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Random music news for Friday, November 27, 2020

November 27, 2020November 26, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Batman, Billy Corgan, Black Friday, Call the Office, David Bowie, Junos, Killers, MC5, Old Spice, Rammstein, Smashing Pumpkins, Taylor Swift, Travis Barker, Twitter, Wayne Kramer

Will in-person Black Friday shopping add to our COVID-19 problems? I’d bet on it. Stay home, shop online, and enjoy

Random music news for Saturday, December 15, 2018

December 15, 2018December 14, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple Muisc, Artwork, Attitude is Everything, Drake, Elvis, Graceland, Kanye, Live Nation, Mariah Carey, MC5, Nazis, Netflix, Paul McCartney, Pirate Radio, Samples, Springsteen, Twenty One Pilots

Returning today from the NE Caribbean Command Centre. There’s just enough time to report on some music news for December

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The Ongoing History of New Music, Encore Presentation: Songs of Protest and Dissent

April 27, 2018April 29, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Clash, DOA, Dropkick Murphys, English Beat, Green Day, MC5, Protest Songs, Rage Against the Machine, Sex Pistols, Smiths

Sometimes people get so pissed off or so inspired by something that they just have to sing about it. This

The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 768: 10 Great Proto-Punk Acts

November 18, 2016November 20, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments David Bowie, Iggy Pop, Kingsmen, Los Saicos, MC5, Proto-Punk, Rocket from the Tombs, Roxy Music, Saints, Television, The Stooges, Velvet Underground

This week we’re going to talk about 10 proto-punk acts, artists both came before punk and who created the most

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Top Ten Rock and Roll Hall Of Famers (for 2015)

April 18, 2014April 18, 2014 Brent Chittenden 6 Comments 2015, Black Flag, Deep Purple, Gram Parsons, Joy Division, Kraftwerk, MC5, New Order, NWA, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Smiths, Soundgarden, Weird Al

Another year of Rock n Roll Hall Of Famers have been inducted and as in the past few years there