In the summer of 1994, a group of working-class Englishmen announced themselves to the world. They were brash, confident and carried with them a bunch
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By the ’80s, Rolling Stones fans had grown accustomed to the turbulence surrounding the band. But the fallout from the group’s 1986 album, Dirty Work,
On Aug. 30, 2014, 14 songs into their performance at Tailgater’s Sports Bar in Bolingbrook, Ill., the band named Queensryche Starring Geoff Tate took a short
In hindsight, there’s little doubt that Iron Maiden delivered a heavy metal landmark with their fifth album. But at the time Powerslave was released on
In a delicious twist, Neil Young won Video of the Year Award for “This Note’s for You” on Sept. 6, 1989, at the MTV Video
It took nearly 20 years for John Paul Jones to make a personal musical statement after Led Zeppelin’s breakup in 1980. When he did, he
The MTV Video Music Awards took a violent turn on Sept. 6, 1989, when Vince Neil introduced his fist to Izzy Stradlin’s face. Guns N’
While the modern-day Video Music Awards have a prepackaged, overly stylized sheen, their predecessors were far more unpredictable. Surprise appearances, controversies, fights and breakups were
Fleetwood Mac was once a triumph of British blues before the more pop-leaning Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks entered the picture. The group was formed
On paper, Iron Maiden’s Somewhere on Tour road trip of 1986 should have been something worth celebrating. But the band seems averse to kicking that