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On This Day In Music 01/29/1979
On this day in 1979, 16-year-old Brenda Spencer killed two people and wounded nine others when she fired from her house across the street on
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Happy Birthday Bob Geldof
Bob Geldof formed the punk group Boomtown Rats in 1975. During the band's existence, it moved from the pure energy and aggression of hits...
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The Boomtown Rats
The Boomtown Rats were an Irish rock band that scored a series of British hits between 1977 and 1980, and were led by singer Bob Geldof,...