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      <title>The Best '90s Rock Songs</title>
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      <title>Bands That Reunited With All Original Members</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 15 Dec 2023 19:10:54 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[When all the OG members get back together. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/bands-reunited-original-members-lineup/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[When all the OG members get back together. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/bands-reunited-original-members-lineup/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Trapp]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Blur’s Damon Albarn Names Arctic Monkeys as the ‘Last Great Guitar Band’</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2023 18:29:35 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[But he also names some current acts he feels are bringing guitars back in style. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/blur-damon-albarn-names-arctic-monkeys-last-great-guitar-band/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[But he also names some current acts he feels are bringing guitars back in style. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/blur-damon-albarn-names-arctic-monkeys-last-great-guitar-band/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chad Childers]]></dc:creator>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2022 16:09:04 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Here are some rock musicians who have defended and praised pop icon Taylor Swift, including Paul Stanley, Dave Grohl and more. <a href="https://wgrd.com/taylor-swift-rock-stars-musicians-defend/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>3 Other Scenes Grunge Stalled Besides Hair Metal</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2022 17:15:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The late '80s and early '90s held such potential. <a href="https://wgrd.com/other-scenes-grunge-stalled-besides-hair-metal/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The late &apos;80s and early &apos;90s held such potential. <a href="https://wgrd.com/other-scenes-grunge-stalled-besides-hair-metal/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chad Childers]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>The Times Rock + Metal Musicians Messed Up Their Own Songs Live</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 11 Jul 2022 16:22:36 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Watch these humanizing and sometimes humorous moments. <a href="https://wgrd.com/rock-metal-bands-messed-up-own-songs-live/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chad Childers]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Billie Eilish Reveals Her Favorite Paramore Song</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2022 19:13:12 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[And it's not the song she performed with Hayley Williams at Coachella. <a href="https://wgrd.com/billie-eilish-reveals-favorite-paramore-song/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[And it&apos;s not the song she performed with Hayley Williams at Coachella. <a href="https://wgrd.com/billie-eilish-reveals-favorite-paramore-song/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chad Childers]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Rolling Stone’s 50 Best Albums of 2015</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2015 15:55:40 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The end of the year is a time to reflect on everything that happened in the past year: the best, the worst, the weirdest, the most controversial. Essentially, it's list time.
And it's also time to have righteous arguments about lists you think totally suck or lists you think are spot on.
That being said, here are Rolling Stone's choices for the top 50 albums of 2015. <a href="https://wgrd.com/rolling-stones-50-best-albums-of-2015/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The end of the year is a time to reflect on everything that happened in the past year: the best, the worst, the weirdest, the most controversial.&nbsp;Essentially, it&apos;s list time.
And it&apos;s also time to have righteous arguments about lists you think totally suck or lists you think are spot on.
That being said, here are Rolling Stone&apos;s choices for the top 50 albums of 2015. <a href="https://wgrd.com/rolling-stones-50-best-albums-of-2015/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2015 00:00:18 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Blur frontman, Damon Albarn, likes to keep things going-- Blur just made a comeback with a new album, his other band Gorillaz is reuniting, he's got a musical debuting next week..
He proved this, literally, when he had to be carried off the stage after refusing to end a 5 hour set at Denmark’s Roskilde Festival this weekend, according to Spin. <a href="https://wgrd.com/blur-frontman-damon-albarn-carried-off-stage-after-5-hour-festival-set/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Blur frontman, Damon Albarn, likes to keep things going-- Blur just made a comeback with a new album, his other band Gorillaz is reuniting, he&apos;s got a musical debuting next week..
He proved this, literally, when he had to be carried off the stage after refusing to end a 5 hour set at&nbsp;Denmark&CloseCurlyQuote;s Roskilde Festival this weekend, according to Spin. <a href="https://wgrd.com/blur-frontman-damon-albarn-carried-off-stage-after-5-hour-festival-set/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <dc:creator><![CDATA[Janna]]></dc:creator>
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      <title>Blur Announces First Album in 12 Years, Releases New Song ‘Go Out’ [Video]</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2015 19:33:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[First the Gorillaz, now Blur is back! Lead singer of both bands, Damon Albarn, must be really ready for a comeback.
Blur announced &quot;The Magic Whip&quot;, their first album since 2003's &quot;Think Tank&quot;, will come out April 27 internationally and April 28 in the U.S.
Check out the new track &quot;Go Out&quot; below. <a href="https://wgrd.com/blur-announce-first-album-in-12-years-release-new-song-go-out-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[First the Gorillaz, now Blur is back! Lead singer of both bands, Damon Albarn, must be really ready for a comeback.
Blur announced &amp;quot;The Magic Whip&amp;quot;, their first album since&nbsp;2003&apos;s &amp;quot;Think Tank&amp;quot;, will come out April 27 internationally and April 28 in the U.S.
Check out the new track &amp;quot;Go Out&amp;quot; below. <a href="https://wgrd.com/blur-announce-first-album-in-12-years-release-new-song-go-out-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Blur Planning 2013 Tour</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2012 07:00:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Last August, Blur frontman Damon Albarn said the band's Hyde Park show would be &quot;definitely our last gig in this country this year and probably for a long time&quot; -- but despite initial fears that Blur would be calling it quits, it looks like they'll be hitting the road again next year. <a href="https://wgrd.com/blur-planning-2013-tour/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[Last August, Blur frontman Damon Albarn said the band&apos;s Hyde Park show would be &amp;quot;definitely our last gig in this country this year and probably for a long time&amp;quot; -- but despite initial fears that Blur would be calling it quits, it looks like they&apos;ll be hitting the road again next year. <a href="https://wgrd.com/blur-planning-2013-tour/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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