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Top 10 Songs by Misfits: Legacy of Brutality

Misfits came to punk rock as men on a particular mission – to horrify and to seduce. In the process of bringing their highly melodic, horror-obsessed, muscular punk to a small, dedicated fanbase, they also created a musical style. The legend of the Misfits grows…
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Top 10 Songs by The Clash: The Only Songs That Matter

The Clash promised to become the only band that mattered. And they kept to their word, not just by being the most politically motivated of all the original punk-rock bands. They also created a body of work that soaked in the sounds of the time. The Clash are one of the…
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The Real Meaning of blink-182's "Adam's Song"

Late 1990s blink-182 had a long way to go if they were to prove that they weren’t just immature kids who wrote songs about farts and made music videos of them running naked through the streets. “Adam’s Song” was the first tune that made the world…
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Queen - "A Night at the Opera" Reviewed and Revisited

Queen was a band that refused humility and simplicity. Freddie Mercury and his colleagues were all about high-minded concepts, long songs, loud solos, and even louder clothes. “A Night at the Opera” was the culmination of those ideas and, to many, Queen’s…