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
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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
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After checking himself in to a sanitarium to face down his alcoholism, it’s hardly surprising that Alice Cooper found an entire album’s worth of inspiration.
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
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