The name Jerusalem refers to at least four different bands.

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1) A British heavy rock/proto metal band active in the early 70s

2) A Swedish Christian rock band founded in 1975

3) A post rock band from Virginia founded in 2008

4) A gothic pop band from the Czech republic

5) A Slamming Death Metal from Ujung Berung, Bandung, Jawa Barat, Indonesia

1) Jerusalem was an early 1970s British raunchy heavy rock five piece outfit. The band released one self-titled album worldwide in 1972 on Deram (UK catalogue number: SDL 6), produced by Ian Gillan of Deep Purple. Jerusalem’s only other release was a 45 rpm 7 inch single, the non-album ‘Kamikaze Moth’ backed with ‘Frustration’ from the LP.

The band's raunchy, unpolished and brutal rock was "way ahead of its time" and therefore the band never "made it" in a true commercial sense at the time. They were very much a "live" band and whilst many other rock bands were into getting their audiences to sit down and listen, Jerusalem were all about making their audiences stand up, move and join in. They gigged throughout Europe and shared the same stage as bands such as Black Sabbath, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep and Status Quo. They also played at some of the major Festivals in Europe to audiences of 50,000+ and usually went down a storm, because they were different, raw and uninhibited. It has often been stated within the music business that Jerusalem were a substantial influence on many of the 2nd generation Rock "metal" bands and Punk bands of the 80's. Although Jerusalem signed with Deram, Nick Mobbs head of the EMI Harvest label also wanted them; he later became head of A&R for EMI and was the first person to sign the Sex Pistols. Founders of the band Paul Dean and Ray Sparrow eventually split the band and formed a 3 piece with Bob Cooke called Pussy who released a single on Deram called 'Feline Woman' (there is an un-released album which will be released for the first time ever in late 2008 by Rockadrome Records), also produced and managed by Ian Gillan. In recent years Jerusalem's only album has been re-issued by Universal as a Japanese CD (2005) and has also become available through many Rock music websites. It would appear that Jerusalem is still continuing to grow as a cult band throughout the World. The latest news (2007) is that Paul Dean has revealed that he has the original 2" multi-track masters of the album and has been asked by a number of record companies whether there is a possibility of doing a re-mixed version of the album.

In January 2009 Rockadrome records (www.rockadrome.com) released the first official remastered reissue of the original legendary Jerusalem album with extra tracks and a 20 page booklet. A vinyl release will follow towards the end of 2009. Rockadrome will also be releasing the never released Pussy album which was formed out of Jerusalem by Jerusalems founding members Paul Dean and Ray Sparrow, along with Bob Cooke when they disbanded Jerusalem. There were always rumours of a second Jerusalem album, but it was actually the Pussy album.

www.myspace.com/pauldeansite

www.myspace.com/pussybanduk

www.myspace.com/jerusalemheavy72

2) The second is a Christian rock band, based in Sweden, that was founded around 1975 by Ulf Christiansson (Vocals, Guitar). It was one of the first bands to combine Christian lyrics with a hard rock sound.

When the band first toured Sweden in the mid-1970s, their combination of Christian lyrics with a hard rock sound was very controversial and the band was only permitted to perform at a few churches.

The first album, Jerusalem, was released in 1978, and saw sales of 20,000 within the first six months, at the time very high figures for European Christian Rock. The second album, Volym 2, was released in 1980. This, and the following Krigsman (1981) were recorded with the band that is still one of two alternating Jerusalem configurations, with Dan Tibell on keys, Anders Mossberg on bass, and Claes Anderhell on drums. For many fans this is the classic configuration. Many of the songs from the first 3 Albums are still frequently performed live. Jerusalem toured relentlessly, often with a very evangelistic outlook. In 1985, they decided to stop touring, and took a prolonged break.

In 1992 they recorded the critically acclaimed "Prophet".Several study and live albums have been recorded since then, but many of the songs are from their earlier period , many of them previously unrecorded.

In June 2009, the band is still touring, and plans have been made for a new studio album.

See www.jerusalem.se or

their MySpace for further information.

3) The third is a post-rock band from Blacksburg, Virginia. Founded in 2008, the band still continues to make some of the most melodic post-rock SWVA has ever seen.

4) The Czech band's website is http://www.jerusalem.cz.

5) JERUSALEM adalah salah satu kelompok musik beraliran Slamming Death Metal .

band ini didirikan di ujung berung , bandung .

formasi klasik kami termasuk :

vocalis : acenk

gitar : mhotz

bass : obbi

drum : doni

sebelumnya kami telah mengalami sekian banyaknya pergantian personel sehingga pada suatu saat hanya acenk dan mhotz yg tersisa kebetulan kami menemukan orang yg mempunyai visi dan misi tujuan yg sama dalam bermusik dan kebetulan kami menemukan orang orang seperti itu yaitu doni dan obbi .

inilah squad dari band kami yg katanya ingin ikut exsis di dunia musik underground .

contact person : 02292717343 (aceng)

http://www.myspace.com/jerusalemdeath

http://www.purevolume.com/JERUSALEMDEATH

"JERUSALEM"

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