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  Jon Virtes

  

  "It's not about Nirvana": The real story of the music uprising which upended corporate rock and killed hair metal

  Salon - Scott Timberg

  The story of the indie rock era has rarely been told as well as it has in “Your Band Sucks,” the new chronicle by Bitch Magnet guitarist Jon Fine. Subtitled “What I Saw at Indie Rock’s Failed Revolution,” the book tells how a handful of outcasts came together to form an indie subculture all over …

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  Jon Virtes

  

  Air Force Grunge. #EddieVedder (@PearlJam) and @BarackObama. Kailua, Honolulu. Hawaii. 1/3/2015. Thanks to @giada_la.

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  Jon Virtes

  

  Yusuf Islam's Golden Years

  Rolling Stone - Andy Greene

  Nobody was expecting much from Yusuf Islam at the 2014 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony. The press had fixated on Nirvana’s reunion and …

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  Jon Virtes

  

  Dave Grohl Details Stories Behind 'The River'

  Rolling Stone - Jon Blistein

  The Foo Fighters‘ Sonic Highways is packed with references to the musical legacies of the eight cities where the band wrote and recorded their eighth …

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  Jon Virtes

  

  Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl: 'Barack Obama is a rocker'

  NME - Dan Stubbs

  US President is interviewed in 'Sonic Highways' TV show Dave Grohl says US President Barack Obama is a “a rocker, he’s cool”. The Foo Fighters frontman …