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Ongoing History Daily: Bad rock’n’roll haircuts

March 24, 2022March 24, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Hair, Haircuts, Oxford, Rock Music

Rock music and hairstyles have gone hand-in-hand from the beginning.  However, sometimes things get a little out of sync.  In

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Opinion 

Provocative stuff: Will rock music come back?

February 23, 2022February 23, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments Rick Beato, Rock Music

Rock music hasn’t been the leading form of popular music for a while. Will it ever come back? Let’s have

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Is rock music good for you?

July 9, 2021July 13, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Rock Music, Study

Back in 1996, a study was released on the effects of rock music on children—and the conclusions were a little

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Music History 

This new Apple TV+ doc on 70s rock looks interesting

May 12, 2021May 12, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple TV+, Documentary, Rock Music

Apple TV+ has a new music docu-series coming soon that looks at 70s rock with a focus on 1971, the

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Music News 

Male rage in rock music: Things have changed

July 9, 2018July 8, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bono, Chester Bennington, Rage, Rock Music

Because music is always downstream from society, it’s always evolving to reflect what’s going on in our lives. This article

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Music History 

Let Me Take You Back to the 70s When Rock Stars Had Lots and Lots of Sex

February 9, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1970s, Groupies, Rock Music, Rock Stars, Sex

It was pre-AIDS. Hep C wasn’t that prevalent. Herpes was still a niche disease. Sure there was the clap, syphilis,

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