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Sherriff finally signed with Capitol Records in 1983, four years after forming in Toronto.

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The Medford native and frontwoman of the 1980s New Wave band Missing Persons is suing EMI Group and its Capitol Records subsidiary, alleging they're cheating her out of royalties for digital downloads of her songs.

In February, we ran a depressing article detailing the various ways in which EMI had screwed Kenny Rogers.

Just a day before Adam "MCA" Yauch's passing, the Beastie Boys were sued by Tuf America over four songs including "The New Style." One day before the untimely passing of Beastie Boy Adam "MCA" Yauch , a lawsuit was filed against the group.

Adam Yauch, the gravelly voiced rapper who made the Beastie Boys one of the seminal groups in hip-hop, has died.

Any day we lose a musical pioneer with decades of awesome under his or her belt makes for a bad day.

Enjoy a trip down memory lane with local Beatles expert, Denis Lapierre as he explores a new Beatles album every month.