Ongoing History Daily: The loudest sound EVER!
Many bands have set records for being the loudest in concert. Blue Cheer, the first band to ever use Marshall amps onstage, was the first to claim the record. Deep Purple, The Whole,
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How a 19th century natural disaster led to a new form of alt-rock
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] If you’re into alternative history — thought experiments regarding things that might have happened to alter the course of history — you’ve run across
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Ongoing History Daily: Dave Grohl facts
Here are a few things about Dave Grohl that somehow may have escaped your attention until now. (1) It’s no surprise that he hates drum machines. He says they work for pop artists
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Awesome Music Created Around–Wait, INSIDE–Volcano
If you had the chance to spend the night around a volcanic crater and create music inspired by it, would you? Fifteen musicians recently did just that. From the New York Times: “[Fifteen]
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And Now, Kaleo Performing Inside a Volcano
Iceland’s Thrihnuagigur volcano hasn’t so much as belched in about 4,000 years, but it’s not classified as extinct. It’s dormant, sleeping. But since the chances of it becoming a conduit for molten magma again
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U2 Pulls It Off: Songs of Innocence, Track-By-Track
At the iPhone 6 launch in Cupertino, California today, U2 pulled off the big one. They performed a new song called The Miracle (of Joey Ramone) live and then, with Apple lead Tim
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