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Anvil: Winning Friends And Influencing People

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By Bianca Marcus (CHARTattack) January 8, 2010 11:45 am
During their initial rise to fame in the '80s, Anvil went from surviving on Kraft Dinner and salami to sharing a stage with Bon Jovi and Whitesnake. It seemed they were going to make it big — and fast. Life had its way with the Toronto headbangers, however, and because of poor management and crappy timing, Anvil teetered over fame's razor edge...
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Show The Pretenders Your Boots

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By Kate Harper (CHARTattack) January 14, 2009 1:51 pm
The Pretenders want their fans to sing along with their "Boots Of Chinese Plastic" single for a good cause. Singer/guitarist Chrissie Hynde, guitarists James Walbourne and Eric Heywood, bassist Nick Wilkinson and drummer Martin Chambers have launched a video contest in conjunction with PETA and YouTube. They want fans to film...
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SXSW Day 4: Hurra Torpedo, Steve Wynn, The Pretenders And Lots Of Microbrews

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By Steve McLean (CHARTattack) March 20, 2006 8:00 pm
ChartAttack's Steve McLean was in Austin, Texas last week for the South By Southwest Music Festival. Here's his report on his final day of concert-hopping. Stuff magazine threw a party at The Velvet Spade and I arrived at 12:30 p.m., just in time to catch the strangest band I saw the entire time I was in Austin. Norway's Hurra Torpedo were a...
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Listen To Pirate Radio With The Pretenders

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By ChartAttack.com Staff (CHARTattack) February 3, 2006 7:30 pm
Now that The Pretenders have been inducted into the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, it's only right that they should have a career-spanning boxed set on the market. Pirate Radio, featuring four CDs and a DVD, will be released by Rhino on March 14. The collection will feature album tracks, rarities and previously unreleased items from Chrissie Hynde...
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