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James Brown: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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Bootsy Collins: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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Rick James: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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George Clinton: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus: Interview With Producer Jeff Feuerzeig

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Blaze Foley: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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Waylon Jennings: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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Billy Joe Shaver: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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George Jones & Tammy Wynette: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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Jerry Lee Lewis: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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Johnny Paycheck: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

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80s Roll 20: Queen, Bowie & Jagger and other highs and lows of Live Aid

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80's Roll 19: Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones led "We Are The World"

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80s Roll 18: British stars came together wrap up a huge 1984 with "Do They Know It's Christmas"

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80s Roll 17: Classic Rockers Like Don Henley, Foreigner and Steve Perry Had a Big 1984 Too

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80s Roll 16: Bruce Springsteen broke all the way through with Born in the USA

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80s Roll 15: Tina Turner, ZZ Top, Cyndi Lauper & Madonna at the First Ever MTV Awards

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80s Roll 14: The Olympics, Lionel Richie, Etta James, Marvin Gaye and R&B Radio

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80s Roll 13: Madonna comes out of the NYC club scene, 1st House records come out of Chicago, Hi-NRG is go, Electro becomes Freestyle

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80's Roll 12: R.E.M., Black Flag, Husker Du, the Minutemen and the Meat Puppets charted an alternative course

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80's Roll 11: Prince's Purple Reign

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80s Roll 10: The Jackson's Victory Tour was anything but

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80s Roll 9: Run-DMC revolutionized hip-hop in the year of "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo"

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80s Roll 8: Willie Nelson ruled the country music roost but George Strait and the Judds were coming up fast

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80s Roll 7: Bob Marley's Legend album was the biggest reissue of 1984

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80s Roll 6: Talking Heads' Movie Stop Making Sense Topped the Field of Rock n Roll Movies in 1984

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80s Roll 5: Michael Jackson, Annie Lennox, Boy George and Cyndi Lauper at the Grammy Awards

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80s Roll 4: Van Halen, Def Leppard & Motley Crue Led the Heavy Metal Charge

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80s Roll 3: Culture Club, The Eurythmics, The Human League, Duran Duran and The Police Led the 2nd British Invasion

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80s Roll 2: How the Late 70s Disco Implosion and Early 80's Stagnation of AOR Radio Made 1984 Possible

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80s Roll 1: How Great a Year Was 1984 for Pop Music?

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Metal Evolution Led to Extremes: Grindcore, Death & Black Metal

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Progressive Metal from Rush & Dream Theater to Tool & Meshuggah

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Power Metal from the Scorpions and Yngwie Malmsteen to DragonForce and Nightwish

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Shock Rock From Screamin' Jay Hawkins to Alice Cooper to Marilyn Manson

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Korn and Limp Bizkit Led the Nu Metal Charge, Linkin Park Followed Up

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Grunge Bands Like Nirvana and Pearl Jam Kicked Glam Off MTV

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Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth Brought Thrash to a Global Audience

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Van Halen and MTV Spawned the LA Glam Metal Scene that Produced Motley Crue, Poison and Guns N Roses

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Iron Maiden and Def Leppard Emerge from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal

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Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple Were the Big Three of British Heavy Music

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Blue Cheer, Steppenwolf, the Stooges & MC5 Invent American Hard Rock

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Heavy Metal Emerged When Blues Rockers Added Elements of Classical Music and Opera

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Lil Wayne, T.I. and 50 Cent Triumph in the Mix Tape Era: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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How The Neptunes, Timbaland & Missy Elliott, J Dilla and Kanye West Became Hip-Hop's Super-Producers

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Houston's DJ Screw, Memphis' Three 6 Mafia and Atlanta's Lil Jon Innovated New Directions in Hip-Hop

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Bounce, Master P & No Limit and Cash Money's Mannie Fresh & Juvenile Brought New Orleans Hip-Hop to the Fore

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Outkast & Goodie Mob Took the Dirty South National After TLC and Kriss Kross Laid the Foundation in Atlanta

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Eminem, Mos Def & Black Star Emerge from Hip-Hop's Cypher & Battle Rap Cultures

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After The Notorious B.I.G.'s Reign, Puff Daddy, Lil' Kim and Jay-Z Step Up In The 'Jiggy Era'

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2Pac & Suge Knight Ignite the West Coast-East Coast Feud Against B.I.G and Puff Daddy: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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Wu-Tang Clan, Nas and Notorious B.I.G. Brought NYC Back

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Tribe Called Quest & De La Soul Led the Native Tongues: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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Too $hort, MC Hammer, E-40, Digital Underground & 2Pac Brought the Bay: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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The 2 Live Crew, Geto Boys and UGK Come Out of the South: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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Ice-T, Eazy-E And N.W.A. Bring Gangsta Rap To The Masses: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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Run-DMC, Def Jam and Public Enemy Herald The Golden Age

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The Sugarhill Gang & Afrika Bambaataa Put Rap On Wax: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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Hip-Hop Is Born In The Bronx: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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CountryRoll 8: George Strait, Reba McEntire, & Dwight Yoakam Re-Center Country in the 80s, Garth Brooks Blows the Doors off in the 90s

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CountryRoll 7: Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings Outlaw Country and Dolly Parton's Pop-Crossover

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CountryRoll 6: George Jones & Tammy Wynette Were Mr & Mrs Country Music

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CountryRoll 5: Charley Pride Integrates Nashville, Buck Owens & Merle Haggard Bring the Bakersfield Sound

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Countryroll 4: Johnny Cash and the Rockabilly Revolution Were Answered by Patsy Cline and the Nashville Sound

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Countryroll 3: Hank Williams, Eddy Arnold, Lefty Frizzell and Kitty Wells Lead a Post-War Country Music Boom

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Countryroll 2: Roy Acuff, Bob Wills, Gene Autry and Woody Guthrie Lead Country Music Through Hard Times According to Ken Burns

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Countryroll 1: The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers and the Beginnings of Country Music According to Ken Burns

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What Have We Learned From Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll Part 2?

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What Have We Learned From Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll?

