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Pretenders: Learning to Crawl

by Adam Besenyodi

[12.Jul.07] :. Their cathartic third proper album was really the last one under the Pretenders banner that could be considered something more than just a vehicle for frontwoman Hynde -- which is remarkable considering the ashes from which the album rose.

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Rocking the boat on rock band reunions

by Mark Caro [Chicago Tribune (MCT)]

[8.Jun.07] :. After the Smashing Pumpkins broke up at the end of 2001, leader Billy Corgan and drummer Jimmy Chamberlin joined up with three other musicians to form Zwan, which lasted all of one album. Now the...

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