As the impressive comeback Kiss mounted in the ’80s fizzled somewhere in the midst of the Crazy Nights tour, Paul Stanley realized some major changes
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Following the Eagles’ spectacular implosion in 1980, the band’s former members — especially principal songwriters Don Henley and Glenn Frey — were eager to put the
With “Rockin’ in the Free World,” Neil Young fashioned a signature song that was at once timeless and very much of its era. But it
Ozzy Osbourne decided to announce his retirement in the fall of 1992, despite the fact that his career was riding high on the strength of
By the late ’70s, most of the rockers who had established themselves in the previous decade were trying to assess their places in popular music.
The Grateful Dead’s turn toward more commercial sounds – derisively dubbed “disco Dead” when Shakedown Street arrived on Nov. 15, 1978 – didn’t exactly come
Guitarist Jake E. Lee began his career as a member of Mickey Ratt, who became better known as Ratt after a name change in the
By late 1992, grunge had become more than a zeitgeist-shifting musical phenomenon. Seattle’s distinctive sensibilities were spreading into the wider culture, so a curious editor
Why ‘All for Love’ Was a Logistical ‘Bloodbath’
Starship launched the next phase of their career in 1985 with the release of “We Built This City,” the first single from their album Knee