Twenty years ago today, we lost Joe Strummer. Here was his cause of death.
Twenty years ago today–December 22, 2002–former Clash frontman and all-round punk icon Joe Strummer took his dog for a walk
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Death
How many band members must die off before it’s not the same group?
[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca this week. – AC] When I was growing up in Winnipeg, there was an
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RIP Fleetwood Mac’s Christine McVie, dead at 79
There isn’t a person alive with a copy of Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours album that hasn’t sobbed to “Songbird” during a
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 965: Michael Hutchence, 25 years later
Being a music fan was much different in the era before the internet. News traveled slowly, passing through many, many
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How TMZ accidentally killed off Jerry Lee Lewis (He’s fine, by the way.)
I was sitting on the porch with the bull terrier after supper last night (Oct 26) when my phone started
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Of COURSE there are Taylor Hawkins death conspiracies. Here’s a summary.
There are those who believe that nothing–and I mean nothing–is ever what it seems. Why believe the most simple, logical
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Here’s what the BBC did to announce the passing of Queen Elizabeth II
With her death at 96, Queen Elizabeth, the longest-ruling monarch in the history of Britain, a certain age of history
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2022 has been another rough year when it comes to losing our musical heroes. And it’s still only June.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca – AC] It started with David Bowie on Jan. 10, 2016, and before
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20 years ago today, Layne Staley of Alice in Chains died
Layne Staley had been in big trouble long before he died. He got deep into heroin addiction, interrupted only briefly
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Foo Fighters cancel all upcoming dates following Taylor Hawkins’ death.
No real surprise here. What happens beyond this is anyone’s guess.
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Weekly survey: Will Taylor Hawkins’ death mean the end of the Foo Fighters?
The tragic death of Foo Fighters’ drummer Taylor Hawkins has hit very, very hard. Next to Dave Grohl, he was
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