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The Pre-Punk Seventies: Ed Ward's History Of Rock & Roll

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Hard Rock Vs. Soft Rock, AM Vs. FM: Ed Ward's History Of Rock & Roll

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The Birth Of Reggae & The Funk Revolution: Ed Ward's History Of Rock & Roll

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The Invention of 'The Sixties': Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

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1968 Rock, Riot, Revolution: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

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Otis Redding Meets The Love Crowd: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

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Bob Dylan Rocks Folk: Ed Ward's History of Rock and Roll

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The Beatles Invade & The Rolling Stones Follow: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

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Bob Wills & Western Swing: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

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Rhythm & Blues from Bessie Smith to Louis Jordan: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

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Jimmie Rodgers & The Carter Family: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

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Rock Pre-History the 1920s & 30s: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

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1963 The British Invasion is Coming!: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

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1963 Brill Building pop is perfected: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

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1961-1962 The Quiet Years: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

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1960 The Fire of Rebellion Has Been Snuffed: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

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1959 Death and Soul: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

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1958 The Year the Music Didn't Quite Die: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

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1957 The Miracle Year of Rock & Roll: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

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1956 Rock & Roll in Full Flower: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

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1955 Rock & Roll is Born....Maybe: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

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1953-1954 Rock, Meet Roll: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

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The Early 1950s and Good Rockin Tonight: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

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Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll: 1945-1950 The Post-War Years

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TechnoRoll 3.20: How Dance Music Conquered America With Michaelangelo Matos

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TechnoRoll 3.19: Daft Punk Sweeps the Grammys as EDM Goes Mainstream

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TechnoRoll 3.18: Electric Daisy Carnival's Move From LA to Las Vegas Legitimized EDM for the US Music Biz

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TechnoRoll 3.17: Daft Punk Break Through at Coachella 2006

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TechnoRoll 3.16: Mashups & Electroclash at the Turn of the Millennium

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TechnoRoll 3.15: The DEA Cracks Down on Disco Donnie & the NOLA Rave Scene

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TechnoRoll 3.14 Carl Craig Brought the Detroit Electronic Music Festival Roaring to Life

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TechnoRoll 3.13: Moby and Fatboy Slim Rocked Woodstock '99

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TechnoRoll 3.12: Underworld & Chemical Brothers Headlined Organic '96

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TechnoRoll 3.11: Daft Punk Make Their US Debut at Even Furthur in Wisconsin

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TechnoRoll 3.10: Richie Hawtin's Rise and Fall as a US Rave Promoter

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TechnoRoll 3.9: Moby, The Prodigy, Aphex Twin, Orbital & Cybersonik Led Big Tours of the US in 1993

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TechnoRoll 3.8: Rave Crested & Crashed In Southern California in the Early 90s

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TechnoRoll 3.7: Rave Rose & Fell on the East Coast in 1992

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TechnoRoll 3.6: Tribal House Emerged on the Circuit in the 1990s and Went to the Top of the Pop Charts

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TechnoRoll 3.5: The Second Wave of Detroit Techno Soundtracked Midwest Raves in the Early 90s

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TechnoRoll 3.4: Rave & Early Internet Culture Rose Together in the Bay Area in the Early 90s

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TechnoRoll 3.3: Madchester & Hip-House Don't Quite Make It In the States, But Rave Took Root in Southern California

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TechnoRoll 3.2: Detroit Techno or, George Clinton, & Kraftwerk Stuck in an Elevator With a Sequencer

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TechnoRoll 3.1: Chicago House Kicks Off a New Era in Dance Music

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TechnoRoll 2.24: Simon Reynolds On Rave Music, Dance Culture and the Hardcore to Jungle to Drum & Bass to Dubstep to EDM Continuum

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TechnoRoll 2.23: Skrillex Leads EDM's Take Over of America

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TechnoRoll 2.22: First Wave Dubstep, Grime and Breakcore Dominate a Downbeat Half Decade

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TechnoRoll 2.21: Electroclash Was the 'It' Sound from Brooklyn to Berlin at the Turn of the Millennium

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TechnoRoll 2.20 Speed Garage & 2Step Evolved Out of the UK Garage Scene

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TechnoRoll 2.19 Paul Van Dyk, DJ Tiesto, and Ferry Corsten Take Trance to the Top as the PsyTrance Underground Goes Global

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TechnoRoll 2.18: Leftfield, Moby, Green Velvet & Underworld Pushed the Boundaries of House in the 1990s

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TechnoRoll 2.17: The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers & Fatboy Slim Brought Big Beat to Massive International Success

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TechnoRoll 2.16: DJ Spooky, Atari Teenage Riot, Mouse on Mars and Drill & Bass Producers Got Arty Post-Rave

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TechnoRoll 2.15: Drum & Bass Fought to Differentiate Itself from Ragga Jungle & Techstep

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TechnoRoll 2.14: Tricky, Portishead, & Massive Attack Took Trip-Hop Straight Out of Bristol

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TechnoRoll 2.13: American Rave Stayed Underground In the 1990s

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TechnoRoll 2.12: Dutch Dance Gets Intense With Gabba & Happy Hardcore Shelters Some of the Rave Spirit in the UK

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TechnoRoll 2.11: Jungle Brought Hip-Hop and Reggae Elements Back Into UK's Rave Scene

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TechnoRoll 2.10: Pirate Radio in the UK Brought the Underground to the Airwaves

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TechnoRoll 2.9: Underground Resistance, Carl Craig, and Richie Hawtin Led Detroit's Second Wave of Techno

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TechnoRoll 2.8: Goldie's Rufige Cru, Doc Scott & DJ Hype Led Breakbeat Hardcore's Turn to Darkcore

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TechnoRoll 2.7: Aphex Twin, The Orb, The Black Dog & Sven Vath Create Intelligent Techno, Ambient and Trance

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TechnoRoll 2.6: Spiral Tribe Went Big at Castlemorton & Triggered a Backlash

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TechnoRoll 2.5: Rave Goes Hardcore in Europe & the UK

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TechnoRoll 2.4: The Stone Roses and Happy Mondays Led a Madchester Scene That Tried to Absorb Rave Into Rock

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TechnoRoll 2.3: DJs Paul Oakenfold, Nicky Holloway and Danny Rampling Break Acid House Big in the UK

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TechnoRoll 2.2: Modern EDM is Born with Chicago House, Detroit Techno, & New York Garage

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TechnoRoll 2.1: Journey Through Rave Music & Dance Culture

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Technoroll 1.22: Interview with Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton, Historians of the DJ

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Technoroll 1.21: Did EDM Sell Out the Values that Made Disco Great?

