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Taking rock’n’roll as far out as it could possibly go, the best Stooges songs captured life lived right on the edge.

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With ‘Rattus Norvegicus’, The Stranglers melded punk nihilism with pop songwriting and prog virtuosity to create something of their own.

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Recorded at lightning speed, Van Halen’s fifth album, ‘Diver Down’, boasted great music and hidden depths.

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Like ‘The X Factor’ for punks, the Stiff Test/Chiswick Challenge got Joy Division noticed and led to the creation of Factory Records.

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They didn’t know it at the time but, following the release of Sheila Take A Bow, The Smiths would make their last public performance.

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Enlisting a team of crack musicians, Stephen Stills created ‘Manassas’, a double-album that found him at his adventurous and ambitious best.

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Considered the second in their 70s folk-rock trilogy of albums, ‘Heavy Horses’ saw Jethro Tull saddle up for prog-infused pastoral poesy.

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As a goth-punk rock opera soundclash, the best My Chemical Romance songs provide a bombastic emo soundtrack for disaffected millennials.

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From The Golden State’s brightest, the best Third Eye Blond songs expertly smuggle dark lyricism into catchy alt-rock tunes with poppy zeal.

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Confirming ZZ Top as the US South’s meanest boogie merchants, ‘Rio Grande Mud’ set Billy F Gibbons’ team up for the mainstream.

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