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| | TIME.com: Heavy Metal Goes Platinum -- Oct. 14, 1991 -- Page 1 |
 | | But during the early 1980s, when the insipid glam-rock of Duran Duran ruled the charts, heavy metal was the idiot in the basement, shunned by music-industry executives and dismissed by critics as adolescent noise. |
 | | Skid Row's latest, Slave to the Grind, has sold 2.5 million copies worldwide since last June. |
 | | Those numbers are giving metal bands the kind of clout once reserved for pop's biggest stars. |
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