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Led Zeppelin

The 25 Most Rockin' Guitar Riffs

Posted Fri 30 May 2008 6:17AM NZST
I'm told that the good folks over at Rolling Stone.com have launched a list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Songs as a feature at their site. List of the Day now undertakes the task of picking out 25 infamous guitar riffs that depending on your era were a More »
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Fergie

The 25 Most Successful Solo Acts

Posted Thu 29 May 2008 3:55AM NZST
Most bands are doomed to break up anyhow. Musicians go solo because they can. Solo success, however, is not guaranteed. More »
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Sarah McLachlan

Five Songs For Memorial Day

Posted Wed 28 May 2008 8:08AM NZST
Yes, Memorial Day, a day to remember the sacrifices of our armed services and for that you should probably listen to Pink Floyd's The Final Cut, subtitled "a requiem for the post-war dream." Or a handful of Toby Keith tunes and a Lee Greenwood collec More »
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Elvis Presley

Five Songs For The Glorious Spring

Posted Fri 23 May 2008 12:52PM NZST
Rain falls. Flowers bloom. Musicians love summer more, but a few had the guts to speak out for Spring. Let us applaud them. More »
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Public Enemy- It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Do You Remember 1988? Twenty-Five Albums That Defined The Year It Was

Posted Wed 21 May 2008 10:30AM NZST
1988 was the year that Sub Pop Records in a little known sleepy west coast village called Seattle in Washington State began its conspiracy to change the world as we know it.1988 was also the year that Public Enemy threatened to infiltrate the state. More »
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Joy Divison

Five Songs About Death

Posted Sat 17 May 2008 11:51AM NZST
Death and taxes--the only two unavoidables in life. Well, we all enjoyed tax day, so it's only natural that we now turn out attention to that other joyous prospect. More »
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Randy Newman

Five Songs About Money

Posted Tue 13 May 2008 11:16AM NZST
According to the prophet Gene Simmons, money is not the root of all evil, but rather the lack of it. Most musicians then are rooted in evil. Because most musicians are not successful and do not make much money. More »
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BEATLESno1

The 25 Best "Best Of" Albums

Posted Thu 8 May 2008 11:02AM NZST
"Greatest Hits" collections are a tricky bunch. There are more than 25 deserving artists. I could've compiled 200 and Y! Music would've found me dying at the bottom of the hamster wheel. More »
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The Ramones

Five Great Songs That Last Less Than Two Minutes

Posted Wed 7 May 2008 7:01AM NZST
While most rockers attempt to convince you of their great importance by releasing big, long boring albums that never end there are other performers who believe they're being charged by the minute. So they make their songs quick. I'm partial to short More »
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Poison

The 25 Worst Hair Metal Bands

Posted Thu 1 May 2008 11:44PM NZST
Picking the 25 Worst Bands is an exercise that provides a few laughs, very few decent tunes, many appalling videos and angry comments from readers who feel a sudden need to beat my opinionated head into the ground. More »
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