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  • Great Opening Songs from Great Debut Albums

    On our Facebook page this month, we featured a song a day from our monthly theme. This month, great opening songs from great debut albums. Both criteria were required, and I decided to eliminate a few great opening songs from mediocre albums, and vice-versa. It turned out to be a fun, crowd-sourced endeavor with input…

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  • Best Foreigner Songs of All-Time

    Best Foreigner Songs of All-Time

    After leaving Spooky Tooth, guitarist Mick Jones put together a talented cadre of musicians for his next project. The only thing missing was a singer. Jones dug out an old album handed to him from a young singer in up state New York. Liking what he heard, he flew the unknown vocalist into NYC for…

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  • Best Cars Songs of All-Time

    Editor’s Note: We are just jumping back into this music blog thing – this time with a focus on classic rock of the 20th Century. We’d be so appreciative if you visited our Facebook Page to give us a Like! The Cars Best Songs When they “broke on to the scene” in 1978, this quintet…

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  • Ranking Pink Floyd’s Studio Albums From Worst to First

    Pink Floyd’s Best Album? I’ve wanted to write this article for a long while, but honestly struggled putting this together because the task was so daunting. In my world, Pink Floyd is one of the greatest rock bands ever, and their catalog is filled with fantastic music. But what was the best from one of…

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  • Van Halen’s Best Songs

    Van Halen’s Best Songs

    Let’s be honest, Van Halen is the band we knew and loved in the seventies and eighties. We’re talking, Diamond Dave, Alex and Eddie and Michael Anthony. All of the other incarnations were weak imitations of the real thing, including the most recent lineup without Anthony. There have been many rumors the last week or…

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  • Berlin’s Terri Nunn

    Terri Nunn is the voice of the grossly underrated rock band Berlin. She has produced a crazy, large body of work from her time as an actress, to belting the signature song from the Tom Cruise, behemoth of a movie Top Gun. She has been keeping the Berlin fire warm touring with her own version…

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  • Richard Patrick: Filter

    One of the most interesting interviewees ever. I could talk to Richard Patrick for ever. We recently caught up with Filter’s frontman Richard Patrick as he readied for his sound check backstage in New York’s Gramercy Theatre.  He’s an amazing talent, and a guy who never hesitates to share an opinion.  Over our thirty minutes,…

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  • The Interrupters – Kevin Bivona

    The Interrupters – Kevin Bivona

    We carved out a little space in the press tent and had a fun, rambling chat about influences, the new record, brotherly dynamics, and the unofficial Fifth Interrupter.  Read on for the details… When I hear your music, I feel that you are plowing new ground, delivering this brand of ska in a female-fronted band.…

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