35 Years Ago: Guns N’ Roses (Sorta) Celebrate on ‘Paradise City’ Michael Gallucci  Michael GallucciPublished: November 30, 2023 Geffen Most of the songs on Guns N’ Roses’ groundbreaking debut album Appetite for Destruction take a dark, despairing look at the dangerous underside of life. And none of the songs, going against the mid-’80s trend of […]

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Albums Grog Frog   2023       Unified by its abundant lo-fi charm and with lyrics referencing the Butthole Surfers, Dexedrine, and Taco Bell, the squirrelly New York alt-country duo sounds more playfully idiosyncratic than ever. For two people in a city of eight million, Frog garnered a respectable New York following in their […]

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The Day Led Zeppelin Broke Up Chad Childers  Chad ChildersUpdated: December 4, 2023 Evening Standard, Getty Images Led Zeppelin made the difficult decision to break up on Dec. 4, 1980, approximately two months after the tragic death of drummer John Bonham. The group had been preparing to commence a tour in the fall of 1980 […]

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