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A roadie got naked for a hilarious prank during one of Peter Gabriel's final shows with Genesis.

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John Lennon once wrote a fascinating letter to a then-obscure folk artist. It wasn't delivered for decades.

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Red Hot Chili Peppers' John Frusciante once wrote Jimmy Page a letter, with a bold request

The guitarist reached out on behalf of his "favorite band in the world"

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Brian Wilson was profoundly moved when Paul McCartney visited him and played a new Beatles song

The intimate encounter had a lasting impact: "[It] let me see my own songs more clearly."

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Freddie Mercury's final performance in 1988 was the operatic moment he waited his life for

It was the culmination of an incredible career that ended far too soon.

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In 1999, Genesis revamped a '70s classic with Peter Gabriel. It remains sadly overlooked.

The song still feels like a gorgeous glimpse of what could have been.

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Radiohead's Thom Yorke was so inspired by Queen as a kid, he tried to build his own guitar

"I didn't have any proper tools. I just had a f***ing hacksaw and brass thingies to smooth the edges.”

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The Bee Gees honored The Beatles with stunning covers medley in 1973

The Gibb brothers were highly influenced by the Fab Four.

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John Lennon had a UFO sighting so vivid, he referenced the phenomenon in a song

"It wasn’t a helicopter, and it wasn’t a balloon, and it was so near."

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How Heart transformed a man's sexist backstage comment into one of rock's enduring anthems

"It was a flash of anger, a realization of what we had gotten ourselves into."

​U2, singer, Bono, embraces, fan
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40 years ago Bono's Live Aid stage antics ended up saving a female fan from being crushed

It's a little-known Bono moment but it just be his very best.

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Lift Every Voice and Sing … Against Acoustic Torture

Music has been used to debilitate political foes for ages. Now academics and musicians want to reclaim the art for peace.

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A World Without Alan Lomax

The great American field collector of folk music inspired many of the world’s most famous songs.