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'85 READERS POLL THE WINNERS THE READERS SPEAK! (Next Year They Fetch)
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PEACE, LOVE & THE CULT
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TWISTED SISTER: SNIDER AS USUAL
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THE ACADEMY IMPERILED: IS THIS THE DREAM?
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ROCK 'N' ROLL NEWS
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LETTERS
MTV’s annual New Year’s Eve party has got this reputation as being the place to unveil next year’s big breakthrough artists. After all, it was here that Cyndi Lauper first told us what girls really wanted, and Duran Duran performed at the ball before there was money for videos in Rio and their lead singer got rich enough to almost drown in his own yacht.