You’ve probably heard or read by now that after struggling with cancer for six years, Doug Fieger, founder of The Knack, died on Valentine’s Day at the age of 57. Long before his time was up, he had to have known what he’d always be remembered for.

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In Shakey, Jimmy McDonough’s remarkable biography of Neil Young, Young says his archives - in the works forever - wouldn’t just have his best work, but a lot of bad stuff as well. “The pieces of shit should be there, too,” Young said.

June 28, 1984

Saw a movie - Spinal Tap. Kind of depressing. I mean it was depressing in that it was true about a lot of shit.

-From GET IN THE VAN, Henry Rollins' published diaries from his years in Black Flag

Looking on the music site Noisecreep, I saw a very disturbing headline: “Heavy Metal Karaoke, Serious or Not?” In this news story, Blasko, bassist for Ozzy, talked about a gig he’s doing in Hollywood and Vegas where he and friends like Tommy Victor from Prong will perform metal classics, and