Nirvana Is In Rare Air On The Music Charts | Q104.3

Nirvana’s “Nevermind” still breaks records more than three decades after its debut. In a rare feat, it has become only the ninth album in history to spend 700 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart. In 1991, Nevermind skyrocketed up the charts and overtook Michael Jackson’s “Dangerous” to claim the top spot on the Billboard 200,…

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Still jamming after all these years

click to enlarge Photo courtesy of Kristie Hanlon. Hank Helton. At age 72, Hank Helton has spent the better part of his life playing and singing in bands. By the numbers…he has performed with 10-plus bands over the years. He owns nine guitars, including acoustic, electric, a hybrid acoustic/electric, a bass and a bouzouki (8-string…

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5 New Portable Speakers with Serious Old-School Flair

The appeal of vintage-looking audio gear is obvious. They have tactile knobs and switches and are made of materials (like wood, cloth and leather) that make them stand out rather than blend in; something that many of today’s minimalist-designed speakers and components are missing. Brands know this. Today, many of the biggest audio manufacturers produce…

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Watch the new trailer for ‘Becoming Led Zeppelin’, opening nationwide Feb. 14 – 98KUPD – Arizona’s Real Rock

Sony Pictures ClassicWe’re getting another look at the upcoming Led Zeppelin documentary, Becoming Led Zeppelin. A new trailer for the doc has just been released, featuring archival footage, clips of new interviews with band members Jimmy Page, John Paul Jones and Robert Plant, and archival audio from their late drummer John Bonham. The clip is set to the Led…

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“A Complete Unknown” tells its own Christmas story

In “A Complete Unknown,” Bob Dylan’s story is retold with the hushed reverence of a Christmas sermon — the savior of music coming to set the world right again. It’s no wonder the movie releases December 25th. It would be hard to make a film about Bob Dylan with any other tone. Dylan, born Robert…

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The Used Re-Imagine Artwork for First Three Albums

The Used Re-Imagine Artwork for First Three Albums The Used are re-releasing their first three albums on vinyl with new artwork. In celebration of the unforgetting fan experience of 3 nights in each city with full album play throughs of their first three records: their self-titled record The Used (2002), In Love And Death (2004) and Lies For The Liars (2007), the band…

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