There is more than one artist with this name, including:
1) The Means is a Danish experimental rock band formed in Copenhagen in 2006;
2) The Means was an American band from Columbus, OH;
3) The Means was a Japanese punk rock band;
4) The Means was an American new wave/power pop band from Downey, California;
5) The Means is a New Zealand electro-soul/RnB trio.

1) The Means is a Danish experimental rock band formed in Copenhagen in 2006. The current line up consists of Simon Skjødt Jensen (Own Road, Sim & Mon, The Fields, The Big Dust), Robert Skammelsen Schmidt (Death Tothe), Robin Neil Hart and Anders Strand. Each bandmember can be relegated to loosely defined roles (drummer, guitarist, bassist, vocalist, organist, percussionist and so forth respectively).
The Means was originally named Black Star Sapphire (from 2006 – 2008), and under this name the band have expressed a wide variety of influences, ranging from the freak folk scene over noise rock to avantgarde. As a result of these influences, the bands early work was very diverse and unorthodox, and was not defined by a specific sound or genre. From autumn 2008 the bands sound developed in a different direction, where samples and electronic sounds was being adapted into the soundscape, thus creating a new and more crisp sound, which is still undergoing a rapid development. It was also in this period that the band changed its name to The Means – a name that encapsulates the essence of the bands new sound much better – for now anyway.
The band also runs the the record label How About Death? Records on which they have released their own material.

2) The Means was an American band formed when Jason Fredrick (former Spiveys, current Love Story in Blood Red) joined up with Brad Swiniarski (former Bob City, current Vespin frontman, Emily & Dave Allen (Bloody Matt Dillons) in Columbus, OH. Blending a little Jesus Lizard, Nation of Ulysses, and a little Modern Lovers, the band released three albums, two for doubleplusgood, in a little over two years before calling it quits.

3) The Means was a Japanese punk rock band.
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4) The Means was an American new wave/power pop band from Downey, California, featuring John Craig Larson on lead vocals, keyboards, and rhythm guitar; Thom Tiegh on lead guitar; Rick Hollander on bass; and Scott Morse on drums and backing vocals. Most of their lyrics were written by Chuck Foster. They released one album, The Means of Communication, on Spurious Records in 1980.

5) The Means is a New Zealand electro-soul/RnB trio comprising Abraham (Abe) Kunin (guitar), Marika Hodgson (bass), and Tom Broome (drums). The band's first official release was ‘The Ends EP’. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.