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Steel and Vines: Why Welcome to the Jungle Still Bites
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Gravity and Grit: Hoobastank’s “Inside Of You” Revisited
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Saddle Up for Solitude: Avenged Sevenfold’s Gunslinger Rides Between Grit and Glory
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Vows in Black Roses: Motionless In White’s Eternally Yours
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Steel and Mirage: Hotel California – 2013 Remaster Through a Modern Rock Lens
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Soft Is Heavy: Hearing The Beatles’ “Yesterday – Remastered 2009” Like a Modern Rock Ballad
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Guitar Glory and Social Commentary: Revisiting Dire Straits’ ‘Money For Nothing – Remastered 1996’
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Enduring Devotion in Power: Revisiting Bon Jovi’s “I’ll Be There For You”
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