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The improbable tale of how a unique instrument went missing in 1982 and ended up in a pawnshop a few miles from where it was lost.

From Sid Viscious and the Clash to Misfits and Metallica, the Ramones paved the way for some of the most notable bands in rock music.

By Syndicated Content Sony Music Entertainment The Clash‘s The Clash’s Paul Simonon has indefinitely loaned the museum the Fender Precision bass that he smashed at a September 1979 concert by his legendary band at the New York City venue The Palladium. A photo snapped by Pennie Smith of Simonon smashing the bass at the end of the show wound up on the cover of the British rockers’ classic album, which was released in December of ’79 in the U.K. and January 1980 in ...

By Syndicated Content Sony Music Entertainment The Clash‘s The Clash’s Paul Simonon has indefinitely loaned the museum the Fender Precision bass that he smashed at a September 1979 concert by his legendary band at the New York City venue The Palladium. A photo snapped by Pennie Smith of Simonon smashing the bass at the end of the show wound up on the cover of the British rockers’ classic album, which was released in December of ’79 in the U.K. and January 1980 in ...

By Syndicated Content Sony Music Entertainment The Clash‘s The Clash’s Paul Simonon has indefinitely loaned the museum the Fender Precision bass that he smashed at a September 1979 concert by his legendary band at the New York City venue The Palladium. A photo snapped by Pennie Smith of Simonon smashing the bass at the end of the show wound up on the cover of the British rockers’ classic album, which was released in December of ’79 in the U.K. and January 1980 in ...

By Syndicated Content Sony Music Entertainment The Clash‘s The Clash’s Paul Simonon has indefinitely loaned the museum the Fender Precision bass that he smashed at a September 1979 concert by his legendary band at the New York City venue The Palladium. A photo snapped by Pennie Smith of Simonon smashing the bass at the end of the show wound up on the cover of the British rockers’ classic album, which was released in December of ’79 in the U.K. and January 1980 in ...

By Syndicated Content Sony Music Entertainment The Clash‘s The Clash’s Paul Simonon has indefinitely loaned the museum the Fender Precision bass that he smashed at a September 1979 concert by his legendary band at the New York City venue The Palladium. A photo snapped by Pennie Smith of Simonon smashing the bass at the end of the show wound up on the cover of the British rockers’ classic album, which was released in December of ’79 in the U.K. and January 1980 in ...

The former Parliament-Funkadelic bassist and solo artist recalls her early career, and a legendary encounter with Prince

With The Power of the One, the master takes a cast of stars for an album that lives and breathes funk

Teenage Fanclub’s Norman Blake: ‘My first band was the Spanking Newts’ Norman Blake with some of his teenage influences: (clockwise from left) Terry Hall, ice skating and the novels of John Wyndham. Composite: Getty/Redferns Norman Blake with some of his teenage influences: (clockwise from left) Terry Hall, ice skating and the novels of John Wyndham. Composite: Getty/Redferns Back with a new album, the Fannies frontman remembers his teenage years, from the kindness of the Special...