Although he only appeared on a few singles, one full-length album, and one movie documentary during his short life, Germs' frontman Darby Crash certainly left his mark on the punk rock world. Few rock "singers" (the term is used loosely in Crash's case) pushed themselves to such dangerous and fearless extremes as Crash did at just about ever... [+] Read More

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The youngest of eight children, Duff McKagan was born in Seattle, WA, in the spring of 1964. His real name is Michael, but his family gave him the nickname Duff at the age of two and it stuck. He grew up rebellious, falling in love with punk and glam rock by the time he was a teenager. His brother, Bruce, introduced him to the bass, but he did... [+] Read More

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There are numerous stories and myths about why original Sex Pistols bassist Glen Matlock was fired and replaced by Sid Vicious. It isn't true that Matlock was kicked out for liking the Beatles; in fact, he was even more enamored of the Faces and the mod groups prominently featured on London pirate radio in the late '60s, as were Steve Jones and... [+] Read More

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Born John Wardle, Wobble was an old friend of Sex Pistols singer Johnny Rotten. When the Pistols broke up, Rotten formed Public Image Limited, and Wobble became the bass player. After the group's first few albums, Wobble had a falling out with Rotten (now Lydon) and guitarist Keith Levene and departed for a solo career, also collaborating with... [+] Read More

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Former Nirvana bassist Chris Novoselic is one of rock's most politically minded musicians. Born Krist Anthony Novoselic on May 16, 1965 in Los Angeles, CA, to Croatian immigrants, Novoselic and his family remained in California until 1979, when they moved to the tiny logging town of Aberdeen, WA. Novoselic had changed the spelling of his first... [+] Read More

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Besides the Allman Brothers, perhaps the only other rock band to lose bandmembers under exactly the same circumstances (and almost exactly one year apart) was the Pretenders, when guitarist James Honeyman-Scott and bassist Pete Farndon both succumbed to drug overdoses during the early '80s. Farndon was born on June 2, 1952, and hailed from... [+] Read More

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The Sex Pistols may have been the first British punk rock band, but the Clash were the definitive British punk rockers. Where the Pistols were nihilistic, the Clash were fiery and idealistic, charged with righteousness and a leftist political ideology. From the outset, the band was more musically adventurous, expanding its hard rock & roll with... [+] Read More

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