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Technoroll 1.20: Superstars Like DJ Tiesto and Fatboy Slim Change the Game

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Technoroll 1.19: UK and US Authorities Crack Down on Raves in the 1990s

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Technoroll 1.18: The KLF Trolled the Pop World and Brought Ambient to a Mass Audience

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Technoroll 1.17: After Acid House Came Hardcore, Jungle, Drum & Bass, and UK Garage

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Technoroll 1.16: The Acid House Revolution Shakes the UK to its Foundations

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Technoroll 1.15: Ibiza's Balearic Beat Modeled Modern Dance Music in the 1980s

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Technoroll 1.14: Trance Connected Berlin with Goa, India

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Technoroll 13: The Belleville Three Create Techno in Detroit

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Technoroll 12: Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy and the Birth of House Music in Chicago

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Technoroll 11: Larry Levan Kept the Dance Music Torch Burning at the Paradise Garage

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Technoroll 10: Afrika Bambaataa Distils Electro and Hip-Hop Matures in the Recording Studio

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Technoroll 9: Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, & Afrika Bambaataa Invent Hip-Hop

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Technoroll 8: Before Hip-Hop Disco DJ's Like Grandmaster Flowers & DJ Hollywood Set the Stage

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Technoroll 7: Hi-NRG Kept the Dance Going In the Early 80's

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Technoroll 5: Disco Begins In New York

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Technoroll 6: Disco Blows Up in the Late 70's

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Led Zeppelin flew their folk flag high

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Technoroll 4: Jamaica's Sound System Culture Birthed Ska, Reggae, Dub

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Fairport Convention and Pentangle led the UK folk-rock movement

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Recast Technoroll 3: UK DJ Culture Develops With Northern Soul

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Paul Simon dived into the UK folk scene at a key time

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Recast Technoroll 2: The First DJs On the Radio and In the Clubs

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Bob Dylan Made the US Folk Boom and Then Bust

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Technoroll 1 Recast: The History of DJ-Based Music - Reggae, Disco, Hip-Hop, House, Techno, EDM and Beyond

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Joan Baez, Judy Collins, and Tom Rush led the pre-Dylan American Folk Boom

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Alan Lomax, Pete Seeger, Josh White & Jean Ritchie and the first Folk Revival

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The Carter Family popularized the Child Ballads and Burl Ives built a new tradition

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The President's Daughter Recorded A Child Ballad

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Sir Walter Scott, Pepys, and Charles Dickens: The Literary Roots of The Ballad Tradition

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Let It Folk: The Ancient Repertoire the Genre Built On

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Brian Jones' Bitter End

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The Cops Killed Brian Jones, Not Mick & Keith

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Brian Jones and Anita Pallenberg dazzled the pop world in 1966

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Brian Jones had no songwriting partner in The Rolling Stones

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New Brian Jones documentary reveals some truths, obscures others Part 1

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Brian Jones was Anita Pallenberg's entre into the Rolling Stones orbit

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We're Back: Bill Wyman was The Quiet Rolling Stone

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Farewell episode

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Nine Inch Nails channeled the nightmare into music

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Mamas and the Papa John Phillips' old evil spirit

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Gram Parsons lived a nightmare on purpose

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Nirvana's biographer looks back at Kurt Cobain and his band after 30 years

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Rock 'n' Roll's first and worst nightmare

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Brian Jones came to a bad end after the Rolling Stones fired him

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Hardcore punk was a nightmare for 80s corporate America

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The awful enigma of Brian Jones and the Rolling Stones

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Jim Morrison lived out the rock 'n' roll nightmare with The Doors

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Why was Brian Jones so wrong for the Rolling Stones?

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Little Willie John's dreams turned to nightmares

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Mick Jagger on Brian Jones and forming the Rolling Stones

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The Grateful Dead were the pied pipers of psychedelics

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In the end the Rolling Stones chewed up and spat out Andrew Loog Oldham

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Grandmaster Flash brought turntablism to Hip-Hop

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Andrew Loog Oldham broke The Rolling Stones in the USA

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Phil Spector's rise and fall was a rock 'n' roll nightmare

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Andrew Loog Oldham made The Rolling Stones the band Britain loved to hate

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Why Altamont went so wrong for the Rolling Stones and everyone else

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Marianne Faithfull got too close to the fire with the Rolling Stones

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The Rolling Stones' journey to Altamont

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Marianne Faithfull abandoned her pop career to be Mick Jagger's muse

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Brian Jones got everything he asked for when he formed the Rolling Stones

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Living with the Rolling Stones in 1963

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Jerry Lee Lewis bounced back at the Star Club

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Vernon Dalhart: The forgotten first superstar of country music

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Let Motown Roll 9: Rick James was the last great Motown star

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Genre, instruments, the meta-history of 20th century music: Reader's Mailbag

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Let Motown Roll 8: Smokey Robinson fulfilled Berry Gordy's vision

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The 90s Austin underground scene that produced Spoon, The Cherubs and many more

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Let Motown Roll 7: The epic tragedy of Marvin Gaye

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Eugene S. Robinson's journey from disco and no wave to hardcore and finally post-hardcore

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Let Motown Roll 6: Holland Dozier Holland perfected the Motown approach

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Lou Reed's Transformer came out in a big way

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Let Motown Roll 5: The Funk Brothers rocked in the shadows of Motown

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Seance Roll 3: Questioning Ed Ward's History of Rock N Roll

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Let Motown Roll 4: The women of Motown

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Seance Roll 2: The agony of mid-20th century classical music

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Let Motown Roll 3: The man who sold Motown's records

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Seance Roll 1: The Beatles messed with listeners' heads and ultimately paid the price

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Let Motown Roll 2: Berry Gordy's mastery at Motown

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The Butthole Surfers, Big Boys, Dicks and Scratch Acid led Texas' crazed punk scene

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Let Motown Roll 1: Florence Ballard formed the Supremes and paid the ultimate price

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The KLF triggered the cosmic when they burned £1 million pounds

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The Neville Brothers took New Orleans R&B to a whole new audience

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Peter Asher scored in the British Invasion and ruled in the Singer-Songwriter Era

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Latin Roll 3: The most popular American musician of the 19th century connected Cuba and New Orleans

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Beethoven freed music from the tyranny of patronage

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Latin Roll 2: Clave and the contradance in the colonial Caribbean

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Mambo hit New York hard in the 1930s, 40s and 50s

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Latin Roll 1: The musics of Europe and Africa collided in Cuba

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Chick Webb's Big Beat Style of Swing Led Directly to Rock 'n' Roll

