Al Shipley

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Every David Bowie Album, Ranked

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The man born David Jones adopted the stage name David Bowie in 1966, avoiding confusion with The Monkees’ Davy Jones. But then he just...
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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2022: Women and ‘80s Pop Win Big

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On Wednesday morning, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced the seven artists who will be inducted this November in Los Angeles: Pat...
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Every Sonic Youth Album, Ranked

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Guitarists Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo and bassist Kim Gordon founded Sonic Youth in New York City in 1981, bringing Michigan-born drummer Steve Shelley...
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Every Neil Young Album, Ranked

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Neil Percival Young grew up in Winnipeg, but he moved to America in the ‘60s to become the greatest rock star Canada has ever...
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DMC on His New Children’s Book Darryl’s Dream and Run-DMC Classics

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Darryl “DMC” McDaniels is 57, but he still speaks with the boundless energy and commanding voice that he changed the music world with as...
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The Beat of a Different Drummer: 10 Albums Where a New Drummer Put a Spring in the Band’s Step

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The drummer is the job in a rock band with the highest turnover rate — a cliché lampooned memorably in This is Spinal Tap....
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The 10 Best Indie and Alternative Steely Dan Covers

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Once upon a time, Steely Dan were hipsters. As frontman Donald Fagen explained in his 2013 book, Eminent Hipsters, he and Steely Dan co-founder...
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The 50 Best Live Albums of the 1970s

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The concert industry exploded in the 1970s, and the live album, a stopgap project once reserved for only the biggest artists, became a compulsory...
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The 10 Best Daft Punk Songs

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On Monday morning, Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, better known as the iconic French dance duo Daft Punk, released a cryptic eight-minute...
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Rock Hall of Fame 2021 Nominations: The Snubs, Surprises, and Long Shots

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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame traditionally announces its annual slate of nominees in October and narrows it down to a set...
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