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I Read The News Today... For April 20, 2011

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) April 20, 2011 3:00 pm
If you've been waiting over three years to hear some falsetto folk crooning, you won't have to much longer: Bon Iver's self-titled sophomore album is out June 21. First Rusty reunited... now SIANspheric have reunited. Or will reunite on May 14 to play a show with stoner rockers Quest For Fire in Hamilton, Ont. —Facebook Diamond Rings has signed...
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Things We'd Like To See In A Grateful Dead Video Game

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By CHARTattack Staff (CHARTattack) January 17, 2011 3:13 pm
For years, your dad's stood there and shook his head while you "wasted" your time in front of your TV, sitting there with your Atari, Nintendo, Game Cube, N64, Xbox, PlayStation, Wii or whatever other console controller. But here's something that may actually make your dad freak out: a Grateful Dead video game is coming. The game doesn't have a...
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Golden Shower For Deadheads

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) November 11, 2008 11:25 am
If you've ever had a full bladder, you know how grateful you are once you empty it. And if you've ever had to spend much time around Deadheads, you know they don't always smell the best. So why is there so much controversy over the New Jersey politician accused of peeing on fans at at performance by a Grateful Dead tribute band in Washington, D.C...
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Grateful Dead Keyboardist Dies

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 24, 2008 3:49 pm
Former Grateful Dead keyboardist Merl Saunders has died. Saunders passed away on Friday morning from compliations of a stroke he suffered six years ago which left him unable to use one of his hands or speak. He was 74 years old. "Despite having lost one side of his body to the stroke and being unable to speak, Merl lit up rooms with his...
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Dead Reunite For Obama

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) October 15, 2008 10:24 am
The four surviving members of the Grateful Dead took to the stage for the first time since their 2004 reunion tour to play a show in support of U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Monday night. Guitarist Bob Weir, bassist Phil Lesh and drummers Mickey Hart and Bill Kreutzmann played Obama's "Change Rocks" fundraiser...
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Celebrate New Year's Eve With The Grateful Dead

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By CHARTattack Staff November 30, 2006 7:00 pm
Calling all Deadheads: Put a new bong on your Christmas list. It's going to come in handy when you listen to a three-CD set coming from the Grateful Dead on Jan. 23. Rhino will release Live At The Cow Palace, a 22-song performance recorded at the famed San Francisco arena on New Year's Eve, 1976. But fans who pre-order the album on the Dead...
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Former Grateful Dead Keyboardist Takes His Own Life

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By Max Hayman (CHARTattack) June 6, 2006 4:30 pm
Vince Welnick, The Grateful Dead's final keyboard player, committed suicide on Friday. Welnick was rushed to a local hospital in Sonoma County, Calif., but succumbed to his injuries, according to local police. On Monday, they determined that the 55-year-old musician took his own life. Welnick performed with the Dead during the band's latter...
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411 Whacked-Out Hippies Busted At Grateful Dead Concert

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By Katie Bailey (CHARTattack) August 13, 2002 4:30 pm
Sometimes, just sometimes, it's funny when people act out tired old cliches. But most of the time it's just sad. Like say, Deadheads who smell like feet and do a lot of drugs. Or metalheads who break things and throw televisions out of hotel windows. Or rappers who get arrested. Twice. This time the situation falls under the first category...
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