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The Velvet Underground Brought the Avant-Garde to Rock and Presaged Punk
The Band That Broke Czechoslovakian Communism: Plastic People of the Universe
Yoko Ono Brought Classical and Avant-Garde Techniques to Rock
Pop Had An Entirely Different Meaning Before 1955: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 2.12
Hardcore Punk Ignored Corporate America
The Weavers: Folk Music vs the Blacklist
The Kinks' Class-Consciousness Made Them Wary of the Promises of Swinging London
Irving Berlin Defined American Music: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 2.11
Pioneering Gospel Composers: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 2.10
Ted Gioia on The Birth of Jazz in New Orleans: Let It Roll From the Beginning...2.9
Edison's Phonograph vs. the Gramophone: Let It Roll From the Beginning... 2.7
The Vaudeville Roots of Country Music: Let It Roll From the Beginning...2.5
How 19th Century American Music Got Hot: Let It Roll From the Beginning...2.3
American Music Developed in the 19th Century NYC Underworld: Let It Roll From the Beginning...2.2
My Old Kentucky Home's Century of Myth: Let It Roll From the Beginning...Season 2.1
Francis Child Collected Ballads and Kicked Off a Craze: Let It Roll From the Beginning 1.12
Beethoven Freed Music From the Tyranny of Patronage: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1.9
The Subversive Side of Classical Music: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1.7
Clave and the Contradance in the Colonial Caribbean: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1.6
The Musics of Europe and Africa Collided in Cuba: From the Beginning….to the End 1.5
The Ancient Repertoire the Folk Genre Built On: Let It Roll From the Beginning...to the End 1.4
Music as a Magical, Subversive Force: Let It Roll From the Beginning 1.1
Chula Fronteras Documented Tejano Legends Like Lydia Mendoza, Narciso Martínez and Flaco Jiménez
Grunge Bands Like Nirvana Drew All Eyes to the Seattle Music Scene
The Time Nirvana Opened For Sonic Youth and Made a Movie About It
The Sex Pistols Launched Punk Rock in London & Triggered a Huge Backlash
The New York Dolls' Punky Glam Was Too Much, Too Soon
ZZ Top Took Marshall Amps and Remade Boogie-Blues as Heavy Rock
The MC5's Combination of Hard Rock and Radical Politics Was Too Volatile to Last
Leon Russell Spotlighted in Les Blank's 'A Poem Is A Naked Person'
We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus: RJ Smith Interview
Betty Davis: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Morris Day: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
James Brown: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Bootsy Collins: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Rick James: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
George Clinton: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus: Interview With Producer Jeff Feuerzeig
Blaze Foley: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Waylon Jennings: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Billy Joe Shaver: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
George Jones & Tammy Wynette: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Jerry Lee Lewis: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
Johnny Paycheck: We Dig Mike Judge's Tales From The Tour Bus
80s Roll 20: Queen, Bowie & Jagger and other highs and lows of Live Aid
80's Roll 19: Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones led "We Are The World"
80s Roll 18: British stars came together to wrap up a huge 1984 with “Do They Know It’s Christmas”
80s Roll 17: Classic Rockers Like Don Henley, Foreigner and Steve Perry Had a Big 1984 Too
80s Roll 16: Bruce Springsteen broke all the way through with Born in the USA
80s Roll 15: Tina Turner, ZZ Top, Cyndi Lauper & Madonna at the First Ever MTV Awards
80s Roll 14: The Olympics, Lionel Richie, Etta James, Marvin Gaye and R&B Radio
80's Roll 11: Prince's Purple Reign
80s Roll 10: The Jackson's Victory Tour was anything but
80s Roll 9: Run-DMC revolutionized hip-hop in the year of "Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo"
80s Roll 7: Bob Marley's Legend album was the biggest reissue of 1984
80s Roll 6: Talking Heads' Movie Stop Making Sense Topped the Field of Rock n Roll Movies in 1984
80s Roll 5: Michael Jackson, Annie Lennox, Boy George and Cyndi Lauper at the Grammy Awards
80s Roll 4: Van Halen, Def Leppard & Motley Crue Led the Heavy Metal Charge
80s Roll 1: How Great a Year Was 1984 for Pop Music?
Metal Evolution Led to Extremes: Grindcore, Death & Black Metal
Progressive Metal from Rush & Dream Theater to Tool & Meshuggah
Power Metal from the Scorpions and Yngwie Malmsteen to DragonForce and Nightwish
Shock Rock From Screamin' Jay Hawkins to Alice Cooper to Marilyn Manson
Korn and Limp Bizkit Led the Nu Metal Charge, Linkin Park Followed Up
Grunge Bands Like Nirvana and Pearl Jam Kicked Glam Off MTV
Metallica, Anthrax, Slayer and Megadeth Brought Thrash to a Global Audience
Van Halen and MTV Spawned the LA Glam Metal Scene that Produced Motley Crue, Poison and Guns N Roses
Iron Maiden and Def Leppard Emerge from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal
Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath and Deep Purple Were the Big Three of British Heavy Music
Blue Cheer, Steppenwolf, the Stooges and MC5 Invent American Hard Rock
Heavy Metal Emerged When Blues Rockers Added Elements of Classical Music and Opera
Lil Wayne, T.I. and 50 Cent Triumph in the Mix Tape Era: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
How The Neptunes, Timbaland & Missy Elliott, J Dilla and Kanye West Became Hip-Hop's Super-Producers
Houston's DJ Screw, Memphis' Three 6 Mafia and Atlanta's Lil Jon Innovated New Directions in Hip-Hop
Eminem, Mos Def & Black Star Emerge from Hip-Hop's Cypher & Battle Rap Cultures
After The Notorious B.I.G.'s Reign, Puff Daddy, Lil' Kim and Jay-Z Step Up In The 'Jiggy Era'
Wu-Tang Clan, Nas and Notorious B.I.G. Brought NYC Back
Tribe Called Quest & De La Soul Led the Native Tongues: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
Too $hort, MC Hammer, E-40, Digital Underground & 2Pac Brought the Bay: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
The 2 Live Crew, Geto Boys and UGK Come Out of the South: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
Ice-T, Eazy-E And N.W.A. Bring Gangsta Rap To The Masses: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
Run-DMC, Def Jam and Public Enemy Herald The Golden Age
The Sugarhill Gang & Afrika Bambaataa Put Rap On Wax: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
Hip-Hop Is Born In The Bronx: We Dig Hip-Hop Evolution
CountryRoll 7: Willie Nelson & Waylon Jennings Outlaw Country and Dolly Parton's Pop-Crossover
CountryRoll 6: George Jones & Tammy Wynette Were Mr & Mrs Country Music
What Have We Learned From Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll Part 2?
What Have We Learned From Ed Ward's History of Rock & Roll?
The Pre-Punk Seventies: Ed Ward's History Of Rock & Roll
Hard Rock Vs. Soft Rock, AM Vs. FM: Ed Ward's History Of Rock & Roll