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Cheetah Chrome, guitarist for pioneering punk bands, dies at 71

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Cheetah Chrome, a guitarist known for his work with punk bands Rocket From the Tombs and the Dead Boys, has died at age 71.

He played with Rocket From the Tombs and the Dead Boys, whose snarling nihilism opened the door to an entire music genre in the 1970s.

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