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A Short History of Killing JokeOf all the post-punk bands, and there were indeed many, Killing Joke seemed to be the first to give their music a heavy metal edge.
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A Short History of the FugsThe Fugs were possibly the very first punk band. They formed in 1964 and couldn't play their instruments.
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A Short History of Richard HellRichard Hell's version of punk was all about the positive power of the music itself. He was just the same as many other punk pioneers in the way he got angry and snarled, but he also managed to inject some much needed humor into the scene. -
A Short History of Fela KutiFela Kuti was born in Nigeria, in Abeokuta, to a relatively wealthy family. His parents had been active as revolutionaries in the battle for independence from the British.
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A Short History of 808 StateSoon after techno appeared out of Detroit it transformed into acid house. Acid house was a term used to describe the fast beats and trebly bleeps of the music. It culminated in the hit single 'We Call It Acieed' by D-Mob.
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A Short History of Nick DrakeNick Drake died when he was just 26. He had recorded just three albums, which were at first commercially unsuccessful. But as with many artists, it wasn't until he had gone that he was praised and cherished. -
A Short History of the Band SuicideNew York State funded the early work of Alan Vega and Martin Rev. They may have thought they were funding gallery space for a project called the Project for Living Artists.
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A Short History of Bob DylanBob Dylan could be called the original alternative musician. -
A Short History of Ian DuryIan Dury was one of the godfathers of punk. He had played for a number of years on the London pub circuit with his band Kilburn and the High Roads. -
A Short History of "The Doors"The basic idea behind the Doors was to meld jazz and rock. Ray Manzarek and Jim Morrison were students at UCLA, both studying cinematography. They met John Densmore and Robbie Krieger at a transcendental meditation session.
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A Short History of the Band XX were led by Exene Cervenka and John Doe. They were one of the first LA hardcore punk bands and their music was hard, fast punk rockabilly.
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A Short History of Julian CopeJulian Cope was part of the Liverpool music scene in the late seventies and early eighties. It was the same scene which gave the world Echo & the Bunnymen, Dead Or Alive, Wah!, Frankie Goes To Hollywood amongst many others.
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A Short History of the CureThe first Cure album is their best. It features Robert Smith, Michael Dempsey and Lol Tolhurst and is full of perfectly written and recorded post-punk pop without any excess or production trickery.
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A Short History of Elvis CostelloElvis Costello moved to London from Liverpool in 1974. He had spent a year or so on the pub circuit with his band Flip City.
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A Short History of the ResidentsThe Residents are all about obscurity. They sun the mainstream, shun the audience and shun attention. They want to be judged on the music alone.
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A Short History of DJ Shadow - Josh DavisBy the time he got to University, Josh Davis was already making his own hip-hop inspired music. He was introduced to DJ Zen and rapper Lyrics Born on the student radio station.
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A Short History of the DeftonesDeftones were one of the first bands to mix metal up with funky beats and elements of hip-hop while still focussing on the songs themselves.
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A Short History of the DamnedRay Burns, aka Captain Sensible, started playing guitar in the mid-seventies in a band called Johnny Moped.
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A Short History of Country Joe and the FishCountry Joe And The Fish recorded three classic psychedelic albums. They released them on a independent record label and were influential in pop's assimilation of prog rock.
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A Short History of the ClashJoe Strummer was three years older than Mick Jones when they met in 1976. He had already been playing on the London pub circuit in his band the 101ers.
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A Short History of Nick Cave: New Wave and The Boys Next DoorNick Cave and Roland Howard were songwriting partners in a band called The Boys Next Door. The new wave band was formed from the ashes of Crime And The City Solution in Melbourne, Australia in 1976. -
A Short History of the Chemical BrothersThe Chemical Brothers were inspired by the Dust Brothers. The Dust Brothers had sprinkled their magic sonic dust over the Beastie Boys' breakthrough album 'Paul's Boutique'.
