Ongoing History Daily: When Duff met Kurt
When Duff McKagan was with Guns N’ Roses, he had a chance meeting with a guy named Kurt Cobain. On
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Random music news for Saturday, August 15, 2020.
That’s a lot of money for a pair of sneakers. But I guess everyone needs a hobby. Mine is collecting
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Random music news for Monday, June 3, 2019
I’ll be in conversation with Rush’s Geddy Lee about his Big Beautiful Book of Bass at the Oakville Centre for
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Seattle’s Showbox in danger of being demolished —UPDATED
Great news, everyone! On Monday night, the Seattle City Council voted to extend the historic district protections near Pike Place
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What if you were switch the guitar parts in “Sweet Child ‘O Mine?”
“Sweet Child ‘O Mine” by Guns ‘N Roses is a true hard rock masterpiece. Everything–the songwriting, the lyrics, the performance,
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52 Albums That Changed My Life (and other Exaggerations) Chapter 10: Iggy Pop’s American Caesar
I’ve been lucky enough to see Henry Rollins a number of times doing his talking shows. At one particular show,
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A Round-Up of Miscellaneous Prince Stories
The Prince-related stories keep rolling in. I’ll update this page as long as it seems to make sense. Here’s an
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Random Music News for Thursday, April 21, 2016
Happy 2,769th birthday, Rome! And now, some music news… Ireland’s oldest raver has died at age 99. Yes, 99. Trivia
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Guns ‘N Roses Played on the Original Accordion (And By Not Just Anyone)
Yes, that’s Krist Novoselic of Nirvana and Duff McKagan of Guns ‘N Roses. So it’s okay, then…
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We Might FINALLY Get a Proper Alice in Chains Biography. TWO Actually.
During is Layne Staley incarnation, Alice in Chains sold 20 million albums. They were one of the top-tier grunge acts.
Read more7 Rockers Who Should be Dead But Aren’t
For a variety of reasons, many involving drugs, there are some rockers that continue rocking but for the grace of
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