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Latest Update: 9/3/06: Elton John's Peachtree Road. And Sleeping With The Past. News Flash: Late-period Elton albums passably enjoyable! Readers flock to CosmicBen for novel, relevant insights!
The Beach Boys The Beatles CSNY
Otis Redding The Rolling Stones Neil Young
INXS REM Steve Knowlton & The Knowl-Tones
B's (Bad Company, Badfinger, The Band, Adrian Belew, Ben Folds Five, Chuck Berry, Big Star, Boston, David Bowie, Buffalo Springfield, and The Byrds)
C's (Mariah Carey, Paul Carrack, The Church, The Clash, George Clinton, Collective Soul, The Commodores, Elvis Costello, Crowded House, CCR)
D's (Derek & The Dominos, Disclaimer, Bob Dylan, and the Dukes of Stratosphear)
G's (Gary Lewis & The Playboys, Marvin Gaye, The Gin Blossoms, The Guess Who, Guster, Arlo Guthrie, GZA)
J's (The Jackson 5, Billy Joel, Elton John, Rickie Lee Jones)
M's (Paul McCartney/Wings, John Cougar Mellencamp, Midnight Oil, Mike + The Mechanics, Joni Mitchell, The Monkees)
O's (Oasis, Phil Ochs, Outkast, Ozzy Osbourne)
P's (Parliament, Pearl Jam, Pink Floyd, The Police, The Posies, Prince)
R's (Radiohead, The Ramones, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, REM, The Replacements, Lionel Richie, Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, The Rolling Stones, Todd Rundgren, RZA)
S's (Simon & Garfunkel, The Simpsons, Sleater-Kinney, Sly & The Family Stone, The Smithereens, Soul Asylum, Phil Spector, Bruce Springsteen, Squeeze, Rod Stewart, Stephen Stills, Sting, The Stone Roses, Sugar, The Supremes)
W's (Tom Waits, War, The Weavers, Weezer, Meredith Wilson, Andrew W.K., Stevie Wonder, The Wu-Tang Clan)
Z's (Frank Zappa, The Zombies, and ZZ Top)
The Rest (Including AC/DC, The Allman Brothers, The Eagles, Earth Wind & Fire, Electric Light Orchestra, Eric Burdon & War, Everclear, Fleetwood Mac, Fountains of Wayne, Aretha Franklin, Funkadelic, Hall & Oates, George Harrison, Juliana Hatfield, Jimi Hendrix, Hindu Love Gods, Buddy Holly, Ernie Isley, Carole King, The Kinks, Led Zeppelin, Lemonheads, Let It All Hang Out: 60's Party Hits, Living Colour, Graham Nash, The New Radicals, Nirvana, Queen, Temple of the Dog, The Temptations, That Thing You Do Soundtrack, Richard Thompson, The Travelling Wilburys, U2, The Vines, Mike Viola & The Candy Butchers, XTC, Yes)
Some old reviews of music books.
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