It was no accident that Jonathan Demme and Talking Heads found each other. Then an up-and-coming director, Demme was actually a big fan. Meanwhile, the increasingly
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Guns N’ Roses were the next big thing, topping charts all over the world while embracing a legion of fans. The Rolling Stones were the
Few actors have made as memorable of a first impression on Saturday Night Live as Dana Carvey did on Oct. 11, 1986. That night, the
The signs were there, signaling that Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ third album, Damn the Torpedoes, would be their breakthrough. After two albums of heartland
Iron Maiden has often dipped into history for lyrical inspiration and frequently focused on the history of war. On a few occasions, that inspiration has
Kiss seemed poised for something bigger with the Oct. 22, 1974, release of Hotter Than Hell, the sophomore album from New York’s outrageously costumed and
It should have worked, right? Any album that finds Paul McCartney collaborating with David Gilmour – last heard helping the former Beatles star to a
Song for song, there isn’t an album out there that celebrates the power of the riff like Led Zeppelin II. Almost every single track on
Listening to Led Zeppelin’s second album with hindsight of what came later, you can hear the band deviating from the blues-based sound they employed on
Paul McCartney’s first solo movie project became his last, after Give My Regards to Broad Street became a critical and box-office disaster. Released on Oct.