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Where Is My Mind?: The Pixies Song Born on a Caribbean Dive
A tiny fish that followed him underwater gave Black Francis the idea. Eleven years later, the ending of Fight Club turned it into an anthem.
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Rush Returns to Chile: The Tour No One Thought Possible Without Neil Peart
After their drummer died in 2020, Geddy Lee said Rush was over. Five years later, he and Alex Lifeson hit the road again, and…
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Foo Fighters: The Album Dave Grohl Recorded Alone So He Could Keep Going
After Kurt Cobain's death, Nirvana's drummer almost walked away from music. He locked himself in a studio for six days and played every instrument.…
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ZZ Top: Rock’s Most Famous Beards and the One Guy Who Didn’t Have One
Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill grew beards down to their chests. The drummer's last name was actually Beard, and he was the only one…
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Smoke on the Water: The Fire That Became Rock’s Most Famous Riff
Deep Purple went to Switzerland to record an album and watched the casino where they planned to do it go up in flames. That…
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Iron Maiden: 50 Years of History and the Time They Weren’t Allowed to Play Chile
In 1992 they were accused of satanic propaganda, and their show in Santiago never happened. Now they're heading back to the Estadio Nacional with…
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Def Leppard: The Drummer Who Came Back to Play With One Arm
On the last day of 1984, Rick Allen lost his left arm in an accident. The band waited for him, and three years later…
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Concert Calendar: The Rock Shows Coming to Chile Between Now and February
Iron Maiden, Def Leppard with Extreme, ZZ Top, Deep Purple and Foo Fighters. Dates, venues and what you need to know about each show.
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Velvet Revolver: Three Guns N’ Roses Members, an Unexpected Voice and Just Two Albums
Slash, Duff McKagan and Matt Sorum were no longer playing with Axl Rose. They needed a singer, and they found one where nobody was…
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1982: The Ban That Made Argentine Rock Explode
In the middle of the Falklands (Malvinas) War, the dictatorship banned English-language music on the radio. Without meaning to, it opened the door for…
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VideoGreat bands80s
Queen at Live Aid: 21 Minutes That Made History
They got the same amount of time as everyone else. What they did with it is still, for many, the greatest live performance in…
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Wish You Were Here: The Day Syd Barrett Showed Up at the Studio
Pink Floyd was recording an album about the absence of its friend and founder. One afternoon, he walked through the door. Almost no one…
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George Michael: The Generosity He Kept Secret
He sold millions of records and packed stadiums. But what surprised the world most only came out after his death.
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