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Chris Steffen

Ann Arbor
As seen in: American Mathematical Society, Frontiers, Rolling Stone, AllMusic, The Village Voice, Security Intelligence, Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), Enterprise Management 360
@AllMusic & AllMovie | Past bylines @RollingStone @VillageVoice @Spin @DallasObserver | The guy at the party who mostly hangs out in the room where the pets are
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Charlie Sexton Describes the Dark Business of Playing Townes Van Zandt in 'Blaze'

Charlie Sexton Describes the Dark Business of Playing Townes Van Zandt in 'Blaze'

AllMusic — The musician and actor went in deeper than he expected when he took the role of the beloved singer/songwriter and cult hero in Ethan Hawke's Blaze Foley biopic.
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Scars on Broadway and System of a Down's Daron Malakian on Songs, Sports, and Huge Guitar Picks

Scars on Broadway and System of a Down's Daron Malakian on Songs, Sports, and Huge Guitar Picks

AllMusic — ​The guitarist and songwriter, who recently released an album of material initially earmarked as potential new System of a Down music, shares his impressions of his trajectories as both a lyricist and a vocalist, his next batch of songs, and why professional wrestling is "the greatest sport of all."
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Actor and Musician Adam Goldberg on Loving Loops and the Merits of Musical Monotony

Actor and Musician Adam Goldberg on Loving Loops and the Merits of Musical Monotony

AllMusic — ​From his failed teenage attempts at playing saxophone to his isolated, garage-hosted sessions new album, Home: A Nice Place to Visit, Goldberg goes deep on his musical trajectory.
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Eric Burdon of the Animals Reacts to Punk and Hard Rock Covers of His Songs

Eric Burdon of the Animals Reacts to Punk and Hard Rock Covers of His Songs

AllMusic — ​The music written by and made famous by the Animals continues to be reinterpreted by artists throughout the decades, so we sent frontman Eric Burdon a handful of renditions of his tunes to see what he thought.
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Backstage at Ke$ha's Wild Pop Circus

Backstage at Ke$ha's Wild Pop Circus

Rolling Stone — Mirror balls, glitter and a giant inflatable penis: Putting on a pop spectacle is a lot of work
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Metallica Gear Up for Second Orion Festival

Metallica Gear Up for Second Orion Festival

Rolling Stone — Inside the metal gods' early-morning rehearsals: riffs, jokes, raw power
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Monster Magnet Bring Larger-Than-Life Rock to Williamsburg

Monster Magnet Bring Larger-Than-Life Rock to Williamsburg

The Village Voice — Monster Magnet has never been cool. Frontman Dave Wyndorf has taken his band through heavy psychedelia, down-tuned riff-fests, and balls-out cock rock, but his trips through those styles never managed to coincide with them being in vogue. Even when "Space Lord" became a rock-radio hit in 1998, the song served as a heavy but tuneful oddity in the heyday of nu-metal.
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