A visit to the intersection of art and artifice, Sunset Strip

Embodied by the '80s karaoke party of Rock Of Ages, then wrapped in a bedazzled anarchy-symbol T-shirt and $100 skull bandana, the last lingering shreds of rock 'n' roll "rebellion" have long since been sanitized and repackaged as a Halloween costume. And when you get right down to it, this was probably inevitable: After all, much of rock's rebellious image can be traced to a single street running through the heart of Hollywood, a town that swallows authenticity and regurgitates phoniness like a...

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