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  fun.'s Nate Ruess on Why Weezer Are Great (and Like Fleetwood Mac)

  April 3, 2012 – Fortunately for the purposes of this interview, Nate Ruess seriously loves talking about his influences. "I could go for ages," fun.'s frontman tells SPIN. "It's the coolest part about writing music. I don't know how other people work, but so much is derived from some amalgamation of all these different songs that I love. …
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  Who Charted? Bruce Springsteen Shows Adele Who's, Um, Boss

  March 14, 2012 – First! Only four artists have sent 10 or more albums to the top of the Billboard 200 chart. The Beatles had 19 No. 1 albums, Jay-Z has had 12, and now Bruce Springsteen is tied for third place with Elvis at 10 apiece. First-week sales of 196,000 for his Wrecking Ball were enough, just barely, to keep Adele's 21 from matching Prince & the Revolution's Purple Rain soundtrack with 24 non-consecutive weeks at No. 1. See? …
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  SPIN's Week in Review, August 18-22

  August 22, 2008 – It was a busy week in SPIN.com-land, as we deployed our fearless rock'n'roll vagabond Zack on the road with Radiohead; hosted a stream of the entire new LP from Heavy Heavy Low Low; and debuted tracks from the Verve, Mercury Rev, and School of Seven Bells, among others. …
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  Members of the Format, Steel Train, Anathallo Unite as Fun

  August 20, 2008 – After seven months of silence following the demise of the Format, former frontman Nate Ruess returns with Fun, his pastoral and rollicking proclamation that alongside Steel Train's Jack Antonoff and Andrew Dost of Anathallo, he can once again have, ahem, fun as a musician -- proven here with demo tune "Benson Hedges" (DOWNLOAD MP3), an undeniable joyride of unsteady, soaring vocal warbles, and prancing honky tonk piano with a crooning,  …
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