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Manny Charlton, a founding guitarist of the Scottish band Nazareth, has died at age 80. The news was confirmed by his grandson in a social media post. No cause of death was given. In addition to playing with Nazareth until 1990, Charlton produced Guns N' Roses' earliest demos. Charlton was born in Spain but his family relocated to Dunfermline, Scotland, when he was a child. He played in several bands in the '60s before one of them evolved into Nazareth, which he helped form in 1968. He played on some of the band's most successful recordings, including 1975's Hair of...

I think this song is very good, in fact, now having listened to the entire album several times I'd say it's very good indeed. This was a well said comment I thought regarding the Axl haters ... I really think that if Slash had produced anything worth listening to since leaving the band the haters would give axls vision of gnr a chance. Since Slash has been no more than a metal cliche without Axl, the haters feel they have to tear down Axl to protect Slash's legacy. sad but true folks. This I Love must be cranked for full...

ROXBURY, Conn. (AP) ― A school custodian's impromptu after-hours karaoke performance prompted a police response when a teacher thought she was being threatened over the loudspeaker. State police say a teacher at Booth Free School barricaded herself inside a classroom Wednesday when she mistook someone singing a Guns N' Roses song over the public address system for a threat. She was working after hours and thought no one else was in the building. Then she heard someone say over the loudspeaker that she was going to die. Six troopers and three police dogs showed up and found three teenagers, one...