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      <title>The Best New Band From Each Year of the 1970s</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2023 14:12:03 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[What a wide-ranging decade. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/best-new-rock-metal-band-each-year-1970s/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>True or False: Which Legendary Stories Are Real</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2023 16:20:44 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>POLL: What’s the Best Working Class Song? – VOTE NOW</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2023 21:00:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Some Labor play for your Labor Day. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/poll-best-working-class-song-vote/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Most Shocking Rock + Metal Moments of the '70s</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2023 18:51:44 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[A decade of decadence. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/most-shocking-rock-metal-moments-1970s/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>10 Bands Who Overcame Huge Tragedies</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 18 Aug 2023 14:56:58 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Inspiring tales of artists who’ve triumphed over devastation. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/bands-overcame-huge-tragedies/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Gamer Goes for ‘Guitar Hero’ Record Playing ‘Free Bird’ 3 Times as Fast</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 17 Aug 2023 14:10:27 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[It's insanely fast. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/lynyrd-skynyrd-free-bird-guitar-hero-world-record-speedrun-carnyjared-video/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Rock Myths + Legends That Don't Sound True But Are</title>
      <link>https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/rock-music-myths-true-legends-stories/</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2023 15:44:16 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/rock-music-myths-true-legends-stories/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Lynyrd Skynyrd Says ‘Maybe We Were Wrong’ About Retiring</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Aug 2023 16:08:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA["We'll see where the heck the future goes," says singer Johnny Van Zant. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/295/p/lynyrd-skynyrd-not-retiring/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>The Future of Lynyrd Skynyrd</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2023 18:50:28 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[See what they have to say. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/lynyrd-skynyrd-statement-band-future-after-death-gary-rossington/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Slash Joins Stacked CMT Awards Tribute to Lynyrd Skynyrd’s Gary Rossington</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 03 Apr 2023 13:03:50 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Slash, Billy Gibbons + More Join Lynyrd Skynyrd Tribute at 2023 CMT Music Awards</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 30 Mar 2023 20:49:37 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Rockers Mourn the Death of Original Lynyrd Skynyrd Guitarist Gary Rossington</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Rossington was the last remaining original member. RIP. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/rockers-mourn-death-lynyrd-skynyrd-gary-rossington/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 06 Mar 2023 02:42:17 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The legendary Southern rock band shared the news in a statement.  <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/last-original-lynyrd-skynyrd-member-gary-rossington-dead-71/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Survey Shows Which Rock Songs Experienced Travelers Listen to Most</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Use this playlist for your next flight. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/survey-rock-songs-travelers-listen-to-most/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Obituary’s Don Tardy – My 10 Favorite Albums When I Was a Teenager</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2023 16:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[The legendary death metal drummer takes us through the music of his youth. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/obituary-don-tardy-favorite-albums-when-teenager/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <description><![CDATA[These songs rocked, then rolled over into the mainstream. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/rock-metal-acts-top-40-songs/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2022 15:33:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[See who is joining them and where they're playing. <a href="https://wgrd.com/lynyrd-skynyrd-zz-top-co-headlining-2023-tour-dates/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2022 15:33:33 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[See who is joining them and where they're playing. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/lynyrd-skynyrd-zz-top-co-headlining-2023-tour-dates/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2022 15:45:43 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[It was a tough year for new rock music, but catalog rock releases are going strong. <a href="https://wgrd.com/only-3-rock-artists-new-albums-land-4-major-billboard-2022-year-end-charts/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[It was a tough year for new rock music, but catalog rock releases are going strong. <a href="https://wgrd.com/only-3-rock-artists-new-albums-land-4-major-billboard-2022-year-end-charts/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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      <title>Shinedown’s Brent Smith Performs ‘Simple Man’ With Lynyrd Skynyrd</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2022 21:34:23 GMT</pubDate>
      <description><![CDATA[Watch the singer join the originators of one of his band's biggest hits. <a href="https://wgrd.com/shinedown-brent-smith-simple-man-with-lynyrd-skynyrd/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></description>
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      <title>Bands Whose Guitarist Is the Only Original Member Left</title>
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      <content:encoded><![CDATA[The guitarists endured when all other members changed. <a href="https://wgrd.com/ixp/366/p/bands-guitarist-only-original-member-left-rock-metal/">Continue reading&hellip;</a>]]></content:encoded>
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