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the peerless pop craftsmanship of keyboardist Rod Argent and bassist Chris White (the group's principal songwriters) makes for plenty of richly melodic gems

When Bright Eyes made their Tonight Show debut in 2006

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and the good folks at Geffen deserve all the more credit for pulling together this fine representative sampling

Warpaint [9/1] 5/10/1999 the peerless pop craftsmanship ofBefore anyone had heard a track from WAR PAINT, the Black Crowes' seventh studio outing, it had already kicked up a PR firestorm. Either by deciding to forego listening to it or by obtaining a leaked download, Maxim Magazine panned the record before they even had an official promotional copy. These aging neo hippies found themselves as unlikely defenders of the teetering music industry by publicly defaming Maxim and demanding an apology. They got it.