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Pop Remembrance Rock 

Get What You Pay For: Peter Tork at 80

February 13, 2022April 3, 2022 Jim Sullivan 3 Comments 80th birthday, Dave Brubeck, Davy Jones, Jimmy Miller, Justus, Little Feat, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, MTV, Peter Tork, The Monkees

Remembering the funniest Monkee on his heavenly birthday

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Indie Rock 

Inside This Leather Terrarium: Brighten The Corners at 25

February 11, 2022February 11, 2022 Ian King 0 Comments 1997, Bob Nastanovich, Brighten The Corners, Fin, Geddy Lee, Magnet Magazine, Mark Ibold, Matador Records, MTV, Pavement, Shady Lane, Spiral Stairs, Starlings on the Slipstream, Stephen Malkmus, Stereo, Steve West, Transport Is Arranged

Looking back on the album that helped Pavement become a band again

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New Wave Pop Rock Soul 

Getting in Focus: Picture This by Huey Lewis and the News Turns 40

January 31, 2022January 31, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 1982, 40th Anniversary, album, Anniversary, Do You Believe In Love, Huey Lewis, Huey Lewis and the News, MTV, Picture This, Workin' For A Livin'

In early ’82, the beloved San Francisco band got their first taste of serious chart success

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Alternative Rock Rock 

This Is Not A Black And White World: Live’s Mental Jewelry Turns 30

December 24, 2021January 1, 2022 Joseph Kyle 0 Comments 120 Minutes, 30th Anniversary, Big Audio Dynamite II, Blind Melon, Chad Gracey, Chad Taylor, Ed Kowalczyk, Live, Mental Jewelry, MTV, Pain Lies On The Riverside, Patrick Dahlhamer, Public Image Limited, Throwing Cooper

Why the York, PA band’s auspicious 1991 classic deserves as much appreciation as its multiplatinum successors

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Bluegrass Country and/or Western Pop Remembrance Rock 

Remembering Nez: Now It’s Time To Listen To The Band

December 16, 2021April 3, 2022 James Porter 4 Comments Davy Jones, Generation X, Michael Nesmith, Micky Dolenz, MTV, Peter Tork, RCA, RIP, The Monkees

Why losing Michael Nesmith means so much more than the death of the “Quiet Monkee”

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Music Journalism 

Remembering the Glory Days of MTV News

August 1, 2021August 2, 2021 Tim Sommer 14 Comments Alan Hunter, Doug Herzog, Hugo Largo, JJ Jackson, John Norris, Kurt Loder, Mark Goodman, Martha Quinn, MTV, MTV News, Tabitha Soren, Tim Sommer

In honor of today being the 40th anniversary of MTV’s debut on cable television, the Rock & Roll Globe is proud to bring you this “remastered” edition of Tim Sommer’s inside account of working for MTV News in the 80s and early 90s

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Indie Rock New Wave 

The Cucumbers Are Back!

July 28, 2021July 28, 2021 j. poet 0 Comments Deena Shoshkes, Hoboken, John Fried, Maxwell's, MTV, My Boyfriend, New Jersey, The Cucumbers, The Desk Drawer Tapes

The recently reunited Hoboken New Wave greats dig into their vault (and desk drawer) for a killer new rarities set

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Experimental New Wave Pop 

Goodbye Sadness: Season Of Glass at 40

July 13, 2021March 28, 2022 Steve Holtje 0 Comments 1981, Geffen, John Lennon, MTV, Season of Glass, The Beatles, Walking on Thin Ice, Yoko Ono

The most accessible Yoko Ono album was made in the immediacy of her heartbreak over John Lennon’s murder

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Folk Rock 

I’m Gonna Break Somebody’s Heart Tonight: Rumor and Sigh at 30

June 29, 2021March 24, 2022 Robert Baird 0 Comments 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, 1991, 30th Anniversary, Alternative Rock, Capitol, Fairport Convention, Mitchell Froom, MTV, Richard Thompson, Rumor and Sigh

Richard Thompson’s opening salvo for the 1990s remains one of the best works in the English guitar maverick’s extensive catalog

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Hard Rock Rock 

The Last Rock Star: When Billy Squier Blew Up

May 21, 2021May 23, 2021 Jim Allen 2 Comments 1981, 40th Anniversary, Billy Squier, Capitol, Capitol Records, Don't Say No, MTV, Piper

40 years ago, America said yes to Don’t Say No

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adblock Alternative Rock Indie Rock Power Pop Punk 

Crush Story: Cereal Killers at 30

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Blink-182, Cereal Killers, CHEAP TRICK, Giant Records, Martha Quinn, MTV, Sandy Smallens, The Who, Tim Quirk, Too Much Joy

Three decades on, Too Much Joy look back on the album that almost murdered their cult status

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock 

Recognize My Disease: Alice in Chains’ Facelift Turns 30

September 27, 2020September 27, 2020 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1990, Alice in Chains, Columbia Records, Jerry Cantrell, Layne Staley, Man in the Box, Mike Inez, MTV, Nirvana, Sean Kinney, Warrant, Whitesnake

Was the debut LP from this Seattle institution grunge genesis or a hair metal hangover?

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Music Journalism 

It’s Almost Time For The Rock Revival

September 25, 2020September 25, 2020 Marcus K. Dowling 0 Comments 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Billie Eilish, Bob Dylan, Brian Eno, Bruce Springsteen, Daft Punk, David Bowie, DJ Shadow, Elton John, Kraftwerk, Massive Attack, MTV, Robyn, Rolling Stone, technology, The Beatles, The Doors, The Rolling Stones, The Who

Rolling Stone’s 500 Best Albums List notes how technology fails Rock & Roll

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Alternative Rock Electronic 

“The Guy With The Best Nads Gets His Armpit Licked” – Whale’s We Care celebrates 25 Years

August 13, 2020August 18, 2020 Nathan Carson 4 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, Beck, Curve, Hobo Humpin' Slobo Babe, MTV, Suede, Tricky, We Care, Whale

Diving deeper than “Slobo Babe” with Sweden’s infectious, obnoxious concoction

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New Wave Progressive Rock 

We Can’t Rewind, We’ve Gone Too Far: The Buggles’ The Age of Plastic at 40

January 17, 2020January 18, 2020 Bill Kopp 0 Comments 1980, Geoff Downes, Island Records, MTV, The Age of Plastic, The Buggles, Trevor Horn, Video Killed The Radio Star

The album that featured the song that launched MTV as we once knew it was actually prog in disguise

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