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80s Roll 20: Queen, Bowie & Jagger and other highs and lows of Live Aid

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Beginning the Jazz Age: Vaudeville, Minstrelsy, Spirituals and Louis Armstrong's Signifying on the Old Songs

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80's Roll 19: Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones led "We Are The World"

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Black Sabbath invented heavy metal with Ozzy Osbourne and perfected it with Ronnie James Dio

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80s Roll 18: British stars came together wrap up a huge 1984 with "Do They Know It's Christmas"

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Hipgnosis designed iconic album covers for Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and many more

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80s Roll 17: Classic Rockers Like Don Henley, Foreigner and Steve Perry Had a Big 1984 Too

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David Bowie 75 years after his birth

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80s Roll 16: Bruce Springsteen broke all the way through with Born in the USA

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The Complicated Legacy of Chuck Berry, the Inventor of Rock 'n' Roll

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80s Roll 15: Tina Turner, ZZ Top, Cyndi Lauper & Madonna at the First Ever MTV Awards

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The Beatles vs James Bond: Two Very Different Visions of Britain

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80s Roll 14: The Olympics, Lionel Richie, Etta James, Marvin Gaye and R&B Radio

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Living Colour led the early 90's alt metal charge

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80s Roll 13: Madonna comes out of the NYC club scene, 1st House records come out of Chicago, Hi-NRG is go, Electro becomes Freestyle

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3 Kings of Emo Rap: Juice WRLD flew high and fell fast

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80's Roll 12: R.E.M., Black Flag, Husker Du, the Minutemen and the Meat Puppets charted an alternative course

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3 Kings of Emo Rap: Lil Peep Couldn't Protect Himself

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80's Roll 11: Prince's Purple Reign

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3 Kings of Emo Rap: XXXTentacion Sowed the Wind and Reaped the Whirlwind

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80s Roll 10: The Jackson's Victory Tour was anything but

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Holy Roll 6: Mahalia Jackson and the Black Gospel Field

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80s Roll 9: Run-DMC revolutionized hip-hop in the year of "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo"

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HolyRoll 5: Mahalia Jackson, Queen of Gospel and Mainstream American Star

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80s Roll 8: Willie Nelson ruled the country music roost but George Strait and the Judds were coming up fast

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3 Kings of American Pop: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley

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80s Roll 7: Bob Marley's Legend album was the biggest reissue of 1984

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3 Kings of American Pop: The Making of Elvis Presley

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80s Roll 6: Talking Heads' Movie Stop Making Sense Topped the Field of Rock n Roll Movies in 1984

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3 Kings of American Pop: Frank Sinatra, the Chicago Outfit and the President of the USA

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80s Roll 5: Michael Jackson, Annie Lennox, Boy George and Cyndi Lauper at the Grammy Awards

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3 Kings of American Pop: Frank Sinatra Made the Bobby Soxers Swoon and Made the GI's Boiling Mad

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80s Roll 4: Van Halen, Def Leppard & Motley Crue Led the Heavy Metal Charge

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3 Kings of American Pop: Bing Crosby's Incredible Influence Over America In the 1940s

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80s Roll 3: Culture Club, The Eurythmics, The Human League, Duran Duran and The Police Led the 2nd British Invasion

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3 Kings of American Pop: The Young Bing Crosby Reinvented Singing for the Microphone Age

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80s Roll 2: How the Late 70s Disco Implosion and Early 80's Stagnation of AOR Radio Made 1984 Possible

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The Great Brill Building Songwriting Teams: Lieber & Stoller, Goffin & King, Pomus & Shuman, Bacharach & David, Sedaka & Greenfield, Mann & Weill and Barry & Greenwich

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80s Roll 1: How Great a Year Was 1984 for Pop Music?

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Surf Rock, Motown, Girl Groups and a Second Wave of Doo-Wop Were on the Rock 'n' Roll Vanguard in JFK's America

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Alice Cooper Combined Proto-Punk and Vaudeville to Shock the World

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The Holy Trinity of Texas Gospel and a Devilish Businessman

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Steppenwolf's John Kay Came to Hard Rock from the Toronto Folk Scene

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Sun Records Presided Over the Dawn of Rockabilly With Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash and Jerry Lee Lewis

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Bettye LaVette Took Her Time to Get to the Top

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John Lennon's Political Activism Got Him Targeted By the U.S. Government

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Melvins and TAD Were at the Forefront of Seattle's Grunge Wave When It Was Still An Indy Phenomenon

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Thrash Metal Rose and Fell, Led by Metallica, Slayer, Anthrax and Megadeth

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The Peppermint Lounge Took the Twist to the Top

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Doc Pomus Wrote Classic Songs for Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, The Drifters, Dion & the Belmonts and Many More

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David Crosby, Roger McGuinn and Chris Hillman on Founding the Byrds

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Buffalo Springfield Couldn't Contain Neil Young, Steve Stills and Richie Furay

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Brian Wilson, The Beach Boys and Creating The California Myth

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Jamaican Ska Evolved Directly From American R&B

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Duran Duran Mastered MTV and Ruled In the 80s

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Trap Music Took Atlanta's Rap Scene Global but Never Escaped Reality

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Pop Had An Entirely Different Meaning Before 1955

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Rick James Took 15 Years to Become an Overnight Success

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Michael Jackson, Madonna and Prince Topped a Banner Year for Pop in 1984

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Genres: Pop vs Rock vs R&B vs Hip-Hop vs Dance vs Country vs Punk

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Paul Simon's Brill Building Years Laid the Ground for Folk-Rock Success

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George Michael's Brilliant 80's Run Ended With His 90's Rebellion Against His Record Label

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Gene Clark's Songwriting Lifted the Byrds

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Eddie Floyd Epitomized the Stax Records Approach to Soul

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The History of American Pop Music Writing Tells a Story

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The Record Exec Who Signed Michael Jackson, Bruce Springsteen, Cyndi Lauper and Ruled the 1980's

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Vybz Kartel's Career Arc Landed Jamaica's Most Important 21st Century Musician in Prison

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The Velvet Underground Brought the Avant-Garde to Rock and Presaged Punk

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DJ Screw Slowed Hip-Hop Down and Built a Home Grown Empire in Houston

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Swing King Chick Webb Brought Ella Fitzgerald to the World

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The Band That Broke Czechoslovakian Communism: Plastic People of the Universe

