Mike Nesmith officially ended his tenure with the Monkees during an April 14, 1970, commercial for Kool-Aid and Nerf balls. Fittingly, he signed off by
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When it comes to heavy metal, more and louder are always better, right? That’s not what Judas Priest learned during the making of the album that
Def Leppard played their first show with the “new guy” – guitarist Vivian Campbell – On April 15, 1992. He’d already carved out a successful
Black Sabbath began the second chapter of their storied career on April 17, 1980 in Aurich, Germany, when they hit the stage for their first
George Harrison and John Lennon got there first, releasing albums under their own names in 1968. Even Ringo Starr had put out a solo LP
Eddie Cochran was only 21 years old when his career ended in a car wreck on April 17, 1960 – leaving the music world without someone
When Eddie Van Halen accompanied his wife to the Saturday Night Live studio in 1987, he wasn’t planning to make a live TV appearance himself
Bad Company ensconced themselves in an old castle. They weren’t hiding out, despite the immense pressure to follow up the band’s chart-topping debut album. In
“Forever Man” helped bring Eric Clapton into the ’80s, though the process didn’t always go smoothly. In fact, “Forever Man” was one of three songs
Everything finally seemed to be coming together for John Lennon, as he took the stage for what would sadly become his last public performance on