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Click on the link here for Audio Player – Swervedriver – In Session for John Peel – September 3, 1990 – BBC Radio 1 I’ve been meaning to run this for months. Swervedriver were one of those bands (along with Ride), who introduced a Wall of Guitars into Shoegaze in...
While intense fighting was going on in practically every other part of the Mediterranean, Europe and the Pacific, there was a lull of sorts in Cairo. Actually, Cairo was a hub of activity and a focal point for the allies to push the Germans out of Northern Africa. But it...
Click on the link here for Audio Player – ABC Information Network News – August 5, 1990 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection News for this August 5th in 1990 was unsettling, taken with a grain of salt accompanied by shrugged shoulders. While the situation in Kuwait was achieving uncertainty, U.S....
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