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What Was the Last US Top 40 Hit by The Kinks?
The Kinks enjoyed two decades of US chart success, but what was the last song of theirs to reach the American Top 40?
A brief history of Czechoslovakia’s psychedelic dawn
Much has been made of the impact The British Invasion on American music in the 1960s, but it also had a big effect on the psychedelic rock of Bohemia, as well ...
‘I Wanna Be Sedated’: The bands the Ramones attempted to mimic for a masterpiece
The Ramones differed to many of their punk contemporaries, regularly taking on influences from the pop scene of the 1960s ...
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On This Day in 2002, British Acts Disappeared From the US Hot 100 for the First Time Since 1963
On this day in 2002, the UK music reign ended when no British acts made it to the Billboard Hot 100 chart, which hadn't ...
Pete Townshend’s obsession with his physical appearance: “The reason I wrote songs was because of my nose”
Songwriter, guitarist and founding member of the Who, Townshend was once described as, “A nose on a stick” by singer Roger ...
They spent years following the Kinks. Was this their final stop?
What happens when you build your life — and your friendships — around a band that can’t keep it together forever.