There are things about rock music that we just accept, no questions asked. But maybe we should be asking them. This is another edition of The Rock Explainer.
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Ongoing History Daily: The "(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)" story
There are all kinds of things about “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)” from the Beasties Boys that are worth remembering.
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Ongoing History Daily: Radiohead's Israeli adventure
Going through customs can be a traumatic thing. Just ask Radiohead about their first trip to Israel.
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Ongoing History Daily: The French LOVE Iggy Pop
The French love Iggy Pop so much they gave him one of the country’s highest civilian awards.
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Ongoing History Daily: One band, two names. The world of pseudonyms.
Pseudonyms offer some nice cover when a band wants to do something different. Here are some examples.
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Five Songs You Must Hear This Week (20 Oct 2025)
This week’s Five Songs You Must Hear list features more great Canadian content plus a couple of songs just in time for Halloween.
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Ongoing History Daily: The fascinating world of on-hold music
We’ve all had to listen to boring on-hold music. But what if there was a way to make it more interesting?
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Remembering Ace Frehley of KISS: A Visual Tribute to the Spaceman's Legacy
A tribute to celebrate Ace Frehley’s career and journey to becoming the legendary, beloved Spaceman of KISS.
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1059: Peaked Too Soon - Bands That were Before Their Time.
Ever hear of Jeremy Bentham? He was an Englishman, a political philosopher who lived in the 18th and 19th centuries—and he was, by all measures of his time, a radical. He was against slavery when it was still very much a thing for the British Empire. He promoted animal welfare. He believed that everyone over…
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New Music Friday: 15 new releases for a mid-October weekend (17 Oct 2025)
We’re now in the thick of the fourth quarter, which means there are plenty of things to check out with this week’s New Music Friday.
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Ongoing History Daily: Another reason concert tickets cost so much
Few people talk about the insurance problem when it comes to the price of concert tickets.