Marseille (band)
Marseille was a British heavy metal band from Liverpool, England, formed in 1976.
Marseille was the first band to win the" UK Battle of the Bands" competition at Wembley Arena in 1977.
Shiny Toy Guns
Shiny Toy Guns is an American rock band that formed in 2002 in Los Angeles, California.
They released their first studio album" We Are Pilots" in 2006, after recording it two previous times.
It featured three singles that peaked inside the top 30 in the Alternative Songs Chart.
" We Are Pilots" was nominated for a Grammy Award.
Their second album" Season of Poison" was released in 2008 and featured two singles that peaked inside the top 30 in the Alternative Songs Chart.
Versant (band)
Versant was a Swedish and American band from Vänersborg, Sweden and Newbury Park, California that formed in the summer of 2008.
Versant features vocalist Carah Faye Charnow, of the band Shiny Toy Guns, guitarist/ keyboardist Daniel Johansson, drummer Richard Ankers, formerly of the band Melody Club, Johan Grettve, and bassist Nicholas Oja.
Recently, Versant has announced their relocation from Sweden to California to work on an album.
Fictionist
Fictionist is an American alternative rock band from Provo, Utah, United States, with origins in Salt Lake City and Sacramento.
The band consists of Stuart Maxfield( lead vocals, bass guitar), Robbie Connolly( lead vocals, guitar), Brandon Kitterman( guitar, bass guitar), and Aaron Anderson( drums).
They have toured nationally and have opened for acts including Imagine Dragons, Vampire Weekend, Neon Trees, Young the Giant, and Shiny Toy Guns.
War Tapes
War Tapes is an American rock band formed in Los Angeles, California in 2006.
The band has played shows and toured across the US and in the UK with The Smashing Pumpkins, Tiger Army, Shiny Toy Guns, Moving Units, The Bravery, Longwave, VNV Nation, She Wants Revenge, Mark Burgess of The Chameleons, Elefant, Jonathan Richman, and The Unseen.
Their songs" Dreaming Of You" and" The Night Unfolds" were featured on" Last Call with Carson Daly"; the song" Mind Is Ugly" was featured on a Season 5 episode of the MTV series" The Hills", and the band also performed on the season 2 finale of the ABC Family show" Greek".
They define their sound as:" Heart- Quaking Doom Pop" and they released their first full- length album," The Continental Divide" in May 2009.
By Surprise (band)
By Surprise is an American indie rock band from Haddon Heights, New Jersey.
The M's
The M's is an American indie rock band from Chicago.
The Sessions (band)
The Sessions were a Canadian dance- rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia.
The band won the world's largest battle of the bands, Emergenza, in 2006.
Welcome (band)
Welcome is a band from Seattle.
Lifted Bells
Lifted Bells are an American rock band from Chicago, Illinois.
The band consists of members of the bands Their/ They're/ There, Braid, and Stay Ahead of the Weather.

Question: Are the bands Shiny Toy Guns and By Surprise (Band), from the same country?
Answer: yes