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From synth-heavy alter egos to symphonies played on wine glasses, we explore the greatest albums that were recorded but ...

From psychedelic pioneers to punk innovators, these 15 great American bands deserve to be rediscovered – and remembered ...

Whether thwarted by crooked managers, catastrophic timing or financial naïvety, these rock bands never landed the greatness ...

Jim Sullivan drove into the New Mexico desert in 1975 and simply disappeared. It’s one of rock’s most haunting cold cases ...

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From gnomes and techno oddities to spoken-word sermons and Vietnam protests, these unlikely songs somehow became massive ...

German duo D.A.F. – it stands for Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft, or 'German American Friendship' – stripped industrial music down to its bare essentials: Robert Görl's pounding electronic rhythms ...