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Music Profile: A Short History of the CharlatansBack when they started out nobody would have thought in a million years that the Charlatans would have outlived some of their more talented and acclaimed peers.
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A Short History of Cat PowerCat Power spent her early years in Georgia and it shows in her music. Her early song structures are bluesy, sparse and her songs have a stillness and emotional clarity which cannot be taught.
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A Short History of the CardigansThe Cardigans began life in 1992 in Jonkoping, Sweden. Peter Svensson and Magnus Sveningsson had previously been in a heavy metal band. The Cardigans, however, were totally pop.
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A Short History of the Butthole SurfersPaul Leary and Gibby Haynes met at business school but were soon consumed with a creative desire to instill all things peurile into the anti-humor world of conservative rebellion, namely hardcore. -
10 Free and Legal MP3 Albums to DownloadThere are many places on the internet where you can find great albums to download for free. This article includes a list of some of our favorites.
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A Short History of the BoredomsThe Boredoms carried on where Hanatarash left off. Hanatarash were led by Yamatsuka Eye, a long time noise pioneer who started the Boredoms because he almost lost one of his legs during a Hanatarash gig.
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Great Sites for Online Dress-up GamesThis article contains links to some great online dress-up sites which feature thousands of free games to play. -
Free Online Christmas Games for KidsThis article contains links and descriptions of 10 free online Christmas-themed games for kids.
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A Short History of Black SabbathBlack Sabbath made rock music an uneasy listening experience. Before them, the sixties had led to genre-swapping and stylistic hopping in the name of experimentation.
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A Short History of Black FlagBlack Flag were one of the great American hardcore bands alongside Minor Threat and the Dead Kennedys.
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A Short History of Cabaret VoltaireThe electronic music scene in Sheffield, England has been thriving since the middle of the seventies. The band that started the ball rolling was Cabaret Voltaire.
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A Short History of Big Audio DynamiteMick Jones' new band Big Audio Dynamite released their debut album, 'This Is Big Audio Dynamite', in 1985 and it was critically acclaimed. -
A Short History of Belle and SebastianA while before Belle and Sebastian were formed, Stuart Murdoch moved from Scotland to London in an attempt to meet his musical hero, Lawrence from the band Felt.
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A Short History of BeckWhen he was growing up, in a Salavadoran ghetto, Beck Hansen listened to ranchero music. He played slide guitar blues and was partial to break dancing. Added to these influences was punk and avant-garde art.
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A Short History of FunkadelicHaving grown up in New Jersey, George Clinton had his own hair-straightening barber shop. With the money he earned he started the doo-wop band called the Parliaments.
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A Short History of the Go-BetweensGrant McLennan and Robert Forster were at university together in Brisbane, Australia where McLennan learned bass from Forster. They joined forced with Dennis Cantwell, a drummer, and went into a studio to record some of Forster's songs.
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A Short History of Cheap TrickCheap Trick toured for four years before recording and releasing their debut album in 1977. When it came out it was met by confusion by music critics. They simply couldn't understand the band. Read more about Cheap Trick here.
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A Short History of the Band Big StarBig Star was partially responsible for college rock and alternative music. If either of these genre's appeal to you, you should read this article to find out more about the music you already love.
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A Short History of the Band Big BlackBig Black disbanded in 1987 when they were apparently at their peak. Albini had decided that his band was pretty dumb and ugly, which it was, and surely that was the point of it right from the beginning.
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A Short History of GrandaddyGrandaddy are not an alt-country band. They do dress a little like truckers and they may look a little worse for wear at times, and aren't exactly in the first flush of youth. Oh yes, and they do occasionally wear beards.
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A Short History of The Beta BandA look at the Beta Band.
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10 Sites for Free and Legal MP3 DownloadsHere is a list of sites which have free and legal MP3's available for download.
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A Short History of The CrampsAn article on the music group, The Cramps.
