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Lee Dorman Dead: Iron Butterfly Bassist Dies at the Age of 70
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12 Bands That Feature the Children of Famous Rockers

Mark Weiss, Getty Images They say that the apple doesn't fall... oh, screw it! In my daily search of new music and talking with record label publicists, I've noticed that there are a lot of bands featuring the offspring of famous rock musicians. It can't be easy to carve your own niche in this business when your dad has already sold millions ...

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The Out-There Fashions of the 2012 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival

Josh Feingold (2) Since Spinner editor Dan Reilly's whirlwind weekend at Lollapalooza left him wholly exhausted, he asked me if I could cover Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival. This year's 3-day San Francisco event featured headliners Stevie Wonder, Metallica, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, Jack White and Foo Fighters, plus tons of other ...

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15 Best Guitar Faces: Are They Rocking a Solo or in Tremendous Pain?

Getty Images (2) Take a look at these faces frozen in time. Are they in rock 'n' roll ecstasy, a painful cry of agony or perhaps just some really hardcore bathroom strain? You may be surprised to learn that none of the artists in these photos are giving birth - it just looks like it. That's the beauty of the "guitar face." So instead of ...

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Jon Lord Dead: Deep Purple Keyboardist Dies at 71 After Cancer Battle

JonLord.org Legendary Deep Purple keyboardist Jon Lord has passed away from cancer at the age of 71. Lord was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor in his pancreas in 2011 and had undergone treatment for it from a specialist this past February in Israel. The influential musician was due to make his live comeback at a show in Hagen, Germany on ...

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The Cult's Tour Bus Crashes in Croatia: 'We Are Still in Shock'

Herfitz PR The Cult, currently on tour in Europe, experienced a terrifying crash just before 6:00AM local time earlier this week while in their tour bus traveling from Split, Croatia to Ljubijana, Slovenia. "I was the only one awake," said the band's vocalist Ian Astbury, who was seated in the bus's front lounge. "All of a sudden, the bus ...

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Jack and White Cover ELO's 'Telephone Line' With Fitz of Fitz and the Tantrums -- Video Premiere

Trevor Hoehne Jack and White is a folk-pop duo consisting of singer-songwriters Jack Matranga and Brooke White. The two met while traveling in the same musician circles throughout the U.S. and bonded over their mutual love of California-kissed folk, pop and rock of the '60s and '70s. Undercover, Jack and White's brand new covers ...

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The Cult's Ian Astbury Marries The Black Ryder's Aimee Nash

Herfitz PR Congrats to The Cult vocalist Ian Astbury and The Black Ryder singer/bassist Aimee Nash who got married in Las Vegas over the holiday weekend (May 26). The musicians exchanged vows at the Little Church of the West, where Angelina Jolie, Richard Gere and Judy Garland have also walked down the aisle. ...

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