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They were such devout futurists that they even came from a New Town. Emerging from the unlikely locale of Basildon at the dawn of the Eighties, the unassuming Depeche Mode became pioneers of British electro-pop. Surviving the abrupt early departur...

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Explores all aspects of the most talked about secret society in the world, from its most famous members to its infamous history, revealing the facts behind the fiction of Dan Brown's new blockbuster. For centuries the Freemasonry has been the subj...

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Explores all aspects of the most talked about secret society in the world, from its most famous members to its infamous history.For centuries the Freemasonry has been the subject of rumour and intrigue. From its obscure origins to the suspicion th...

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A superbly illustrated, in-depth examination of the stories, events, places, and characters that inspired the songs of the Talking Heads, arguably the most significant band to emerge from the late-'70s New York punk scene based around CBGB's club....

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'Jimi Hendrix was not so much an element in a Periodic Table of Heavy Rock as an entire elemental spectrum in a parallel universe.'Welcome to The Periodic Table of Heavy Rock! Instead of hydrogen to helium, here you'll find Smashing Pumpkins to Sp...

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Eight tracks. Endless stories. Allow yourself to be cast away in eight glorious decades of the most iconic show on radio. To mark this momentous occasion, The Definitive Desert Island Discs focuses on 80 of the most powerful and unforgettable inte...

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He ran with teenage gangs in Brooklyn before becoming a global rock star in the Summer of Love. He was managed by the mob, hung with Hendrix, trashed thousands of hotel rooms, unwittingly paid for an unknown Led Zeppelin to support him on tour, ta...

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Carmine Appice (born December 15, 1946) is an American drummer and percussionist most commonly associated with the rock genre of music. He has received classical music training, and was influenced early-on by the work of jazz drummers Buddy Rich a...

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Eight tracks. Endless stories. Allow yourself to be cast away in eight glorious decades of the most iconic show on radio. To mark this momentous occasion, The Definitive Desert Island Discs focuses on 80 of the most powerful and unforgettable inte...

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The Cures story is a fantastical pop fable, but their trajectory has not been one of unbroken success. Along the way, their uneven, uneasy pop odyssey has taken in fierce intra-band tensions and fall-outs, numerous line-up changes and even a bitte...

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2020 ist es vierzig Jahre her, dass Dave Gahan als Sänger zum Synthesizer-Projekt von Martin Gore und Andrew Fletcher stieß. Er war es auch, der gleich den richtigen Namen für sie fand: Depeche Mode. Wenig später entdeckte Daniel Miller von Mute R...

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Zwischen Düsterrock und Popjuwelen "Wir hatten nie die Absicht, so erfolgreich zu werden", bekennt Cure-Sänger und Mastermind Robert Smith freimütig. Dass der Weg von The Cure aus der Londoner Vorstadt-Tristesse bis in die großen Stadien...

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Mötley Crue -basistin tolkuttomat sekoilut. Siinä missä The Dirt - Törkytehdas on koko Mötley Crue -miehistön sekoilusaaga, Heroiinipäiväkirja keskittyy bändin armoitetuimpaan kaheliin, biisinikkari Nikki Sixxiin, jonka tempausten rinnalla Tommy L...

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