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Arthur Lee and Love Ruled LA's Sunset Strip Between The Byrds and The Doors

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American Music Developed in the 19th Century NYC Underworld

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BB King's Beginnings in Memphis & the Mississippi Delta

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My Old Kentucky Home's Century of Myth

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Atlantic Records' Jerry Wexler Produced Aretha Franklin, Ray Charles and More

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The Evolution of American Ska: The Untouchables, Fishbone & The Toasters Led the Way

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Metal Evolution Led to Extremes: Grindcore, Death & Black Metal

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J Dilla Transformed Time for Q-Tip, the Pharcyde, D'Angelo, Erykah Badu & Common

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Progressive Metal from Rush & Dream Theater to Tool & Meshuggah

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New Orleans Music from Fats Domino thru the Meters to No Limit and Cash Money

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Power Metal from the Scorpions and Yngwie Malmsteen to DragonForce and Nightwish

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The Outlaw Country of Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings was the Second Wave of Progressive Country to Come out of Austin

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Shock Rock From Screamin' Jay Hawkins to Alice Cooper to Marilyn Manson

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The Wu Tang Clan's Brilliant Business Plan Was Great While It Lasted

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Korn and Limp Bizkit Led the Nu Metal Charge, Linkin Park Followed Up

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Record Men From Thomas Edison to John Hammond & Chris Blackwell

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Grunge Bands Like Nirvana and Pearl Jam Kicked Glam Off MTV

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The Rolling Stones, Grateful Dead and the Hell's Angels All Faced a Reckoning At Altamont

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TechnoRoll 3.20: Interview with Michaelangelo Matos

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415 Records Brought California Punk & New Wave to the American Market

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TechnoRoll 3.19: Daft Punk Sweeps the Grammys as EDM Joins the Mainstream

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HolyRoll 4: Thomas A. Dorsey Went From 'It's Tight Like That' to 'Precious Lord'

323

TechnoRoll 3.18: Electric Daisy Carnival's Move From LA to Las Vegas Legitimzed EDM for the US Music Biz

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HolyRoll 3: Charles Tindley & Lucie Campbell Pioneered Gospel Composition

325

TechnoRoll 3.17: Daft Punk Break Thru at Coachella 2006

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326

Sly Stone Embodied the Optimism of Woodstock Nation Until He Didn't

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327

TechnoRoll 3.16: Mashups & Electroclash at the Turn of the Millennium

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328

What Have We Learned? The Birth & Death of the Cool

329

TechnoRoll 3.15: The DEA Cracks Down on Disco Donnie and the NOLA Rave Scene

330

Bad Brains' HR Created a New Template for Hard Rock Then Tore It All Down

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TechnoRoll 3.14 Carl Craig Brought the Detroit Electronic Music Festival Roaring into Life

332

Yoko Ono Brought Classical and Avant-Garde Techniques to Rock

333

TechnoRoll 3.13: Moby and Fatboy Slim Rocked Woodstock '99

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334

Smokey Robinson Was Berry Gordy's Right-Hand Man at Motown

335

TechnoRoll 3.12: Underworld and Chemical Brothers Headlined Organic '96

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336

Ralph Peer Brought Blues, Jazz, Country, and Latin Music to Record

337

TechnoRoll 3.11: Daft Punk Make Their US Debut at Even Furthur in Wisconsin

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338

Danger Mouse's Gray Album United Jay-Z and The Beatles and Brought Down the Wrath of the Industry

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339

TechnoRoll 3.10: Richie Hawtin's Rise and Fall as a US Rave Promoter

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340

John Entwistle's Bass Anchored The Who and His Rockstar Lifestyle Dragged Him Down

341

TechnoRoll 3.9: Moby, The Prodigy, Aphex Twin, Orbital and Cybersonik Led Big Tours of the US in 1993

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342

Protobilly: The Vaudeville Roots of Country Music

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343

TechnoRoll 3.8: Rave Crested and Crashed In Southern California in the Early 90s

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344

Future, Young Thug, Migos and Vybz Kartel Have Used Autotune to Create a Vibrant Vocal Psychedelia

E
345

TechnoRoll 3.7: Rave Rose and Fell on the East Coast in 1992

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346

From Jimi Hendrix to R.E.M., Warner Brothers Records Provided Artists a Rock Era Oasis

347

TechnoRoll 3.6: Tribal House Emerged on the Circuit in the 1990s and Went to the Top of the Pop Charts

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348

The Secrets Behind Elvis Presley's Relationship with Col. Tom Parker

349

TechnoRoll 3.5: The 2nd Wave of Detroit Techno Soundtracked Midwest Raves in the Early 90s

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350

HolyRoll 2: Jubilee Singers and Barbershop Quartets Continued the Evolution of African-American Music

351

TechnoRoll 3.4: Rave and Early Internet Culture Rose Together in the Bay Area in the Early 90s

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352

HolyRoll 1: In America African Culture Survived as The Spiritual

353

TechnoRoll 3.3: Madchester and Hip-House Don't Quite Make It In the States, But Rave Took Root in Southern California

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354

From Louis Armstrong to the White Stripes, 'St James Infirmary' Connects Folk Traditions to Jazz and Rock

355

TechnoRoll 3.2: Detroit Techno or, George Clinton and Kraftwerk Stuck in an Elevator With a Sequencer

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356

Cream Combined Heavy Blues Rock With Jazz Improv and Psychedelic Pop

357

TechnoRoll 3.1: Chicago House Kicks Off a New Era in Dance Music

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358

Donna Summer and Giorgio Moroder Invented Electronic Dance Music With "I Feel Love"

359

Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth Brought Thrash to a Global Audience

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360

Guns N’ Roses Reigned Over the Late 80's and Fell Hard in the 1990s

361

Van Halen and MTV Spawned the LA Glam Metal Scene that Produced Motley Crue, Poison and Guns N Roses

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362

Why Does Some Old Music Still Sound Contemporary and Some Sounds Very Dated?

