“Ray Manzarek hated the sound of distorted guitar chords. He didn’t think they belonged in music”: X’s Under the Big Black Sun is a stone-cold L.A. punk classic, produced by a legendary figure who “didn’t really like punk rock” – here’s ho

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L.A. punks X made their major-label debut in 1982 with Under the Big Black Sun. The record, which followed two critically acclaimed indie releases – Los Angeles (1980) and Wild Gift (1981) – spotlights a more refined and polished version of their sound, while not losing an ounce of theContinue Reading

ASAP Rocky Puts Himself In The Rihanna And Frank Ocean Category Of Artists Who “Take Their Time”

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Image Image Credit Stephane Cardinale – Corbis / Contributor via Getty Images, Kevin Mazur / Contributor via Getty Images, and Mike Coppola/MG19 / Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt ASAP Rocky, Rihanna, and Frank Ocean Image Size landscape-medium ASAP Rocky knows good music takes time. He’s dating Rihanna, after all,Continue Reading

“I really don’t think that ’80s guitar style has stood the test of time very well”: Tommy Thayer emerged in a scene of shredders and guitar heroes – but the style they pioneered never appealed to him

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Tommy Thayer’s rise to six-string stardom largely occurred throughout the 1980s – an evolutionary period for guitar music, which gave way to a new wave of guitar gods and playing styles that favored speed, theatrics and hot-rodded instruments. For an up-and-coming Thayer, though, shred guitars and wild gear never trulyContinue Reading

Wuthering Heights the Musical Hits Shanghai

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Based on Emily Brontë’s 1847 novel,&nbspWuthering Heights&nbspis&nbspan epic tale of love, revenge and hope. When young Heathcliff is rescued from the docks of Liverpool, Mr. Earnshaw decides to adopt him and bring him home to his country estate, Wuthering Heights. There, Heathcliff finds a kindred spirit in Earnshaw’s daughter, Catherine,Continue Reading

30 Deals To Check Out This Week

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We hope you love our recommendations! Some may have been sent as samples, but all were independently selected by our editors. Just FYI, BuzzFeed and its publishing partners may collect a share of sales and/or other compensation from the links on this page. Shopping · Posted 2 hours ago Savings at FreeContinue Reading