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Winger is retiring from touring because Kip Winger wants to sing f*king classical music?! WHAT?! He’s sacrificing the power ballads for Mozart?! That’s the most pretentious, pinky-up bullsht I’ve ever heard! Good luck selling out an opera house, Kip, you soft-rock F**k!

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Chris Akin sits down with Glucifer frontman Biff Malibu to talk about the band’s 21-year hiatus and the new release, Same Drug, New High. Biff opens up about the band’s break-up, the angry divorce they went through, and how they managed to come back with the same lineup to make new music that sounds like Glucifer. They also dive deep into why the legendary Scandinavian rock scene (including Turbo Negro and The Hellacopters) never fully broke out in the US against the tide of nu-metal. What’s the one thing Biff ...

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Chris Akin sits down with Glucifer frontman Biff Malibu to talk about the band’s 21-year hiatus and the new release, Same Drug, New High. Biff opens up about the band’s break-up, the angry divorce they went through, and how they managed to come back with the same lineup to make new music that sounds like Glucifer. They also dive deep into why the legendary Scandinavian rock scene (including Turbo Negro and The Hellacopters) never fully broke out in the US against the tide of nu-metal. What’s the one thing Biff says is the “core” of rock and roll that you must do to keep it alive?

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