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8 More Excellent Christmas CocktailsThis article reviews 8 more excellent Christmas cocktails to make your Christmas party swing.
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8 Excellent Christmas CocktailsThis article discusses 8 cocktails to make your Christmas party swing.
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A Short History of the Beastie BoysA history of The Beastie Boys.
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A Short History of Afrika BambaataaAfrika Bambaataa had a pivotal role in the development of popular music in general. He had no preconceived ideas about whether music should be classified as black music or white music.
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A Short History of BjorkBjork released her first album at the age of eleven. It featured cover versions and was popular in Iceland. At eighteen she had already been in three punk bands and had released four albums.
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A Short History of Beat HappeningFirst thing's first. Calvin Johnson founded K Records. Respect is due. K Records has been fundamental to the promotion and development of independent music right through the nineties.
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A Short History of Bad ReligionIt was 1980 and Bad Religion had recorded their debut record. They released it on their very own Epitaph record label.
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A Short History of GoldieGoldie used to be a B-boy. He was into the hip-hop criteria which were laid down by Afrika Bambaataa. He was a self-styled graffiti artist, he was into knowledge, and he could spin on his head.
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A Short History of Mission of BurmaMission Of Burma took the idea of sheer noise and corralled it. They used the noise at key moments, thus heightening the impact.
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A Short History of the StrokesThe Strokes took indie guitar music back to the old chestnut of 'a song should have a good tune'. They were the band that kick started the faltering New York indie scene.
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A Short History of the Cocteau TwinsOne of the things people seem to remember about the Cocteau Twins is Liz Fraser's use of words in her lyrics. Or, to be more specific, her lack of words, as for the most part she didn't use conventional words.
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A Short History of KenickieKenickie were a pop-punk band from the north east of England and released a number a great 'sneeze and you'll miss it' pop singles in the late-ish nineties.
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A Short History of Bad BrainsBad Brains were a hardcore punk band with a difference. They could be described, though, as being a band with two distinct styles which they merged within their songs to great effect.
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A Short History of Eric B and RakimHip-hop as it was meant to sound didn't arrive in the mainstream until Eric B and Rakim arrived on the scene.
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A Short History of Aztec CameraAztec Camera released their debut album in 1983. It was called 'High Land Hard Rain' and it was influenced by northern soul, Scottish country and western radio, and the quiet songs by the Velvet Underground's first album.
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A Short History of BauhausGothic originals Bauhaus came from Northampton, England, a town that has never had any kind of music scene, with few if any other bands coming out of the town and making any kind of statement.
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A Short History of De La SoulA new sub-genre developed at the end of the 1980s. It came to be called 'The Daisy Age' and it ushered rap into a new decade. -
A Short History of Neu!Neu! invented a new rhythmic pattern. They called it 'motorik'. It was to inform many of their contemporaries like Kraftwerk and David Bowie during the seventies and into the eighties.
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A Short History of At The Drive-InThe members of At The Drive-In grew up on the border of Texas and Mexico. As is the case with many such places they simply couldn't find the type of music they wanted to listen to.
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A Short History of Scritti PolittiScritti Politti were originally a post-punk type guitar band. However it was when the band became a solo project for Green Gartside that the band truly came alive.
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A Short History of the Post-Rock Band SlintSlint, formed in 1988, are widely given credit for instigating the genre 'post-rock'. A genre which includes the likes of Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Sea And Cake, and Tortoise.
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A Short History of Patti SmithPatti Smith, to a certain extent, changed the boundaries of what was acceptable for female rock artists and what was not. -
A Short History of the Dead KennedysThe Dead Kennedys were a punk band. A hardcore punk band. In fact they were an aggressive, fast, assertive, political, spontaneous and oppositional hardcore punk band.
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A Short History of MotorheadLemmy, leader of metal punksters Motorhead, really doesn't get the credit he deserves...
