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Tommy James and the Shondells: Mony Mony and Mafia-Sanctioned Hits
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2021-08-17
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Pantera’s Dimebag Darrell: A Murderous Fan, Brotherly Love and Cowboys from Hell
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2021-08-03
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Ray Charles: Busted for Heroin and Busting Genres with the Best Damn R&B
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2021-07-13
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John Lennon: Violence, Protests, Provoking the FBI, and Pissing off the President
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2021-06-29
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Paul McCartney: Paul Is Dead
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2021-06-15
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The Notorious B.I.G. Pt. 2: A Dead Rivalry, New Inspiration and a Murder Mystery for the Ages
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2021-05-25
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The Notorious B.I.G. Pt. 1: Dealing Crack on the Corner, Spitting Beef and Creating One of the Greatest Hip-Hop Albums of All Time
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2021-05-11
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Lil Wayne: Murder Squads, A Pre-Teen Suicide Attempt, a Year at Rikers and More Hits than Elvis
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2021-04-27
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The New York Dolls: Born to Lose, Lipstick Killers and R&B in four-inch heels
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2021-03-16
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Lil’ Peep: A new hip-hop and emo fusion; trap beats, tender lyrics, too much Xanax and an overdose that’s still mysterious.
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2021-03-09
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The Beatles (Pt. 2): Kamikaze Assassins, Acid Smuggling, Suicide, Kidnapping, and the Breakup the Greatest Band of All Time
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2021-03-02
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The Beatles (Pt. 1): Stoned with Dylan, Dosed with Acid, Outrunning Knife Wielding Maniacs, and Driving the World to the Brink with Beatlemania
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2021-02-23
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The Ramones: TV Bombs, Psycho Therapy, Toilet Syringes, Turning Tricks and Saving Rock ‘N’ Roll
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2021-02-16
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David Bowie: The occult, cocaine, orgies, arrests, exorcisms, a weird flirtation with fascism and a dead body.
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2021-02-09
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Tupac Shakur Pt. 2: Life Behind Bars, Suge Knight Saves The Day, East Coast/West Coast Beef, and What Could Have Been
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2021-02-02
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Tupac Shakur Pt. 1: 1960s Radicalism Gives Way to Socially Conscious Rap, a Charismatic Screen Star, and Deadly Violence
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2021-01-26
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Chuck Berry: Systemic Racism, Sexual Depravity and the Invention of Rock ‘N’ Roll
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2020-11-24
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Selena: Tejano, Deception, and the Death of the Madonna of Mexico
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2020-11-10
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The Misfits: Robbing Graves, Night of the Living Dead and the Teenagers from Mars
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2020-10-27
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The Grateful Dead Pt. 2: The Ballad of Pigpen and Old, Weird America—an Origin Story
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2020-10-13
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