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Crickets, Comets, Flames, 3 other bands will enter Rock Hall of Fame
Pop & HissRock and Roll Hall of Fame will induct Buddy Holly's Crickets, Bill Haley's Comets, James Brown's Famous Flames and three other important early rock bands. The musicians who played with leaders already inducted will enter the Hall of Fame too.... -
Bob Dylan tribute album honors Amnesty International too
Bob Dylan has been lauded so often as "the poet laureate of rock 'n' roll" that even the man himself, who for decades protested the notion that he was speaking for anything but his own musical muse, eventually caved and now incorporates the phrase into...Tags: Music Industry, Johnny Cash, World War II (1939-1945), Rise Against (music group), Music
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'Velvet Goldmine,' 'Mildred Pierce' capture director's interests
Since he came to notoriety with the 1988 cult hit "Superstar," an unauthorized account of Karen Carpenter's battle with anorexia starring a cast of Barbie dolls, Todd Haynes has developed into a singular voice in American movies: at once personal and...Tags: Joan Crawford, Entertainment Events, Music, Movies, Culture
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Johnny Otis dies at 90; R&B singer wrote 'Willie and the Hand Jive'
Pioneering rhythm-and-blues singer, songwriter, drummer, bandleader and disc jockey Johnny Otis made the kind of conscious life choice early on that few people have the inclination, or circumstance, to carry out.
Born white, the son of Greek immigrant...Tags: Radio Industry, Music Industry, Bo Diddley, Radio, Obituaries
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New Year's Eve events in Southern California
New Year's Eve in Southern California has it all. Whether you want to ring in 2012 partying with 10,000 of your closest friends, sharing an intimate dinner with someone special, meditating for personal growth, or honking party horns with the kids, we have...Tags: Soups, Music, Duck Sauce (music group), Best Coast (music group), Festive Events
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Sean Bonniwell dies at 71; lead singer of the Music Machine
Sean Bonniwell, lead singer and songwriter of the Music Machine, a 1960s Los Angeles band regarded as one of the most original of the garage-punk era, has died. He was 71.
Bonniwell died Dec. 20 of lung cancer at a medical center in Visalia, Calif., said...Tags: Music, Music Industry, Fleetwood Mac (music group), Music, Punk (genre)
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Rockers, fully exposed on Is Anyone Up?
![Josh Grabelle did what any responsible label head would when he found out one of the artists on his roster at Bullet Tooth Records was pictured naked online. Grabelle warned the young drummer, then sent a cease-and-desist letter to Hunter Moore, the owner of the amateur nudity site, Is Anyone Up? "These are good, wholesome Christian kids," Grabelle said. "[The drummer] was freaked out. I was freaked out. The kid is 19."](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-12/66448859-01182552.gif)
Josh Grabelle did what any responsible label head would when he found out one of the artists on his roster at Bullet Tooth Records was pictured naked online. Grabelle warned the young drummer, then sent a cease-and-desist letter to Hunter Moore, the owner...Tags: Music Industry, Google Inc., Artists, Music, Facebook
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Barbara Orbison dies at 61; wife of singer Roy Orbison
When singer Roy Orbison was touring England in 1968, it had been four years since he last appeared at the top of the charts with "Oh, Pretty Woman," even though he continued playing live and recording long after the pulse of rock music shifted away from...Tags: Music Industry, Music, Health, Lifetime (tv network), George Harrison
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Flea on Chili Peppers' induction to Rock Hall: 'It's very emotional'
Pop & HissRed Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea reacts to his band's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Flea says, "It's very emotional for Red Hot Chili Peppers to receive such recognition."... -
Album review: The Black Keys' ‘El Camino’
Pop & HissOn their latest album, the Black Keys strip it back to the fundamentals, and they do it without sounding like anyone else. Call it the best rock album of 2011 or 2012. Or both.... -
SuperHeavy mixes up Jagger rock, Marley rhythms and more
On a recent summer day at the Paramount lot, the five members of the group SuperHeavy played along to a recording of their first single, "Miracle Worker," as a camera crane swooped over an assembled crowd of a few hundred and the music boomed. Onstage...Tags: Mick Jagger, Music Industry, Vocal Music (genre), David Bowie, Wanted (movie)
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Rock radio DJ Jim Ladd talks about KLOS dismissal
Jim Ladd can drop rock-star names like nobody's business — no surprise considering music's been his business for four decades. Or it had been until late last month when the new owners of L.A. rock radio station KLOS-FM (95.5) gave the boot to Ladd,...Tags: Radio Industry, Human Interest, Music Industry, Radio, Pandora Media, Inc.
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