{"id":890,"date":"2006-03-27T21:38:29","date_gmt":"2006-03-28T02:38:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/question-of-the-week-2\/"},"modified":"2006-03-27T21:39:03","modified_gmt":"2006-03-28T02:39:03","slug":"question-of-the-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/question-of-the-week-2","title":{"rendered":"Question of the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amy &#038; I were watching VH1 Classic during dinner, and it was featuring a block of videos by Journey. This led us to the question that we now put to you, dear reader:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>What was the ugliest rock and roll band ever?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>(side questions: Can one bandmember&#8217;s ugliness bring down a whole band? And can one attractive bandmember redeem an otherwise ugly band?)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Comment away!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Amy &#038; I were watching VH1 Classic during dinner, and it was featuring a block of videos by Journey. This led us to the question that we now put to you, dear reader: What was the ugliest rock and roll band ever? (side questions: Can one bandmember&#8217;s ugliness bring down a whole band? 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