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Art Rock Is Hard: The Oral History of Cursive’s The Ugly Organ

Umphrey's McGee

When the World Stopped: How Umphrey’s McGee Played in New York City Days After 9/11

‘Goddammit, We’re Gonna Take This Somewhere!’: The Oral History of Against Me!’s Reinventing Axl Rose

Tomorrow Begat Tomorrow: An Oral History of Soundgarden’s Badmotorfinger

Bratmobile

Rock, Roll, Riot, Repeat: An Oral History of Kill Rock Stars

Time’s Up at 30: Living Colour Reflect on Prophetic Second LP

Sonic Youth 1990

Don’t Give Me Your Soul: The Oral History of Sonic Youth’s Goo

Great Expectations: An Oral History of Jurassic 5’s Quality Control

Isaac Brock

Dry Wall and a Broken Jaw: Modest Mouse Reflect on The Moon & Antarctica 20 Years Later

Everybody Get Up, It’s the Oral History of the Space Jam Theme Song

I Want My M2: An Oral History of Heaven on Music Television

Heard and Unseen: The Oral History of Ghost Town DJ’s ‘My Boo’

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Prince: The Oral History of ‘Purple Rain’

The Breakfast Club

Slow Change May Pull Us Apart: The Oral History of Simple Minds’ ‘Don’t You (Forget About Me)’

Soundgarden, from left: Matt Cameron, Kim Thayil, Chris Cornell, and Ben Shepherd.

Get Yourself Control: The Oral History of Soundgarden’s ‘Superunknown’

Patty Schemel, Courtney Love, Kristen Pfaff, and Eric Erlandson in Seattle, 1994

You Will Ache Like I Ache: The Oral History of Hole’s ‘Live Through This’

Wu-Tang Clan in 1993

Clan in Da Back: The Behind-the-Scenes Oral History of ‘Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)’

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Biddy Biddy Bop: The Oral History of Us3’s Bold Jazz-Rap Breakthrough ‘Cantaloop (Flip Fantasia)’

Adam Sandler on Saturday Night Live, 1993.

Enter Sandman: The Oral History of Adam Sandler’s ‘They’re All Gonna Laugh at You!’

Juliana Hatfield

She’s Such a Bitch: The Oral History of Juliana Hatfield Three’s ‘My Sister’

Soul Asylum in concert at Waterloo Village in Stanhope, NJ in 1993.

Wrong Way on a One-Way Track: The Oral History of Soul Asylum’s ‘Runaway Train’

Liz Phair in 1994 / Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic

Girly Show: The Oral History of Liz Phair’s ‘Exile In Guyville’

PJ Harvey on the cover of 'Rid of Me'

Let It Bleed: The Oral History of PJ Harvey’s ‘Rid of Me’

Souls of Mischief / (Phesto) Photo by Wilson Lee, (Tajai, A-Plus, Opio) Photos by Matt Ellis

An Oral History of Souls of Mischief’s ‘Til Infinity’

King Missile in 1992 / Photo by Bob Berg/Getty Images

The, Um, Oral History of King Missile’s ‘Detachable Penis’

Cracker in 1997 / Photo by Janette Beckman/Getty

Cracker Look Back at 20 Years of ‘Low’

Rage Against the Machine photographer in London, 1992 / Photo by Sony Music Archive/Getty/Mark Baker

Rage Against the Machine Look Back on 20 Years of ‘Killing in the Name’

Bikini Kill in 1992 / Photo by Pat Graham

Sisters Outsiders: The Oral History of the ‘Bikini Kill’ EP

Weird Al performs in London, 2010 / Photo by Jim Dyson/Getty

An Oral History of ‘Weird Al’ Yankovic’s ‘Smells Like Nirvana’

From left: Mark Lanegan, Barrett Martin, Van Conner, and Gary Lee Comer / Photo by Joe Giron

An Oral History of Screaming Trees’ ‘Nearly Lost You’

Pharcyde / Photo by B+ for Mochilla.com

An Oral History of The Pharcyde’s ‘Passin’ Me By’

Pantera in 1990 / Photo by Time & Life Pictures/Getty

Pantera Look Back at 20 Years of ‘Walk’

Sugar / Photo by Ed Sirrs/Retna U.K.

An Oral History of Sugar’s ‘If I Can’t Change Your Mind’

L7 / Photo by Mark Stringer/LFI

An Oral History of L7’s ‘Pretend We’re Dead’

House of Pain / Catherine McGann/Getty

An Oral History of House of Pain’s ‘Jump Around’

An Oral History of The Orb’s ‘Little Fluffy Clouds’

An Oral History of Naughty By Nature’s ‘O.P.P.’

An Oral History of Soundgarden’s ‘Rusty Cage’

Chuck D in Chicago, July 1990 (Photo: Paul Natkin/WireImage)

Public Enemy Look Back at 20 Years of ‘By the Time I Get to Arizona’

Matthew Sweet Looks Back on 20 Years of ‘Girlfriend’

Against the Grain: The Oral History of Epitaph Records

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