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Guitarist Michael Houser was the longtime innovator from the Athens, GA-based jam music group Widespread Stress before sadly loss of life in 2002 after a bout with malignancy. Given birth to in Boone, NC, on January 6, 1962, Houser created the nucleus of Common Stress while going to the University …

Among the many neo-hippie jam rings inheriting the road-warrior mantle left out from the Grateful Deceased, Widespread Stress established a devout grassroots following on the effectiveness of constant touring along with a loose, rootsy make of Southern rock and roll informed by jazz and blues textures. The group’s roots day …

Veteran NORTH PARK, California punk rock-band Unwritten Regulation were shaped in the first ’90s by drummer Wade Youman. Following a few different iterations in its lineup, the music group ultimately coalesced around vocalist Scott Russo, guitarists Rob Brewer and Steve Morris, bassist John Bell, and Youman. After liberating their debut, …

For ten years, suave Tony Hadley was the tone of voice and image of Spandau Ballet, guiding the one-time New Romantic act to global achievement, crooning a string of smash hits like “To Cut an extended Story Brief, “True,” “Gold,” and “With the Barricades.” Given birth to on June 2, …