http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T29-VNiC3Qg

And why not? This video’s cut off but this might be their best song, “No Matter What,” recently covered by Def Leppard (among others).
I actually used to have a hairstyle similar to lead guitarist Joey Molland, with a significantly longer mullet. Hey, it was the early ’90s.

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Spinal Tap reunites for Live Earth, plays new single “Warmer than Hell,” detailing the Devil’s trip to Britain where he remarks how sweltering it is due to global warming.

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Summertime was time to see the Dead. U.S. Blues in Buffalo from July 4, 1989, just two months after my own first show…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOL2ZS0zKmk

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For the rock and roll historians out there, Crawdaddy! magazine has made an online comeback, where you can even read some classic pieces by founder Paul Williams. Williams, among other things, wrote the liner notes to the Beach Boys boxed set “Good Vibrations,” one of the best pop/rock reviews I think I’ve read.
(h/t Metafilter)

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On the ersatz Ipod, on the way to work:

Daisy Glaze - Big Star
Suddenly Blue - Roger McGuinn
Fly Away - Lenny Kravitz
Saragon - Redd Kross
I’ve Just Seen a Face - Beatles
You Got That Right - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Hurt Me Too - Grateful Dead (off Europe ‘72)
Notice Me - Spinning Jennies
I’m in Great Shape - Brian Wilson (off […]

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Oasis at Wembley, from “Familiar to Millions.” Because I like a little bombast with my rock and roll, don’t you?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQc94TiVNRg

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Busy. Bang the drum for awhile.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Slc2tujjjrQ

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