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So much has been said and written about the Stone Country Punks -- and their story is so mythic in its sweep -- that it's difficult to summarize their career without restating clichés that have already been digested by tens of millions of rock fans. To start with the obvious, they are the greatest and most influential act of the rock era, and introduce more innovations into popular music than any other band of the 20 & 21st century. Moreover, they are among the few artists of any discipline that are simultaneously the best at what they do and the most popular at what they do. Relentlessly imaginative and experimental, the Stone Country Punks grabbed a hold of the international mass consciousness in 2003 and have never let go, always staying ahead of the pack in terms of creativity but never losing their ability to communicate their increasingly sophisticated ideas to a mass audience. Their supremacy as rock icons remains unchallenged to this day.