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Pete Townshend has saved more teenage lives than all the high school guidance counselors, after school specials and cheap diary rock singer-songwriters, combined. No other songwriter has captured the alienation of youth and the arrogance of authority More »
Last weekend, writer/producer Desmond Child joined the immortals in the Songwriters Hall of Fame. In a 30-year career, he's written or co-written hits for such cultural luminaries as Kiss, Bon Jovi, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Cher, and Kelly Clarkson. More »
'Music, not sex, got me aroused."-Marvin Gaye (1938-1984)  More »
He might seem square to you, but some of the coolest people you know have total man crushes on him. Cases in point: Quentin Tarantino used a cover of “Girl, You’ll Be A Woman Soon” in Pulp Fiction, Johnny Cash covered “Solitary Man,” and hi More »
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Now that it's officially summer, we felt compelled to share one of our favorite shots from the GetBack rock 'n' roll photo journal. It helps keep us cool. Or hot (um, Angus Young), depending on who you ask....Caption this, if you dare.   More »
'70s Shawn
1975 was a big year in my f****d up '70s life. It was the year my dad opened his store, The Famous Amos Chocolate Chip Cookie, and it was the year I discovered Elton John. More »
Blondie
I'm gonna call it straight here. There are two Blondie camps. The first that says it's cool for a 63-year-old to be rocking on the road in tight dresses and leather. And the other that says 63-year-old women shouldn't be up onstage rocking in tight d More »
"I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not."- More »
What does a class song say of its outgoing seniors? I dunno about yours, but ours remains a sore subject among us more discerning survivors of West Albany High School's (Albany, Ore.) class of 1990. More »
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"Our songs aren't short, we just play 'em fast."-Johnny Ramone (1948-2004)      More »
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Fri Nov 27, 2009 4:03am PST

AP - Noisy crowds in smoky bars don't bother 96-year-old bluesman Pinetop Perkins. It's all part of his job. Most nights, after he snuffs out his menthol cigarette, Perkins slides onto the piano bench in some club and … More »

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