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Platinum Blondie

Deborah Harry's mother loves to tell the story of her daughter's singing debut. It seems Debbie's 6th-grade class in Hawthorne, New Jersey once staged a "Tom Thumb" wedding. "One kid...

The Ramones Punked Their Way Into History

Who’da thunk they’d all be dead, but their music would live on? Certainly not anybody who came across the Ramones’ debut in the bins back in ’76, with its black-and-white...

Johnny Cash: A Classic Interview From the Vaults

The heavy carved front door into House of Cash, Johnny Cash's state mansion, in Madison...Tennessee...swung inward to reveal blinding sunshine and the awe-struck face of a tourist. His eyes grew...

Depeche Mode: 'We're Dysfunctional...Maybe That...

For a band that has sold more than 100m albums and had dozens of top 40 hits, Depeche Mode rarely trouble the tabloids. But last November songwriter Martin Gore caused...

'Purple Rain' at 30: The Definitive Book on Pri...

"The shooting was mostly frantic," recalls Prince tour manager Alan Leeds. "Prince was unaccustomed to not being in complete control of things...and he was now in a situation where he...

Roy Orbison's Sons Release New Song With Father...

Roy Orbison's Mystery Girl was first released in February of 1989, two months after the artists's death, but will soon be reissued with unreleased demos and new song "The Way Is...