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    Jan 10, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  1. Hearing loss partially reversed in noise-damaged ears of mice

    Anyone who’s gone to too many rock concerts or worked with loud machinery for too long  (or listened to too many kazillion-decibel advertisements at a movie theater) may eventually pay the price: hearing loss caused by damage to tiny, sound-transmitting cells in the inner ear.
    Anyone who’s gone to too many rock concerts or worked with loud machinery for too long  (or listened to too many kazillion-decibel advertisements at a movie theater) may eventually pay the price: hearing loss caused by damage to tiny, sound-...

    Tags: Hearing Impairment, Harvard Medical School, Eric Clapton, Science and Technology

    2. Feb 4, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  2. Reg Presley, Troggs lead singer, dead at 71

    Reg Presley, lead singer of the Troggs, who made our hearts sing with the primal-scream, proto-garage-rock anthem "Wild Thing," as well as more tender tunes including "With a Girl Like You" and "Love Is All Around," has died at age 71.
    Reg Presley, lead singer of the Troggs, who made our hearts sing with the primal-scream, proto-garage-rock anthem "Wild Thing," as well as more tender tunes including "With a Girl Like You" and "Love Is All Around," has died at age 71. The BBC reports...

    Tags: BBC, Music, Fall Out Boy (music group), Jimi Hendrix, Entertainment

    3. Jan 31, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  3. Review: The Who performs 'Quadrophenia' and more at Staples Center

    Few songwriters in British rock have had loftier goals, and more success, than Pete Townshend of the Who, and few works from the classic rock era are as accomplished and emotionally rich as "Quadrophenia," the Who’s 1973 double-album rock opera focused on rebel youth in working class England.
    Los Angeles Times Pop Music Critic
    Few songwriters in British rock have had loftier goals, and more success, than Pete Townshend of the Who, and few works from the classic rock era are as accomplished and emotionally rich as "Quadrophenia," the Who’s 1973 double-album rock opera...

    Tags: Poetry, Lady Gaga

    4. Jan 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  4. Pete Townshend receives 2013 Les Paul Award

    <em>This post has been updated. See note below for details.</em>
    This post has been updated. See note below for details. Four of the key bands from the 1960s British Invasion were represented Friday in Anaheim when the Who’s lead guitarist and main songwriter, Pete Townshend, was given the Les Paul Award at the...

    Tags: Honda Center, Staples Center, Music, The Rolling Stones (music group), Lifehouse (music group)

    5. Jan 28, 2013 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  5. A hunt for tickets and celebrities, set to music

    Celebrity, as it turns out, is in the eye of the beholder, and one of the fascinating aspects of the annual convention that brings together makers and sellers of all manner of musical gear for four days in Anaheim is that there are nearly as many universes of celebrity as there are stars within each.
    Celebrity, as it turns out, is in the eye of the beholder, and one of the fascinating aspects of the annual convention that brings together makers and sellers of all manner of musical gear for four days in Anaheim is that there are nearly as many...

    Tags: Heavy Engineering, Stevie Wonder, Music, Music Industry, Theater

    6. Apr 6, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  6. Jim Marshall dies at 88; creator of famed rock 'n' roll amplifiers

    It was the physical embodiment of rock's power and majesty &mdash; a wall of black, vinyl-clad cabinets, one atop the other, crowned with a rectangular box containing the innovative circuitry that revolutionized the music.
    It was the physical embodiment of rock's power and majesty — a wall of black, vinyl-clad cabinets, one atop the other, crowned with a rectangular box containing the innovative circuitry that revolutionized the music. This was the famed Marshall...

    Tags: Big Band (genre), Cancer, Jim Marshall, Music, Van Halen (music group)

    7. Apr 27, 2012 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  7. Bert Weedon dies at 91; guitarist and author of 'Play in a Day' book

    Bert Weedon was a legendary British guitar player who influenced a generation of budding rock stars with his popular "Play in a Day" instructional book.
    Bert Weedon was a legendary British guitar player who influenced a generation of budding rock stars with his popular "Play in a Day" instructional book. Eric Clapton, Brian May, Pete Townshend, Paul McCartney, John Lennon and George Harrison are among...

    Tags: Frank Sinatra, BBC, Music, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, John Lennon

    8. Dec 5, 2011 | Los Angeles Times

  8. Amnesty International 'Chimes of Freedom' salutes Bob Dylan's music

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    Dozens of musicians salute rock icon Bob Dylan in new Amnesty International tribute album. The "Chimes of Freedom" collection encompasses 75 recordings of songs written by Bob Dylan....
    9. Apr 5, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  9. Amplifier maker Jim Marshall dies at 88

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    Jim Marshall, who was known as "The Father of Loud" for designing amplifiers ubiquitous in the rock world, has died at 88....
    10. Apr 5, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  10. All hail the Marshall stack: The amplifiers that built rock

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    Rock amplifier innovator Jim Marshall died on Thursday. Times pop music critic Randall Roberts offers insight into the importance of the "Marshall stack" as a symbol in rock & roll....
    11. Apr 6, 2012 | Los Angeles Times

  11. Slash remembers amplifier king Jim Marshall

    Pop & Hiss
    Guitarist Slash remembers amplifier innovator Jim Marshall, who died Thursday at 88. Jim Marshall created equipment that made rock music bigger and louder than ever....
    12. Oct 6, 2011 |Story| Los Angeles Times

  12. Bert Jansch dies at 67; Scottish singer-guitarist influenced rock, folk greats

    Bert Jansch, a revered, enigmatic Scottish singer-guitarist whose effect on a host of prominent musicians eclipsed his own fame, has died. He was 67.
    Bert Jansch, a revered, enigmatic Scottish singer-guitarist whose effect on a host of prominent musicians eclipsed his own fame, has died. He was 67. Jansch died Wednesday at a hospital in London of lung cancer, a disease he first battled in 2009, his...

    Tags: Cancer, Music Industry, The Smiths (music group), Pentangle (music group), Diseases and Illnesses

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Roger Daltrey, left, and Pete Townshend perform "The Re...
(January 31, 2013)
Roger Daltrey (left) and Pete Townsend of the Who
Pete Townshend, right, the Who's lead guitarist and mai...
(January 28, 2013)
Pete Townshend, right, and awards presenter Martin Lewis
Roger Daltrey, left, and Pete Townshend of The Who perf...
(December 12, 2012)
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