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  • noun A member of a band (musical group)

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Examples

  • Their sound on earlier albums might be a bit dry and poppy, but in a show with a live drummer (in this case original bandmember Malcolm Holmes, not to mention Martin Cooper on keyboards) and the warmth of imperfections to give their tunes a humanness, songs like "Souvenir," "Sailing On The Seven Seas" and "Joan Of Arc" (all Top 5 hits in the UK) sounded better than ever.

    Michael Giltz: OMD at Terminal 5, First U.S. Show in 23 Years Michael Giltz 2011

  • It includes quotes and inspirational stories from famous role models who have had firsthand experience with girl meanness, such as Jane Wiedlin, founding member of the Go-Go's; Jenny Conlee, bandmember of The Decemberists; and Tegan, bandmember of Tegan and Sara.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • Their sound on earlier albums might be a bit dry and poppy, but in a show with a live drummer (in this case original bandmember Malcolm Holmes, not to mention Martin Cooper on keyboards) and the warmth of imperfections to give their tunes a humanness, songs like "Souvenir," "Sailing On The Seven Seas" and "Joan Of Arc" (all Top 5 hits in the UK) sounded better than ever.

    Michael Giltz: OMD at Terminal 5, First U.S. Show in 23 Years Michael Giltz 2011

  • There's something both hypocritically and blasphemously charming about a band whose right-hand man chews a lit cigarette on stage trust me, I've seen it, whose album art features the same bandmember brandishing an almost finished cancer stick and staring into a projected crucifix, and whose mohawked keyboard player quite literally jumps on his musical instrument while playing it.

    Judah Joseph: REVIEW: Foxy Shazam, The Church Of Rock And Roll Judah Joseph 2012

  • If I were a songwriter or bandmember or author or ... any kind of a holder of legal property rights in those forms of intellectual property which can be completely transferred digitally, I might have that same Christmas wishlist in the mail to Santa right now.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Outrageous Treaty Nonsense, or The Copyright Tail Wagging the Internet Dog 2010

  • Their sound on earlier albums might be a bit dry and poppy, but in a show with a live drummer (in this case original bandmember Malcolm Holmes, not to mention Martin Cooper on keyboards) and the warmth of imperfections to give their tunes a humanness, songs like "Souvenir," "Sailing On The Seven Seas" and "Joan Of Arc" (all Top 5 hits in the UK) sounded better than ever.

    Michael Giltz: OMD at Terminal 5, First U.S. Show in 23 Years Michael Giltz 2011

  • The music brings lifeblood to the film, especially when a surviving bandmember (David Moscow) looks like Bruce Campbell in a wig.

    Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2009

  • If I were a songwriter or bandmember or author or . . . any kind of a holder of legal property rights in those forms of intellectual property which can be completely transferred digitally, I might have that same Christmas wishlist in the mail to Santa right now.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » Outrageous Treaty Nonsense, or The Copyright Tail Wagging the Internet Dog 2010

  • I would never consider the former Destiny's Child bandmember and now successful solo artist as an "underdog", per se; heaven's no.

    Marjon Rebecca Carlos: Lady of the Hour: LeToya Luckett Takes on R&B, Love & Self 2009

  • Barbie, singing in a high-pitched, doll-like voice; another bandmember, calling himself Ken, entices Barbie to “go party.”

    Funny stuff 2007

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