Her spontaneity was one of the highlights of the closing ceremony, that began with Lulu singing Shout before moving on to Deacon Blue and Glasgow band Prides before Australian singer Jessica Mauboy presented a section extolling the virtues of the Gold Coast, which will host the next Commonwealth Games in 2018.
As with Rage Against the Machine, the band prided themselves on the fact that all sounds on their albums were produced using only guitar, bass, drums, and vocals.
Yet Frith notes that there are variations even here: "It's always been said that Liverpool bands pride themselves on the fact they can sing, and Manchester bands pride themselves on the fact that they can't," he says.
While some extreme metal bands pride themselves on sounding ruthless, Cryptopsy isn't nearly single-minded enough for that: the group's precise tantrums switch directions every few seconds.
Some bands prided themselves on accepting all comers, even if it meant looser arrangements.
It's almost ironic that a band who pride themselves on their unpredictability have chosen to mark their return with such a risk-free comeback single.
After college, at St . Martins School of Art in London, Adu joined a band called Pride, which played Latin soul and various iterations of a genre that would later be called acid jazz, though it was anything but acerbic.
Mr. Tounkara, the principal guitarist and arranger, considered the band his pride and joy; he never really wanted to go solo, and he didn't necessarily want to join Salif Keita, the onetime Rail Band singer, in Paris, where Mr. Keita was building an international career.
They were told they could "wear the band with pride".
"I've been working hard with my band, my pride and joy, to play our music for everyone.
