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Music News Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 965: Michael Hutchence, 25 years later

November 18, 2022December 19, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Death, INXS, Michael Hutchence, Suicide

Being a music fan was much different in the era before the internet. News traveled slowly, passing through many, many

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Music News 

A Russian rapper commits suicide rather than be shipped off to Ukraine

October 4, 2022October 4, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Russian Invasion, Suicide, Walkie

Vladimir Putin’s mobilization of new fighters for his disastrous invasion of Ukraine is not going well. Millions of able-bodied men

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The history of the word “punk,” part 4

September 8, 2022September 8, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dictators, Puncke, Punk, Ramones, Suicide

Here is the next instalment of the evolution of the word “punk” from referring to a prostitute back in the

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Controversy 

Here’s a music conspiracy that may be new to you: Trump supporters “silenced” Chester Bennington

August 10, 2022August 11, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Chester Bennington, Conspiracy, Donald Trump, Silenced, Suicide

Chester Bennington’s 2017 suicide sent ripples throughout pop culture. We’re still feeling it. It was well known that Chester had

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The No Doubt suicide

July 15, 2021July 15, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Gwen Stefani, John Spence, No Doubt, Suicide

No Doubt was formed by Eric Stefani, Gwen’s brother, just before Christmas 1986. The singer at the time was a

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Music News 

FBI releases info on Kurt Cobain’s death, 27 years later

May 7, 2021May 7, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Conspiracy Theories, FBI, Kurt Cobain, Suicide

When Kurt Cobain was found dead on April 8, 1994, he’d already been lying in that room above a carriage

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Music News 

Chris Cornell’s family settles malpractice suit with his last doctor

May 7, 2021May 7, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ativan, Chris Cornell, Lawsuit, Lorazepam, Malpractice, Suicide

When the toxicology report came back after Chris Cornell’s suicide in May 2017, it revealed that he had a cocktail

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Music News 

What are the scariest rock songs of all time? Here are my 10 picks just in time for Halloween.

October 31, 2019October 31, 2019 Alan Cross 6 Comments Bauhaus, Birthday Party, Dead Can Dance, Doors, Joy Division, Korn, Nick Cave, Nine Inch Nails, Pink Floyd, Suicide

I’m not a fan of Halloween, but I do like a good scare from things like movies, novels, and even

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Music News 

A woman convinced a man not to commit suicide by quoting Linkin Park lyrics

July 31, 2019July 30, 2019 Alan Cross 1 Comment Linkin Park, Suicide

This story drips with both goodness and irony. Christina Settanni was driving in Orlando when she passed a young man

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Music History 

Twenty-five years ago today, we heard that Kurt Cobain died. Here’s how it sounded on the radio that afternoon.

April 8, 2019April 9, 2019 Alan Cross 7 Comments 25th anniversary, Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Suicide

Sometime on April 5, 1994, Kurt Cobain, who had walked away from a rehab facility in LA four days earlier,

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 851: The death of Kurt Cobain, 25 years later.

April 5, 2019April 4, 2019 Alan Cross 2 Comments Kurt Cobain, Nirvana, Suicide

At first, there was nothing particularly special about Friday, April 8, 1994. I came to work at the radio station

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