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Chris Hupe
Whatzup Features Writer
Articles
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All About the Music
Political activist. NRA proponent. Hunter. Business entrepreneur. Former reality TV show star. Whatever label you give him, when Ted Nugent speaks, he makes news. But Nugent is at his best […]
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Never Done Blossoming
It was 1992. Grunge was king, having dethroned hair metal as America’s favorite type of rock with a new attitude, new look, and new sound. With every band that dared […]
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Buckcherry
Rock music fans in northeast Indiana are no strangers to this California-based band that has appeared in the area numerous times over the last decade-and-a-half. With a signature sound and […]
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A Changing of the Ghoul
The message from the clergy has been received and their orders have been executed. There is new blood leading Ghost once again. In a recent turn of events, the leader […]
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Still Grinding, Still Hungry
“Playing a show has always been Christmas and birthday and Halloween and everything all wrapped up into one. Every time I get to play a show, that’s what it feels […]
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The ‘Not a Side Project’
Over two million albums sold, three Grammy nominations collected, a couple of chart-topping singles certified and roughly two decades as a band in the books. That’s not too bad for […]
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Working Musician Personified
The term “working musician” was created to describe guys like Jon Durnell. Having played over 175 shows last year with several different bands and working toward at least 125 shows […]
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Forever the Fallen / Love & Sin
Forever The Fallen rose from the ashes of the short-lived but promising Contender Rising. Bassist Dan Edwards and guitarist Brandon Francis carry on under a new name with vocalist Jason […]
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Trichotomous Hippopotamus
You can imagine the stories that might surround something called a Trichotomous Hippopotamus. “Archaeologists in Uganda recently unearthed the bones of the rare trichotomous hippopotamus. The animal was rumored to […]