Cliche

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  Britpop

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000

  Britpop is regarded as a dirty word in the British music press these days, not surprising considering the fickle, Frankenstein monster logi...

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  Metal

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000

  Heavy metal has come possibly the longest way from its humble origins since the term was first coined as "heavy metal thunder" in Steppenwo...

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  Rock Producers

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000

  Album producers are like film directors to the musicians' screenwriting and acting. These four gentlemen are auteurs and sound sculptors in...

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  Folk

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2000

  In Western culture, folk music resists one singular definition. Around the turn of the 20th century it was an oral tradition, sung "for the...