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This Week In Music History: August 16 – September 1

Liam Gallagher of Oasis

Liam Gallagher of Oasis

My “This Week In Music History” feature went out again this week over at the Spinner.

For anyone who had floppy hair and thinks they’re British it was a week to celebrate the debut of OasisDefinitely Maybe album. To guitar geeks it was the week Stevie Ray Vaughan died. And to Elvis fans it was the week that someone almost successfully dug up and stole his dead body.

To find out more things that made music history, click here.

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This Week In Music History: August 12 – 18

Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

My “This Week In Music History” feature went out again this week over at the Spinner.

This was a big one: Elvis Presley died, the original Woodstock happened, and probably most importantly, Sir Mix-A-Lot was born.

Baby got back.

To find out more things that made music history, click here.

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Concert Censorship: A Brief History Of ‘The Man’ Trying To Shut Down The Rock

Religious protesters want Lady Gaga to go to hell

Religious protesters want Lady Gaga to go to hell

On any given day, in any town or city, anywhere in the world, there’s probably some crackdown/protest/sinister bullshit happening that’s attempting to prevent people from rockin’ and dancin’.

Basically, the people behind these crackdowns hate music and they hate life and they’re assholes.

Anyway, in lieu of the latest round of anti-Lady Gaga protests in the Philippines and such, Sarah was tasked to find other examples of The Man cracking down on rock ‘n’ roll.

It turns out there were no shortage of examples, from Elvis Presley to Eminem to The Beatles to you name it. Basically, the government is afraid of musicians.

To read about this story, head over to Spinner by clicking here.

 

 

 

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