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For Jimmy Page, the Songs Remain

For his 75th birthday, we look back on a time when the Led Zeppelin virtuoso played through the pain

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1975 Pazz & Jop: It’s Been a Soft Year for Hard Rock

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Keith Richards Refuses to Die for Our Sins

It's the Human Riff's 75th birthday — who saw that coming?

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He Died Two Decades Ago, but Ol’ Blue Eyes Still Resonates

December 12 is Frank Sinatra’s birthday. Celebrate with a Village Voice special tribute from 1995.

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Happy Birthday to the Acid Queen

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Trent Reznor and Nine Inch Nails— Beyond Teenybop Death Disco

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Kanye West Turns the Page

From 2006, a reminder of why we care so much about Kanye West, no matter how hard he makes it for us

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When the Voice Reviewed an Album for the Ages

Discovering the ‘harrowing chic’ of the the Velvet Underground’s first album

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Janis and Jimi Jamming at the Singer Bowl

Janis Joplin ‘lives more in one song than a lot of people do in one lifetime’; Jimi Hendrix wipes his nose with the Confederate flag

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Where Were You When Elvis Died?

Lester Bangs recalled his “erection of the heart” when he said goodbye to the King

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