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The Chemical Brothers: formed 1992, Manchester, UK. The band is a duo consisting of Tom Rowlands and Ed Simons (aka Bonus Beats Orchestra, aka The 237 Turbo Nutters, aka *The Dust Brothers). The duo has been one of the primary sources (together with The Prodigy and later Fat Boy Slim) to the popularity of big beat as a sub genre of electronic music. They have experimented on the electronic scene with downtempo and neo-psychedelia, and most recently, they have stretched the style into more electro house oriented compositions.*An American trio also exists by this name. Originally, Rowlands and Simons took this name in homage to the American band but threats of a lawsuit made them change name to The Chemical Brothers.
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