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ELTON JOHN: So, Bono. As you know, this is the first anniversary of Joe Strummer's death. To mark the occasion, I wanted to take a moment to talk with ......(Continue Reading)But is it garbage? The theme of trash in rock and roll criticism
We reap what we sow, and if we're filling our kids' heads with this garbage ... what comes out is what you put in. (1999, "Marilyn Manson Postpones ......(Continue Reading)Death as portrayed to adolescents through top 40 rock and roll music
Rock and roll music, an important influential communication source, provides adolescents with messages about death in our society. The first 37 years of ......(Continue Reading)
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