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The Clash's Joe Strummer Honored With Rock Festival

The Clash

Late The Clash frontman Joe Strummer is to be honored with a music festival to mark the 10th anniversary of his death later this year. The rocker passed away from a congenital heart defect in Dec...


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Q&A: 'Nikita's' Shane West Talks Season 2

Nikita

The show may be called Nikita, but it's Shane West, as the title character's partner Michael, who is the backbone of the series.


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Green Day Crowned The Kings Of Punk

Green Day

Green Day have been crowned the kings of punk in a new Rolling Stone online poll. The California trio beat out The Clash, The Ramones and the Sex Pistols to land atop the fans' countdown of the b...


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The Beatles' 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' Leads List Of Top Five Album Covers

Beatles Sgt. Pepper's

The Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" has topped a new poll of best album covers. The colorful artwork on the 1967 classic, which features the Fab Four in a park, surrounded by cut-...


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The Slits Singer Ari Up Dies At 48

The Slits

The Slits frontwoman Ari Up has died at the age of 48. The punk pioneer passed away on Wednesday after suffering a "serious illness," according to her stepfather, Sex Pistols rocker John Lydon. ...


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Most Memorable Grammy Performances (Videos)

Pink

Last Sunday, Pink's "Glitter in the Air" joined a list of many memorable Grammy performances since the award show's conception. Here are some of the great Grammy musical performances, from the simp...


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Celebrity Birthdays, August 21

Hayden Panettiere

Happy Birthday to "Heroes" actress Hayden Panettiere (1989), French singer Alizee (1984), The Prodigy singer Liam Howlett (1971), System of a Down singer Serj Tankian (1967), "The Matrix" actress C...


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Celebrity Birthdays, June 26

Derek Jeter

Happy Birthday to "Rushmore" actor Jason Schwartzman (1980), New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter (1974), country singer Gretchen Wilson (1973), record producer Irv Gotti (1970), actor Chris O'Do...


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Canadian Rockers Inward Eye Are Set To Conquer The US This Summer

Inward Eye

Canadian rockers Inward Eye are set to conquer the US this summer with their raucous sound and utterly dynamic live show. With dates supporting Sum 41, as well as a stint on the Warped Tour and a p...


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Concert Review: Los Campesinos! At The EARL In Atlanta

Los Campesinos!

The Welsh Indie-pop group Los Campesinos! rocked the EARL (East Atlanta Restaurant & Lounge) with loads of glockenspiel-laden selections. Frontman Gareth multitasked between a single drum and the...


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Writer's Viewpoint: Disputing An Iconic Song List

Beatles

It takes a cataclysmic event to derail Overrated/Underrated from its usual Friday spot. Currently the Oscars have been serving as that disruptive force, but this week interruption comes from the m...


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Elvis Costello Abused In His Sleep By Punk Pranksters

Elvis Costello

Punk pranks left Elvis Costello with a nasty taste in his mouth and his shoes on fire during his heyday as an angry young man. The rocker and his group The Attractions were on tour in Belgium with ...


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Topper Headon Says Drugs Left Him Unfit For The Clash

The Clash

Drummer Topper Headon has forgiven his former The Clash bandmates for firing him - insisting his drug addiction left him unfit to play with the legendary group. The musician performed with the...


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Celebrity Birthdays, August 21

Hayden Panettiere

Happy Birthday to "Heroes" actress Hayden Panettiere (1989), French singer Alizee (1984), The Prodigy singer Liam Howlett (1971), System of a Down singer Serj Tankian (1967), "The Matrix" actress ...


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Celebrity Birthdays, June 26

Derek Jeter

Happy Birthday to Atlanta Falcons QB Michael Vick (1980), "Rushmore" actor Jason Schwartzman (1980), New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter (1974), country singer Gretchen Wilson (1973), record produ...


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Albert Hammond Jr.'s Sophomore Album, 'Como Te Llama?' Due July 8

Albert Hammond, Jr.

