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There are things about rock music that we just accept, no questions asked. But maybe we should be asking them. This is another edition of The Rock Explainer.

There are all kinds of things about “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party)” from the Beasties Boys that are worth remembering.

Going through customs can be a traumatic thing. Just ask Radiohead about their first trip to Israel.

The French love Iggy Pop so much they gave him one of the country’s highest civilian awards.

U.S. President Donald Trump used the song in a now-infamous AI video posted to his Truth Social account in response to the ‘No Kings’ protests.

Pseudonyms offer some nice cover when a band wants to do something different. Here are some examples.

Jordan Miller of The Beaches opens up about releasing No Hard Feelings and reveals her favourite (and least favourite) songs from the new album.

This week’s Five Songs You Must Hear list features more great Canadian content plus a couple of songs just in time for Halloween.

We’ve all had to listen to boring on-hold music. But what if there was a way to make it more interesting?

Ever hear of Jeremy Bentham? He was an Englishman, a political philosopher who lived in the 18th and 19th centuries—and he was, by all measures of his time, a radical. He was against slavery when it was still very much a thing for the British Empire. He promoted animal welfare. He believed that everyone over…