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November 2005

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It's a Holiday in Suburbia

Fall Out Boy are rock's boys next door, except with a million-selling album, a savvy marketing plan, the blessing of Jay-Z, and the TRL masses at their feet. So why are they so beset by drama?

Breaking Out: The Duke Spirit

A smoldering blues-rock quintet from London fronted by a tambourine-slapping, microphone-tossing banshee who wails and struts like a blonde Karen O.

The Music That Changed My Life: Brandon Flowers

On the tail end of his band's whirlwind tour for the double-platinum Hot Fuss, the Killers' frontman talks about how David Bowie, Jim Croce, and Frank Sinatra shaped his rock'n'roll evolution.

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