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This Week's Forgotten Gem of the '80s - X - "See How We Are"
Sat, 12 May 2012 20:29:00 -0500
Though pioneering Los Angeles punk rock band X had become a shadow of itself by 1987, the year its penultimate studio LP, See How We Are, was released, the...
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R.I.P. Adam Yauch - This Week's Forgotten Gem of the '80s - Beastie Boys' "She's On It"
Sat, 05 May 2012 15:05:00 -0500
After yet another week shrouded by tragic and early celebrity deaths, the pop music world was forced to join in the mourning with Friday's announcement that founding Beastie Boys member...
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R.I.P. Greg Ham - This Week's Forgotten Gem of the '80s - Men at Work's "Giving Up"
Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:56:00 -0500
The passing last week of Men at Work's multi-instrumentalist and key creative force Greg Ham likely caught more than a few pop music fans off-guard, but those who knew the...
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This Week's Forgotten Gem of the '80s - Scandal's "Love's Got a Line on You"
Wed, 18 Apr 2012 22:39:00 -0500
During the past eight years or so, something happened within American pop culture that many music fans assumed would never actually come to be: in the form of a...
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This Week's Forgotten Gem of the '80s - The House of Love's "Love in a Car"
Wed, 11 Apr 2012 22:11:00 -0500
I'm the first to admit anytime the subject comes up that I was probably about as far as one could be from being hip to the early alternative/indie sound...
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This Week's Forgotten Gem of the '80s - The Desert Rose Band's "One Step Forward"
Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:03:00 -0500
Over the years, commercial country music has not been a particularly solid breeding ground for successful bands, Alabama and current stalwarts Rascal Flatts notwithstanding. For some reason or another, mainstream...
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This Week's Forgotten Gem of the '80s - Ten Years After's "Wild Is the River"
Sun, 25 Mar 2012 18:46:00 -0500
British blues/hard rock guitarist Alvin Lee has always been viewed as one of rock's finest old-school instrumentalists, and his work with his band, Ten Years After, during the late '60s...
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This Week's Forgotten Gem of the '80s - The Undertones' "There Goes Norman"
Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:00:00 -0500
In honor of St. Patrick's Day (even if a day late and - let's face it - probably more than a dollar short), I thought the time was right to...
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RIP Ronnie Montrose - This Week's Forgotten Gem of the '80s - Gamma's "Mean Streak"
Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:27:00 -0600
Unfortunately, the loss last weekend of Ronnie Montrose, one of '70s American hard rock's most beloved yet unsung guitarists, probably hasn't resonated all that strongly for many '80s music...
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This Week's Forgotten Gem of the '80s - Rachel Sweet's "Take Good Care of Me"
Fri, 02 Mar 2012 19:15:00 -0600
While searching for a song to spotlight this week in this space, I've encountered a few unexpected obstacles, including a minor but nevertheless derailing bout with illness, an unlikely near-duplication...
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