Montrose released their self-titled debut album in November 1973, overcoming a slow sales start to become one of the more influential and beloved albums in
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Everybody had a hard year in 1969, and everybody had a good time. History suddenly seemed to be tripping over itself: There was the moon

As the end of the ’70s neared, Emerson Lake and Palmer found themselves at a commercial and creative crossroads. Worn out from years of touring

If Rachel Bolan and Dave Sabo had their way, Skid Row wouldn’t have even recorded the song that made them too popular to take out

Not every holiday song is happy. Elvis Presley waxed poetic about his yuletide loneliness in “Blue Christmas,” Joni Mitchell cursed herself for leaving an incomparable

Sammy Hagar completed his last show with Van Halen on Nov. 19, 2004, at the Anselmo Valencia Amphitheater in Tucson, walked offstage and caught a flight,

There are far more myths in rock history than Cinderella stories, especially when you’re talking about a band as legendary – and decadent – as

No one could blame a Paul Simon fan for humming the strains of his 1975 hit “Still Crazy After All These Years” every time turkey

Deguello was the last ZZ Top album of the ’70s, and in more ways than one. Featuring, as it does, the first appearance of the

Judging solely in superficial terms, 1989’s Presto is a minor offering in Rush’s massive discography. Released in a wasteland of rock production, the album’s indistinct sonic