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Pink Floyd's Roger Waters and Free's Paul Rodgers reviewed Black Sabbath in 1970, and were not at all impressed

In 1970 Melody Maker got Roger Waters and Paul Rodgers to offer their opinions on two Black Sabbath singles

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"I don't think I could hum any of your stuff" - what happened when Led Zeppelin visited the BBC

In 1970 The Beatles abdicated and Led Zeppelin took their crown, so Robert Plant and John Bonham visited the BBC to explain the rock revolution

Louder

Dennis Lotis obituary

Big band crooner of the 1950s who also turned his hand to film and theatre

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How Radiohead single Creep became a 90s classic despite being 'deleted' by their label

Creep was a monster that charted around the world and gave a British act a rare hit in the United States. But when the single was first released, the BBC refused to play it and Radiohead's label eventually gave up on it.

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Colin Irwin obituary

Folk music journalist on Melody Maker, fRoots and Mojo whose books took him on explorations of Ireland and England

The Guardian - UK

John Lennon’s angry letter to ‘my obsessive old pal’ Paul McCartney after Beatles split goes up for auction

Lennon accuses McCartney of trying to ‘s*** all over us in public’ in three-page document

The Independent UK

John Lennon’s angry letter to ‘my obsessive old pal’ Paul McCartney after Beatles split goes up for auction

Lennon accuses McCartney of trying to ‘s*** all over us in public’ in three-page document

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Belfast music journalist who died of cancer honoured with legacy bursary for future talent

Carol Clerk won the PPA Journalist of the Year award for her coverage of Live Aid in 1985

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They got rhythm: the interwar British dance bands who pointed towards pop

Music stars of the 1920s and 1930s, including Spike Hughes and Reginald Foresythe, transformed American jazz to suit British tastes, explains Bob Stanley in an extract from his book charting the birth of pop

The Guardian - UK

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