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In 1985 Axl Rose & Tracii Guns decided to merge their rock groups Hollywood Rose and LA Guns, to form Guns N Roses in Hollywood, USA. The band kept their name even when Slash replaced Tracii Guns (Tracy Ullrich) on lead guitar later that same year.
The chemistry between Axl Rose (William Bruce Rose, Jr) and [...]

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This sensational film shot by Tony Palmer in 1972 appeared to be lost when Leonard Cohen’s manager Marty Machat died, but 38 years later the film has been retrieved and painstakingly put back together by Marty’s son Steven Machat.
The film was shot over 20 concerts on Cohen’s 1972 European tour and represent a near mythical [...]

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The UK music festival season is now well underway, T in the Park last weekend preceded by the big daddy of them all Glastonbury.
There appears to be more festivals than ever in 2010, something to suit all tastes for sure, but one of my personal favourites is the V Festival that takes place on August [...]

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It is almost forty years since the release of the single Maggie May, the song that would change Rod Stewart’s life forever and catapult the gravelly voiced blues singer into the contemporary music arena.
A true pop classic in every sense of the word the double A sided single Maggie May/Reason To Believe became the fist [...]

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Here is a classic reggae tune from one of the masters of the craft, Gregory Isaacs performs Night Nurse on home turf at the Reggae Supersplash in Montego Bay, Jamaica back in 1983.
He is being backed by the more than adequate Roots Radics on this performance, ensuring a top quality vocal and sound, unlike the [...]

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