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NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND – JULY 25: Cameron Winter of Geese performs during the 2025 Newport Folk Festival at Fort Adams State Park on July 25, 2025 in Newport, Rhode Island. (Photo by Douglas Mason/Getty Images)
The Doors L-R John Densmore, Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek and Robby Krieger pose for an Electra Records publicity still circa 1969. (Photo by Electra Records/Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images)
FRANKFURT, GERMANY – NOVEMBER 12: Nirvana posed in Frankfurt on November 12 1991. (Left to right) Dave Grohl (drums), Kurt Cobain (vocals/guitar) and Krist Novoselic (bass). (Photo by Paul Bergen/Redferns)
