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Welcome to the Shady Hill Battle of the Bands!

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Tonight we have two fierce competitors who are going to come out on stage and go all heavy metal on us.

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And for the first time ever, both bands are family bands.

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It doesn't sound very rock-n-roll, but it's awfully cute.

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On this side of the stage we have the Alkali family.

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There's Lithium, Sodium, the older son Potassium...

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...the younger son, Rubidium, the daughter, Cesium...

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...and the family dog, Francium (who can really shred it on the guitar).

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This family lives on the s-block of Shady Hill and they're ready to rumble.

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All of the Alkalis are extremely reactive...

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...so we don't recommend taunting, teasing, or dousing them with water.

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Bad things can happen. We've seen it.

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Well the Alkali's are famous for their hit single...

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"We'll Kick the Noble Gases in Their Noble..."

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This is a family show, so hopefully they won't play that one tonight.

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Of course, they're probably just a little resentful of the Noble gases...

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because they'd each need to lose an electron to become that stable.

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Clearly no member of this family is currently stable.

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Now to the other side of the stage!

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Here we have the Alkaline family.

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These guys are sort of a heavy-metal-folksy hybrid that they like to call Earth metal.

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If Joni Mitchell and Axl Rose had babies, it would be the Alkaline family.

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There's Beryllium, Magnesium, and their four girls...

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...Calcium, Strontium, Barium, and Radium.

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Um, that's a lot of "um."

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The Alkalines are like a compound of metal and oxygen...sort of an Earth, Wind, & Fire thing.

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(But, you know, without the fire.)

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They used to call themselves the Oxides

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But they kept getting booked alongside another band called the Ox Hides.

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And there was a lot of confusion. So they've been sticking with the Alkalines.

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They also live on the s-block, but are two electrons away from being stable.

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So they're even more reactive than the Alkali's...

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...not to mention harder and more dense.

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Well this family is best known for their rock anthem...

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"We're Found in the Earth's Crust."

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It's a tune you could really hum in the shower.

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Now that we've introduced you to the bands, it's time to see these guys rock out.

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