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Beatles Fill-in Bassist Chas Newby Dead at 81

Chas Newby, who enjoyed a two-week stint as the Beatles‘ bassist in 1960, died on Monday at age 81. The Cavern Club, the legendary Liverpool…

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Basketball Star Jimmy Butler Loves Listening to Nickelback

Jimmy Butler, the NBA star and current Miami Heat small forward, loves listening to Nickelback. And the basketball player often subjects his teammates to the hit-making…

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Van Halen, ‘OU812’: Retro Album Review

Van Halen has always worshipped at two altars. From their earliest days on the backyard beer-bash circuit, the Pasadena party-rockers toed the line between coolness…

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Juliana Hatfield Announces Album of ELO Covers

Singer-songwriter Juliana Hatfield has announced a new album of cover songs called Juliana Hatfield Sings ELO. The album will arrive on Nov. 17 and features 10 covers of…

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Watch a Pre-Fame Halestorm Crush Cover of Creed’s ‘What If’

Halestorm didn’t release their first album until 2009, but the origins of the band go back much further, all the way to 1997. The group…

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Josh Homme: Should Lynyrd Skynyrd Go On With No Original Members?

Josh Homme discussed the notion of Lynyrd Skynyrd continuing with no original members, following the death of the last remaining co-founder, Gary Rossington, in March. He…

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Lewis Thanks Foo Fighters for Unexpected Livestream Shoutout

Yes, the Josh Freese reveal as the new touring drummer was the big news to come out of the Foo Fighters livestream concert over the…

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5 Best Multi-Tools (2023): Leatherman, Victorinox, and Ones to Avoid

There are a ton of other multi-tools out there, and brands like Leatherman and Victorinox have models upon models that make it confusing to figure…

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Lost Genes Show How Woolly Mammoths Evolved

Scientists are working to bring back a woolly mammoth-like species to roam the Earth’s tundra. A study published last year, however, complicates these efforts. Researchers…

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What Can Plant-Eating Dinosaurs Teach Us?

Some dinosaurs feasted on smaller lizards, eggs or even early mammals. Others hunted other dinosaurs as prey, or scavenged the remains of dead animals. Most…

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