Timeline

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  Aphex Twin

  The Contrarian

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2003

  Richard David James is not nearly as crazy as he would have us believe. Best known to fans of electronic music as Aphex Twin (one of at lea...

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  Ministry

  Nothing Exceeds Like Excess

  PUBLISHED Mar 1, 2003

  In 1983, a two-man synth pop act from Chicago released their debut album. Twenty years and many line-up changes later, Ministry has placed...

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  Johnny Marr

  Journeyman Smiths Legend Emerges Solo

  PUBLISHED Feb 1, 2003

  Despite being the musical force behind the Smiths, England's most influential, fanatically embraced indie band and one of the top acts of t...

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  Black Sabbath

  The Eternal Idols

  PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2002

  It was hard to believe, but there they were, Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi blasting out "Paranoid" at Queen Elizabeth's Golden Jubilee celeb...

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  Beck

  In The Saddle Again

  PUBLISHED Oct 1, 2002

  In the mid-‘90s, an unsuspecting punk folkie with a broad-based musical love of country-time blues, rap, mariachi, and Kraftwerk helped rem...

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  The Pixies, Frank Black and the Breeders

  The Unheard Influence

  PUBLISHED Sep 1, 2002

  While the 1980s may never enjoy the same degree of popular retro-respect as its two ultra-marketable preceding decades have, it had its mom...

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  Sonic Youth

  Time Takes Its Crazy Toll

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

  Since their inception in 1981, Sonic Youth's creativity has stemmed from their copious curiosity about all sorts of subjects: first wave pu...

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  The Flaming Lips

  Magnificent Ambitions

  PUBLISHED Jul 1, 2002

  For the first decade of their career, the Flaming Lips were spurred on more by desire than talent, taking to heart the underground's do-it-...