Changing his name didn’t help. By the time John Mellencamp issued a second album, his career was stalled anyway. Then he notched a sizable hit
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Born on New Year’s Eve 1973, the career path of AC/DC for its first five years had started out as a rampage across the wild
Rush frontman Geddy Lee wasn’t exactly blown away by his first meeting with future bandmate Neil Peart. “My first impression was that he was kinda
When Cass Elliot died in July 29, 1974, she looked as if she was winning a battle to put the Mama Cass persona behind her.
James Taylor endured his share of critical and commercial setbacks during a fallow stretch in the middle of the ’70s. But by the end of
Though it’s not their first album – that would be This Was, from the year before – Stand Up represents the moment when Jethro Tull
From the “with friends like these” files, we tear a page from Eric Clapton’s lengthy tour diary when drummer Keith Moon and guitarist Pete Townshend of the Who
The Rolling Stones hit the road in support of Voodoo Lounge on Aug. 1, 1994, beginning what became the biggest and most financially successful rock
On August 3, 1964, a month after A Hard Day’s Night helped the world fall even more in love with the Beatles, the BBC offered
The Stooges’ 1969 self-titled debut album opened the door for everything loud, hard and heavy that followed. These four misfits from Detroit took rock to