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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Suicide
A Russian rapper commits suicide rather than be shipped off to Ukraine
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 Daily: The history of the word “punk,” part 4
Here is the next instalment of the evolution of the word “punk” from referring to a prostitute back in the
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Here’s a music conspiracy that may be new to you: Trump supporters “silenced” Chester Bennington
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 Daily: The 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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FBI releases info on Kurt Cobain’s death, 27 years later
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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Chris Cornell’s family settles malpractice suit with his last doctor
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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What are the scariest rock songs of all time? Here are my 10 picks just in time for Halloween.
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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A woman convinced a man not to commit suicide by quoting Linkin Park lyrics
This story drips with both goodness and irony. Christina Settanni was driving in Orlando when she passed a young man
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Twenty-five years ago today, we heard that Kurt Cobain died. Here’s how it sounded on the radio that afternoon.
Sometime on April 5, 1994, Kurt Cobain, who had walked away from a rehab facility in LA four days earlier,
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 851: The death of Kurt Cobain, 25 years later.
At first, there was nothing particularly special about Friday, April 8, 1994. I came to work at the radio station
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