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“He was extremely let down by his manager. The guy ripped him off of so much money. To get Peter to talk about that, it was very painful”: Behind the scenes of the Peter Frampton documentary

How Frampton documentary director Rob Arthur helped the iconic guitarist come alive on the big screen

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“Mckelteigh And Lintleighmaye”: 58 Times Parents Didn’t Think Straight When Naming Their Kids

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“Ozzy would say, ‘No. This isn’t Frank Zappa, this is Ozzy Osbourne. Go back and write me something else’”: Jake E. Lee revisits Badlands, the album the music industry doesn't want you to hear

Why can't we buy Badlands' self-titled debut? Who knows. The record label buried it. But former Ozzy guitarist Jake E. Lee swears it's his best work

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“I imagine there’s more unlistened to copies of Killtaker than any other Fugazi album.” Nirvana may have brought 'alternative rock' to the masses, but for Fugazi, America's greatest punk band, the fall-out proved to be “a real nightmare”

Released on June 30, 1993, Fugazi's In On The Killtaker may have been the Washington DC quartet's best-selling record, but it emerged at a time when the alt. rock 'revolution' was proving to be a "headache" for Ian MacKaye and co.

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Robert Plant once pledged money to a radio station that promised never to play Stairway To Heaven ever again

Robert Plant: He's not like other rock stars

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“That was just the way it was at that point because Ahmet Ertegun was more or less in love with Eric. He thought Eric should be the frontman”: Cream and the trouble with Strange Brew

The classic opener to Disraeli Gears was never a favourite of Cream's members, and this is why

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“There are some good things on it… I just find it hard to believe we called a prog album Love Beach, and the three of us look like the Bee Gees. That’s a prog cover?” Carl Palmer on ELP’s most misguided moment

Drummer admits the trio had reached the end of their collective creativity and had actually split before making 1978 album that showed “America had got to us, obviously!”

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How Donald Trump’s sex abuse verdict is paving the way for countless women to hold powerful men to account

E Jean Carroll is among more than 130 women who have taken on their alleged abusers under New York’s Adult Survivors Act. Her historic victory against Donald Trump is inspiring even more accusers to come forward, Bevan Hurley reports

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A second woman files sexual assault lawsuit against Atlantic Records executives

Dorothy Carvello has launched a complaint against the label, its parent company Warner Music Group and former execs

The Guardian - UK

Dorothy Carvello is suing Ahmet Ertegun’s estate to shake up the music industry

Dorothy Carvello still remembers the day she was fired from her dream job at Atlantic Records for playing by the rules.

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NY law opens way for flood of sex-abuse suits, no matter how old

NEW YORK — A New York law that temporarily lifts the statute of limitations on civil sexual-abuse and harassment claims has sparked a flurry of activity just two weeks after taking effect — a warning sign for Wall Street banks and other employers that victims from decades earlier are on…

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Late Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun sued for sexual abuse by recording executive

NEW YORK — The late and legendary music executive Ahmet Ertegun was accused of sexually abusing a female executive, with the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee charged in a Manhattan lawsuit with molesting the plaintiff during a helicopter ride and openly masturbating in front of her.

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Late Atlantic Records founder Ahmet Ertegun accused of sexual assault

Posthumous lawsuit brought by Jan Roeg, who worked as a talent scout, alleges a long history of harassment and assault

The Guardian - UK

Nearly 16 years after his death, Atlantic Records CEO Ahmet Ertegun accused of assault

A former music manager has accused Ahmet Ertegun, the late co-founder and longtime chief executive of Atlantic Records, of sexually assaulting her multiple times spanning decades, and she alleges that the record company covered it up.

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‘Whatever the zeitgeist was at the time, he was at the center’: the incredible life of Earl McGrath

The record producer and man of many other cultural hats left behind a treasure trove of rare recordings that are finally seeing the light of day

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