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  'Portlandia' Star Fred Armisen on His Keith Moon Dreams and Gene Simmons Reality

  January 4, 2013 – Deep into his tenth year as a Saturday Night Live castmember — and beginning his third season on IFC's Portlandia, which premieres January 4 — Fred Armisen is firmly established in the TV comedy firmament. But the former Trenchmouth drummer's first love is music. Armisen, 46, spoke with SPIN about using the Clash as a guide and asking "What would Hüsker Dü?"What was the last thing you listened to before you went to sleep? …
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  SPIN's 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time

  May 3, 2012 – To celebrate the new generation of shredders profiled in our May/June "Loud Issue," the SPIN staff decided to find some wheedle in a haystack, taking on the impossible task of ranking our favorite guitar players of all time. …
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  'Portlandia' Coming to a City Near You

  November 21, 2011 – If Garrison Keillor can take Lake Wobegon on tour, then surely the stars of IFC TV comedy Portlandia can bring their affectionate rendering of Portland, Oregon, on the road with them, too. And indeed, they are: Saturday Night Live funnyman Fred Armisen and Wild Flag guitarist-vocalist Carrie Brownstein (formerly of the beloved band Sleater-Kinney) kick off a six-city Portlandia tour at the end of the December. …
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