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by Matt Madurskiin 🎶 Music
Chart Chat
About the Substack
A chronological review of every #1 song on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, with occasional tangents into random musical musings.
About Matt Madurski
Pharmacist by trade, writer/historian at heart. I love music and am happy to share my musical musings here. I hope I'm never too old to dive into a mosh pit. If you're not sweating when you're having fun, you're not having enough fun.
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