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A Short History of the Meat PuppetsThe Kirkland brothers called the band The Bastions Of Immaturity which, to be honest, was a pretty lame name. It was soon changed to the Meat Puppets.
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A Short History of the Jon Spencer Blues ExplosionThe band released a couple of independent albums which did little commercially. Then, in 1993, they were handed a deal by Matador Records. They quickly released 'Extra Width' which was chock full of screaming blues and skinny white man noise funk.
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A Short History of Throwing MusesThe band will be remembered by their early unique songs which, no doubt, had some influence on the like of the Pixies.
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A Short History of OasisDuring the eighties independent music seemed to be based on intellectual ideas. However something was about to happen that would ultimately change all this.
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A Short History of the White StripesThe White Stripes are originally from Detroit and the duo follow the MC5 and the Stooges, amongst others, in a line of bands that take rock 'n roll back to its source.
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A Short History of Babes in ToylandThought by many as the best female guitarist of them all, Kat Bjelland was a pretty good songwriter as well, for that matter.
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Music Profile: A Short History of Asian Dub FoundationTheir legacy will probably be the way they made the mainstream music industry sit up and take note of music that had its roots in British Asian culture. -
Music Profile: A Short History of Aphex TwinIf popular music had never happened Richard James would still get a gig.
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A Short History of American Music ClubAmerican Music Club were amongst the first post-punk bands to embrace more traditional styles while Eitzel's lyrics became increasingly personal and sophisticated.
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A Short History of Dream SyndicateInspired by Big Star, the first self-consciously retro-pop band, the Dream Syndicate were central to the movement dubbed 'Paisley Underground'.
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A Short History of Ice-TAs the first major rapper to emerge from the west coast in 1983, Ice-T is credited/discredited with the invention of gangster rap.
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A Short History of CrassCrass made records to reinforce their political position and not for the music or the art of it.
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A Short History of Alternative TVSniffin Glue fanzine writer starts his own band and influences the future of punk. -
A Short History of Air (The Band)When Air released 'Moon Safari' in early 1998 it was hailed by many as the crowning achievement of the 'French Touch.'
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A Short History of AC/DCAC/DC have recently released a new album called 'Black Ice' that has been well received by fans and critics alike.
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A Short History of Dinosaur JrThe brief story of the band that paved the way for grunge. -
A Short History of the Adverts: Punk, Optimism and Bored TeenagersA short account of bored teenagers picking up guitars and having fun.
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A Short History of a Certain RatioForgotten indie jazz funk pioneers and the Madchester missing link. -
A Short History of the Band Yo La TengoThe story of indie stalwarts Yo La Tengo.
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A Short History of Saint EtienneThe story of the eclectic indie pop maestros, via C86 and grunge.
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A Short History of My Bloody ValentineThe story of one of indie music's most influential bands. -
Kraftwerk: A Short History of The BandA short biography of influential German band Kraftwerk and their influential electronic pop music.
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A Little History of the EarthIn the 17th century, the earth was thought to have its birthday on Oct. 22, 4004 BC at exactly 6 p.m., according to Archbishop James Usher of Armagh following his studies of the Bible. -
Jesus and Mary Chain: A Short History of the BandThe story of how a couple of Scottish chancers changed music forever; think McLaren and the Pistols with added hair and better tunes.
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Dressed for SuccessA short history of nineties indie rock pioneers Pavement. -
The Mark of True GeniusA brief history of the seminal sixties band The Velvet Underground.
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A Short History of Billy BraggHaving been in a shambolic punk band and the British Army the young singer became inspired by Phil Ochs and Woody Guthrie and their honest protest songs. -
A Short History of David BowieA thumbnail sketch of David Bowie and the birth of modern celebrity.
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Blur: A Short History of The BandA thumbnail sketch of the British pop band Blur.
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The Buzzcocks: A Short History of the BandA thumbnail sketch of the influential punk pop band The Buzzcocks.