363

Iron Maiden and Def Leppard Emerge from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal

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364

Milton Brown Mentored Bob Wills and Invented Western Swing

365

Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple Were the Big Three of British Heavy Music

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366

Etta James' Was a First Wave Rock N Roller and Later Led Chess Records' Soul Music Charge

367

Blue Cheer, Steppenwolf, the Stooges and MC5 Invent American Hard Rock

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368

Rod McKuen's Songs Sold Millions of Records but Triggered a Critical Backlash

369

Heavy Metal Emerged When Blues Rockers Added Elements of Classical Music and Opera

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370

Nicky Hopkins' Piano Graced Classic Rock by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who, The Kinks and many more

371

TechnoRoll 2.24: Simon Reynolds On Rave Music, Dance Culture and the Hardcore to Jungle to Drum & Bass to Dubstep to EDM Continuum

372

The A Team Created The Nashville Sound Behind Stars Like George Jones, Patsy Cline, Roy Orbison and Bob Dylan

373

TechnoRoll 2.23: Skrillex Leads EDM's Take Over of the USA

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374

The Dixie Cups Were the Girl Group That Brought New Orleans R&B to the Brill Building

375

TechnoRoll 2.22: First Wave Dubstep, Grime and Breakcore Dominate a Downbeat Half Decade

376

The Cultural Blend That Made New Orleans Music Unique

377

The Let It Roll Mission Statement - The Insanely Ambitious Music History Podcast

378

TechnoRoll 2.21: Electroclash Was the 'It' Sound from Brooklyn to Berlin at the Turn of the Millennium

379

Chula Fronteras Documented Tejano Legends Like Lydia Mendoza, Narciso Martínez and Flaco Jiménez

380

TechnoRoll 2.20 Speed Garage and 2Step Evolved Out of the UK Garage Scene

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381

Grunge Bands Like Nirvana Drew All Eyes to the Seattle Music Scene

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382

TechnoRoll 2.19 Paul Van Dyk, DJ Tiesto, & Ferry Corsten Take Trance to the Top as the PsyTrance Underground Goes Global

383

The Time Nirvana Opened For Sonic Youth and Made a Movie About It

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384

TechnoRoll 2.18: Leftfield, Moby, Green Velvet and Underworld Pushed the Boundaries of House in the 1990s

E
385

The Sex Pistols Launched Punk Rock in London & Triggered a Huge Backlash

E
386

TechnoRoll 2.17: The Prodigy, The Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim Brought Big Beat to Massive International Success

E
387

The New York Dolls' Punky Glam Was Too Much, Too Soon

388

TechnoRoll 2.16: DJ Spooky, Atari Teenage Riot, Mouse on Mars and Drill & Bass Producers Got Arty Post-Rave

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389

ZZ Top Took Marshall Amps and Remade Boogie-Blues as Heavy Rock

E
390

TechnoRoll 2.15: Drum & Bass Fought to Differientiate Itself from Ragga Jungle & Techstep

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391

The MC5's Combination of Hard Rock and Radical Politics Was Too Volatile to Last

E
392

TechnoRoll 2.14: Tricky, Portishead and Massive Attack Took Trip-Hop Straight Out of Bristol

393

Leon Russell Spotlighted in Les Blank's "A Poem Is A Naked Person"

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394

TechnoRoll 2.13: American Rave Stayed Underground In the 90s

395

Aerosmith, KISS, Cheap Trick & Starz Carved Out a Space for Weird Rock in the 1970s

396

TechnoRoll 2.12: Dutch Dance Gets Intense With Gabba and Happy Hardcore Shelters Some of the Rave Spirit in the UK

397

How Jazz and Rock and Roll Came to Be Seen As Completely Separate Genres

398

TechnoRoll 2.11: Jungle Brought Hip-Hop & Reggae Elements Back Into UK's Rave Scene

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399

Rock's Back Pages Makes Historic Rock Writing Available

400

The Kinks' Class-Consciousness Made Them Wary of the Promises of Swinging London

401

TechnoRoll 2.10: UK Pirate Radio Brought the Underground to the Airwaves

402

Black Flag Pioneered Hardcore Punk

403

TechnoRoll 2.9: Underground Resistance, Carl Craig & Richie Hawtin Led Detroit's Second Wave of Techno

404

The Birth of Jazz in New Orleans: Buddy Bolden & Jellyroll Morton and Others Combined Brass Bands with Ragtime and Blues

405

TechnoRoll 2.8: Goldie's Rufige Cru, Doc Scott and DJ Hype Led Breakbeat Hardcore's Turn to Darkcore

406

Bert Berns' Songs Were Immortalized by The Beatles, The Isley Brothers, Janis Joplin, Van Morrison and More

407

TechnoRoll 2.7: Aphex Twin, The Orb, The Black Dog and Sven Vath Create Intelligent Techno, Ambient and Trance

408

Aretha Franklin Brought Gospel Fervor to the Top of the Charts

409

TechnoRoll 2.6: Spiral Tribe Went Big at Castlemorton and Triggered a Backlash

410

Frank Sinatra Ruled Post-War America, Until He Didn't

411

TechnoRoll 2.5: Rave Goes Hardcore in Europe and the UK

412

Music as a Magical, Subversive Power: What Have We Learned

413

TechnoRoll 2.4: The Stone Roses & Happy Mondays Led a Madchester Scene That Tried to Absorb Rave Into Rock

414

The Beach Boys, Jan & Dean, Phil Spector, Nancy Sinatra and Kim Fowley exploded out of early 60's Hollywood

415

TechnoRoll 2.3: DJs Paul Oakenfold, Nicky Holloway and Danny Rampling Break Acid House Big in the UK

416

Joan Jett's Years With the Runaways Laid the Groundwork for Solo Stardom

417

TechnoRoll 2.2: Modern EDM is Born with Detroit Techno, Chicago House, and New York Garage

418

Solving the Mysteries Behind Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel"

419

TechnoRoll 2.1: A Journey Through Rave Music & Dance Culture

420

Lil Wayne, T.I. and 50 Cent Triumph in the Mix Tape Era: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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421

CountryRoll 8: George Strait, Reba McEntire, & Dwight Yoakum Re-Center Country in the 80s, Garth Brooks Blows the Doors off in the 90s

422

How The Neptunes, Timbaland & Missy Elliott, J Dilla and Kanye West Became Hip-Hop's Super-Producers

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423

CountryRoll 7: Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings Outlaw Country and Dolly Parton's Pop-Crossover

424

Houston's DJ Screw, Memphis' Three 6 Mafia and Atlanta's Lil Jon Innovated New Directions in Hip-Hop

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425

CountryRoll 6: George Jones & Tammy Wynette Were Mr & Mrs Country Music

426

Bounce, Master P & No Limit and Cash Money's Mannie Fresh & Juvenile Brought New Orleans Hip-Hop to the Fore

