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Micky Dolenz has a passion for offbeat roles: ‘It’s very difficult not to be typecast’

Micky Dolenz’s lengthy career played a role in his often being typecast. “I have some prenatal work coming out on ultrasound,” the Monkees star quips.

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Robert Fripp answers critics as King Crimson tour concludes: ‘This is a pretty dopey undertaking’

King Crimson just concluded an invigorating, return-to-form 20-plus date U.S. tour, their first since 2008.

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Jimi Hendrix struck up an unlikely friendship with Steve Cropper: ‘He turned me on’

Jimi Hendrix and Steve Cropper would, on the surface, seem to have little in common. A memorable meeting at Stax showed otherwise.

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Hall and Oates started by turning down early offer from a legendary label: ‘We want to do something different’

Hall and Oates made a gutsy move, choosing to go their own way – and became genre-jumping pioneers in the process.

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Journey’s first Top 20 hit was released 35 years ago: ‘Very influenced by the great Sam Cooke’

Issued in September 1979, Journey’s first-ever Top 20 hit found Steve Perry playing a surprising role.

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Bryan Murray, “Lundblam!” (2014): Something Else! sneak peek

Bryan Murray creates a scary hip-hop/out-jazz Frankenstein that points ahead to an interesting new direction for this intensely creative saxophonist.

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What Ever Happened to Queen’s John Deacon?: ‘He Doesn’t Feel Able to Cope’

Queen co-founder John Deacon retired in 1997, and has remained absent even as the group returned to the road and the studio.

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Brian Wilson, “Wanderlust” from The Art of McCartney: Something Else! sneak peek

Brian Wilson’s take on “Wanderlust” always seemed like it would be the jewel of the forthcoming ‘Art of McCartney’ tribute album. And it is.

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Roger Waters is still not in Pink Floyd: ‘This is not rocket science, people’

Roger Waters left Pink Floyd almost 30 years ago. But their new album has led to new questions about his involvement in the group.

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Stevie Nicks selects her favorite solo project: ‘It was a really intense record’

Even today, Stevie Nicks looks back on this album with great fondness, though an ugly period of addiction followed.