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AYE AYE CAP'N! – Happy 40th birthday to the timeless Trout Mask Replica: brilliant Beefheart pieces by Miles (1969), Mike Barnes (1999) and Michael Goldberg (2002).

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A 21-Gun Salute to The Clash by Alex Ogg, PLUS:
Steven R. Rosen on 25 years of the Rock Hall of Fame
Simon Warner on rock's auto-mythologies …and lots of new posts by the wisest scribes alive.

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Original Noise Boy Nick Tosches on Screamin' Jay Hawkins (Creem, 1973), Jim Morrison (Rolling Stone, 1979) and Jerry Lee Lewis (Penthouse, 1982).

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Enter and access thousands of articles on artists from Aaliyah to ZZ Top. By the best music writers on the planet.

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“I admire Leonard Cohen – I just can't stand listening to him…”
Kate Bush to Colin Irwin (1980)

PLUS pieces on:
• Bob Seger (1973)
• T. Rex (1974)
• Television (1978)
• P-Funk (1978)
• The Skids (1979)
• Kraftwerk (1991)
• U2 (1992)
• Chicago (2000)
• 23 Skidoo (2001)
• Pink (2009)
...and over 30 more new pieces in the library – see full list!

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The Rock's Backpages Magazine Archive contains thousands of original copies of music magazines from the 1960s to the present day.

REVEAL(ED) – R.E.M. front-person Michael Stipe in (a somewhat edgy) conversation with Gavin Martin (2003)

Jimi Hendrix to Jack White: the complete RBP Audio library

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