Never having achieved anything close to the massive success they had in the UK, the Irish quintet Boomtown Rats and their blend of New Wave, punk, and pop did manage to...
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Geldof returns after a four-year absence with his second solo release, The Vegetarians of Love. Again, there are some high-profile guests including Paul Carrack, Kevin...
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Irish singer Bob Geldof's third solo set, The Happy Club, finds him again being produced by Rupert Hine, although he and Pete Briquette lend a hand. Geldof eschews the guest...
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Bob Geldof can be annoying. The guy dissed Springsteen early in his career, and then had perhaps his finest moment with a Springsteen homage called "Rat Trap." He was...
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There's no evidence here that political beatification has mellowed Bob Geldof. If anything, his message has grown more apocalyptic even as his music broadens to a degree...
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