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427

CountryRoll 5: Charley Pride Integrates Nashville, Buck Owens & Merle Haggard Bring the Bakersfield Sound

428

Outkast & Goodie Mob Took the Dirty South National After TLC and Kriss Kross Laid the Foundation in Atlanta

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429

Countryroll 4: Johnny Cash and the Rockabilly Revolution Were Answered by Patsy Cline and the Nashville Sound

430

Eminem, Mos Def & Black Star Emerge from Hip-Hop's Cypher & Battle Rap Cultures

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431

Countryroll 3: Hank Williams, Eddy Arnold, Lefty Frizzell and Kitty Wells Lead a Post-War Country Music Boom

432

After The Notorious B.I.G.'s Reign, Puff Daddy, Lil' Kim and Jay-Z Step Up In The 'Jiggy Era'

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433

Countryroll 2: Roy Acuff, Bob Wills, Gene Autry & Woody Guthrie Lead Country Music Through Hard Times According to Ken Burns

434

2Pac & Suge Knight Ignite the West Coast-East Coast Feud Against B.I.G and Puff Daddy: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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435

Countryroll 1: The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers & the Beginnings of Country Music According to Ken Burns

436

The Kingsmen's 'Louie Louie' and The Rolling Stones' 'Satisfaction' were built on Cuban Mambo & Cha-cha-chá

437

Technoroll 22: Interview with Bill Brewster & Frank Broughton, Historians of the DJ

438

The Triumphs & Tragedy of Marvin Gaye, Motown's Greatest Male Solo Singer and First Album Artist

439

Technoroll 21: Did EDM Sell Out the Values that Made Disco Great?

440

Jeff Beck, Rod Stewart & Ron Wood Nearly Perfected Hard Rock Before Led Zeppelin Even Formed

441

Technoroll 20: Superstars Like DJ Tiesto and Fatboy Slim Change the Game

442

From The Supremes to The Four Tops, Holland-Dozier-Holland Made Motown's Biggest Hits

443

Technoroll 19: UK and US Authorities Crack Down on Raves in the 1990s

444

Easy Listening Absorbed Psychedelia in the Late 1960's

445

Technoroll 18: The KLF Trolled the Pop World and Brought Ambient to a Mass Audience

446

The Lost Art of Elevator Music From Mantovani & Jackie Gleason to Brian Eno's Ambient Music

447

Technoroll 17: After Acid House Came Hardcore, Jungle, Drum & Bass, and UK Garage

448

Introducing David Bowie to Stardust, Choosing Between Hendrix and The Who

449

Technoroll 16: The Acid House Revolution Shakes the UK to its Foundations

450

Ray Charles Combined R&B with Gospel to Invent Soul Music

451

Technoroll 15: Ibiza's Balearic Beat Modeled Modern Dance Music in the 1980s

452

Rhythm and Blues Exploded Out of 1940s Los Angeles Led by Nat "King" Cole & Big Jay McNeely

453

Technoroll 14: Trance Connected Berlin with Goa, India

454

Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor Took Trangression to a Mass Audience

455

Technoroll 13: The Belleville Three Create Techno in Detroit

456

From Surf Rock to Folk Rock to Freak Out, the Studio Scene in 1960s Los Angeles Captured the Moment

457

Technoroll 12: Frankie Knuckles, Ron Hardy and the Birth of House Music in Chicago

458

Why Discuss Music History? What's the Point of Let It Roll?

459

Technoroll 11: Larry Levan Kept the Dance Music Torch Burning at the Paradise Garage

460

Technoroll 10: Afrika Bambaataa Distils Electro and Hip-Hop Matures in the Recording Studio

461

Technoroll 9: Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, & Afrika Bambaataa Invent Hip-Hop

462

Technoroll 8: Before Hip-Hop Disco DJ's Like Grandmaster Flowers & DJ Hollywood Set the Stage

463

How The Memphis That Spawned Elvis & Stax Also Birthed The Box Tops & Big Star

464

Technoroll 7: Hi-NRG Kept the Dance Going In the Early 80's

465

How Jerry Lee Lewis, Howlin' Wolf, & Col. Tom Parker Helped Peter Guralnick Get Lost

466

Technoroll 6: Disco Blows Up in the Late 70's

467

Young Frank Sinatra Polarized Wartime America

468

Technoroll 5: Disco Begins In New York

469

Megaforce Records Brought Metallica, Anthrax, Manowar to the Masses

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470

Motown's Power Came From the Funk Brothers

471

Technoroll 3: UK DJ Culture Develops With Northern Soul

472

The Bee Gees Rose, Fell, Rose Again, Fell Again Then Helped Invent Modern Pop

473

Technoroll 2: The First DJs On the Radio and In the Clubs

474

Freddie Mercury and Queen Earned Rock Immortality

475

Technoroll: The History of DJ-Based Music - Reggae, Disco, Hip-Hop, House, Techno, EDM and Beyond

476

New Edition & New Kids On The Block Perfected It, *NSYNC & Backstreet Boys Capitalized On It: The Boy Band Formula

477

Jimmy Page Before Led Zeppelin: Session Man & Yardbird

478

How Willie Nelson, Doug Sahm, Stevie Ray Vaughan, SXSW and ACL Fest Turned Austin into the ATX

479

Chess Records Brought Chicago Blues, Rock & Roll and Soul to the World

480

Gram Parsons' Disastrous Career Made Him a Legend

481

Wu-Tang Clan, Nas and Notorious B.I.G. Brought NYC Back: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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482

Tribe Called Quest & De La Soul Led the Native Tongues: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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483

Too $hort, MC Hammer, E-40, Digital Underground & 2Pac Brought the Bay: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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484

The 2 Live Crew, Geto Boys and UGK Come Out of the South: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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485

Ice-T, Eazy-E And N.W.A. Bring Gangsta Rap To The Masses: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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486

Run-DMC, Def Jam and Public Enemy Herald The Golden Age: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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487

The Sugarhill Gang & Afrika Bambaataa Put Rap On Wax: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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488

Hip-Hop Is Born In The Bronx: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution

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489

Yo La Tengo Surfed The Indie Rock Wave

490

Bing Crosby Ruled The 1940s

491

The Beatles' Story Changes With The Teller

492

Dolly Parton Had A Vision Of Superstardom Beyond Nashville

493

Marley Marl, Big Daddy Kane, Biz Markie & The Juice Crew Perfected Hip-Hop In The 1980s

494

Elvis Presley: Decline And Fall

495

Soundgarden Was The Alpha And Omega Of Grunge

496

Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb And The Greatness Of Wichita Lineman

497

London Nurtured Classic Rock, Prog Rock, Blues Rock And Folk Rock

498

Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Big Joe Turner: How Kansas City Vice Birthed Kansas City Jazz

499

Lieber & Stoller Wrote Songs, Produced Records And Helped Create Rock & Roll

500

AC/DC Perfected Hard Rock While Flirting With Punk

501

What Have We Learned From Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll Part 2?

