Warren Zevon’s final appearance on the Late Show With David Letterman on Oct. 30, 2002 was memorable for a few reasons. One was how Zevon’s profound sense of
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In 1972, 22-year-old Stevie Wonder released his 15th album, Talking Book. The LP’s lead single, “Superstition,” marked a career turning point for the artist. By the early
Billy Joel threw a curveball with “Allentown,” the second single from The Nylon Curtain. Offering a state-of-the-nation treatise amid the Ronald Reagan presidency, the song
“Your Mama Don’t Dance” was an unlikely song, and an unexpected smash, for Kenny Loggins and Jim Messina. The lively track from the duo’s second
When Blondie announced their breakup on Nov. 1, 1982, they initially appeared to be another victim of rock cliches. Drugs and personality clashes had taken
On Nov. 1, 1982, Duran Duran released “Rio” as a single in the U.K. The title track of the band’s 1982 LP quickly became one
George Lynch says that during Dokken’s first go-round, the band approached every album “like it would be our last one.” Back for the Attack looked like it
30 Years Ago: Rage Against the Machine Delivers Dynamic Debut
Carly Simon had never even had a proper conversation with James Taylor when she decided that he was the man for her. Taylor was seeing
The rock world was undergoing a seismic shift at the dawn of the ’90s. The spandex-clad, sex-obsessed party-rockers who dominated the ’80s were forced to adapt