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5 Songs from 1985

The heavy metal wave was cresting; it seemed any 15-18 year old kid with an electric guitar was hitting the Sunset Strip in an effort to make it big and get with all those crazy strippers wandering around. Basically what I'm saying is, this was probably the best year for rock music since 1963. Here's five tracks to remind you why.

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Heavy Metal Relief Efforts to See Resurgence

Thanks to the estate of heavy metal legend Ronnie James Dio, a 1985 famine relief song and film, "Stars" (video above) will be re-released to the world in the coming months on DVD and CD.  RollingStone.com reports that in the meantime the estate "has a full slate of projects on the horizon to honor Dio's memory and raise funds for the "Stand Up And Shout" Cancer Fund. Everything kicks off tonight at the Playboy Mansion in L.A. with an awards ceremony – with each award named after a Dio song."