Has anyone in rock history had a year as productive and as uniformly excellent as Creedence Clearwater Revival did in 1969? The group started the
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The philosopher Noel Carroll believes that most monster movies begin with two movements. The first is called the “Onset,” in which it becomes apparent that
The Rolling Stones’ last Billboard Top 40 song brought the group back around to its original songwriting aesthetic: Mick Jagger and Keith Richards composed “Rock
Marking definitive dates in music history is always a tricky business. If forced to reach a consensus on the birthdate of Southern rock, however, most
Glenn Frey never wanted to issue “Best of My Love” as a single. The Eagles had split with producer Glyn Johns in the midst of
The writing was on the wall. After experiencing the thrill of fronting Van Halen, a band he’d idolized, Gary Cherone knew the ride was coming
They regrouped at Eddie Van Halen’s 5150 Studios to begin work on a second album with the former Extreme singer, despite the critical and commercial
When Phil Collins released his fourth solo album, … But Seriously, on Nov. 6, 1989, he made good use of the five-year gap since No Jacket
By the late ’80s, Aerosmith had already lived the rock star lives that most bands dream about. There’d been copious amounts of sex and drugs
Queen’s self-titled debut hardly raised the pulse within the general population. Their second induced palpitations with an increasing number of listeners. But the group’s third