- This article is about the Generation 4 Mane 10 in the Equestria Girls franchise formerly known as the Rainbooms.
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The Mane 10, previously known as the Rainbooms, the Equestria Girls or in German as Die Mähne 10 and Die Regenbäume are a student band across the My Little Pony: Equestria Girls, MLP EG x Sofia The First and the MLP: EG x Jake and the Never Land Pirates franchise, consisting of its main characters.
The band's members are Twilight Sparkle (temporary) on lead vocals, Rainbow Dash on electric guitar and lead vocals, Applejack on bass, Rarity on keytar, Fluttershy on tambourine and Pinkie Pie on drums. After Twilight leaves, Sunset Shimmer joins as rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist. Starting from Legend of Everfree onwards, Sci-Twi joins as a backing vocalist. Guest members have included DJ Pon-3 on turntables as well as Sunny Flare, Sour Sweet, Sugarcoat and Lemon Zest as dancers. Performing with the latter four, the group is known as the Crystal Rainbooms.
The band itself is renamed to The Mane 10 in addition to Starlight Glimmer on flute and 2 male characters: Sebastian Robinson on electric guitar and his little brother Gordon on banjo. In the film Malaysia's Most Wanted, Lightning Dust temporarily joins the band as a lead vocalist during her trip to Malaysia. In the film Briar Beauty Strikes Back, Sebastian and Gordon no longer joined the group and has been replaced by two new members: Gregory Patterson and Hacky Zak, both on lead vocals and rap. In the film Bouncing Around the World, Sci-Twi dies at the age of 48 due to leukemia disease and her role as a backing vocalist has been replaced with Utah. As of the film Equestria's Taxi Madness, Starlight Glimmer no longer joins the band and has been replaced by Perri, playing her role as the keyboardist. In the film Riding On a Sleeper Train, Sunset Shimmer dies at the age of 55 due to a head-on car crash with lead vocal singer Adagio Dazzle and her role as a rhythm guitarist and a backup vocal singer has been replaced with Liezel, Hacky Zak's co-worker at Papa's Paleteria.
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- While there are 12 members in the group, two of them left the Mane 10.
- Zayn Malik left the band One Direction in 2015.
- Their black masks and gloves resembles Norwegian DJ producer Alan Walker.