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High fidelity - Words and Music: a history of pop in the shape of a city - Book Review
Words and Music: a history of pop in the shape of a city Paul Morley Bloomsbury, 360pp, 12.99 [pounds sterling] Some years ago, I was in the habit ......(Continue Reading) Eighties-rocker renaissance: once relegated to the dustbin of music history, the big-hair rock `n' roll bands of the 1980s now are on a national tour -
While most people thought that the big-hair rock bands of the 1980s were long gone, never to return to the music scene, eighties rock fans are detecting ......(Continue Reading)First flush of fame: glam rock lives again in New York band the Toilet Boys, adored by Debbie Harry, fronted by the fierce Miss Guy - music - Brief Article
When the Toilet Boys' video for their single "Another Day in the Life" first cracked MTV2's rock top 20 in February 2002, the lead vocalist for the band, Miss Guy, saw folks embracing the infectiou...(Continue Reading)Subcultures, pop music and politics: skinheads and "Nazi rock" in England and Germany
Right-wing extremist rock music--so-called "Nazi rock"--is one of the most problematic of popular musical genres. Emerging from the skinhead ......(Continue Reading)It Happened This Month - rock history - Brief Article
Byline: Barry Cleveland May On 6/3/70 Kinks vocalist Ray Davies interrupted a U.S. tour and returned to London to change a single word on the group's ......(Continue Reading)
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