Are both The Primitives and Phantogram American ?
The Primitives The Primitives are an English indie pop band from Coventry, best known for their 1988 international hit single "Crash". Formed in 1984, disbanded in 1992 and reformed in 2009, the band's two constant members throughout their recording career have been vocalist Tracy Tracy and guitarist Paul Court. Drummer Tig Williams has been a constant member since 1987 and the reformed line-up is completed by bassist Raph Moore. Often described as an indie pop or indie rock band, The Primitives' musical style can also be seen as straddling power pop, new wave and pop punk.
Principles and parameters Principles and parameters is a framework within generative linguistics in which the syntax of a natural language is described in accordance with general "principles" (i.e. abstract rules or grammars) and specific "parameters" (i.e. markers, switches) that for particular languages are either turned "on" or "off". For example, the position of heads in phrases is determined by a parameter. Whether a language is "head-initial or head-final" is regarded as a parameter which is either on or off for particular languages (i.e. English is "head-initial", whereas Japanese is "head-final"). Principles and parameters was largely formulated by the linguists Noam Chomsky and Howard Lasnik. Many linguists have worked within this framework, and for a period of time it was considered the dominant form of mainstream generative linguistics.