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Blondie, ‘Dreaming’: Surviving and thriving in 70s New York
1970s New York was a hellhole. Did that dystopia inspire a creative movement?
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Black Lace, ‘Agadoo’: The Sound of Butlins-Core
‘Agadoo’ was the record everyone loved to hate. But did it speak to something deeper in us?
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Shampoo, ‘Trouble’: Who was the third member of Shampoo?
Shampoo released a perfect album, changed the world, and then vanished. But who was behind their success?
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Manchester United, ‘Come On You Reds’: How Man U became pop icons
Football changed drastically in the 90s, allowing people like David Beckham to become pop culture icons.
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Stiltskin, ‘Inside’: The rapid rise (and rapid fall) of Stiltskin
How Inside by Stiltskin became the first original hit song from a Levi’s ad.
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Crash Test Dummies, ‘Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm’: The monster behind most novelty songs
How notorious British impresario Johnathan King helped Crash Test Dummies to an unlikely success
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Hole, ‘Miss World’: What Courtney did next
Kurt Cobain died just as Courtney Love and Hole were launching Live Through This. What happened next?
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Beck, ‘Loser’: How Beck emerged from NY’s antifolk scene
The lo-fi local scene that gave us Beck and many others
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The Cranberries, ‘Linger’: In search of of Dolores O’Riordan
The first kiss that inspired ‘Linger’
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Snoop Doggy Dogg, ‘Gin & Juice’: When Snoop terrified Britain
Britain was terrified of Snoop Doggy Dogg in 1994…until the Queen stepped in