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One of the greatest joys of being a teenager in the 1980s, as well as the films of John Hughes and bountiful opportunities for really big hair, was getting to read Smash Hits magazine at the height of its pomp and brilliance. An irreverent, ego-puncturing extravaganza of pop music, it also broke the rules of grammar and the English language itself
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This tale is extremely famous, but much less well-known is the fact that Paul plays drums on it. And the reason: Ringo just quit the band.
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the Ruts, one of my favourite punk bands, who had ended their set with ‘Babylon’s Burning’, which I think is one of the best punk songs ever written.
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Working from the premise that the collective memory of rock26 should dovetail with the artist who most accurately represents what rock music actually was, the Rolling Stones are a very, very strong answer.