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The Roots
The Roots


Background information
Origin Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Genre(s) Hip-hop
Jazz
Soul
Rock
Funk
Years active 1987—present
Label(s) Def Jam Recordings
Geffen Records
Interscope Records
Island Def Jam Music Group
MCA Records
DGC Records
Website Website
Members
Black Thought
Questlove
Kamal Gray
F. Knuckles
Captain Kirk Douglas
Damon "Tuba Gooding Jr." Bryson
Owen Biddle
Former members
Ben Kenney
Kenyatta "Kid Crumbs" Warren
Josh "Rubberband" Abrams
Malik B.
Rahzel
Scott Storch
Martin Luther
Scratch
Dice Raw
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NME Awards 2011: Nominations

January 25, 2011
NME Awards 2011: NominationsFoals lead the way in the nominations for this year's NME Awards with five nods, including Best British Band.

The Oxford group are also in the running for Best Album for their 2010 effort, 'Total Life Forever'.

Arcade Fire have four nominations including Best International Band and Best Live Band, a category that also includes Biffy Clyro, Foals, Kasabian and Muse.

Other nominees include Arctic Monkeys, Guns N' Roses Axl Rose, Brandon Flowers and My Chemical Romance.

Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl will collect the Godlike Genius award. The ceremony takes place at the Brixton Academy in London on February 23.

The 2011 NME Awards nominations are:

Best British Band:

Best International Band:

Best Solo Artist:

Best New Band:

Best Live Band:

Best Album:

Best Track:

Best Video:

Best Festival:

  • Download
  • Glastonbury
  • Reading And Leeds Festivals
  • T In The Park
  • V Festival

Best Dancefloor Filler:

Best TV Show:

  • Misfits
  • Never Mind The Buzzcocks
  • Peep Show
  • Skins
  • The Inbetweeners

Best Film:

Hero Of The Year:

Villain Of The Year:

Most Stylish:

Least Stylish:

Worst Album:

Worst Band:

Best Band Blog or Twitter:

Best Book:

Best Small Festival (50,000 capacity or lower):

  • Bestival
  • Kendal Calling
  • Latitude
  • RockNess
  • Underage Festival

Best Album Artwork:

Hottest Woman:

Hottest Man:

(Gigwise)



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