the song, the group also samples or reinvents older musical pieces and generally write lyrics with double meanings.