White Stripes
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Schools That Rock
3. Detroit
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The Motor City certainly isn't the prettiest town, but who said rock & roll is supposed to be pretty? Perhaps thanks to all the urban squalor, Detroit has churned out some of the grittiest rock, hip-hop, soul and techno acts of the past forty years. As for the city's academic offerings, Wayne State University has a music-management program that introduces students to the study of marketing and promotion but also includes course work in independent record production and grant writing. Venues: To see tomorrow's garage heroes today, spend time at the Magic Stick, located in the Magestic Theater Center, a true rock landmark -- it's part rock club, bowling alley, pizzeria and art gallery. Record Stores: Located near Wayne State in downtown Detroit, Young Soul Rebels stocks the hippest of the hip because its owners, Dave Buick and Dion Fischer, are former members of garage pioneers the Go (trivia: Jack White was briefly the Go's guitarist). Also check out the Record Graveyard, the place where "great records never go out of style."
(Posted July 28, 2005)
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