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Back in 2003, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists posed the question “Where Have all the Rude Boys Gone?” 11 years later, while watching third wave pioneers The Toasters take to the newly revamped Las Vegas Country Saloon stage at about half past midnight, I asked myself the same question. ...

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It’s been almost a year since Vegas punk rockers Holding Onto Sound played their last show (the benefit for Yayo Taco on March 1, 2013). And despite the band's presence still being felt in the local music scene through the various acoustic performances from co-frontman/bassist Zabi Naqshband and guitarist Bob Gates, the intensity of the full band dynamic has been sorely missed. ...

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