Some wondered why Prince returned so quickly with a studio follow up to Purple Rain. The answers were actually right there in the songs. Released
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Tom Petty’s Full Moon Fever was a day shy of its one-year anniversary when “Yer So Bad” was released as its fifth and final single
If reports in recent years are to be believed, former Journey singer Steve Perry and keyboardist Jonathan Cain don’t have much of a personal relationship anymore.
On April 25, 2000, Pearl Jam threw rock radio audiences a curveball with the release of “Nothing as It Seems,” the unlikely first single to
Johnny Depp‘s depiction of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson in 1998’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas may be more ingrained in recent memory, but
Bob Seger knew all about disappointment, after years of struggling to find a wider audience. Beautiful Loser, released in April 1975, unfolded as a rumination
The Alice Cooper band knew what it wanted to achieve when it set out to write “School’s Out.” They aimed to create a piece almost dripping with
When the Bee Gees released their single “Jive Talkin’” in May 1975, it marked a major stylistic turning point in the band’s history. The brotherly
The inspiration for Van Halen’s classic song “Everybody Wants Some!!” can be traced back to an off-color remark. By 1979, the band already had two
In spring of 1980, Billy Idol was supposed to be preparing for the release of his Charmed Life album. Instead, the rocker was relearning how