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Squishmallows’ ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ Collection Features 4 Fan-Favorite Characters in Plushie Form
Toy manufacturer Jazwares has launched an officially licensed Squishmallows collection based on Netflix’s hit animated film KPop Demon Hunters, bringing four fan-favourite characters to plush form. The tie-in reflects how the film’s global success has turned it into a merchandising powerhouse, with fans collecting everything from apparel to toys inspired by the group HUNTR/X and…
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How Funkadelic managed to capture Mother Nature’s howl in sound and image on ‘Maggot Brain’
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The one singer Linda Ronstadt called “the best of all”
The heart of great singing. The post The one singer Linda Ronstadt called “the best of all” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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The band Chris Cornell and Kurt Cobain both agreed was the worst: “I was offended”
The wrong set of values. The post The band Chris Cornell and Kurt Cobain both agreed was the worst: “I was offended” first appeared on Far Out Magazine.
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Rob Halford and the Rock Music Community Remember One of the “Greatest Frontman in Rock and Roll History”
Judas Priest frontman Rob Halford has led tributes to the late AC/DC singer Bon Scott, marking what would have been Scott’s 80th birthday on 9 July. Halford shared a video message on YouTube celebrating Scott as “far more than a rock singer” and “a free spirit that could never be contained”, while fans across the…
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55 Years Ago, This Rock Supergroup Was Overshadowed by Their Opening Act,a Then-Unknown Bruce Springsteen Band
On this day in 1971, the British rock supergroup Humble Pie, featuring former Small Faces singer Steve Marriott and guitarist Peter Frampton, were reportedly upstaged by their own opening act at the Sunshine In venue in Asbury Park, New Jersey. That opener was the little-known Bruce Springsteen Band, and the young Springsteen and his musicians…
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Is Billy Corgan really responsible for the success of Fleetwood Mac’s 1975 track ‘Landslide’?
This article from Far Out Magazine poses the question of whether Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan can be credited with the enduring success of Fleetwood Mac’s 1975 song “Landslide”, written and sung by Stevie Nicks. However, the article text supplied here contains only the website’s navigation menu and a mailing-list sign-up prompt, with none of…
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3 Rock Songs From 1978 That Make Me Wish I Could Time Travel
This American Songwriter opinion piece rounds up three rock songs released in 1978 that the writer says are so good they wish they could travel back in time to hear them anew. The author frames the late 1970s as a distinctive period in which the decade’s sound was beginning to evolve towards the iconic 1980s…
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Mick Jagger Says the Beatles Were in a League of Their Own as Songwriters
Mick Jagger has reflected on the songwriting of Paul McCartney and John Lennon, describing the Beatles as being in a class of their own during the 1960s. Speaking about that era of music, the Rolling Stones frontman said no other band, singer or songwriter could rival the pair, whom he called the most “prolific” songwriters…
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4 Rock Songs From the 60s That Could Probably Bring World Peace
An American Songwriter feature highlights four rock songs from the 1960s that, in the writer’s view, capture a spirit of peace or at least prompt reflection on it. The piece frames the decade as a period when artists and songwriters had a great deal to say about politics, and presents these tracks as examples of…