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bradshaw funeral home

from the replacements posted in music by pete_nice

"The family made sure his sleeves were rolled up so everyone could see his tattoos."

So begins Trouble Boys, the fascinatingly thorough chronicle of The Replacements by Bob Mehr.

Bob Stinson, original lead guitarist for The Replacements, had his funeral service at this location (then called McDivitt-Hauge Funeral Home) on February 22, 1995.

Bob had died at the age of 35 not of overdose or suicide, but of organ failure.

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mo’s lounge

from the pixies, the breeders posted in music by ratsnamgod

Kim & Kelley Deal's first gig.

"The first time I ever sang a song in front of anybody was 'Carwash'"
- Kim Deal

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hotel where kurt cobain overdosed in 94

from nirvana, kurt cobain, courtney love posted in music by stokazz

The Exelcior Hotel in Via Veneto is where Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love stayed in February 1994 a few days after Nirvana's gig in Palaghiaccio di Marino (22 of February 1994). Courtney Love found Kurt sensless (he was in a coma) in his hotel room after he had attempted suicide by taking Roipnol and Champaigne. He was taken to the Umberto I hospital first then to a private clinic. Two months later he would commit suicide in his house in Seattle.

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rino gaetano car accident

from rino gaetano posted in music by stokazz

34 year old singer Rino Gaetano died in a car accident June 2nd 1981 in this spot. His car impacted with a truck coming the opposite direction.

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the highway on the ok computer album cover

from radiohead posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat

All credit to reddit for this where a sleuth worked out the location of the highway intersection on the cover of Radiohead's OK Computer using the expanded artwork from the 20th anniversary re-release, a forum for people really into highways and surprisingly not an obsessive amount of time. It's I-84 and I-91 in Hartford, CT if you want to have a visit.

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