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Artist: Jay-Z
To the admiration of a generation, Jay-Z led an incredibly storied career in the rap industry, pulling himself up by his bootstraps as a youth to one day become the reigning rapper of New York City and then a major-label executive following his retirement from music-making. More than anyone, Jay-Z embodied the ultimate rags-to-riches rap dream,... [+] Read More
Artist: Controlled Bleeding
From the group's inception in the mid-'70s onward, the New York-based Controlled Bleeding remained one of the most prolific and unpredictable American industrial bands, exploring the extremes of both unchecked sonic fury and free-floating ambient dub.
Led by singer and multi-instrumentalist Paul Lemos, a high-school English teacher by day,... [+] Read More
Artist: Destruction
Together with their countrymen Kreator and Sodom, Germany's Destruction constituted the dominating triumvirate of Teutonic thrash metal during the 1980's. Although they ultimately failed to match these peers' in terms of commercial success and longevity, at least two of their albums still qualify among the crème de la crème of the decade's... [+] Read More
Artist: The Briarhoppers
Liverpool has the Beatles; Charlotte, NC, has the Briarhoppers. There are those in the latter town who feel the history of the Briarhoppers is also the history of their city and while that might be a bit too much of a crawl into the briar, it is true without a doubt that the history of broadcast media in Charlotte and this old-time group are... [+] Read More
