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Night Club Tackles Dark Pop
So you’re sitting around with some folks discussing musical tastes. One says he’s into the Who and glammy rock. The other likes psychedelia. A third mentions his fascination with death metal, but he...
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Seattle’s Mudhoney Reflects on Grunge and Life in I’m Now
“Anytime you’re playing music for the crowd instead of yourself … you’re fucked.” … Mudhoney’s Mark Arm, in I’m Now. Who the hell is Mudhoney? I asked that same question of my students. I teach...
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Stray Cats’ Drummer Hits the Whammy
In late ’70s New York City, kids forming underground bands often drew from the Ramones and their brethren. Punk rock rejected the sanitized mainstream music of the era, seeking to recapture the...
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Nirvana’s Chad Channing Drives Before Cars
We all know Dave Grohl’s story. Drummed for Nirvana. Played on Nevermind. After Kurt Cobain died, he switched to guitar and started Foo Fighters, then proceeded to win Grammys and sell millions of...
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