While a post-genre pop climate is now the norm, it's often been said that Beck's sample-soaked 'Odelay' was an important ...

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Tool are daunting band to get into, for several reasons. Luckily, frontman Maynard James Keenan has just the song to get newcomers into his group.

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Clint Eastwood has been a towering figure in Hollywood since the 1960s, but everyone has to start somewhere, and for him, it ...

One 1980s track by David Bowie seemed to channel Led Zeppelin as it was likened to the band's breakthrough opus, 'Dazed and Confused' when played live.

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Led Zeppelin already had a production guru in Jimmy Page, but this technical wizard thought they were a walking disaster. Read more here.

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