Sum 41: 'Pop-punk was seen as paint-by-numbers nursery rhyme music
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The Canadian band have weathered shocking attacks, alcoholism, collapsing popularity and being papped with Paris Hilton – so why are they breaking up amid their genre’s resurgence?
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We found 21 missing kids': Soul Asylum on making Runaway Train, Music
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Dead Kennedys – 10 of the best, Music
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Eurythmics: how we made Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This), Pop and rock
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How we made: Sleeping Satellite by Tasmin Archer, Pop and rock
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Mitski: how the US songwriter scored the year's quietest global chart smash, Music
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Peter Murphy (musician) - Wikipedia
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All the small things: how Blink 182's Travis Barker became the most influential person in music, Music
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I guess this is growing up: pop punk comes of age (maybe), Green Day
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Don't dream it's over: Crowded House, The Beatles, and the making of a melody, Pop and rock