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When ‘Halloween’ Introduced Us to Michael Myers

In a decade of great thrillers and slasher movies, one film taught us to never trust a lone wolf trick-or-treater again. “Scream queen” Jamie Lee Curtis was just 19

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Jon Anderson Talks Yes and ‘Olias’: ‘It’s Magic For Me’

We talked to the Yes co-founder who says he has no plans to slow down. “In the next 20 years, I’ve gotta do some serious work”

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Doobie Brothers Interview: Rockin’ Down the Highway

They’ve sold millions of albums and had a string of pop and rock radio hits. And are still on the road. We talk to Patrick Simmons, Tom Johnston and John McFee

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Tom Petty, 1980: Damn the Lawsuits—A Vintage Interview

“I’m not interested in being a household word. I’m interested in making good records. I just really want to write good songs.”–Petty

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John Lennon’s ‘Mind Games’: Love Is the Answer

After a career worst release on the charts, his next solo effort redeemed him, in the eyes of the author of ‘The Beatles Top 101 Solo Songs’

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From the Vaults: A Chat with Dick Clark, ‘America’s Oldest Teenager’

He brought rock ‘n’ roll into America’s living rooms, sometimes against the wishes of the parents of the kids who were his target audience.

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Beach Boys’ Al Jardine Interview—’Pet Sounds’: ‘Ahead of Its Time’

The Beach Boys’ founding member Al Jardine speaks with Best Classic Bands on the making of the group’s iconic album, ‘Pet Sounds’

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Don’t You Forget About Me: 13 More Timeless Early ’80s British Earworms

Those huge hits by The Clash, Joy Division, Pet Shop Boys and others still grab us nearly four decades after we first heard them.

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Ian Anderson Talks About Tull, Rock Hall

The longtime Jethro Tull leader talks about the band’s namesake, his opinion on the Hall of Fame, and Frank Zappa, in this far-ranging Interview

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Carlos Santana @75: Crystalizing All That You Can Imagine

“The only thing the Santana band never wanted to do was succumb to phony. I’m not dependent or addicted to mass adulation.”–Carlos Santana

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