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Blur Toss Their Old Musical Style in the Rubbish Bin -- Picture Book

Members of Blur pose for a photo promoting their 1993 album ‘Modern Life is Rubbish.‘ ... Read More »

Jimi Hendrix Finds a Band Before Finding Distortion -- Picture Book

After getting fired from Little Richard's band, 22-year-old Jimi Hendrix met soul singer Curtis Knight ... Read More »

Ozzy Osbourne Channels His Inner Werewolf -- Picture Book

Each week, in Picture Book, we present an iconic photo from rock 'n' roll's past or present, ... Read More »

Keith Richards Thirsts Onstage for a Cola Drink, Possibly More -- Picture Book

"There were many who tried to imitate Keith Richards. Not a safe thing to do," says photographer Ethan Russell about Keef, who, judging by Russell's iconic stage photo, must have requested a bar setup in his concert rider. ... Read More »

The Slits' Ari Up Is Just Your Typical Girl -- Picture Book

As the Clash bassist Paul Simonon looks on, Ari Up of the Slits teases her trademark untamed hair in a Cardiff, Wales, dressing room. ... Read More »

Jimi Hendrix Celebrates Final Birthday With Mick Jagger -- Picture Book

Whenever recording engineer/producer Eddie Kramer worked with famous musicians, he brought his camera with him. Though photography was just a hobby, Kramer snapped more than a thousand photos between 1967 and 1972... ... Read More »

Dusty Springfield Enjoys a Good, Strong Cuppa -- Picture Book

Each week, in Picture Book, we present an iconic photo from rock 'n' roll's past or present, ... Read More »

Janis Joplin: Portrait of an 'Enviously Unrestrained' Art Student -- Picture Book

Looking more like a folkie beatnik than the wildly dressed, sexually charged psychedelic blues rocker she’d become, Janis Joplin appears for a portrait during her short time as a University of Texas art student. ... Read More »

The Knack's Frontman and His Famous-Named Muse -- Picture Book

After 25-year-old Doug Fieger met 17-year-old Sharona Alperin at a clothing store, it was love at first sight. ... Read More »

Jimi Hendrix Goes in Peace -- Picture Book

Jimi Hendrix and bass player Billy Cox arrive at the Open Air Love & Peace Festival, which wasn’t exactly loving or peaceful. ... Read More »

Fela Kuti Plays 'Here Comes the Bride' 27 Times -- Picture Book

n 1978, Afrobeat inventor Fela Kuti married 27 women simultaneously, later boasting to a reporter, "I didn't sleep with any women outside my marriage." ... Read More »

Elvis Gives the Colonel a Hunka Hunka Burning Lead -- Picture Book

While some accused Colonel Tom Parker of robbing Elvis Presley -- the manager reportedly taking over 50 percent of Elvis' proceeds-- here Elvis jokingly plays the stick-up man on an early-'60s movie set. ... Read More »

Daft Punk Mask Their Intentions -- Picture Book

Though robot masks would become their trademark, when Daft Punk released its debut album, 'Homework,' in 1997, their face coverings were less spacey. ... Read More »

Bo Diddley Takes His Six-String to Go -- Picture Book

Sporting a rectangular guitar Grestch made for him the previous year, R&B singer-guitarist Bo Diddley (far right) appears in a 1959 publicity photo for his third album, 'Have Guitar Will Travel.' ... Read More »

Courtney Love Lives Through This and That as a Teen -- Picture Book

Courtney Love Pictured here at age 16 -- the same year she was legally emancipated from her parents ... Read More »