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NWOBHM

NWOBHM is an acronym which stands for New Wave Of British Heavy Metal, a phenomenon which helped breathe new life into heavy metal during the mid-eighties. Although metal has been around as a rock sub-genre dating back to the sixties, many fans had turned away from it by the eighties …

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Grunge

Grunge is a rock n' roll sub-genre that rose out of Seattle to gain worldwide prominence during the nineties. A hybrid mix of heavy metal and punk rock, grunge is characterized as much by its sense of anti-fashion as it is by the music itself. Bands like Soundgarden became known …

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New Wave

New Wave is a rock n' roll sub-genre that gained popularity in the late 1970s and early 1980's, due largely to its heavy presence in videos shown on MTV. First perceived as a slightly safer, more watered-down version of punk rock, the earliest New Wave practitioners were a rag-tag bunch …

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future

The future: what will it bring? That's a concern that's been obsessing scientists, sociologists and the specialists, futurologists, for a very long time. Bloggers are no exception to that concern: they can be writing about the future of almost anything imaginable, from technology to geographical locations, from endangered animals to …

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Punk Rock

Nobody said it would last, but Punk Rock continues to thrive some thirty years after its modern-day origins in 1970s New York City. Although its actual date and place of birth is often debated, most would probably point to clubs like CBGBs and Max's Kansas City and the bands who …

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