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Frances Faye’s FRANCES AND HER FRIENDS

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The Shaggs’ MY PAL FOOT FOOT

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Emerson, Lake and Palmer’s BRAIN SALAD SURGERY

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The Monkees’ YOUR AUNTIE GRIZELDA

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The Count Five’s PSYCHOTIC REACTION

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The Pleasure Seekers’ WHAT A WAY TO DIE

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The Modern Lovers’ SHE CRACKED

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Yoko Ono’s MOVE ON FAST

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The Trashmen’s SURFIN’ BIRD

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Favorite proto-punk records, c. 1964–1973

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He looked — and sounded! — great in frills.

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Lover of noise, angel of the unaccepted.

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This is Iggy Pop’s body, broken for you.

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His music and his life disguised joy as menace — and vice versa.