Random music news for Saturday, March 11, 2023
Did you know that the 1.44 MB floppy disc is still being used by business? Both Chuck E. Cheese and
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Tribute Bands
Ongoing History Daily: A Pearl Jam legal jam
Because big groups don’t have the bandwidth to play all the shows their fans demand, there is a lot of
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The dream tour of 2019 features a McDonald’s-theme Black Sabbath tribute band plus a metal band based on The Simpsons’ Ned Flanders
I am soooooo in for this. Mac Sabbath is an LA-based Black Sabbath tribute act whose members dressed up as
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Random music news for Thursday, December 13, 2018
One day, we’ll turn on the news and hear nothing about Brexit. One day… Meanwhile, this is music news for
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Into tribute bands? Here are some of the strangest ones in the world.
[This was my weekly column for Global News. – AC] Normally, the goal of the tribute band is to provide
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And Now for Something Completely Different: 10 of the Weirdest Tribute Bands in the Universe
[Current intern-in-residence Dorothy Lee has come up with another list for us. She gets an A+ for “strange.” – AC]
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The Fascinating World of Female Rock’n’Roll Tribute Bands
There was a time not that long ago that common wisdom was that women couldn’t rock. Their job was to
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Random Music News for Tuesday, January 17, 2017
This was the day of the great 1994 Northridge earthquake in Los Angeles. It wasn’t the Big One, but it
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The Rise of the All-Female Tribute Bands
Once upon a time, in the dark, dark ages of the 1970s, it was generally agreed that women could not
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The Beijing Beatles
More proof that the Beatles are the most universally-loved band in the history of music. From The Telegraph (via Tom).
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The Rise of the Tribute Band
How much money is there being in a tribute band? A lot–if you do it right. From Pricenomics: When Henry
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