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Examiner.com

Rock on the Range: Day One
Examiner.com
Mindset Evolution, a hard rock band out of Peoria, Illinois took the Jager stage next, but I missed them on the search for overpriced food and water. Buckcherry, and their sleazy brand of rock, were the next main stage band and as expected, they mixed ...


Boston Globe

The week ahead: Music
Boston Globe
JOSH RITTER & THE ROYAL CITY BAND When Ritter had his heart broken after his marriage dissolved, he did what any self-respecting singer-songwriter would do: He turned it into lyrical gold. At once wounded and hopeful, “The Beast in Its Tracks,” his ...


Ready for some rock'n'roll? Kids can join rock band this summer - Daily Herald
Daily Herald
"Real Rock Band was founded in 2008 by Boothe Brothers Music and Paradox Entertainment to give kids something exciting to do with music in the summer," said Curt Gordon, one of the founders and coaches for the program. "It enhances the musical ...

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Zombifying Potpourri, Rock Music that Kills Plants, and Other Public Morality ...
The American Conservative (blog)
One could fill volumes with the hyperbolic claims employed in service of public morality campaigns, but I came across a few especially amusing ones this week when at a friend's suggestion I watched “Hell's Bells: The Dangers of Rock and Roll,” a 1989 ...


The Paradox of Rock
News24
A while ago I wrote of the glories (past tense) of rock music and bemoaned the lack of anything new and worthwhile. That just goes to prove that I'm an old fossil, which is worse than a dinosaur. Dinosaurs at least listen to rock, or eat rocks. I ...


Rock music performers from yesteryear to perform at Wagner Noël
Odessa American
Rock music performers from yesteryear to perform at Wagner Noël. Story · Comments. Print: Create a hardcopy of this page; Font Size: Default font size: Larger font size. Previous Next. Wagner Noel logo. Edyta Blaszczyk | Odessa American ...

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Make You a Believer
Urban Tulsa
Every once in a while, you're lucky enough to stumble onto that band that explodes in your face and renews your faith in rock & roll. Usually, it comes along when you least expect it and need it the most. When you do, it ends up being a band that you ...


ROCK MUSIC MENU: Last week was bad for heavy metal
Delaware County Daily Times
The music community's reaction to Hanneman's passing was immediate, mainly given that the fifth annual hard rock celebration, the Revolver Golden Gods Awards show, took place the night the news broke of his death. Metal luminaries like Pantera's Phil ...

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The Sun

College offers first degree in heavy metal rock music
The Sun
He insists it will be “academically rigorous”, adding: “In the past, heavy metal has not been taken seriously and is seen as lacking academic credibility when compared with genres such as jazz and classical music. But that's just a cultural ...

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ROCK MUSIC MENU: Clinton failed to launch Zeppelin
Delaware County Daily Times
For music fans that had any doubt just how hard it has been for high-profile bigwigs to nail down Led Zeppelin to reunite again after the critically acclaimed success of the O2 Arena show in 2007, they now know that even one of the most charismatic ...

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