502

The Beatles As The End Of Rock & Roll: What Have We Learned From Elijah Wald's Alternative History Of American Popular Music

503

Robert Johnson Revised: What Have We Learned From Elijah Wald's Escaping The Delta?

504

The Pre-Punk Seventies: Ed Ward's History Of Rock & Roll

505

Hard Rock Vs. Soft Rock, AM Vs. FM: Ed Ward's History Of Rock & Roll

506

The Birth Of Reggae & The Funk Revolution: Ed Ward's History Of Rock & Roll

507

The Invention of 'The Sixties': Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

508

1968 Rock, Riot, Revolution: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

509

Otis Redding Meets The Love Crowd: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

510

Bob Dylan Rocks Folk: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

511

The Beatles Invade And The Rolling Stones Follow: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

512

What Have We Learned From Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll?

513

How The Beatles Got Signed

514

The Subversive Side of Classical Music

515

The Women Who Built Berry Gordy's Motown Empire

516

Hardcore Punk Ignored Corporate America

517

How Elvis Presley Rose To The Top

518

The Jim Morrison Biography That Kicked Off The Doors Revival

519

Irving Berlin Defined American Music

520

Politics Boxed Merle Haggard Out Of Crossover Superstardom

521

Bing Crosby's Swing Brought Him Superstardom

522

The Devil, Daniel Johnston and Documentary Film

523

Buck Owens Conquered the Country Music Business

524

We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus: RJ Smith Interview

525

Pop Music's Past Is Crowding Out Its Present

526

Betty Davis: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

527

Morris Day: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

528

James Brown: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

529

Bootsy Collins: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

530

Rick James: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

531

George Clinton: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

532

The History of Music is Subversive, Not Respectable

533

Grunge Exploded Out of Seattle and Fell Back to Earth

534

Emperor Moguls of Rap: Dr Dre, Diddy and Jay-Z

535

America Awaited the Beatles

536

Electronic Music From the Avant Garde to Top of the Pops

537

The Tragic Legend of Little Willie John

538

The Rise & Fall of Phil Spector

539

Rod Stewart & the Faces: A Complicated Alliance

540

The Songs Jazz is Built On

541

The Rolling Stones Road to Altamont

542

The Indie Underground of the 80's from Black Flag to Beat Happening

543

The Cool: A 20th Century Phenomenon

544

Robert Christgau on the Role of the Rock Critic

545

Screamin Jay Hawkins Put a Spell On the Music Biz

546

House of the Rising Sun Before Bob Dylan And After The Animals

547

Writing the Life Stories of Ray Charles, Marvin Gaye and Aretha Franklin

548

Barney Ales Helped Berry Gordy Build the Motown Empire

549

We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus: Interview With Producer Jeff Feuerzeig

550

Which One's Pink (Floyd)?

551

Blaze Foley: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

552

Time Warner Can't Handle The Ice-T Cop Killer Backlash

553

Waylon Jennings: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

554

James Brown Hits The One

555

Billy Joe Shaver: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

556

John, Paul, George & Ringo Couldn't Escape The Beatles

557

George Jones & Tammy Wynette: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

558

The Grateful Dead Builds Psychedelic America

559

Jerry Lee Lewis: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

560

Dewey Phillips, Elvis Presley, Otis Redding and Memphis music

561

Johnny Paycheck: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus

562

CSNY Tried to Have It All

563

Berry Gordy and the Making of Motown

564

Managing Led Zeppelin, the Biggest Band on Earth

565

Frank Sinatra, Mitch Miller and the Great American Song

566

The Weavers: Folk Music vs the Black List

567

Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Frank Sinatra and the Swing Era

568

Bing Crosby and the Age of the Crooner

569

The Entrepreneurs of Early Hip-Hop: Sugar Hill & Def Jam

570

Otis Redding: Supernova

571

The Rise of Otis Redding

572

Stax Records Blows Up in the 1970s

573

Stax Records and the Soul Explosion

574

Jerry Lee Lewis Starts His Come Back at the Star Club

575

Muddy Waters: The Life and Times

576

How 19th Century American Music Got Hot

577

The First Recording Stars: Enrico Caruso, Al Jolson and Bert Williams

578

Edison's Phonograph vs. the Gramophone

579

The Death of Nirvana's Kurt Cobain Changed The Music Biz

580

How the Beatles Destroyed Rock and Roll

581

Robert Johnson: Escaping the Delta

582

Legends Of Memphis Music From Charlie Feathers To Jeff Buckley

583

Willie Nelson Superstar

584

Willie Nelson: Nashville's Not Enough

585

Willie Nelson's Honky Tonk Wilderness Years

586

Chasing the Blues Legends John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, & Hubert Sumlin

587

The Moby Grape Story Part 2

588

The Butthole Surfers & the 80's Underground

589

Bob Wills & Western Swing: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

590

The Moby Grape Story Part 1

591

Rhythm & Blues from Bessie Smith to Louis Jordan: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

592

Jimmie Rodgers & The Carter Family: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

593

The Fall of Michael Bloomfield

594

The Rise of Michael Bloomfield

595

David Bowie: Starman

596

Iggy Pop: Open Up and Bleed

597

Brian Jones The Making of the Rolling Stones

598

Rock Pre-History the 1920s & 30s: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

599

1963 The British Invasion is Coming!: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

600

1963 Brill Building pop is perfected: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

601

1961-1962 The Quiet Years: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

602

1960 The Fire of Rebellion Has Been Snuffed: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

603

1959 Death and Soul: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

604

1958 The Year the Music Didn't Quite Die: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

605

1957 The Miracle Year of Rock & Roll: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

606

1956 Rock & Roll in Full Flower: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

607

1955 Rock and Roll is Born....Maybe: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

608

1953-1954 Rock, Meet Roll: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

609

The Early 1950s and Good Rockin Tonight: Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll

610

1945-1950 The Post-War Years Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll