Paul McCartney was already enjoying an early run of post-Beatles triumphs, having secured a string of solo hits. The next stop was television, when James
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He returned to the top with the band that made him famous, but things were very different for Van Halen frontman David Lee Roth in
The Scorpions lost their venom on April 16, 1988 with the release of the disappointing Savage Amusement. Until then, Germany’s favorite hard-rock sons had enjoyed
With their eighth studio album, 1983’s Frontiers, Journey’s transition from prog-influenced rock to radio-friendly, arena-ready fare was all but complete — an evolution that included
David Lee Roth was riding high at the beginning of 1988 — but his descent back to Earth began with the underperforming “Stand Up,” released as a
Did you hear about the night that Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant opened for Dee Snider? It seems implausible, but it actually happened. Plant talked about it on the Twisted
It was either a masterstroke of irony or an act of obliviousness that Aerosmith previewed their ballad-heavy, biggest-selling worldwide hit Get a Grip with the cannibalistic
Eagles’ debut album was barely finished for a week when Don Henley and Glenn Frey wrote the title track for the follow-up and their inaugural
Something clicked as Mick Ronson was idly riffing on the bus after he and David Bowie left the Cleveland opening date of the Ziggy Stardust
Pianist Mike Garson auditioned for David Bowie in 1972. He landed the job, joined the Spiders From Mars and immediately hit the road, realizing the