Como Te Llama? is the new album from Albert Hammond, Jr. and cohorts Matt Romano, Marc Philippe Eskenazi and Josh Lattanzi, and will be released July 8th. Following his feted 2007 solo debut Y...


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Ism To Release Second Album, 'Urgency,' August 5

ism

A lot of "isms" threaten to tear modern society apart at the seams: sexism, racism, extremism, radicalism, terrorism and more. In such an era of decay (moral, societal and otherwise), perhaps an a...


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The Good, The Bad & The Queen May Return

The Good, The Bad & The Queen

Damon Albarn has given hope to fans of his supergroup, The Good, The Bad & The Queen, a week after bandmate Paul Simonon revealed they had split. Former Clash star Simonon announced the band ...


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Concert Review: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Atlanta, GA

Springsteen

There are a handful of acts that certain music lovers yearn to experience in their lifetime. The Beatles. The Rolling Stones. The Doors. The Clash. When it becomes apparent that experiencing s...


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The Clash's Mick Jones Honored By NME

The Clash

Former Clash guitarist Mick Jones will be honored with the Inspiration Award at the first ever NME Awards USA. Jones will pick up the prize at the ceremony in Los Angeles on April 23, where he will...


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Joe Strummer's Dying Plea Was For A Clash Reunion

Joe Strummer

Late rocker Joe Strummer sent a mobile phone text message to his former bandmate Paul Simonon urging him to consider a Clash reunion, just hours before he died of a heart attack. The singer passed ...


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The Clash Producer Dies

Mikey Dread

The Clash's former producer has died. He was 54. Michael Campbell - better known as Mikey Dread - died of a brain tumor on Saturday. Campbell produced the band's 1980 single "Bankrobber" and contri...


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'The Clash Live: Revolution Rock' Doc On DVD April 15; Airing On PBS Through March

The Clash

The Clash Live: Revolution Rock is an exciting new documentary film directed by long-time Clash collaborator and Grammy-winning producer Don Letts (Westway To The World) that chronicles the electri...


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Billy Bragg's Prison Initiative Cuts Reoffending Rate

Billy Bragg

Rocker Billy Bragg's initiative to bring musical equipment to British prisoners has dramatically reduced the number of criminals who reoffend. Bragg's Through The Guitar Doors campaign - named...


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Manic Street Preachers Given 'Godlike Genius Award'

Manic Street Preachers

Welsh rockers Manic Street Preachers are to be honored with British music magazine NME's highest accolade - the Godlike Genius Award. The band follow in the footsteps of Primal Scream, Ian B...


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Joe Strummer's Widow Reveals Cache Of Unheard Clash Songs

The Clash

The widow of The Clash frontman Joe Strummer has unearthed a treasure trove of scribbled notes, cartoons, and forgotten song lyrics left by the late musician. In her first interview since the rock...


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Thievery Corporation Producer Rob Garza Releases 'Dust Galaxy'

Dust Galaxy

Having spent over the past ten years creating, producing, remixing and touring, Rob Garza has been influenced by an endless list of diverse artists. Some surprising, some not. In fact, for Dust G...


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'Rock Band' Set List Finalized

Rock Band

Cambridge, Massachusetts – October 29, 2007 – Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and MTV Games, a division of Viacom’s MTV Networks, along with distribution partner Electronic Ar...


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Up-And-Coming Music: Zerobridge

zerobridge

New York, NY - It's not often you hear about a band like zerobridge. Lead singer/guitarist and songwriter Mubashir "Din" Mohi-ud-Din and drummer Mohsin "Mo" Mohi-ud-Din are two brothers whose paren...


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'Tony Hawk's Proving Ground's Astonishing Soundtrack Unveiled

Foo Fighters

This October, Activision, Inc. (Nasdaq: ATVI) is bringing the sounds of skate culture to life like never before in Tony Hawk’s Proving Ground -- the deepest, most customizable skateboarding game ev...


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