Murray Bowles was, by all accounts, the very best kind of artist. For more than forty years, he was in regular attendance at punk shows billing up-and-coming bands in ramshackle and makeshift venues throughout Northern California (particularly in the East Bay). Read Jessica Tagami's full article by clicking above.

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Road trip comedies work best when they fully embrace bad decisions, and there are countless examples. The entire genre usually depends on characters making increasingly reckless choices while chasing some wildly unrealistic dream, and the more sincere those characters are about the journey, the funnier the surrounding chaos becomes. Music-driven coming-of-age stories especially thrive on that energy because teenage ambition and absolute overconfidence tend to create disasters almost immediately.

The rock instrumental has the unenviable task of grasping the listener's attention, and then keeping it, without relying on words and catchy choruses to do so. Done poorly, the tune feels repetitive and tires quickly. Done right, and it stays with you, each chord as memorable as any song lyric. Whether it's the work of a guitar virtuoso like Eddie Van Halen, or the combined effort of a trio of musical wizards like Rush, the great rock instrumental is a rare and beautiful thing. Here are ten of the best.