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The Making of the Next MTV Generation

Will Hermes, The New York Times, 23 October 2005

TWENTY YEARS AGO, when Dan Zanes fronted the punky roots-rock band the Del Fuegos, MTV was changing the business of rock 'n' roll. He has since taken on a second identity as one of the hottest acts in the world of family music — designed to appeal to little kids without sending their hip parents into diabetic comas. And he's seeing the same thing happening again.

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